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might take place in the fictional world of Kumandra, but it’s hugely inspired by images, people, and sites throughout Southeast Asia. Bits of scenery, life, and etiquette are imbued throughout, including things that only people familiar with or raised in Southeast Asian culture would really understand. The movie’s very existence is, in truth, a pretty big deal for Disney fans from the region, and marks the first time that many will have seen a princess—or, truly, even a character—that l...

Photo: Disney Exactly 51 weeks ago, the U.S. box office had its worst weekend in 20 years, with Pixar’s then-new Onward barely making over $10 million and Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot (remember that one?) making just over $9 million. This was an important weekend for the country, as it was right around the point when the general public realized that the coronavirus was a real threat (something the federal government didn’t get around to until, oh, halfway through January 2021 for some reason)...

THE ISSUE On April 13, 2020, about a month after what we generally consider to be the moment when COVID-19 began to dominate our lives, we wrote here that “good news is one of the best remedies we have at our disposal.” Of course, we had no idea then of how many months and how much heartbreak was ahead in this health crisis. But the sentiment we expressed nearly a year ago remains true. Good news represents welcome points of light in a dark time, and it deserves a brighter spotlight. ...

Screenshot: The Simpsons Bill Oakley is a busy guy. When he isn’t providing background information and commentary on the run of Simpsons seasons he worked on, the comedy writer and producer keeps an active schedule filled with stuff like developing a Mission Hill spin-off and providing the internet with its finest fast food restaurant criticism. Now, he’s also gone ahead and launched the first item in a line of high-end vinyl toys called Sight Gags. Advertisement A recently-launched Kicks...

Godzilla vs. Kong poster? Riverdale The Archie gang tries to boost school spirit at Riverdale High in the synopsis for “Destroyer” airing March 24. SCHOOL SPIRIT — After the Bulldogs lose several football games, Archie (KJ Apa) and Veronica (Camila Mendes) come up with a plan to boost school spirit. Jughead (Cole Sprouse) turns his attention to a student who he thinks might need his help. Betty (Lili Reinhart) seeks guidance from Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) after being faced with a diffic...

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The last few years have been rough for the world of Star Trek movies. While CBS All Access (now Paramount Plus) has been moving forward with multiple new shows involving exciting new adventures and the return of beloved old space-captains, the movie side of things has struggled to get multiple projects from big-name creators off the ground—specifically an idea from Quentin Tarantino that never seemed like a real thing and some kind of clever twist on the Star Trek concept from Fargo’s No...

Advertisement Sesame Workshop’s Helpsters, which follows a puppet monster Cody and her group of helpers as they solve various problems, has already returned for the second half of season two, complete with celebrity guest appearances fromIndya Moore, Robin Thede, Judah Friedlander, and more. The Helpsters are ready to tackle challenges that range from babysitting a lizard to hiding successfully while playing “hide and seek” to opening a park. Helpsters will be followed by the second hal...

Advertisement That was Eddie Murphy’s answer to the question of whether he would re-team with John Landis, director of Trading Places and Coming To America. This ice-cold quip, referring to an actor who died on set in a horrific accident while Landis was filming his segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie, was not issued years later, after the dust settled on a long-term estrangement and the accident was a distant memory. Murphy said this at a press conference in 1988. While promoting Coming ...

Batman, Superman, Aquaman, and The Flash get their moments in a series of character teasers.