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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…

Miniseries have a unique opportunity to tell compelling stories in a short amount of time. These series are often accessible because they are easy to invest in. The fact that miniseries feature fewer episodes than other TV shows means that they can tell tighter, more impactful stories. Because they feature fewer episodes, miniseries can focus on character development in a way that longer TV shows can’t. The best miniseries use their limited time to tell innovative stories with characters who are worth investing in and who are worth re-visiting over time. Some series, like Angels in America, are adaptations of…

2025 has been another year of Netflix greats, as the world’s most-subscribed streaming service continues to build a legacy of prestige television on its platform. Having agreed a deal to buy Warner Bros. earlier in December, in some ways the picture has never been rosier for those at the top of this streaming giant. But we’re here to talk about top TV shows rather than business dealings, and in this respect Netflix has barnstorming 12 months, too. A lot’s changed in television since this time last year, as is clear from the dramatic differences between this list and the Screen…

From Star Wars canon expansion to the conclusion of a university-set sitcom and Vince Gilligan’s highly anticipated return to the small screen, here are our TV highlights from this year. Given how rare event television is in the streaming era, watercooler moments are far and few between. While Celebrity Traitors is a gripping exception to this rule, the field of other possibilities is vast. Mammoth franchises sit alongside original storytelling in a TV schedule of your own making as the medium continues to adapt to the evolving entertainment landscape. Some year-defining titles have still not yet made it to UK shores…

Film Festivals: Amoeba (2025) by Siyou Tan: Coming-of-Age Drama Following Teenage Girl Gang Rebelling Against Singapore’s Conformist Society top of pagebottom of page

It feels strange to realize that a TV show you’ve watched your whole life — thanks to endless reruns — now has just one surviving cast member.Iconic shows like All in the Family came from a different time, but their special place in popular culture keeps them from ever feeling truly old. They’re always there in the background, still popping up in reruns and conversations decades later.Time Does Not Stand Still for Classic TVWith the tragic passing of Rob Reiner in December 2025, All in the Family — widely seen as one of the most influential sitcoms, if not television programs, ever…

Matt Damon’s role as Linus in the Ocean’s franchise is one of the most famous of his career, but just last year, he starred in a replacement to the film that’s still surging on streaming charts. Damon stars alongside Casey Affleck in The Instigators, the Apple TV original heist film following a pair of robbers who must go on the run with the help of their therapist after one of their jobs doesn’t go as planned. The Instigators began streaming on Apple TV last August, and although it’s been almost a year and a half since its premiere, the film…

As the eponymous group gear up for their trickiest jobs yet, Sam Riegel has an exciting update about The Mighty Nein season 2. Executive produced by Riegel and Travis Willingham for Critical Role, the animated Prime Video series adapts the tabletop group’s second Dungeons & Dragons campaign, focusing on a ragtag group of characters who come together amid rising tensions between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty over the disappearance of a powerful relic. Continuing the group’s first-look deal with Amazon Studios after their success with The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein has proven to be another…

Crafting a complex portrait of a fraught father-daughter relationship set against a grand dragestil family home in Oslo, Joachim Trier turns to family, ancestral traumas and art to convey all that can’t be articulated through language.LWLies: The house doesn’t feel like home anymore, to any of the characters. How do you treat that subtle transformation when a familiar space becomes alien or hostile?Trier: You make it sound like it’s a haunted house movie – I like that! When we remember, we need an arena, a stage for the memory. You can remember a moment from your life wherever you grew up in, and maybe you don’t remember in…

Movies: Goodbye June (2025) by Kate Winslet: A Personal Family Drama Examining Grief, Reconciliation, and End-of-Life Grace Through Star-Powered Ensemble top of pagebottom of page