Sam Heughan on The Spy Who Dumped Me and James Bond

All the talk ofHenry Cavillpossibly playing the next James Bond only means one thing: Not enough people have had the chance to seeSam HeughaninThe Spy Who Dumped Meyet.A good portion of directorSusanna Fogel’s action-comedy functions pretty well as a Bond audition tape for theOutlanderstar. Heughan plays Sebastian Henshaw, an agent tasked with cleaning up the international mess made by accidental spies Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon). You expect any movie starring Kunis and McKinnon to be funny, butThe Spy Who Dumped Mecould carry itselfsurprisingly wellas an action-packed spy thriller, with Heughan sharing a bulk of the man of mystery duties....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Keith Scott

Samsung Galaxy S25 Series Ditches In-House Memory for Micron’s LPDDR5

Samsung is preparing to launch its Galaxy S25 series in early 2025 and may source LPDDR5 RAM from Micron, marking a significant shift from its traditional reliance on in-house components. This strategic change comes amid challenges within Samsung’s semiconductor division regarding DRAM production. By opting for Micron’s memory solutions, Samsung aims to enhance performance and cost-effectiveness, while also addressing previous supply issues. This decision reflects intense competition in the DRAM market and could lead to improved device performance for consumers, highlighting the importance of component selection in mobile technology....

June 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1316 words · Robert Mckay

SDCC 2017 Friday Schedule: Game of Thrones, Defenders

With this year’s San Diego Comic-Con rapidly approaching, the schedule for Friday, July 21st has been revealed. While SDCC has primarily been known in past years as the go-to place for movie panels and big studio reveals, TV is really dominating the landscape this year. The same was true of theWednesday and Thursday panels, where TV shows are moving out of Ballroom 20 and into the cavernous embrace of Hall H....

June 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1080 words · Steven Smith

Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Has a 6-Movie Marvel Contract

It looks like Spider-Man is in it for the long hall. After debuting as the web-slinger in this year’sCaptain America: Civil War, actorTom Hollandrevealed that he’s signed on to appear as the superhero in six Marvel movies. As he explained toTHRin an interview for their cover story: “They give you options and those could be exercised whenever. Like a cameo inAvengers. I’m unclear as to which movies though. I do know I have three Spider-Man [appearances in other] movies and three solo movies contracted....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Rebecca Williams

The Best TV Shows of 2016, Ranked

[For more of Collider’s Best of 2016 lists, clickhere] 2016 may have been a year filled with many sad and unfortunate events, but one thing that we can be grateful for is the quality of TV escapism. The Platinum Age of Television has come out of the (somewhat unsettling) phenomenon of Peak TV, and it’s genuinely impossible to watch everything. That’s why I decided this year to do one list combining comedies, dramas, and miniseries (many of which have blurred the boundaries of those old categorical distinctions anyway), and not limit myself to a Top 10....

June 2, 2025 · 13 min · 2612 words · Joshua Meadows

The Flash Movie Concept Art Reveals Team-Up with Keaton's Batman

Today during its DC Fandome panel,The Flashrevealed that Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) will have a new suit. You may recall that the suit he was sporting inZack Snyder’s movies was a little over-designed. It was far too conscious of being “realistic” which meant it had plates and wires to disperse electricity, which makes some sense, but doesn’t really look all that great. DirectorAndy Muschiettirevealed that forThe Flashsolo movie, Barry will now have a new suit that was designed by Bruce Wayne because when the formula of mentor superhero and protégé superhero works for Marvel, you don’t mess with it....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Tiffany Harper

The Flash Recap: Running to Stand Still

The CW’sThe Flashis in the holiday spirit with tonight’s episode “Running to Stand Still” which serves as the show’s second mid-season finale. In classicThe Flashfashion, we didn’t get a whole lot of plot advancement in this hour, but we did get a heaping holiday helping of character development and emotional exchanges. Somehow this episode was able to work in three villains (four if you also factor in Zoom), a budding romance and a romantic relationship that’s ready to take the next step, plus the reveal of a long-lost son and the arrival of a familiar comic book character who makes his first appearance on the show....

June 2, 2025 · 9 min · 1735 words · Sierra Mueller

The New French Extremity, Explained: More Than Simply Horror

Seventeen years ago, criticJames Quandtpenned a piece forArtform, drawing attention to the rise of taboo in French Cinema. In his writing, he negatively coined a term for such horrors, “the New French Extremity”—a loose body of works bound together by their unapologetically transgressive nature. The films share a bond through their controversial display of the crude. Distinguished by its portrayals of sex and violence–particularly rape and murder–the movement takes pride in pushing the bounds of what is deemed socially acceptable in cinema....

June 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1108 words · Sara Allison

The Prestige Ending Explained: The Cost of Deception

Christopher Nolan’s 2006 filmThe Prestigeis obsessed with the cost of deception. Its two protagonists—rival magicians Albert Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman)—commit to deceiving audiences, but in the end, their deceptions reach far beyond the stage. In their final confrontation, Albert shoots Robert for framing Albert’s twin brother for Robert’s murder. Robert has faked his own death through a new technology he purchased from Nikola Tesla (David Bowie). The technology creates a clone, but as part of his act, Robert never knows which Angier will get to perform The Prestige (the culmination of a magic trick) and which one gets to drown in a tank under the stage....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Sheila Nelson

The Terry Gilliam Film That David Cronenberg Called a "Poetic Horror Film"

Terry Gilliamis a director who is perhaps best known for one thing: uninhibited imagination.Indeed, theMonty Pythonalum has an unofficial collection of movies to his name dubbed “The Imagination Trilogy”. It is no surprise, then, that when faced withhis most radically controlled production inThe Brothers Grimmin 2005, Terry Gilliam would follow with his most unhinged release to date that same year.Tidelandis the total opposite of its twin, with not just a lack of concern for broad appeal, but even a recognition of its own illusiveness....

June 2, 2025 · 4 min · 814 words · Dylan Nichols

The Wild Mattel History Behind 'Barbie's Sugar Daddy Ken

Even though itonly won one Academy Award, the biggest movie of 2023,Barbie, continues to prove its cultural staying power. And not just because of that Oscar performance fromRyan Gosling, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor alongside co-starAmerica Ferrerafor Best Supporting Actress. Aside fromGosling’s scene-stealing Ken,Barbiefeaturedseveral doll creations Mattel really hoped you had scrubbed from your memory.Many of these maligned Mattel fashionistas aredelightfully infamous. There’sAllan (Michael Cera), the lone outcast among a sea of Kens, and the “Happy Family” version ofMidge (Emerald Fennell), whose pregnant belly recalls the chest-buster scene fromAlienmore than it does a living human woman....

June 2, 2025 · 5 min · 1021 words · Julia Warren

The Zone of Interest Stars Reveal the Unusual Way They Filmed the Movie

In order to stay connected to their characters and their scenes in A24’sThe Zone of Interest, starsChristian FriedelandSandra Hüllerworked within the confines of writer-directorJonathan Glazer’s fully surveilled set. Throughout the production, which took place on-site at Auschwitz, Glazer kept multiple cameras set up and rolling and asked his cast to improvise around their lines. In this interview with Collider’sSteve Weintraub, Friedel and Hüller share what kind of environment and results a technique like that creates....

June 2, 2025 · 10 min · 1945 words · Heather Young

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Trailer Reveals Netflix's Orson Welles Doc

Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcomingOrson WellesdocumentaryThey’ll Love Me When I’m Dead. The doc coincides with the release of Welles’ unfinished final filmThe Other Side of the Wind,which was completed with the help of Netflix and hits the streaming service on November 2nd. Launching that same day isThey’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, which tells the story of the final 15 years of the iconic filmmaker’s life, focusing specifically on the development and creation ofThe Other Side of the Wind, which was intended to be Welles’ comeback....

June 2, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Larry Jackson