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Anyone who’s a fan of Supernatural remembers the moment where the long-running horror series kicked into a new gear: its Season 4 premiere “Lazarus Rising”, which introduced the angel Castiel (Misha Collins). Castiel’s presence added a new dynamic to Supernatural, particularly when he shared the screen with Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), and new enemies as Dean and his brother Sam (Jared Padalecki) found themselves fighting the forces of Heaven and Hell. Before Castiel stole the show in Supernatural, the Syfy Channel depicted its own version of a heavenly war with the short-lived series, Dominion. Dominion takes place after God mysteriously…

January is already a hard enough month to get through at the best of times, and now it’s looking like the PlayStation Plus free games lineup for next month could be especially bleak. December 2025 saw PlayStation Plus Essential bring us a bumper selection of games, with LEGO Horizon Adventures, Killing Floor 3, The Outlast Trials, Synduality Echo of Ada, and Neon White. A generous serving, to be sure. But going forward, PlayStation Plus gamers will have even less choice. PlayStation Plus Free Games For January Will Be Tough I’m already scared about what’s to come As you’ve probably already…

Nothing brings a family together like a funeral, and at the wake for Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes’ (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) mother, their estranged father Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård) strolls through the door as though nothing has changed. His reappearance in his daughters’ lived threatens to disturb the tentative peace they both have, particularly for Nora, a flighty actress suffering from a crisis of confidence. To make matters worse, the long-in-the-tooth filmmaker has a new project in mind, and would like his eldest daughter to star in it, despite Nora’s incredulity at her father’s return as though no time has passed at all.Joachim Trier’s second collaboration with…

In Theaters: Marty Supreme (2025) by Josh Safdie: Hyperkinetic Sports Comedy-Drama Following Table Tennis Hustler’s Relentless Pursuit of Greatness top of pagebottom of page

For those of us Olds who remember life in the 20th century (or even life in [shudder] the 1980s) the fact that the 21st century is already 25 percent complete is slightly unfathomable. (Remember: Although most people and all Y2K-compliant computers celebrated the new millennium on January 1, 2000, the 21st century technically began one year later, on January 1, 2001. And now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to push my glasses up the bridge of my nose, straighten my bow tie, and very carefully adjust my pocket protector to ensure it is properly secured.)While the state of movies (and especially…

With 37 films released in the MCU, we’ve been taken to planets and across timelines, watched our favorite heroes take on their greatest foes, and watched how an entire cinematic universe can change movies forever. As Marvel fans debate their favorite films, there are some that stand out as 10s across the board. Are they perfect? To us, they are. For this list, we are going to explore ten films that are flawless for their entertainment value, thrills and action, and overall story. Of course, that’s all up to interpretation, but these ten satisfy those requirements with the greatest of…

Monkey D. Luffy may be One Piece’s lovable, instantly recognizable hero, but early drafts and prototypes of Eiichiro Oda’s various designs for him hinted initially darker paths ahead. As such, Luffy’s Gears, even at their most fearsome in terms of power, never quite evoked a more malicious tone, characteristically remaining silly, comical even. But as shown by recently-unearthed, extremely rare images of Oda’s early concept sketches, Luffy’s Gear 4 mode had an even darker potential iteration. One Piece Mini Magazine Special Feature: Legend & Next, glimpsed earlier this past weekend, featured a Snakeman looking more ferocious than his final version.…

I’m really in pursuit of greatness,” Timotheé Chalamet announced in February 2025 while accepting the Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Male Actor in a Leading Role. ​“I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats.” Chalamet’s statement was earnest enough, if not a little self-serious (he was being recognised for James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown). But watching him in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, one gets a better sense of what Chalamet was talking about. Not quite 30 at the time of writing, his career has been defined by rave reviews and interesting choices; he…

Movies: Hey, I Made This for You (2025) by Jacquie Phillips: When Adulthood Becomes a Reckoning With the Life That Didn’t Happen top of pagebottom of page

Is Anaconda the first Hollywood movie to include an on-camera discussion of IP? The heroes of this meta-reboot of the campy ’90s horror movie are wannabe filmmakers who acquire the remake rights to Anaconda because, as one character puts it, “that’s all big movies are” now.The moment is meant as a meta-joke, of course. We’re only watching this new Jack Black and Paul Rudd buddy movie because someone in Hollywood thought the Anaconda IP was strong enough to pull viewers into theaters to watch it. But that line plays more like tragedy than comedy, since it’s a tacit acknowledgement that basically the only way Hollywood will make a comedy these days…