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The battle for first place at the weekend box office was a little closer than expected, but according to current estimatesStar Wars: The Force Awakensremains the number one film in North America. That makes four consecutive wins forStar Wars 7, which became the highest-grossing movie in domestic box office history earlier this week. According to Disney,The Forceearned an additional $41.6 million this weekend, representing a drop of 54% from one week ago....

WhileVenom: The Last Danceis shaping up to earn much less than its predecessors in the franchise, it has still performed well enough to make it onto an impressive box office list. The film needs less than $2 million to becomeone of the top 100 highest-grossing superhero movies everat the domestic box office.Venom 3currently sits at $61 million domestically and $123 million internationally for a worldwide total of almost $185 million, making itone of the top 25 highest-grossing movies of the year domestically and worldwide....

[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Your Friends & Neighbors.] From creatorJonathan Tropper(Banshee,Warrior), the nine-episodeApple TV+seriesYour Friends & Neighborsfollows Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Jon Hamm) and his fall from grace as a hedge fund manager still struggling to get over his recent divorce from Mel (Amanda Peet). After being fired and unable to find a way to meet the financial demands of his life, Coop unexpectedly turns to a life of crime, stealing from the homes of his affluent neighbors and uncovering more than just their valuables and their taste in art....

On the surface, the job of a content moderator sounds noble: to ensure that a social media platform is deemed safe for public usage. However, moderating content is far from glamorous, andAmerican Sweatshopisn’t afraid to address the profession’s dangerous side. Serving as the debut feature ofSeverancedirectorUta Briesewitz, the mystery thriller is a gritty take on the toll of social media, as told from the eyes of Daisy (Lili Reinhart). By day, Daisy and her co-workers watch the worst the Internet offers and ultimately decide which content gets removed....

Andormay not feature a single Jedi, but it’s using the Force in ways that even a lightsaber couldn’t touch — critical acclaim. The reviews across the board for the second season ofTony Gilroy’scritically belovedStar Warsprequel serieshave been universally positive, and the show has officially landed with a98%score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated live-actionStar Warstitle ever — film or TV. The only real competition? Its own first season, which sits just behind at 96%....

Editor’s Note: This interview was conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike. There are many reasons writer-directorGreta Gerwig’sBarbie(co-written withNoah Baumbach) is one of this year’s most anticipated releases. Not only does the film rock a bold and original script, but the movie’s star and producer, Academy Award nomineeMargot Robbie, is joined by a wildly impressive roster of top-tier talent includingIssa Rae,Kate McKinnon, andMichael Cera. In the film, Barbie Land is Mattel’s iconic brand come to life on screen....

Carrie CoonandShea Whighamgot to know each other well in the third season of FX’s anthology seriesFargo,and now the first trailer has been released for their next project together,Lake George.The Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing film stars Whigham as a hitman who goes after Coon - but as in most hitman-related movies, things don’t exactly go to plan, and he finds himself teaming up with his target for a bigger goal. The trailer shows off Whigham as a hitman named Don who is hired to take out a new target, Phyllis (Coon)....

After eight seasons and a year sinceThe Walking Deadcame to a close, the parent series' first spinoff,Fear the Walking Dead, is finally done. The show went on a long and winding journey, starting as a prequel following Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and her family in the earlier days of the zombie apocalypse before jumping forward to run concurrently with the main series, introducing Morgan (Lennie James) into the fold. Now, AMC is moving on to the show’s many other series, includingthe upcomingThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, but the showrunners teased it may not be time to say goodbye toFear’s characters....

Television is in a state of constant fluctuation these days, but if there’s one show that can truly be credited with having changed the landscape of the medium, it’sLost. For six seasons, and121 episodes, the island epic was the embodiment of “must-watch TV.” Over the course of its run,Lostpopularizedserial storytelling for televisionandintroduced audiences to mythology and characters that are now cemented among the most iconic in the medium’s history. However, it’s impossible to speak of the show without acknowledging its controversy, mainly itspolarizing series finale....

Quick Links Talk about cross-cultural diplomacy! The world of politics is about to get disrupted this August inRed, White & Royal Blue. Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name byCasey McQuinston, get ready to be swept away by the upcoming hilarious and heartwarming new film featuring two young men from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Alex Claremont-Diaz, the son of the President of the United States, and Prince Henry, heir to the British throne, couldn’t be more different....

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 8, “Surrender.“This week’s episode ofStar Trek: Picardfinally saw the reunion of the entireNext Generationensemble, but before that, it delivered on the emotional cliffhanger of Episode 6. Two weeks ago we sawWill Riker (Jonathan Frakes) sacrifice himselfso that Worf (MichaelDorn) and Raffi (MichelleHurd) could escape with the Soong golem containing Data’s (Brent Spiner) memories. While it appeared that he’d been apprehended by Starfleet, the final moments of the episode revealed that he’d been taken hostage by the very changeling they’d been running from this entire time....

The end is nigh for Michael Burnham and company. Paramount+ has announced thatStar Trek: Discovery,their flagship original series, will end with season five, set to premiere sometime in 2024. The series has been airing since the streamer was still called CBS All Access, and will be the final series from that era of the platform to conclude its run, though it leaves behind a number of otherTrekseries in its wake.Discoveryis responsible for ushering in a new era ofStar Trek, so seeing it come to an end is bittersweet....

Making a truly perfect film trilogy is not an easy task, as it is a challenge for just one sequel to improve on its predecessors. By the time that a third film comes around, the last entry in a trilogy needs to satisfy the story threads and character arcs that were introduced within its two direct predecessors, and end the narrative in a satisfying emotional place. Releasing three excellent films in a row is a greater challenge than it may seem, as itjust takes one bad movieto throw off a trilogy; theSpider-Manseries fromSam Raimiwould have been perfect if it was not for the disastrousSpider-Man 3,and the brilliance ofStar Wars: The Force AwakensandStar Wars: The Last Jediwas undercut whenStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerproved to be the worst installment in the history of the galaxy far, far away....