Buddy the Elf Sold Out for a British Supermarket Chain?

Buddy the Elf Sold Out for a British Supermarket Chain?

This creepy cut-and-paste job evokes the memory of those scenes from the Disney-era Star Wars movies wherein the likeness of Grand Moff Tarkin or leftover footage of Carrie Fisher are awkwardly cut alongside actors who […]

Batgirl ‘murder’: should film studios ever expunge a director’s vision? | Movies

Margot Robbie in The Suicide Squad.

Some tough language from the Russo brothers this week, who have accused Warner Brothers of “murder” over the recent canning of Batgirl. Speaking to Variety, the Avengers: Endgame directors did not mince their words. “It’s […]

Batgirl ‘murder’: should film studios ever expunge a director’s vision? | Movies

Margot Robbie in The Suicide Squad.

Some tough language from the Russo brothers this week, who have accused Warner Brothers of “murder” over the recent canning of Batgirl. Speaking to Variety, the Avengers: Endgame directors did not mince their words. “It’s […]

Fanfiction was the guilty pleasure that helped me unlock the internet

Fangirl novel next to some plants in a windowsill

My affair with fanfiction started off as an English assignment. At the tender age of 12, my tiger parents forced me to spend every free moment at a local cram school. It was about 6PM […]

Lee Jung-jae: ‘Squid Game made me rethink how I look at the world’ | Movies

Lee Jung-jae in Squid Game.

The night before we meet in a central London hotel suite, Lee Jung-jae sat on a stage at a West End cinema, apologising profusely to the assembled audience. At a star-studded opening gala of the […]

‘Good Night Oppy’ review: NASA’s Mars rovers are the real stars

'Good Night Oppy' review: NASA's Mars rovers are the real stars

Great true stories about space exploration don’t come around too often anymore. Our pop cultural representations about NASA’s achievements (or failures) tend to be period pieces and retreads of the greatest hits. But the new […]

A new generation of L.A. leaders changing Latino culture

Ana-Christina Ramón, a UCLA scholar, is seen in a blue jacket with a patterned shirt, against an obscured background.

To speak of Latino culture in the United States is often to tell a story of absence, of underrepresentation and misrepresentation, of everything that is missing rather than all that exists. This will not be […]

New to Disney Plus in November 2022: Andor finale, Disenchanted

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor pretending to be Keef Girgo, wearing a tan vest as he pleads at the court bench, while a green alien guard stands behind him with a weapon in hand

Disney Plus launched in 2019 with most of Disney’s back catalog, but the platform still hasn’t reached maximum capacity just yet. In addition to original content, like the currently airing Andor series, there is a […]

Alternatives to Elon Musk’s Twitter: Mastadon, Reddit, Cohost, Tumblr, and more

Front page of Mastodon.social social networking server, with welcome cartoon.

Twitter now has a new owner (yes, I know you knew, but it does bear repeating), and the social network (not to mention most other media outlets that follow popular culture and tech) is awash […]

Top Villains We Have Seen in Hollywood Movies

Top Villains We Have Seen in Hollywood Movies

Credit: Freddy vs. Jason When watching a movie, it’s essential to focus just as much on the villain as on the main character. These villains provide our favorite heroes the incentive to go on with […]

Report: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to Direct Damon Lindelof’s ‘Star Wars’ Film

Report: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to Direct Damon Lindelof’s ‘Star Wars’ Film

Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will direct an upcoming Star Wars franchise entry co-penned by Lost and The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof, per a new report. Sunday evening, Deadline let loose an exclusive revealing that the largely […]