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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.

For the first time in over a decade, there is no Star Trek series in active production. With Starfleet Academy cancelled after its second season and Alex Kurtzman's CBS deal expiring, the franchise stands at a crossroads — but Strange New Worlds Season 4 and a new movie offer hope.

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord drops on Disney+ April 6 with a two-episode premiere. Set after The Clone Wars, the animated series gives one of the franchise's most electrifying villains the spotlight he's deserved since 1999 — and everything we know so far sounds like pure dark side energy.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 finally struts into theaters, Daredevil: Born Again wraps its second season with what might be Marvel's best TV finale yet, and Netflix drops a bestseller adaptation starring Sally Field and an octopus. Yeah, this week is stacked.

We queried 367,000 feature-length films from the spameri.cz database spanning six decades. The answer is yes — but not the way you think. The median movie barely budged. The real story is at the top.

The last week of April brings heat. Netflix drops Man on Fire in full, Apple TV+ launches a Stephen King-vibes horror-comedy, and Prime Video adapts one of the greatest Latin American novels ever written. Oh, and some of your favorite shows are hitting serious endgame territory.

The final season of The Boys premieres April 8. The cast is already warning fans about 'mixed' reactions. Here's the thing: this show stopped being great two seasons ago, and no amount of Homelander speeches will fix what's broken.

Three beloved series drop their final seasons in the same week, Star Wars goes animated again, and Dan Levy brings crime comedy to Netflix. This is a week you plan your schedule around.

Everyone says movies are getting worse. The data disagrees — at least for thrillers. We dug into 53,000 thriller movies in the spameri.cz database and found a surprising trend: after a decade-long dip, thriller ratings have been climbing since 2019.

Some shows get ten seasons of mediocrity. Others get the axe right when they're hitting their stride. Here are 5 recently cancelled series that deserved better — and yes, I'm still mad about every single one.

Fast Forever just got announced for 2028 and everyone's acting like this is exciting news. It's not. The Fast & Furious franchise peaked over a decade ago and has been coasting on nostalgia fumes and Dom Toretto's unearned gravitas ever since.

March belonged to Project Hail Mary. April belongs to a plumber in space. Here's your full breakdown of what's coming, what's still earning, and why April 2026 might be the most stacked month at the movies this year.

Short on time but craving something binge-worthy? These three mini-series — all six episodes or under — deliver complete, satisfying stories you can demolish in a single evening. No cliffhanger season finales. No waiting for renewal news. Just pure, concentrated TV.

Twenty years ago, Martin Scorsese finally won his Oscar — and delivered a crime epic that rewired how Hollywood thinks about remakes, morality, and the long con. The Departed hasn't aged a day.

The first week of April 2026 is stacked. Nintendo's animated juggernaut returns to theaters, Disney+ drops its most ambitious Star Wars series yet, and Netflix brings back one of the best shows of the decade. Here's everything you need on your radar.

Out of 1,132,666 movies in the spameri.cz database, only 479 score above 7.5 on Trakt while having fewer than 1,000 votes. We dug through them all. These are the 8 that deserve your attention right now.

April is absolutely stacked with season premieres. From The Boys going out with a bang to Euphoria finally coming back after four years, here are the eight shows that should be at the top of your list this month.

Another Colleen Hoover adaptation, another round of manufactured tears. Reminders of Him opened to $18 million, critics are split at 55%, and audiences are eating it up at 89%. Here's why both sides are wrong.

April is stacked. From the return of Beef with Oscar Isaac to the final ride of The Boys, plus a Malcolm in the Middle revival nobody saw coming — here's everything worth clearing your schedule for.

March was busy. Between work, the database, and way too many late nights — I still managed to watch some great stuff. Here's the honest rundown.

Twenty years ago, Alfonso Cuarón made a movie about a world falling apart — refugee camps, government crackdowns, a population too exhausted to hope. In 2026, it doesn't feel like science fiction anymore. It feels like a documentary from next year.

The 98th Academy Awards gave us records, firsts, and a few curveballs. Jordan Blake digs into the data behind the golden statues — from Sinners' record-shattering 16 nominations to the birth of an entirely new Oscar category.

Oscar season is over. The speeches have been made, the discourse has been discoursed, and you're probably emotionally drained from yelling at your TV. Good news: your couch doesn't judge you, and these five shows are ready to fill that awards-season-shaped hole in your life.

Marty Supreme went home empty-handed after nine nominations. Sinners broke records but still lost Best Picture. And Sean Penn couldn't even be bothered to show up. The 98th Academy Awards were a mess — and I loved every second of it.

Mario blasts off to space, Maul gets his own Star Wars show, and Netflix drops a Belgian drama finale. Here's everything hitting screens this week — and whether it's worth your time.

From Avengers: Doomsday to obscure wildcards — here are the 2026 movies on my radar and why I track them on my own database.

Hot take: 1999 was the last time a truly original idea dominated the box office. Everything since has been sequels, adaptations, and nostalgia farming.

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