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Imran Perretta’s feature debut follows two best friends whose bond is torn apart by racial profiling and a traumatic police stop-and-search. While planes roar overhead on their way to or from nearby Luton Airport, Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and his best friend Maram (Yahya Kitana) ride their bikes through the suburbs in search of summer diversions. As the holidays stretch out in front of them, so too do their imaginations: in the scrubland they build a den out of branches, and in the woods they pick fresh blackberries, delighting in their haul as they gleefully carry them in Ish’s T‑shirt. But…

Australian Indie Rock Outfit Mixes Heartbreak with Sun-Soaked SwaggerIdle Hive are an emerging Australian indie rock band crafting a sound that blends jangly guitars, alternative rock energy, and infectious indie-pop melodies. While the band are steadily building their profile through independent releases, they have kept much of their background deliberately low-key, with their town of origin not yet publicly confirmed. What stands out instead is their ability to pair sharp hooks with witty songwriting, creating music that feels equally at home on summer playlists and indie rock stages. “Blood In My Margarita,” released in June 2026, is their latest single and…

Wakanda may not be forever. But it will be around for at least one more movie.As part of their big Comic-Con panel in Hall H in San Diego, Marvel announced that there will be a third Black Panther movie as part of the next era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. David Jonson, star of The Long Walk and Alien: Romulus, has been cast as T’Challa’s son in the film. Letitia Wright will also star as well.And Ryan Coogler, director of both of the first two Black Panther films, will return to direct Black Panther III.Following the death of original franchise star Chadwick Boseman in 2020, 2022’s Black Panther:…

With just five episodes aired in the 1980s, The Phoenix barely got a chance to prove itself on ABC. The short-lived drama aired for just one month in 1982, but despite its brief run, it packed a distinct combination of mind-bending science fiction, mystery, the paranormal, and alien mythology into its five episodes, making it one of television’s most overlooked cult gems. Before shows like The X-Files and Stargate SG-1 could run, The Phoenix crawled. The sci-fi classic follows Bennu, an ancient extraterrestrial with extraordinary abilities and certainly not the typical ET. Along the way, each episode introduces new mysteries…

Critical reception and audience enjoyment do not always go hand in hand. Film history is full of movies that received mixed or outright negative reviews upon release, only to find passionate audiences years later. Sometimes critics and viewers simply want different things. Other times, a movie arrives before audiences are ready for what it is trying to do. In a few cases, expectations become the biggest obstacle, with films being judged for what people wanted them to be rather than what they actually were. That does not mean every poorly reviewed movie is a hidden masterpiece. Plenty earned their reputation.…

Leeds Post-Punk Band Channels Modern Anxiety into a Haunting New AnthemHailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, The 113 are one of the UK’s most compelling emerging post-punk bands, combining jagged guitar work, brooding basslines, and emotionally charged lyricism into a sound that is both intense and atmospheric. Drawing influence from post-punk, noise rock, and alternative guitar music, the four-piece have steadily built momentum through releases such as To Combat Regret and their latest EP, The Hedonist. Their growing reputation has been reinforced by an expanding UK touring schedule and increasing support from the independent music press.When I Leave: A Tense Exploration of…

Marvel came to San Diego Comic-Con 2026 at a major turning point in the company’s history.It had some of its biggest movies ever coming in the next few years, but they arrive after a fair amount of scrambling on Marvel’s part to rework their plans in ways they never had to during the early years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Jonathan Majors got fired, and Avengers: The Kang Dynasty became Avengers: Doomsday. Meanwhile several recent Marvel films have underperformed in theaters including Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*, leading some industry experts to speculate that Marvel’s days as a dominant box-office force were coming to an end.That’s the conception…

Largely thanks to The Odyssey, there’s been a realization that “Matt Damon tries to get home” is a weird sort of sub-genre. Maybe people noticed before The Odyssey, but it’s the kind of observation/joke that’s really taken off because of The Odyssey also being a movie that’s really taken off, as one of the more discussed, popular, and acclaimed movies of 2025 so far (at the time of writing, the year is a bit over half-done). The Odyssey is sort of the ultimate movie about getting home, and it has to appear later here… but where? There are about half…

Page-to-screen adaptations aren’t a new phenomenon, but the 2020s have offered an influx of TV shows based on books that have shaped the decade in an interesting way. Throughout the past several years, some iconic shows have come to life and adapted beloved books from years past, finding a way to bring their narratives to a whole new audience. While page-to-screen adaptations don’t always work, there have been several successful adaptations of books to TV shows in the past few years that have proven the formula to be successful. Book adaptations can be tricky to accomplish in the right way.…

A Psychological Drama About Cult Manipulation, Faith, and the Destruction of Personal IdentitySet in Poland during the early 1990s and inspired by true events, Heaven: A Year in Hell follows Sebastian, an idealistic young man who abandons his university studies after becoming involved with a religious sect. What initially appears to offer purpose, belonging, and spiritual fulfillment gradually evolves into an increasingly disturbing psychological prison, forcing him to confront manipulation, fear, and the loss of his own identity.Rather than relying on sensational violence or conventional thriller tropes, the six-part HBO Max miniseries explores the subtle mechanisms of coercion and emotional control…