Movie theaters have been facing unpredictable attendance lately, putting a lot of focus on new films in 2026. Luckily, the first half of the year has seen some big successes, and several promising blockbusters are scheduled for the summer. Films that were expected to do well are actually exceeding predictions, which suggests that overall box office numbers are starting to stabilize.
Shows about the end of the world and its consequences are becoming increasingly popular, with critically acclaimed series like Prime Video’s Fallout and Apple TV’s Foundation. HBO’s The Last of Us, created by the same mind behind Chernobyl, is another success story. But one often-overlooked sci-fi show from this trend brilliantly combines the setting of The Last of Us with the epic scope of HBO’s Game of Thrones.
At the end of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, Daredevil successfully pressured Wilson Fisk into stepping down from his position, giving up his American citizenship, and leaving the country. However, Matt Murdock himself was arrested and sent to prison, which will be the starting point for the show’s third season, currently being filmed. The comics have previously explored Murdock’s imprisonment, and season 3 of Daredevil: Born Again is expected to draw inspiration from several different comic book storylines.
This afternoon around 2 p.m. Eastern Time, people noticed Kendrick Lamar’s latest album had disappeared from Apple Music.
Created in 1974 by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, Dungeons & Dragons has become a cornerstone of the fantasy genre’s culture. Starting as a tabletop role-playing game, it has since grown to include online versions and inspired a vast amount of related content, such as novels, films, and animated series.
The band is finally releasing a new album, Cursum Perficio, on September 18th. The name comes from an inscription found at Marilyn Monroe’s final home. But don’t expect anything like a ballad – this is still Anthrax, so it’ll be their signature sound!
As a critic, I’m watching Daredevil: Born Again carry a lot of weight for Marvel’s plan to reconnect with its Netflix roots. Initially, it seemed like just Charlie Cox as Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin were coming back, but now it’s become clear they’re bringing in a whole host of familiar faces – heroes, villains, and supporting characters – from that earlier run of Marvel shows. It’s a much bigger reunion than we first thought, and it’s exciting to see those actors getting another chance in the MCU.
Harriet Dyer plays Colette, a driving examiner who genuinely wants to brighten people’s days. However, she struggles to set limits with test-takers who don’t appreciate her efforts, and with her colleagues, including a new coworker named Noa (Alex Tarrant), towards whom she’s starting to develop feelings.
As a huge cinema fan, I’ve seen this story done so many times since then. Lots of movies and shows – like The Maze Runner series – have basically used the same idea with twists we’ve all seen before. Honestly, most of them didn’t really do anything new with the genre. But Netflix’s Alice in Borderland? That one really stood out to me – it felt genuinely different.
James Cameron is a hugely successful science fiction director known for blockbuster hits. Since the mid-1980s, his films have generally received very positive reviews. While movies like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, Titanic, and Avatar are considered some of the most important films in their genres, a recent concert film has now overtaken them in a key ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.