So Long, Scream — Melissa Barrera Just Teamed Up With a New Horror Icon

Melissa Barrera(Scream),Sinclair Daniel(The Other Black Girl),Brian d’Arcy James(Spotlight),Mark O’Brien(City on a Hill), andKathleen Chalfant(Wit) are set to star as series regulars in Peacock’s upcoming UntitledJames WanandSimu Liuseries. The official logline states: “Five minutes in the future, a first-generation-American intelligence analyst, Alexander Hale (Liu) realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Paula David

Sound of Metal Director Darius Marder on Deaf Representation

From first-time feature filmmakerDarius Marder, the dramaSound of Metalfollows a drummer named Ruben (Riz Ahmed) who, after years of punk-metal shows in seedy bars and clubs, suddenly develops severe hearing loss that, as a result, essentially ends his music career. Not adapting to his new situation well leads his girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) to take the recovering heroin addict to a secluded sober house for the deaf where he struggles to find his place in his new reality....

June 14, 2025 · 11 min · 2281 words · Melissa Montgomery

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Plot Process Revealed by Phil Lord

Over the weekend, director, writer, and producerPhil Lordgave fans some insight into the scripting process onSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The Oscar-winning animated feature grew to be a hit upon release back in December 2018, withShameik Moore,Jake Johnson, andHailee Steinfeldlending their voices to some of the most iconicSpider-Mancharacters in a story set in an alternate Spider-man reality. It all began when Twitter accountPlot Devicesshared a graphic on how the plotting of Lord and co-director/writerChris Miller’s 2014 animated featureThe Lego Movieshakes out....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Paula Johnson

SuperMansion World War Tree Review: Stop-Motion Superheroes Save the World

In Sony Crackle’s new stop-motion animated special,SuperMansion: World War Tree, our favorite disgruntled superheroes must save the world from both ill-advised, tree-hugging scientists and the sentient warmongering sequoias they unleash. This ain’t your average Earth Day story. But then again, theSuperMansionand Stoopid Buddy Stoodios team ain’t your average storytellers. Always willing to push the envelope, from both a practical animation standpoint and a storytelling one, they’re not exactly concerned with being politically correct....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 549 words · Annette Brown

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sequel Gets R-Rating and Official Title

In a good sign that it may soon have a release date, the upcomingTexas Chainsaw Massacresequel has been given a rating by the MPAA and an official title. As revealed byFilmRatings(viaJoBlo), the R-rating is for “strong bloody horror violence and gore, and language.” The MPAA has also revealed the film’s official title:Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Much like the recentHalloweensequel, the title drops any other words to just beTexas Chainsaw Massacre. Details about the film have been particularly hush hush though producerFede Álvarezhad talked about some of what to expect in March....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Donna Meadows

The Best Free VPNs For iPhone (2025)

In an era where online privacy is more crucial than ever, finding afree VPN for your iPhonecan be a game-changer. Whether you’re looking tosecure your connection on public Wi-Fi,bypass geo-restrictions, or simplybrowse anonymously, a good VPN can provide an extra layer of protection. However, not all free VPNs are created equal. Some offerlimited data, while others come withintrusive adsorweaker security protocols. To help you choose wisely, we’ve ranked thebest free VPNs for iPhonebased onsecurity, data limits, speed, and overall usability....

June 14, 2025 · 23 min · 4824 words · Vincent Coleman

The Black Phone: Meet Breakout Stars Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw

Say hello to two of the biggest breakout stars of 2022,The Black Phone’sMason ThamesandMadeleine McGraw. The story takes place in a small town in Denver in the 1970s. Thames and McGraw are Finney and Gwen, a brother and sister who are always there for each other whether it’s to fend off bullies or to support each other at home where they live with an abusive father (Jeremy Davies). Things take an even darker turn for the pair when Finney becomes the latest target of The Grabber (Ethan Hawke), a local kidnapper who’s already claimed the lives of a number of victims....

June 14, 2025 · 4 min · 673 words · Stephanie Hayes

This Totally Fetch Classic With An 84% Rotten Tomatoes Rating Arrives On Hulu Next Month

Penned byTina Fey,Mean Girlsfollows a homeschooled teenager named Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) who has been living with her parents, two zoologists, in Africa for her entire young adult life. When the family relocates to the United States, Cady embarks on her biggest safari yet - high school. Navigating the halls of North Shore High School is more difficult than anything she’s ever faced, but she finds solace alongside two other outsiders, Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan) and Damian Leigh (Daniel Franzese)....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · John Carroll

Transformers 7 Logo Revealed by Director Steven Caple Jr.

DirectorSteven Caple Jr.has revealed the logo for the latest filmTransformersfilm,Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Caple Jr. revealed the logo for the upcoming science-fiction action film via hisInstagram stories, giving audiences a peek at the new groups of evil Decepticons we’re set to see when the seventh live-actionTransformersfilm hits theaters in 2022. The logo, rendered in oranges and yellows, looks to be a reference to the Beast Wars storyline established in the mid-1990s, which replaced the traditional Autobots and Decepticons with new, more “organic” looking heroes....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Lisa Molina

Universal Studios Secret Life of Pets Ride Turns You Into a Pet

This spring, Universal Studios Hollywood is upping their ride game in a big way, with the opening ofThe Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash!on March 27th. Based on the hugely successfulThe Secret Life of Petsfilms from Illumination, the all-new tech-savvy ride features 64 animated figures, as it allows guests the opportunity to answer the question, “What are your pets really doing when you’re not at home?” Collider (along with a handful of other media outlets) recently got the opportunity to preview what guests can expect from this new offering, with a tour of the detailed queue and a glimpse of the ride vehicles, courtesy of Universal Creative Senior Director and Executive ProducerJon Corfino....

June 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1112 words · Brenda Mann

WandaVision: Monica Rambeau Powers Teased by Teyonah Parris

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforWandaVision, Season 1, Episode 7, “Breaking the Fourth Wall."] I know we say this after everyWandaVisionepisode. Butwow, did last week’sWandaVisionepisode, “Breaking the Fourth Wall,” have some wild plot twists and character ramifications. Chief among them is Monica Rambeau, played perfectly byTeyonah Parris, whom we see start to develop some cryptic, exciting superpowers as she travels back into Westview against better judgment from her colleagues. What the heck doesWandaVisionhave in store for Monica moving forward?...

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Linda Daniels

We’re Already Rooting for Georgie in His ‘First Marriage’

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriagemay be celebrating thebeginning of its run on CBS, but for the character of Georgie Cooper (Montana Jordan), this marks a pivotal turning point in the beloved character’s life. Picking up immediately after the ending ofYoung Sheldon, the new sitcom will follow Georgie and his new wife Mandy (Emily Osment) as theytry to raise their infant daughter CeCe while living under the roof of Mandy’s parents, Jim and Audrey McCalister (Will SassoandRachel Bay Jones)....

June 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1177 words · Kristi Robertson

What Would Matthew Vaughn's X-Men Movies Have Looked Like?

FilmmakerMatthew Vaughnhas only really inhabited two different universes in the wake of his 2007 featureStardust. The first was his 2010 motion pictureKick-Ass, while the other is hisKingsmanuniverse, which has spawned a trio of motion pictures taking place over an entire century of European history. The 2024 titleArgyllesees Vaughn stepping outside of those two confines for almost the first time in nearly 20 years — emphasis on almost. BetweenKick-AssandKingsman: The Secret Service, Vaughn did step into theX-Menuniverse withX-Men: First Class....

June 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1135 words · Monica Lutz