The collaboration between the brothers in creating Stranger Things necessitated having the outline in a shared state online. “As we started to put together [our MasterClass], we realized that we had so many documents because… even back then in 2014 when we were doing our heavy brainstorming for this, and even before then when we initially had the kernel of the idea which was around 2010, all of it was done on Google Docs....

With Spider-Man: No Way Home being touted by Holland himself as “the end of a franchise,” meant to cap off solo films that are now being collectively called the Homecoming Trilogy, it does seem that the Integrated Suit is meant to be the culmination of Spidey’s consistently-evolving new duds across his Marvel Cinematic Universe version’s thus-far six total film appearances. Thus, it appears to be a hybrid of his previously showcased sartorial choices....

Spider-Man: No Way Home, the latest installment in the Marvel pantheon, has hit theaters, complete with an ending that is sure to reverberate across the MCU—if not because Doctor Strange has left cracks in the multiverse than in the space it will leave in the Avengers where Peter Parker once stood. The movie crams a lot into its two-and-a-half-hour runtime, giving rewarding endings to not one but three Peter Parkers....

The snubbing of Spider-Man: No Way Home is telling because historically the PGA has been the one industry guild inclined to champion populist entertainment, including when Black Panther and Joker both went on to receive Best Picture nominations at those years’ Oscars. Like the Screen Actors and Directors guilds, producers in the PGA have overlap with the voting body within the Academy. But unlike SAG or the DGA, the PGAs tend to be more open to celebrate successes that connect with audiences—and often signaling to the rest of Hollywood that they should do the same on Oscar night....

In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “The Naked Time,” Scotty famously told Captain Kirk that “I can’t change the laws of physics.” The physics Scotty was talking about applied more to the science fiction rules of how the Enterprise’s warp engines work than real physics, but within Trek a larger point still stands: When it comes to outer space technology, Trek likes to keep its made-up physics fairly consistent....

Spores are a big deal in Star Trek. This may sound like a retroactive canon thing, given that the propulsion system of the USS Discovery basically runs on mushrooms, but, the truth is, spores also gave Star Trek: The Original Series one of its most pivotal and important episodes: “This Side of Paradise.” Prior to Prodigy‘s release, we were told that the kid-geared series would be drawing inspiration from all corners of Trek universe and, in a kind of strange tribute to both the spores of Discovery and the spores of TOS, the new kids’ animated series Star Trek: Prodigy now also has its own spore-centric arc....

In fact, I probably would have been upset if you told me that remake would go so far as to significantly change any aspect of the original game’s combat, story, or any of the other elements that have led many to call it one of the best RPGs of the last 20 years and arguably the best Star Wars game ever made. After seeing the first teaser trailer for Aspyr’s upcoming Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake for PS5 and PC, though…well, I’m honestly starting to feel pretty good about the possibility that this remake is going to change quite a few elements of the original game....

To the surprise of absolutely no one who follows the movie business, the Star Wars film announced back in late 2020 on a Disney investor’s call has been removed from the Disney release schedule. The Lucasfilm project was set to arrive on Dec. 22, 2023, a date which stubbornly remained on the calendar even as months went by with no appreciable movement on the movie. Patty Jenkins had been slated to direct the movie, which would have been the first new Star Wars theatrical release since The Rise of Skywalker underperformed at the box office—it also would’ve been the first Star Wars movie, period, to be directed by a woman....

Just a little over 20 years ago, Lucasfilm released Attack of the Clones, the middle chapter of George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy. Positioned to be the installment that did away with the much-maligned trade disputes and Senate meetings of The Phantom Menace, this follow-up delivered plenty of Jedi action, evil villains, and even Yoda with a lightsaber. But Lucas, never quite content with the “more of the same” Hollywood approach to blockbusters, also infused Attack of the Clones with a few other things never before seen in the franchise: a predictable and exposition-heavy detective story as well as an ill-advised romantic subplot that came off as creepy even in 2002....

And then there’s Stath Lets Flats, a comedy so rich in nutrients you could live off it for well over a year. Which fans have had to, because the brilliant second series which won all the awards Bafta could give it, aired all the way back in summer 2019. Series three arrives today, after a delay due to the pandemic and the packed schedules of its increasingly in-demand cast. That cast includes creator Jamie Demetriou, who plays inept Greek-Cypriot lettings agent Stath; Natasia Demetriou, who plays his dopey would-be singer sister Sophie; Katy Wix as career-minded Carole, who’s what would happen if you put all of the female contestants on The Apprentice into a blender and froze the results into a human-shaped ice lolly; Kiell Smith-Bynoe as the perpetually exasperated Dean; Ellie White as bad girl Eastern European lady postman Katia; and Al Roberts as Al, a man so self-effacing that if you ran him over, he’d apologise for denting your car....

And since Gunn’s new film, while technically IS a sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad movie, it plays it as loose as possible with that, in part because of the critical savaging the first David Ayer movie received. But for years, there have been whispers (well, more than whispers) that the theatrical cut of Suicide Squad wasn’t the film Ayer intended to make, and that the movie was re-cut in a panic after brutal reviews of Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice six months earlier....

“We’re excited to announce that to better reflect the storylines that we are telling across DC and to honor Superman’s incredible legacy of over 80 years of building a better world, Superman’s motto is evolving,” DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee said at DC FanDome. “Superman has long been a symbol of hope who inspires people, and it is that optimism and hope that powers him forward with this new mission statement: Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow....

Avery Sunderland has a “Long Walk Home” in Swamp Thing episode 8, which serves as an interesting exploration of the character while also thrusting the action forward, and places Swampy in real danger. But is there enough time to wrap everything up by the series finale in two weeks? The episode opens focused on Will Patton’s Avery in the swamp, and by all appearances, close to death. And that’s how the swamp wants it....

They were in many ways the earliest precursor of home video, and one of the films I convinced my mom to purchase was Hammer Films’ Taste the Blood of Dracula. While the format really prevented me from making much sense of the narrative, certain imagery–Dracula’s face emerging from beneath a cracking caul of dust, two beautiful young women driving a stake into the heart of an older gentleman, a younger man drinking a cup of blood and choking as it poured out of his mouth–stayed firmly with me....

Ranking the episodes by “best,” though, is a fool’s errand; they’re all gems in their own eerie way. So, instead – and in anticipation of season 13’s upcoming “Apple Gore-chard! (But Not Gory)” – let’s take a look back at the ten spooktacular installments so far, ranked from merely Halloween-y to the absolute Halloween-iest. 10. Season 10 Episode 4: Pig Trouble in Little Tina Trying to fit in with her friends, Tina (Dan Mintz) insults the dead pig she’s dissecting in class, only to find herself haunted by the spectral swine afterwards....

This first edition covers Masashi Kishimoto’s global phenomenon Naruto and its direct sequel Naruto Shippuden. With 750 episodes of high-octane ninja action to sort through, these 10 fights are chock full of intense ninjutsu, flying kunai, and of course, extremely emotional moments that always hit just right. In general, Netflix has the best user experience, with skippable intros and the ability to switch between dubs and subs on the fly....

All nine seasons of NBC’s The Blacklist are now streaming on Netflix. This genre-busting series premiered on Sept. 23, 2013 and is slated to release its tenth season in early 2023 (official NBC premiere date TBA). The Blacklist is a crime drama and action thriller that often dips into science fiction. The stamina of the show’s mysteries lends to the series’ staying power and high place in the hearts of fans and new streaming viewers alike....

Seven weeks later, we are turning to the final chapter of The Book of Boba Fett. Will there be more to this book after the season finale or will the book be closed for good? That remains to be seen. What we do know is that there’s plenty of unfinished business yet to be resolved in this week’s finale. Will Boba Fett and Fennec Shand defeat the Pyke Syndicate and claim Mos Espa for the new daimyo?...

To say that The Devil’s Hour packed a lot in to its six-hour story would be an understatement. There was a serial killer thriller, a ghostly horror, a child abduction mystery, a love story, a gangland crime tale and a family drama… all wrapped up in existential Nietzschean philosophy. By the end, it was a little of Life After Life plus a little of The Time Traveler’s Wife plus a little of Quantum Leap plus a little of Marcella plus a lot of other ideas given not quite enough room to breathe....

With The Wheel of Time set to premiere on Prime Video, some fantasy fans may decide they’d like to dip their toes into the waters of the Robert Jordan novels upon which the show is based, and although Book 1, The Eye of the World, may seem daunting at nearly 800 pages, it’s fittingly (and intentionally) the most accessible story in the 14-book series. Jordan based the book’s early story structure on that of J....