Movies

This spring, nine TV series will expand to eleven, including new adaptations of Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Scarpetta, both available on streaming platforms. While some of these shows are exceptional, like the first season of Big Little Lies, others haven’t quite hit the mark. Scarpetta, premiering on Prime Video March 11th, falls somewhere in between – it starts as a seemingly standard crime drama but occasionally veers into surprisingly strange territory.

The premise of the show The Beauty is that most people are deeply unhappy with their appearance. This leads to a complex storyline involving pharmaceutical companies, tech giants, and the government, all focused on how they’d convince people to get “the Beauty” – either through an expensive official treatment or by contracting a stolen version of the virus. The show features Rebecca Hall wanting to change her appearance, and Evan Peters as an FBI agent who seems to be the only one making sense. While The Beauty tries to make a point about society’s obsession with looks and self-image, it gets bogged down in absurdity, with over-the-top physical transformations. Think lots of strange fluids and a bit like a more adult version of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles origin story. However, the show is interesting because it portrays almost all its characters as fundamentally flawed, all feeling disconnected between how they see themselves inside and how they appear on the outside.

The new comedy series Rooster, starring Steve Carell and Phil Dunster, has quickly become popular with viewers after its debut on HBO. The show centers around Greg Russo, played by Carell, a writer trying to connect with his daughter, Katie (Charly Clive), and their complicated relationship.

Paul Bettany is returning as Vision for a new Marvel Cinematic Universe project called VisionQuest. The story will continue Vision’s adventures after his appearance as White Vision in the Disney+ series WandaVision.

Joe Freeman, the star of The Institute, has shared exciting news about season 2 of the sci-fi series, which is based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel. The new season will continue the story of the children with special powers, but with an original storyline set after the events of the book.

As a huge fan of The Martian, I was so excited for Project Hail Mary – it has the same brilliant writer, Drew Goddard! And seeing Ryan Gosling take on another space role, after First Man, was a fantastic sign. It clearly all worked out, because the movie launched with an incredible 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes – a nearly perfect score! It’s everything I hoped for and more.

Alan Ritchson, who plays Reacher, shared some exciting news while promoting his movie War Machine: Season 4 is scheduled to arrive in 2026. If everything stays on track, that’s great news for fans of the show.

Tinker Bell started as a fun, feisty companion to Peter Pan, but she’s become a star in her own right over the years—especially since her first appearance in the 1953 animated film. Now, Disney is finally giving her the leading role she deserves with a new live-action series called Tink. According to Deadline, the studio has been planning this project for a while, and it’s now become a major focus.

Collecting so many awards doesn’t always mean a movie gets a lot of nominations, but voters did surprise us with a few unexpected picks. The films vary quite a bit in quality. Impressive visuals or a catchy song don’t guarantee a movie is actually good. Trying to rank all 50 was tough, but I’m confident I got the order just right.

The Super Saiyan transformations from Dragon Ball remain a defining feature of the series even now. They also set a standard for power-ups in action-packed anime and manga, inspiring countless similar moments in shows that followed. Introduced 35 years ago, this idea has become a huge part of popular culture, extending far beyond the Dragon Ball story itself.