In Cherry, based on the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Nico Walker, Holland stars as the title character, a young Cleveland man who joins the Army after his girlfriend (Ciara Bravo) announces she is going away to college. He returns home from Iraq with PTSD, develops an opioid addiction, and eventually turns to bank robbery to support his habit. The often harrowing film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, making it the first motion picture directed by the Cleveland-born brothers since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame....

After narrowly averting (or more accurately: running away from) an apocalypse in season 1, Reginald Hargreeves’ mismatched family of crimefighters went back to the 1960s in season 2…where they averted another apocalypse. In season 3, set to arrive on June 22, the Umbrellas have made it back to what they think is the correct timeline, only to discover the place they thought was their home is now the headquarters of The Sparrow Academy....

Most of us probably assumed the answer to the question “Why did Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard?” was “Money.” While that assumption isn’t strictly wrong, the specific reason why Microsoft decided to add Activision Blizzard to Xbox’s growing war chest of studios is a bit…strange. “The biggest gaming platform on the planet is mobile phones,” says Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, in an interview with Bloomberg. “One and a half billion people play on mobile phones....

Y: The Last Man showrunner Eliza Clark knew she had found her series’ lead character when she watched actor Ben Schnetzer run lines over Zoom whilst wearing a garbage bag as a poncho. “From the first moment I saw him, I was like, ‘That is Yorick,’” she says. “There’s a sweetness to him and a naivety to the way he played the character. You love him even when he’s being an idiot....

Andre Cobb is a young Black man set to be the salutatorian of his class at an elite high school—until cancer ruins all his carefully laid plans. Dre’s cancer requires a liver transplant and, as the book opens, the operation has gone successfully. His body has accepted the liver, and it’s possible he could get things back on track with his life, despite the school administration giving him as many hoops to jump through as they can throw his way....

Young Justice Season 4 Episode 22 Remember all those kidnapped kids last season? Markovia, vaguely eastern European home to Brion Markov, was briefly home to a metahuman trafficking ring led by Baron Bedlam. They kidnapped kids, soaked them in super goo, and the ones who lived had their meta gene activated. They were then sold to various partners through Bialya, including to Darkseid, Granny Goodness, and the hordes of Apokolips. Turns out one of those kids is the Kaizer-Thrall....

Young Justice Season 3 Episode 26 Young Justice: Outsiders has been up and down. It’s been a lot more up than down, but the negatives of the season are there and undeniable. And true to the entire season before it, “Nevermore,” the season finale, does just about everything narratively that the rest of the season has done before it, and the result is a mixed bag of an episode that’s mostly good with some glaring, grating issues....

“Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he’s created?” Steve Buscemi’s Dr. Romero asks in the 2002 modern cinematic masterpiece, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams. It’s a valid question. One that I’ve been asking myself a lot this week as the “does Batman eat pussy” discourse continues across various social media platforms. It just got another shot in the arm from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League director Zack Snyder as it happens, because we live in a society....

Now we’re finally getting it. After the agreement earlier this year between all parties involved with Macross and Robotech, the theatrical film Macross Plus is coming to US theaters on December 14th. The synopsis for the film, set in the same universe as the first Macross series, is below. In the year 2040, on the distant planet Eden, former childhood friends Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman find themselves pitted against each other as test pilots of rival teams in a competition to decide the next generation of variable mecha fighters....

Indeed, the SNES’ biggest and best bosses arguably helped sell the console to anyone who doubted what kinds of things it was truly capable of. Even better, the console’s best bosses weren’t limited to a particular genre or style. From fantasy JRPGs to trend-setting platformers, there’s no lack of variety in settings and themes that were used in the very best SNES boss fights. Of course, that variety is a big part of the reason why it’s so tough to even try and rank those battles....

They may be magical creatures ruled by mystical rites, but when it comes to family, the vampires, witches and daemons are no different from the rest of us. Gather the clan together under one roof and pretty soon it’s all rivalry, resentment and stalking out of dinner in a huff. One brother doesn’t like his new sister-in-law, the youngest wants the eldest to move with the times. ‘You’re breaking an ancient covenant’, ‘You didn’t tell me I carried a genetic disease that turned my vampire children into uncontrollably vicious monsters’… All the usual beef....

2.6 Life Of The Party & 2.7 Monsters Well, after wondering where Dottie was last episode, this pair of episodes brought her right back to the forefront of the series in a big way, and it was everything I dreamed. Her gloriously sadistic, sarcastic outlook contrasts brilliantly with the chipper, moralising Brits in the cast and the predatory vibe she gives off towards Peggy in particular could not be more glorious....

While it’s always a least a little sad that such moments can steal the show from the winners and reveals, it’s not hard to see why everyone is obsessed with some of The Game Awards 2022 moments that almost certainly didn’t go according to plan. After all, it’s not every year that we get to talk about Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, and Genshin Impact in the same labored breath....

Five years later and with a sheepish grin on its face, Scott’s Alien: Covenant arrives in the mea culpa position, determined to apologize for its predecessor’s sins as well as its virtues. For here is a pretty-looking and aesthetically dazzling picture that dryly remakes the original 1979 classic with all the perfunctory effort of a master being commissioned to trace the lines of a previous work. You missed infectious eggs with a probing disposition?...

“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience” Roanhorse’s short story, published in APEX, won both the Hugo and the Nebula. It’s a story about identity, both who you really are and who the world expects you to be. Told in second person, it follows Jesse Turnblatt, who works at a virtual reality Experience, giving Tourists “authentic” Vision Quests that he’s created based on what the typically New Age customers expect from television and movies....

In one such clip, released today, Sam shares an interesting theory with his rival/counterpart Bucky. Give it a look below to see what we mean. “The Big Three – androids, aliens, wizards. Every time we fight, we fight one of the three,” Sam says. Bucky tries to challenge Sam’s assertion by pointing out there are no wizards. Sam immediately counters with Doctor Strange. “A sorcerer is a wizard without a hat....

If you feel like the final episodes of Attack on Titan can’t arrive fast enough, you can always revisit the show’s most exhilarating and soul-crushing battles from the first three seasons. And since you are now equipped with the knowledge of who’s who and why they’re doing what they’re doing, these early conflicts can be seen in a whole new light. If you’re not trying to rewatch the series from start to finish, you can use this handy fight guide to pick an action-packed episode to drop in, no matter where you’re streaming it....

“I just didn’t ever think about Superman, because I never thought I could tell that story,” Grace tells us. That all changed, though, after he was called into pitch by then DC editor Diego Lopez. While Grace went in with a Black Canary and Green Arrow story ready to go, in which he was “coming at her with this passionate 45 minute speech, like, ‘Wild at Heart, wrong side of the train tracks, yada, yada,’” Lopez had other ideas....

We’ve curated a list of the 2021 games we absolutely loved, as well as the upcoming ones we’re most excited about, including big AAA blockbusters and imaginative indie titles. Keep in mind that we’ve only included games that at the very least have a vague “2021” release window attached, which is why we’re not including games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel or Final Fantasy XVI....

Since the Nintendo Switch is a hybrid home/handheld console, it is filled with features that you can’t find on any other modern gaming platform. For instance, most game controllers these days include rechargeable batteries, but recharging your Switch Joy-Cons is as easy as sliding them into the console. This is one of the most well-known features, though, since everyone has to recharge their Joy-Cons eventually. Because the Switch is packed with so many little features, though, many get overlooked and underused....