In 1981, Nintendo tried to make a video game based on the comic character Popeye, but it didn’t go as planned. Surprisingly, this failure led to the creation of Donkey Kong, a hugely popular game that launched the careers of Mario and Donkey Kong. Both characters were originally inspired by Popeye and his rival, Bluto.
While promoting their new movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Charlie Day was playfully questioned by Chris Pratt in an interview with VT. Pratt challenged Day to quickly state the total number of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes. Day impressively responded with the current total of 187 episodes and added that 10 more are scheduled to be released this year.
Devs is a standout sci-fi show because it truly reflects the unique vision of creator Alex Garland. He’s known for his thought-provoking films, Ex Machina and Annihilation, and brings that same intelligent and intense style to this FX on Hulu series. The eight-episode format allows him to explore complex ideas in greater depth.
It wasn’t long before filmmakers started exploring this theme, as stories about missing children have appeared in many movies over the years, with varying levels of success. Here are 10 of the most powerful and disturbing films that tackle this difficult subject.
As a movie critic, I’ve just seen The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and while it continues the story from the hugely successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it feels like something more is brewing. This isn’t just a sequel; it’s clearly laying the groundwork for a much bigger Nintendo Cinematic Universe. We already got a taste with Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong, who’s getting his own film, and now Galaxy throws in even more characters like Fox McCloud (voiced brilliantly by Glen Powell), Donald Glover as Yoshi, and Brie Larson as Rosalina. There are even quick appearances from Pikmin and R.O.B.! While a full-blown Super Smash Bros. Movie still seems like a distant dream, the generally negative reception to The Super Mario Galaxy is a bit worrying. It suggests that future Nintendo films might not be able to rely on name recognition alone to succeed.
The story revolves around Agnes, portrayed by Chase Infiniti, who is actually June’s daughter Hannah. It’s set four or five years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale finale – much closer in time than the 15-year gap in the book. This was a deliberate choice to allow for believable character development and to tell the story through the perspective of the older Agnes, showing us what happened as it unfolded rather than just remembering it later. Agnes is still trapped within the oppressive world of Gilead, and she has no knowledge of her true family or any memory of life before the one she currently knows.
I first noticed her talent when she was on The O.C. in 2004-2005 – that show was surprisingly good, and many of us immediately recognized her as a captivating performer. More recently, she directed the film Don’t Worry Darling (2022). Now, she’s returning to that type of genre with I Want Your Sex (2026). Magnolia Pictures has acquired the film for around seven figures and plans to release it in theaters this summer on July 31st, according to Deadline.
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Lucasfilm Animation is making another season of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. The announcement came from Dave Filoni, the series creator and executive producer, who recently became co-president and chief creative officer at Lucasfilm following Kathleen Kennedy’s departure from that position.
