Florence Pugh is having a very big 2019 with releases that include Fighting with My Family and Little Women, and new productions as gargantuan as Marvel Studios’ Black Widow. But even in the midst of promoting massive superhero fare, the power of another 2019 release can be felt. Midsommar’s thrall is almost supernatural when at Comic-Con, of all places, a handful of May Queens sit in the audience applauding. “Everybody likes a slightly mad woman killing their boyfriend in a temple, no?...

In a recent conversation with Variety, Isaac explained that he brought a great deal of bargaining power to the table. Reluctant to join a large franchise after completing his three picture run as Poe Dameron in the Star Wars universe, Isaac first turned down the opportunity to play Moon Knight and his other identities. But after learning more about the character and developing the Steven Grant accent, Isaac decided to give it a shot — provided they could meet his terms....

Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 4 Happy holidays from Mr. Robot, which seems as unconcerned as ever with actually wrapping up any aspect of its final season’s story. In place of the answers—or at the very least, minimal forward plot progression—we likely expected here, “Not Found” instead offers us a bizarre holiday tale, in which Elliot, Darlene, Dom and Tyrell face down some demons of both the literal and figurative variety on Christmas Eve....

Legal drama Anatomy of a Scandal is less an exploration of consent than of a personality that assumes consent is a given because why wouldn’t it be when everything else – wealth, looks, status – always has been; a personality who assumes that if there ever is doubt, they’ll receive the benefit of it, because it was ever thus. It’s about the lack of accountability fostered in a class of men raised to believe that having the world at their feet was both their well-earned prize and the natural order....

Any favourite female sci-fi characters you’d like to recommend? Let us know in the comments. The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson Publisher: Del Rey The prolific (writing across YA, horror, Star Wars, and more) Dawson’s latest is a pandemic thriller that turns victims into victors. Three generations of women (wife Chelsea, her daughter Ella, and mother Patricia) are held captive by controlling husbands or fathers. But when they become infected by a strange condition called the Violence, the symptoms of which are surges of animalistic rage, they find a brutally fitting way to break their respective cycles of abuse....

It’s fair to say that some Marvel fans will be questioning Disney’s decision to dish up its two biggest shows on the same day of the week again. The studio’s last MCU Disney+ project, Ms. Marvel, had to contend with a same-day release as Obi-Wan Kenobi for the majority of its run. While it was of course entirely possible to watch both shows, some found that the Star Wars series overshadowed Kamala Khan’s debut, and felt that Disney+ was favoring Obi-Wan Kenobi both in its presentation on the streaming service, and in its marketing of the latest Marvel series....

You know you’ve entered the uncanny valley when it is Nicolas Cage who cautions against hyperbole and overly dramatic line readings. Hence the snickers when Cage, playing a version of himself, looks Pedro Pascal dead into the windows of his soul and says, “Very dramatic, but is there an actual plan?” The moment, which occurs right before the third act of Tom Gormican’s delightfully self-aware comedy, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, is appealing because it works on several levels at once....

While that kind of design approach means that you can (and maybe should) learn as many Trade Skills as possible, the fact of the matter is that most New World players are only going to be able to focus on learning a few trades at a time. That’s naturally going to cause a lot of those players to eventually ask the question “What are the best Trade Skills in the game?...

Only Murders in the Building Season 2 Episode 5 There’s a lot of thought put into where certain scenes are placed in an episode of modern TV. The pre-credits scene and the final scene are often used to tie the whole thing together, where just enough intrigue from the cold open makes us stick around until the end where the big reveal about a character happens. Only Murders in the Building masterfully executes this plotting format by showing how Oliver has always been one to figure out people’s secrets....

Auggie Smith’s menacing racism somehow gets taken to the next level pays off in Peacemaker episode 7, as Chris’s terrible dad re-dons his White Dragon costume and gets to work. But…the White Dragon of Peacemaker is fairly different from the White Dragon in the comics. And for that matter, so is Peacemaker’s father. What are we talking about? Let’s break it down. NAZIS. I HATE THESE GUYS. In the comics, Christopher Smith was born in Austria to an American mother, Elizabeth Lewis, and a respectable German expat businessman father, Wolfgang Schmidt....

“A legend will soon illuminate our world: Xerneas, the Life Pokémon, will make its Pokémon GO debut during the Luminous Legends X event,” says the Pokémon Go team. “Some Dragon- and Fairy-type Pokémon originally discovered in the Kalos region will be coming along for the journey as well, such as Spritzee, Swirlix, and Goomy! A new item will also be coming to Pokémon GO—the Rainy Lure Module, which can be used to evolve Sliggoo (the Evolution of Goomy) into Goodra....

Steve Kostanski has been in the movie business for the better part of two decades, mostly working behind the scenes in creature and makeup effects, but this very much feels like Kostanski’s “time” thanks to his latest movie, Psycho Goreman. The director, who already had an established fanbase thanks to other low budget movies like Manborg and The Void, released his latest flick in the time of COVID, so it was denied what would have no doubt been a very long stretch in smaller theatres with sticky floors and worn seats – the kind that would embrace a film so “out there” that audiences might have left wondering what exactly they just witnessed....

Quantum Leap Episode 4 Quantum Leap episode 4 “A Decent Proposal” is far better than decent. This episode melds romantic comedy and action adventure in a way that fans haven’t seen in thirty years. The hope, heart, humor, and history that were the pillars of the original Quantum Leap series are now on full display in this iteration of the revival. Dr. Ben Song’s (Raymond Lee) leap into the body of beautiful bounty hunter Eva Sandoval delivers a moment where the curly mullets on the men in a L....

The original British version of Queer as Folk broke a tremendous amount of new ground for LGBTQ+ storytelling in the late 1990’s. Telling the story of three wildly different gay men, creator Russell T. Davies was able to give a greater voice to broader experience of being queer in the Western world. Straight people often have certain ideas in their head of how gay people act and what they desire....

While Resident Evil Village‘s trailers and demos strongly suggested that the mysterious Mother Miranda would ultimately be the game’s “main” villain, even the wildest theories regarding the character’s background didn’t come close to guessing just how important and fascinating she would prove to be. As is this case with many things in Resident Evil Village, though, there’s a chance you could walk away from the game without a proper understanding of who, exactly, Mother Miranda is and why she is more than just another entry into Resident Evil‘s impressive collection of big bads....

The temptation to write historical figures into Doctor Who is understandably irresistible to the average scriptwriter. Moored down on Earth by budgetary constraints and needing an instant hook into a given historical period, it makes easy shorthand for viewers. When it works, it buys into the gallivanting rompy ethos of the ‘Who, like Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw. When it doesn’t work, it really doesn’t. And that’s what happened this week....

You may recall that way back in 2018, Adult Swim cut a deal with Rick and Morty creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon to produce a staggering 70 additional episodes of the show. The deal came before season 4 and since then Rick and Morty has generated 20 episodes, leaving fans with (at least) 50 more to look forward to. Each season of Rick and Morty thus far has been made up of 10 episodes (save for the 11-episode season 1), so expect the next batch of 10 episodes to make up Rick and Morty season 6....

Riverdale Episode 10 Secrets and Sins. That game — a twist on Truth or Dare that Chuck Clayton and Cheryl Blossom hijack Jughead’s surprise birthday party to force everyone to play — also sums up the underlying theme of this week’s episode of Riverdale. There are revelations a plenty in this go round, from most of Riverdale High learning about the Archie/Ms. Grundy affair and “Dark Betty” to definitive proof that Mr....

“The death of the Tojo Clan’s Third Chairman has plunged the organization into chaos,” reads a description of the game on its Steam page. “The violence spreads to the streets, and only Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima can put an end to the bloodshed!” While the game isn’t scheduled to be released until October 17, the early footage of the game looks surprisingly solid. Granted, it’s pretty much a Streets of Rage game that just incorporates some Yakuza characters and environments, but it turns out that those two series actually go together quite well....

What are you going to do with your life? It’s a looming question, and one that a few days ago Jamie Foxx’s Joe Gardner thought he knew the answer to. He was going to play jazz, professionally, and break into the music industry—specifically as the pianist for Dorothea Williams’ jazz quartet. But standing there on the ramp toward the Great Beyond, and staring at his second chance back on Earth, he’s posed the question again by a well-meaning Jerry....