'3 Body Problem' Review — 'GOT' Creators Adapt Your Next Favorite Sci-Fi Show

When news dropped thatDavid BenioffandD.B. Weisswould be helming a new TV show for Netflix — after a disastrous finale forGame of Thronesanda few failed follow-up projects— obviously, there was a lot of apprehension. The duo was announced to be teaming up withAlexander Woo(best known for his work onTrue Bloodand Season 2 ofThe Terror) to take on the ambitious task of adaptingLiu Cixin’s extraordinarily popular sci-fi book seriesRemembrance of Earth’s Past. If that sounds unfamiliar, you might recognize the first book in Liu’s series better:The Three-Body Problem....

August 17, 2025 · 7 min · 1426 words · Anthony Burke

'Blade Runner 2099' Casts 'Furiosa' and 'Ripley' Stars

Blade Runner 2099, the hotly-anticipated new science fiction miniseries, has just added two new cast members.Furiosa’sTom BurkeandRipley’sMaurizio Lombardiwill joinMichelle YeohandHunter Schaferin the latest entry in theBlade Runnerfranchise.Deadline reportsthat the series is now filming in Prague. Burke and Lombardi’s character details are currently being kept under wraps, as are most other character and plot details for theAmazon Prime Videoseries. What we do know is that it will be set in the year 2099, fifty years afterDenis Villeneuve’s 2017 sequelBlade Runner 2049, and eighty years afterRidley Scott’s visionary1982 original film, which was set in the then-distant future of 2019....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Matthew Turner

'Ghosts' 8 Most Powerful Characters, Ranked

Happy St. Hetty’s Day to all who celebrate! With the latest episode ofGhosts, we’ve finally learned the ghost powers of the main eight ghosts haunting the grounds of the Woodstone B&B. In the episode,Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky)learns she can be seen on St. Patrick’s Day now, following the revelation of her own Irish heritage. But how does Hetty’s power stack up against the others in the house? While we’re just ranking the powers of the main eight, it’s worth mentioning that Hetty’s is not the only ghost power we’ve learned of this season....

August 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1540 words · Charles Miller

'Twisted Metal': Anthony Mackie & Stephanie Beatriz Show Off Their Skills

Get ready to start your engines with a new featurette fromTwisted Metal,Peacock’s television adaptation of the classic 1995 video game where twelve different vehicles fight in a brutal war, only to name a winner at the end of each encounter.Anthony MackieandStephanie Beatrizwill star in the upcoming show, playing characters that will help connect the humor and style of the game with relatable emotions. The adrenaline rush the series will bring can’t be contained inside a single vehicle, in a plot that will drive viewers through unpredictable twists and turns along the way....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Shane Turner

10 Anime Series That Can Be Called Masterpieces

Breaking Bad,The Godfather,The Lord of the Rings, all of these are masterpieces in their own medium. Each medium has multiple masterpieces, making it only natural thatanimewould also have a fair share of legendary shows. It may be newer than movies/TV/novels, but the medium has had plenty of time to develop and evolve to deliver some stand-out shows such asOne PieceandJujutsu Kaisen. While there are loads of phenomenal anime, becoming a masterpiece isn’t easy, which is why this list will rank ten anime series that can be considered so....

August 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1598 words · Christine Cruz

10 Best Directors Who Don't Write Their Movies

The issue of authorship in movies has, for a long time, been one of the main points of contention in film scholarship. Many cinephiles would argue that the art form’s true auteurs are the ones who write the movies they direct. However, not only are writer-directors pretty rare, but also some of the greatest filmmakers in history are ones who rarely, if ever, penned the screenplays for their movies. From long-studied masters of Hollywood’s Golden Age, such asHoward Hawks, to legendary directors who are still active today, likeSteven Spielberg, plenty ofacclaimed directors usually (or even always) leave the task of screenwriting to other people....

August 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1595 words · Angela Clark

10 Best Jerry Episodes of 'Rick & Morty,' Ranked

Of all the recurring main characters of the cast of the widely beloved and successful Adult Swim seriesRick & Morty, Jerry Smith is easily the most forgotten and looked down upon character. Voiced byChris Parnell, Jerry plays the dad role in the Smith family, and is often the butt of many jokes due to his ineptitude and frequent culture shock at the wild inventions and adventures that Rick, Morty, and the rest of the family get up to....

August 17, 2025 · 11 min · 2273 words · Brittany Valenzuela

10 Best Stephen King Movies & Where To Watch Them This Halloween

If you’re in search of some creepy, crawly horrors to watch this Halloween, you might want to check the catalog ofStephen King.Since 1982, King’s horror novels have been adapted into films, starting with 1982’sCreepshowbased on his short stories Weeds and The Crate to the most recent 2022 remake of his 1980 novel Firestarter. RELATED:Best Horror Movie Songs For Your Halloween Party Playlist With memorable characters like Pennywise, Carrie, and Jack Torrance becoming horror icons, there are plenty of hit Stephen King films to choose from on streaming services or during a popular scary movie marathon this spooky season....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 825 words · Jason Berger

10 Movies Worth Upgrading From Blu-ray to 4k Disc, According to Reddit

The arrival of Blu-ray changed how audiences watch their content at home. Future improvements made at-home viewings much better, including the arrival of 4K resolution, which provides a near-cinematic experience from the comfort of someone’s living room. However, not everyone is a fan of 4K, including some fans on Reddit. For example, Redditortinselsnipswas disappointed with the movies they got for their new 4K TV. Thus, they created a thread asking which movies were worth the upgrade, leading to several commentators suggesting their choices....

August 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1180 words · Mark Morrow

13 Best Animated Movie Villains of the 2010s

For a long time, Disney has been the king of great animated villains. From Jafar to Scar to Maleficent, Disney has a whole vault of iconic animated villains. However, as more animation studios have emerged as contenders, from DreamWorks to Sony to Illumination, more unique villains have also been created. There were a ton of animated movies that came out in the 2010s and many of them had great villains. Some of them are complex characters with whom we can sympathize, while others are just pure evil....

August 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1699 words · Brittany Hernandez

1917 Beats Rise of Skywalker with $14 Million at Friday Box Office

Moviegoers have spoken and they’re still hungry for war but are more interested in the terrestrial dangers of World War I, as seen in Friday box office winner1917, rather than the epic space battles ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. DirectorSam Mendes' latest has gone into wide release here in the United States as we enter the second weekend of January and is already poised to be the big weekend winner....

August 17, 2025 · 3 min · 588 words · Amber Perkins

Alexander McQueen Movie Nabs 45 Years Director

Hot off arguably the biggest year of his career,Andrew Haighhas secured his next project, and its what you might call a whopper. The English-born director is set to helm a biopic of the late, great fashion designerAlexander McQueen, who took his own life in 2010 following the death of his beloved mother. Openly gay and a rather famous drug addict, McQueen was brought up in a middle-class household, the son of a taxi driver, and went onto apprentice as a tailor on Savile Row before breaking out and ultimately becoming head designer for Givenchy....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Joshua Owens

Alien: Covenant Concept Art Reveals Xenomorph Designs

We at Collider are happy to exclusively debut some concept art fromAlien: Covenantthat further reveals the design work that went into bringing directorRidley Scott’s sequel to life. While Scott first returned to the sci-fi genre withPrometheus, that film shied away from the traditional Xenomorph design that Scott andH.R. Gigercreated in the firstAlien. ForCovenant, however, Scott brings the series full circle in some ways, giving audiences a look at that traditional Xenomorph design from a new, different point of view....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Brianna Harris