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In 1987, a dying studio spent $22 million making a He-Man movie nobody asked for. It became a cult classic. Now Amazon has spent $200 million on a reboot with Jared Leto under the skull mask. Here's what 39 years changed — and what it didn't.

Steven Spielberg returns to alien sci-fi for the first time in 21 years with Disclosure Day, John Williams comes out of retirement at 94 to score it, and Emily Blunt faces extraterrestrials on live TV. Plus: two series finales and a romance novel adaptation on streaming.

April 5th. The date Zefram Cochrane broke the warp barrier and changed humanity forever. On the 60th anniversary of the franchise that imagined it all, T'Nara Vex checks in on the state of Star Trek — from comics to streaming charts to a puppet episode nobody saw coming.

Every January, the prediction industry publishes its forecasts for the year ahead. Five months and billions of dollars later, the data tells a very different story. Here's how the 2026 box office predictions actually held up — and what the gaps reveal about the state of the industry.

Summer means time. Stop wasting it on six-episode limited series that leave you empty — these are the long-haul shows that will carry you from June through August.

A stacked cast, a proven director, and Amazon's billions. We've seen this exact pitch before — and it almost never works. Here's why He-Man might be the summer's biggest gamble.

May gave us Mario's record-breaking opening and Star Wars back in theaters. Now June arrives with He-Man, the Wayans family reunion, and a vampire rock star. Here's everything hitting screens the first week of June 2026.

The first five months of 2026 produced the best Q1 since the pandemic, a $179 million A24 record, and three animated films in the top seven. Here's what the data reveals about where movies really stand.

Three days off, six new shows across every major platform, and zero excuses. Here's everything dropping around Memorial Day weekend — from Nicolas Cage in black-and-white to Nicole Kidman in the Austrian Alps.

Star Trek: The Original Series has claimed the number one spot on Apple's PVOD streaming charts in April 2026, six decades after Captain Kirk first sat in that chair. With seven Trek shows simultaneously charting and no new series in production, fans are boldly going... back to the beginning.

The first five months of 2026 gave us blockbuster trailers and franchise hype — but the best movies of the year so far are the ones most people walked right past. Here are six films that deserved better.

From Spielberg's UFO epic to Nolan's mythological gamble to the return of Woody and Buzz, summer 2026 is absolutely loaded. Here's every major release you need to know about — and the ones worth clearing your schedule for.

Two of the most debated directors of the 21st century. Eleven Nolan films. Eight Villeneuve films. One database with the ratings to settle this once and for all — or at least make the argument more interesting.

Everyone thought Ted Lasso was the show that put Apple TV+ on the map. They were wrong. The real MVP has been hiding in plain sight — inside a fluorescent-lit office where nobody remembers going to work.

Star Wars is returning to theaters for the first time in seven years. The trailers are divisive, the stakes are enormous, and honestly? None of that matters. Here's why.

Lucasfilm just confirmed a second season of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord days before the first episode even hits Disney+. When the galaxy’s most relentless Zabrak gets a vote of confidence this early, you know the Force is strong with this one.

Star Wars is back in theaters for the first time since 2019, and The Mandalorian and Grogu is about to dominate every screen in sight. But there's more hitting this week than just a galaxy far, far away.

Star Wars is back in theaters for the first time since 2019, and The Mandalorian and Grogu is about to dominate every screen in sight. But there's more hitting this week than just a galaxy far, far away.

Two of cinema's biggest prizes. Same art form, very different taste. We pulled runtime, genre, and origin data on every Palme d'Or and Best Picture winner since 2005 — and the numbers reveal two awards ceremonies that agree on almost nothing.

Amazon's Stargate revival just revealed its visual DNA: an Oscar-winning production designer from Christopher Nolan's crew, ILM's best VFX mind, and a veteran franchise writer penning a full episode. Here's what that tells us about the show we're actually getting.

May is stacked with returning favorites — final seasons, surprise comebacks, and at least three shows you'll want to binge immediately. Here's your complete guide to what's back and when.

In eleven days, seven speakers will take the stage at WebScience 2026 in Brno to talk about AI agents, shipping AI code, and operations in the age of automation. Hollywood has been rehearsing these exact conversations for decades. Here's how the movies got there first.

The 79th Cannes Film Festival kicks off May 12, and this year's lineup is shaping up to be one of the most auteur-driven editions in recent memory. Here's your complete guide to what's coming, who's competing, and why you should be paying attention.

The biggest media merger in history just reshuffled the galaxy. With Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combining into a $110 billion entertainment juggernaut, Star Trek finds itself at a crossroads — one that could either launch the franchise into its boldest era or leave it adrift in a crowded universe of competing IPs.

Darth Vader marches into Batuu on April 29, bringing the original trilogy to Galaxy's Edge at last. Kylo Ren steps out, Luke Skywalker steps in, and John Williams' score fills the air — this is the course correction fans have been waiting for since 2019.

Joe Flanigan just walked into the writers' room for the new Stargate series. Gate Cruise 2027 is assembling the biggest Atlantis cast reunion in franchise history. If you're an Atlantis fan, this is your week.

April was ridiculous. Mario broke the box office, Euphoria came back from the dead, and Richard Gadd proved Baby Reindeer was no fluke. Here's everything I watched — and what I thought about it.

Short on time but drowning in options? These five series clock in at 8 episodes or fewer — perfect for a weekend blitz. From a psychological thriller with an A-list trio to Richard Gadd's explosive follow-up to Baby Reindeer, here's what deserves your next binge.

Forty-four years after a shapeshifting alien terrified audiences with latex and foam rubber, Hollywood is quietly admitting what Casey Throwback Mills has been saying all along: pixels can't replace the real thing.

Amazon's Stargate revival isn't just happening — it's assembling a crew that could make it the most visually ambitious Stargate project ever. Oscar-winning production designer Nathan Crowley and ILM VFX supervisor Mohen Leo have officially joined the team, and what they're saying about the show should have every fan reaching for their GDO.