If you’re a fan of the Hulu showThe Bear,then you know how the showrunners seemed to change their minds when it comes toromance being involved in the plot.In the first season, the show seemed to pride itself in the fact that there wasn’t a single romantic side plot that would distract from what was more important; food and grief. They soared on the fact that all we cared about was Carmy’s involvement in The Beefand learning more about the workers than anything else, but in the sophomore season, they changed their tune and introduced the audience to Claire....

Based on the acclaimed book series by James S. A. Corey,The Expanseis an ambitious sci-fi TV series that ran on the SyFy Channel for the first three seasonsbefore being canceled. When fans protested and campaigned for its return, Prime Video picked the show back up, for a final three seasons. Set in the future, the premise revolves around humanity’s conquest of the Solar System, and a grand political conspiracy that threatens to undermine a state of interplanetary peace....

Peyton Reed’s episode ofThe Mandalorianfeatures anAnt-Manreference. Reed has been behind the camera for bothAnt-Maninstallments and will be helming the upcomingAnt-Man 3. Jon Favreau took over directing duties onThe Mandalorianseason 2, episode 1, while Reed called the shots for episode 2 (or Chapter 10), which is currently streaming on Disney+. The director brought some of his trademark humor to theStar Warsuniverse in another exciting Mando adventure. There areSPOILERSforThe Mandalorianseason 2 below, so read ahead at your own risk....

Top Gun 2has cast its remaining seven actors, including actress Kara Wang, who is playing a female pilot in the sequel. Additionally,Val Kilmerrevealed that everybody is having fun on the set working together, which is the opposite of how things went down while they were filming the first movie in 1986. The project was recently pushed back one whole year, from July 2019 to June 2020 in order to give the filmmakers an opportunity to work out the logistics of presenting flight sequences with new technology and planes....

Things are not looking great for theTransformersfranchise at the box office. At least not domestically.Transformers: The Last Knighthas just arrived in theaters and, unfortunately for Paramount, the results are not awesome so far.Transformers 5has actually managed to put up the lowest first day ever at the box office for the franchise, which doesn’t necessarily bode well for the studio’s lofty plans moving forward. According toDeadline,Transformers: The Last Knightpulled in just $15....

Next year’sWrong Turnremake has gotten its first official poster along with a new title. As shown on the poster, the upcoming reboot will be calledWrong Turn: The Foundation. Otherwise, the black-and-white poster doesn’t reveal much else, bearing only the silhouette of a broken pair of antlers. This goes in line with the new villains of the series, as some are listed on IMDb with names like Deer Skull, Ram Skull, and Wild Board Skull....

For the past six weeks, just two movies have dominated at thebox office. First it was 20th Century Fox’sDeadpool, whose three-week reign at the top was ended by Disney’sZootopia. According to the estimates fromBox Office Mojo, the animated comedy has won its third week in a row, fending off two two new releases, Lionsgate’sThe Divergent Series: AllegiantandMiracles from Heaven.The Divergent Series: Allegiantwas projected to come out on top, but its lackluster opening and a strong third week forZootopiakept Disney’s winning streak alive....

ProducerNeal H. Moritzhas been wanting to make the dreams come true of fans who happen to love the mega-hit boy band,NSYNC. As it turns out, the man behindThe Fast and the Furiousand other big IP has been trying to get a biopic made about the group for years. The film wouldchart their success following the legal battle with former manager and Ponzi scheme aficionado, Lou Pearlman. However, even though he has engaged with all five members of the group, it has hit various snags....

Sitcomsare the mainstays of television. They may be simple, often formulaic, and sometimes even downright silly, but they have an uncanny ability to survive and thrive, even when the world around them is having an existential crisis and crumbling under the weight of technology and capitalism. The1990swere a golden age of sitcoms because they gave usFriends,Seinfeld, andThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But the sad reality is that for every classic sitcomthat we still find ourselves turning to for comfort, there were dozens that could not even make it past one season....

Friendshas been labeled as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time for more than two decades now, and with the number of people still constantly streaming it on Max, it seems like that title will continue to hold for a very long time. Originally, the series started off with six completely unknown actors just trying to get their big break in the industry. They had no idea that they would eventually influence an entire generation with their witty one-liners and relatable shenanigans....

Online discourse certainly has a way of taking a word from the lexicon and devaluing its meaning through ad nauseam and misinterpretation. While “woke” was co-opted as a critique of some media for delivering sub-par content trying to get by on optics tied to social issues, it soon became an insult hurled at everything and anything that did not fit nicely into a singular box created through the claimant’s closed-mindedness. Yes, some films certainly attempt to put messaging before storytelling in a way that offers up a watered-down final product, butthe way “woke” has been thrown around has resulted in a lot of shallow online discourse around film....

We have an exclusive clip from Cranked Up Films’After Midnightto share today. The romantic monster movie has been getting rave reviews and the clip teases the mysterious creature at the heart of the story. As the new clip proves, it’s definitely not a small cat or a panther, so never mind those suspicions. The movie, which was previously titled Something Else, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26th, 2019....

Katie Holmes pulls triple duty as the writer, director, and star ofAlone Together.The pandemic romancehas two strangers double-booking an upstate New York Airbnb at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film hasan innate sweetnessbut fails to be compelling. There are no surprises as an attractive woman and man do what comes naturally in a stressful situation. The characters wrestle with personal tragedies as the coronavirus halts society. Their struggles ordering food and finding hand sanitizer rings somewhat hollow....