I Still Can’t Believe Once Upon A Time Wasted This Billion-Dollar Disney Villain

Once Upon a Timeis an audience favorite TV show that ran between 2011 and 2018. The premise of the show was that every fairytale character we know and love was trapped in our world, where all their happy endings were stolen by a dark curse cast by The Evil Queen. The show featured hundreds of characters from fairytales and mythology over its seven-year run,giving characters new backstories and character connectionsto help expand their stories in theOnce Upon a Timeuniverse....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 965 words · Aaron Aguilar

Judero developer’s handcrafted follow-up, Mashina, digs into Kickstarter tomorrow

Juderodevelopers Talha and Jack Co have announced thatthe Kickstarter(not live yet) forMashinawill start tomorrow, June 10, 2025. Along with the announcement is a new trailer, as well as the estimated release date of June, 2025. The Kickstarter is intended to raise funds to finish the last stretch of development, as it seemsMashinais well on the way, judging by the trailer. The campaign is aiming to raise £12000. The game was announced with a teaserthis past December, but the Kickstarter and gameplay trailer paint a much clearer picture....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · Joseph Williams

Lake George's Carrie Coon & Shea Whigham On Noir Buddy Comedy, Playing Different Character Types, Mission: Impossible & The Gilded Age

Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon are back together in another noir-influenced dark comedy inLake George. The latter found her on-screen breakout with the Damon Lindelof-co-created supernatural dramaThe Leftoversand the movie adaptation ofGone Girl, following it up with celebrated turns in everything from Steven Spielberg’sThe Postto the most recentGhostbusterssequels and HBO’sThe Gilded Age. Whigham has been a supporting player in a number of acclaimed projects over the years, including the most recentMission: Impossiblemovies, Joaquin Phoenix’sJokerandFast & Furious, while also getting leadroles inBoardwalk Empire,Wacoand HBO’sPerry Masonreboot....

July 4, 2025 · 12 min · 2375 words · Paul Jacobs

My Hero Academia's Boys Get a Flowery Shojo Makeover

My Hero Academia’s main story may be over, but the spinoff seriesTeam-Up Missionshas a few chapters left to be released in English. One such chapter involved the boys of Class 1-A getting a peak at themselves in a very different art style, thanks to Shiketsu’s Camie Utsushimi. Fans may remember Camie from the Provisional License Exams arc, where she was replaced by Toga.The real Camie doesn’t appear until the Remedial Courses arc, where she has to join Todoroki and Bakugo in making up for failing the license exam (since she wasn’t even there)....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 505 words · Joseph Thomas

NCIS: Origins Showrunner Teases "Surprises" In Upcoming Flashbacks About Gibbs' Past

NCIS: Originswill go deeper into Gibb’s backstory with more flashbacks that promise to surprise the audience with more unexpected details.NCIS: Originsepisode 4focused on a girl who went missing after witnessing a murder, resulting in an emotional story that brought Gibbs' painful past to the forefront. His bond with the girl stirred memories of the tragic loss of his daughter, Kelly, and his wife, Shannon, who were killed in a car crash....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 640 words · Michael Wilson

Night Court Star John Larroquette Reflects On Season 2's "Perfect" Tribute To Original Star & Future Callbacks To Past Characters

Night Courtstar John Larroquette has reflected on season 2’s “perfect” tribute to an original star of the show and future callbacks to past characters. The ongoing revival of the 1980s sitcom sees Larroquette return as Dan Fielding, now a former assistant district attorney and current public defender. He joins Abby Stone (Melissa Rauch), daughter of Harry Stone (Harry Anderson), who overseas the court as judge, with the revival making plenty of references to the original series....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 662 words · Kimberly Jackson

Nintendo Switch Sports is Getting a Free New Sport

Nintendo Switch Sports is Getting a Free New Sport Nintendo had plenty of announcements for itsJune Nintendo Direct, notably a new free DLC for Nintendo Switch Sports. Basketball is coming to the roster of sports playable with motion controls, and it’s available as a free download to those who have the game. Basketball is Coming to Nintendo Switch Sports In time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, active Switch players can play basketball on Nintendo Switch Sports....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · William Horn

Original Gladiator Star Addresses Being Replaced By Paul Mescal In Ridley Scott's New Sequel

OriginalGladiatorstar Spencer Treat Clark is speaking out about being replaced by Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott’s upcoming sequel,Gladiator II.Clark, who starred as a young Lucius Verus, the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus, will not be returning for the highly anticipated sequel. Instead,Lucius will be portrayed by Irish actor Paul Mescal, best known for his Emmy-nominated role in the miniseries,Normal People.Lucius is the centralcharacter inGladiator II, following him as he is forced to enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 679 words · Jamie Huff

Queer Ending Explained: What Happens To Lee & Gene?

The romantic 2024 dramaQueertells the story of American expat Lee (Daniel Craig) and young man Gene (Drew Starkey), while also exploring the complexities of love, attraction, and gay lifestyle in the 1950s. Directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the 1985 novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs,Queertakes the audience to 1950s México City to meet Lee, an outcast among other queer people, who spends his time visiting the city’s clubs and trying to find new (and younger) sex partners....

July 4, 2025 · 12 min · 2428 words · Joel Curry

Rey Is The Perfect Jedi Master To Enforce This One Jedi Rule

Rey Skywalker’sunique history makes her the perfect Jedi to uphold this one long-standing Jedi rule inStar Wars, which will no doubt become important in her upcomingStar Warsmovie. Rey’s new movie, rumored to be titledStar Wars: New Jedi Order, is confirmed to be set 15 years afterStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Althoughupdates onNew Jedi Orderremain fairly limited, the rumored title and details that have been released suggest the movie will see Rey at the helm of her own Jedi Order....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 677 words · Vanessa James

Scrubs Season 3 Brilliantly Subverted A Tired Sitcom Romance Trope

There’s a moment near the end ofScrubsseason 3 that goes against everything sitcom romance stories stand for, despite teasing the coming together of two characters since the show’s very first episode.All nine seasons ofScrubsare filled with romantic arcs for various characters. Although several storylines suggest a will they/won’t they dynamic,there’s only one speculativeScrubscouple that stands outas the pairing that stands the chance of making it into a lasting relationship. One of the biggest hurdles when it comes to them going the distance arrives inScrubsseason 3’s penultimate installment....

July 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1273 words · Samantha Jones

Sentry's MCU Design Finally Gets A First Full Reveal After Thunderbolts* Trailer Teases

Sentry’s full design forThunderboltshas been revealed, and theMarvel Cinematic Universehero looks comic book-accurate. For now, Marvel Studios has yet to officially announce that Lewis Pullman’s Bob is Sentry. However, parts of his costume have been teased inThunderbolts’s trailers, with the Void, Sentry’s dark counterpart, being set up as the villainThunderbolts*’s cast of anti-heroeswill go up against in the secondMCU movie of 2025. While the trailers have done a good job of hiding Sentry, merch for the upcoming Marvel movie has now unveiled the hero’s full design....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Becky Harris

Side Quest Review: I Was Blown Away By The Final Episode Of This Appealing Yet Inconsistent Mythic Quest Spinoff Series

I’ve been getting exhausted byMythic Questseason 4. The show has one more episode left to go, but it seems like it will be hard to recover from some of its forced storylines and implausible character choices. With the exception of the Pootie Shoe one-off in season 4, episode 8, “Rebrand,”Mythic Questhas also been lacking the self-contained episodesthat have been the highlights of previous seasons. That is, until the franchise put outSide Quest....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 1059 words · Maria Herrera