Monster Hunter Rise Rampage Mode Explained: Defend Kamura Village From Monstrous Hordes

Monster Hunter Riseis now available out in the wild. If you’ve been playing since launch, you’ve probably run through the early one-star and two-star missions so far and are currently grinding through three-star missions and beyond. If so, there’s a good chance you’ve come up against the franchise title’s newest addition: Rampage Mode.Spoilersfor the tower defense mini-game follow from here on out; you’ve been warned. There’s plenty of monsters to hunt in the newMonster Huntergame, and that feedback loop will keep fans of the franchise playing for quite a while in order to check all the boxes and craft all possible gear....

June 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1124 words · Kristy Kirby

Nintendo’s Director Has Been Discussing a 'Legend of Zelda' Movie for 10 Years

News broke earlier this week that Nintendo is at long last developing a live-action feature film based on one of their flagship franchises,The Legend of Zelda. Beyond fan desires to see the green tunic-donning hero Link brought to life on the big screen, there have been rumblings for years about the possibility of a project based in Hyrule includinga reported live-action series at Netflix that was canned. According toa new financial briefingfrom the gaming giant, this particular project has been around a decade in the making forShigeru Miyamotoand producerAvi Arad....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Hannah Flores

Numenor Creeps Ever Closer to Civil War in 'The Rings of Power' Season 2 Sneak Peek

The westernmost of all mortal realms,the island kingdom of Númenor, is home to the most advanced race of men. However, all is not well in Fair Númenor and as evil spreads in Middle-earth, it begins to sprout new shoots in the highest echelons of power in this great kingdom, and the second season ofThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Poweris showing us its gradual decline and ultimate destruction. A now blind Queen Regent Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), has seenpower stripped from herby her cousin, Pharazôn (Trystan Gravelle),in a political coup....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 597 words · Joy Wilson

Old Demons Haunt Leaphorn As He Tries To Find Answers in 'Dark Winds' Season 3 Trailer

AMC+ has released a sneak peek at the third and much-awaited season ofthe psychological thrillerDark Winds. Season 3 is scheduled to debut in about two months and will comprise eight episodes, compared to the previous seasons, which had six each.Dark Windslast aired on July 14, 2025, with thatexcellent Season 2 finale, “Hózhó náhásdlįį,” that saw Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) discover evidence connecting their cases, only for Leaphorn to realize justice won’t be easily served....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Mary Lane

Star Wars' Ewan McGregor Insterested in Obi-Wan Spinoff

TheStar Warsprequels have a lot of problems, butEwan McGregorisn’t one of them, which is impressive when you consider that he’s following in the footsteps of a legendary actor like Sir Alec Guinness. McGregor’s performance gets better with eachStar Warsfilm, and if Lucasfilm sees fit to try a standalone Obi-Wan movie, it would be great if they reached out to McGregor to lead it. Steve Weintraub recently interviewed McGregor for the upcoming biopicMiles Ahead, and during their conversation they talked about McGregor possibly returning to theStar Warsuniverse (as more than just a voice) and his thoughts onThe Force Awakens....

June 30, 2025 · 4 min · 655 words · Darrell Abbott

Stephen Amell Reveals Arrow Season 5 Image

There has been a lot of speculation aboutArrowSeason 5. We know that it will include at least oneformer WWE star, and that there’s going to bea lot of violenceat the start of it. Craig Byrne recently wrote a piece for us about howArrowcanreturn to greatness by embracing its past, which is something starStephen Amellechoed recently in an interview with EW, saying: “Even thoughSupergirlis joining the ranks, there’s no new person or new show to introduce this year, and I think as a result of that, we need to get back to focusing more on some of the core elements that used to defineArrow,” he continued....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Paul Hart

The 'Mean Girls' Musical Movie — Everything We Know So Far

Quick Links When a story evolvesfrom a movie into a Broadway musical and then back into a musical movie, you know you have a winner. We’re talking about the musical rendition ofMean Girls, which promises to be so fetch. The story ofthe 2004 comedyMean Girls, was originally based on a non-fiction self-help book written byRosalind Wisemanin 2002 calledQueen Bees and Wannabees. The book focuses on social cliques in high school and the damage that bullying can inflict on students....

June 30, 2025 · 8 min · 1524 words · Lisa Tran

The Best 'Harry Potter' Movie Is Also the Darkest

As both an iconic film franchise and a beloved book series,Harry Potteris not lacking in strong, passionate takes on which installment is the saga’s best. The world thatJ.K. Rowlingcreated captured the hearts of an entire generation, and her stories were lovingly adapted to the big screen in a pretty darn great run of eight films in 10 years. While theauthor’s harmful anti-trans statementshave since divided her audience and affected her profits, theHarry Potterfilms remain, for many, sentimental staples of magical reminiscence....

June 30, 2025 · 6 min · 1259 words · Timothy Morgan

The Best New Movies and Shows on Apple TV+ in May 2025

Somehow, the halfway point of 2025 is now on the horizon, with a third of the year having already passed. With this in mind, it’s easy to look back on the simply indulgent selection of television options the streamers have given us thus far, withApple TV+ in particular producing some of the highest quality content. April brought with it yet anothersample of quality over quantity from the streamer, including the arrival of the ever-brilliantJon Hamm’s latest series,Your Friends and Neighbors, and a new comedy-drama from the minds ofPaul HunterandAeysha Carr,Government Cheese....

June 30, 2025 · 5 min · 942 words · Anna Bowen

The Defenders: Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn Set to Appear

The stories ofDaredevil,Jessica Jones,Luke Cage, andIron Fistwill converge inThe Defenders, an 8-episodeAvengers-style miniseries event on Netflix. So, we expected a bunch of familiar faces to be popping up, but now they’ve been officially announced. As of earlier this week, the only names formally recognized forThe DefenderswereCharlie Cox(Matt Murdock),Krysten Ritter(Jessica Jones),Mike Colter(Luke Cage),Finn Jones(Danny Rand), andSigourney Weaver(the unnamed villain).Deborah Ann Woll(Karen Page) andSimone Missick(Misty Knight) wereconfirmedshortly after, which meant more sidekicks and supporting characters were probably on the way....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 246 words · Jamie Carrillo

The Endless Directors Explain the Trippy Mythology & Ending

Be aware there are spoilers for The Endless. This week,Justin BensonandAaron Moorhead’sThe Endlessrolls out on Blu-ray and digital, which means that folks nationwide are going to be unravelling the headtrip horrors of the film’s unnerving, mysterious Lovecraftian mythology and looking for some answers. Earlier this month, I published thefirst part of my conversationwith the filmmaking duo, which spanned from the duo’s early ideas for expanding the universe they built in their first film,Resolution, to the experience of taking the finished versionThe Endlessaround the world....

June 30, 2025 · 12 min · 2508 words · Evelyn Coleman

The Lodge Review: A Chilling Family Nightmare with The Shining Vibes

If you’ve seenGoodnight Mommy, you know directorsVeronika FranzandSeverin Fialahave a penchant for infusing a sinister twist when digging into the complications of troubled families, and their new feature,The Lodge, is no different. The movie starsJaeden LieberherandLia McHughas Aidan and Mia. After the passing of their mother (Alicia Silverstone) they’re sent to live with their father (Richard Armitage) and eventually, he insists they spend quality time with his girlfriend Grace (Riley Keough)....

June 30, 2025 · 4 min · 753 words · Matthew Mcfarland

The Studio Behind 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure' Is Releasing a New Series This Summer

The summer anime season just got more exciting to look forward to. This week, david Productions announced that it will release a new original anime series.Onmyō Kaiten Re:verseisan isekai storyand is set to debut onCrunchyrollon July 2. The release window suggests that the animation company is confident that the new title can stand out among other huge anime series set to return or debut this summer. A trailer was also unveiled for the new series, and you can check it out in this article....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Charlotte Campos