Movies

A playful nod to a famous lyric, “Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?” welcomes the release of Wicked, the highly anticipated sequel. Along with the movie, theaters are offering special promotional popcorn buckets. Staying true to the Wicked brand, there are several options, but Regal’s Wicked: For Good bucket is generating the most buzz. It’s a first for movie snacks – it actually plays music! The big question is whether this addition will enhance the moviegoing experience or be a regrettable step too far.

Typically, actors stick closely to the script when filming a TV show. While some shows allow for improvisation, Nathan Fudyk shared at Motor City Comic-Con—during a panel led by Joe Deckelmeier of Ebaster—that Firefly didn’t often allow for actors to go off-script.

It’s been almost ten years since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo, and Michelangelo – appeared in a live-action film. Now, with Paramount being led by Skydance, producer Neal H. Moritz is working on a new TMNT movie to bring the heroes back to the big screen.

Everyone loves the Christmas movie Elf, but it recently caused a bit of a stir when it unexpectedly showed up on the Home & Garden Television channel. Viewers weren’t pleased and quickly shared their complaints on social media.

Okay, so as a gamer, one of the biggest things I’ve noticed is the price difference between consoles and PCs. You can get a Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, or Xbox Series X/S for way less than a really powerful gaming PC. It’s because companies like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are willing to make less profit on the console itself – they know they’ll make their money from selling us games! They basically eat some of the hardware costs to make it affordable for more people to jump in.

The series Wednesday reimagines the iconic characters originally created by Charles Addams, who have been a staple of popular culture for decades. Jenna Ortega truly makes the role of Wednesday Addams her own, and it’s clear she’s an actress worth paying attention to – when she has a thought, people listen.

2001: A Space Odyssey is a truly famous film. It’s been referenced and copied so many times that even people who haven’t seen it likely recognize some of its most memorable moments, like the opening sequence and the confrontation between the astronauts and the HAL 9000 computer.

The new series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, follows two love stories happening in different eras. Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Harriet Slater, and Jamie Roy star as Julia Moriston, Henry Beauchamp, Ellen MacKenzie, and Brian Fraser, respectively. Because the show has already been picked up for a second season, viewers can expect a more detailed look at the history leading up to the original Outlander series.

Season 4 of Netflix’s Jurassic World: Chaos Theory playfully pokes fun at a particularly debated plot point from Jurassic World Dominion. The Jurassic Park franchise has been running for 32 years and has become a massive success, earning over $10.1 billion and ranking among the highest-grossing franchises ever.

What really gets under my skin about horror isn’t just the jump scares, it’s the build-up. Even before anything happens, I’m already on edge. And it’s amazing how often the most terrifying villains barely say a word! They don’t need to. It’s their look, how they move, everything about their design that’s truly frightening. It lets my imagination run wild and fill in the blanks with my own worst nightmares, and that’s what sticks with me long after the movie’s over.