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At this time of year, there’s no lack of Christmas movies vying for your attention. Aside from the star-studded theatrical features, the Hallmark Channel has kind of cornered the market on making relatively cheap, incredibly familiar, yet still super popular Christmas movies. They’ve got the formula down pat: Easy-to-follow plot, Christmas setting, tons of Christmas activities, romance that doesn’t gettoosteamy, and a gentle kiss at the end during some major Christmas event....

At first blush, SundanceTV’sLiarlooks like a number of gorgeously-filmed crime series that take place along moody British coastlines. For some of us, TV doesn’t get much better than that, and there’s a comforting expectation of crime and punishment that goes along with it. The series comes fromHarry and Jack Williams, the brotherly duo behind such twisty thrillers asThe MissingandOne of Us.Liaris in the same vein, a show that begs to be binge-watched as it unravels its complicated narrative....

Quick Links John Swab, the writer/director of grim and gritty crime dramas likeIda Red,Candy Land, andBody Brokers, is back with a new film,Little Dixie. Fans of Swab’s work will likely recognize more than a few familiar actors, including frequent collaboratorFrank Grillo, who is once again playing a leading role. Like Swab’s previous works,Little Dixiedeals with desperate people doing desperate things in a grim and often morally gray world full of violence, gangs, and drugs....

When Marvel—fresh off the success ofThe Avengers—made its first foray into the television world withAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the big question on everyone’s minds was how connected the TV series would be to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In practice, withS.H.I.E.L.D.now entering its third season, the answer seems to be “very little.” SureCaptain America: The Winter Soldierblew up the entire premise ofAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.in the second half of its first season, but the film world continues to kind of pretend like the TV shows don’t exist....

I hope you’ve got a good chunk of vacation time carved out for this December because Netflix is bringing the goods. There are a lot of classic titles and returning favorites that are back on the streaming giant’s platform next month, along with a healthy dose of new original TV shows and movies, hotly anticipated specials, and long-awaited final seasons of fan-favorite shows. There might even be an Avenger or two popping in to say hello....

Season 5 ofOutlanderhad the series officially transitioning into a family drama. Sure, the romance between Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) that started it all is still very much the heart of the series, but the scope has expanded to cover their family members as well. Based onThe Fiery Cross, the fifth book inDiana Gabaldon’sOutlanderseries, Season 5 follows the Frasers as they continue to create a home for themselves in America, just before the start of the Revolutionary War....

Almost every day of the week, someone will tell you that youneedto watch [insert series]. And they are probably right. Some of the things now streaming on television are incredible and the line between movies and television is thisclose to being destroyed. Which brings me to the new HBO Max sci-fi seriesRaised by Wolves. If you haven’t yet heard of the series, the first two episodes were helmed byRidley Scott(his first time directing something for television since the earliest days of his career), centering on two androids tasked with raising a new human population on a mysterious planet far from Earth....

Besides your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,SCREAMhas been the only film in the month of January that has kept the box office from freezing over and, in its third weekend of release, this fifth installment of this famous slasher series has crossed the $100 million mark worldwide. After a very successful opening weekend which sawSCREAMmake over $30 million, the horror sequel managed to make another $7.35 million in its third weekend which was only a 40% drop from its second weekend gross of 12....

For an indie filmmaker, the horror genre is a great jumping-off point. It seems like the genre is more popular than ever, particularly due to the rise of true-crime podcasts and documentaries. In his sophomore feature, the upcoming horror-thrillerThe Man in the White Van, writer-directorWarren Skeelstells the story of a quaint family town in Florida in 1974, where an ominous white van stalks a young girl, and her parents', played bySean Astin(The Lord of the Rings) andAli Larter(Final Destination), disbelief leads to a terrifying Halloween nightmare....

When you think of your favorite lightsaber fight inStar Wars, odds are your mind goes straight to sorting through the many great battles that take place in the live-action movies. True, there are a lot of great fights in these movies, but going straight to live-action overlooks the many great duels that take place in theStar Warsanimated seriesThe Clone WarsandRebels. Star Warsis about so many things: hope, good vs. evil, family, hubris, love, and so much more....

Before he aggressively undulates, gyrates, and throws himself all around the stage of the Xquisite Strip Club, the Mike ofMagic Mikeflexes his proverbial muscles elsewhere. When he first meetsAlex Pettyfer’s Adam, he’s working on a crew under a roofing contractor in the Tampa suburbs, installing mission-style clay roof tiles with gloves and a mallet. Rather than justifiably focusing onChanning Tatumdoing physical labor and sweating in the hot summer sun, the script diverts its attentions toward Mike demanding agreed upon pay and hours from his boss....

For over 40 years,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshas been one of the most dominant brands in pop culture. Withseven feature films, countless TV shows, and a sewer full ofmerchandise, the “Heroes in a Half-Shell” have served justice in radical fashion. There have been many iterations of theTurtles, but arguably its most iconic was when the franchise made the leap to live-action in the early 1990s.NowMondois honoring that era with a new villainous figure fit for the Foot Clan....

For the first time in his storied film career, three-time Academy Award-nomineeSylvester Stalloneis looking into the lens in an entirely new way. On May 17, the Paramount+ reality television series,The Family Stallone, premieres, giving the world a look into the life of one of cinema’s most notable action heroes, along with his wife,Jennifer Flavin, and their three daughters,Sophia Rose Stallone,Sistine Stallone, andScarlet Rose Stallone(plus the family pets!). While promoting the show, Collider’sSteve Weintraubspoke to the family about what it actually takes to create reality TV, and according to Rocky himself, it’s more “labor-intensive” than feature films....