Star Wars: Daisy Ridley on Rey's Family in the Sequel Trilogy

Star Warssequel trilogy actressDaisy Ridleyhas shared her thoughts on Rey’s family tree. Ridley recently spoke about the reveal of Rey being a Palpatine in 2019’sStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, in an interview withRolling Stone. Rey was first introduced in 2015’sStar Wars: The Force Awakens. She was living on the desert planet Jakku, trying to survive as a scavenger. Later in the film, she has multiple visions while holding Luke and Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber, including one of her being abandoned on Jakku when she was younger....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Gerald Schroeder

Syncing Messages from iPhone to Mac

Don’t forget to ensure that both your iPhone and your Mac are signed into the same Apple ID. On your iPhone, go to Settings, tap your Apple ID, then iCloud, and turn on Messages. On your Mac, open the Messages app, go to Preferences, and check the box next to Enable Messages in iCloud. This allows your messages to sync across all your Apple devices. With this setup, you can seamlessly continue your conversations across different devices....

August 6, 2025 · 4 min · 773 words · Michelle Gonzalez

Ted Lasso: Brett Goldstein's Roy Kent Talks About Roy Kent Effect Video

Roy Kent may be the love of the internet’s life, but he still has a job to do onTed Lasso. StarBrett Goldsteinshines in a new clip that has Roy Kent answering questions at a press conference that the officialAFC Richmond Twitter accountshared for the show. The problem? He got asked about the Roy Kent effect and that never seems like the right thing to do. Well, actually, no one should ask Roy Kent anything ever....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Ronald Grant

The 10 Best Friendships in ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Ranked

Now midway through Season 21,Grey’s Anatomyhas quite the legacy. It has followed a number of surgeons over the years at what is now called Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and there are now only three of the original characters still on the show: Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) as a frequent recurring character who still narrates every episode, as well as the continued main characters, Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr....

August 6, 2025 · 9 min · 1857 words · Gerald Gray

The Boys Season 2 Review: Unsubtle, Grotesque, Gory, Glorious

A fun aspect ofThe BoysSeason 2 is perhaps an unintended consequence ofits release schedule: the eight-episode season will premiere with three new episodes on Sept. 4, followed by a new episode every Friday until the season finale on Oct. 9. Because of this, each of the episodes coming out starting with Episode 4 features an endangered species in the world of streaming television: a “Previously on…” recap to remind viewers of past key moments....

August 6, 2025 · 6 min · 1164 words · Joseph Morales

The Finest Hours Review: Chris Pine is a Coast Guard Hero

The world could only benefit from more rousing tales of selfless heroism, butThe Finest Hoursonly serves as a fleeting thrill and doesn’t pack the punch to conjure tears because it feels like the paint by numbers version of this incredible rescue mission. Directed byCraig Gillespie,The Finest Hoursis based on the true story of the SS Pendleton, a T2 tanker that broke in half during a vicious nor’easter back in 1952. With many Coast Guardsmen in the area busy tending to the Fort Mercer, another T2 tanker that also happened to split in two during the storm off the New England coast, Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) and his team of second-stringers had to head out to rescue the men aboard the Pendleton alone....

August 6, 2025 · 5 min · 906 words · Allison Chavez

The Prodigy Stages Pregnant-Only Screening for Expectant Mothers

I love a good horror gimmick. The genre has always been a home to hucksterism and it’s always a thrill when a movie gets that flourish of good old fashioned promotion right. Leave it to the good folks at Fons PR to put together something as bonkers as a private pregnant-only screening ofThe Prodigy,hosted at the Alamo Drafthouse (home of the women-only screening ofWonder Womanand the clown-only screening ofIT). Orion Pictures' maternal horror movieThe ProdigystarsTaylor Schillingas Sarah, mother to a young son who starts exhibiting signs that he might just be an evil little bastard....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 605 words · Laura Mccann

The VFX Society Responds to the Oscars' Bad Cats Joke

SinceCatswas such a gigantic bomb, it was inevitable that the Oscars would make fun of the film at some point. EnterCatsstarsJames CordenandRebel Wilsondressed as giant cats to present the award for Best Visual Effects. During their intro, they said, “As members of the motion pictureCats, no one more than us understands the importance ofgood visual effects.” Everyone in the theater had a good laugh. Here’s the thing, the VFX inCatsare bad, but it’s not because the people working on them were bad at their job....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Katherine Taylor

Tom Hanks' Must-Watch WW2 Movie 'Greyhound' Is a Global Streaming Hit

Tom Hankskicked off the year with a small role inWes Anderson’sThe Phoenician Scheme, but several years before he ever played Leland in the film, he teamed up with aPeaky Blindersstar for a WWII movie that’s dominating global streaming charts. Hanks stars alongsideStephen GrahamandElisabeth Shue(The Boys) inGreyhound, the 2020 WWII epic following an inexperienced Navy commander who is tasked with leading his convoy against a dangerous German submarine wolf pack.Greyhoundis streaming exclusively on Apple TV+, and the film is still in the top 10 in more than 50 countries around the world, including the United States....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Kenneth Murphy

Top 10 Most Popular Netflix Movies August 06, 2025

Netflix now shares what people watch worldwide and how many hours are spent each week on the streamer. Below, we’ve gathered the Top 10 most-watched films on Netflix this week and more information about each movie. Check out the current list below: Top 10 Movies on Netflix Worldwide Hours Watched In Good Hands 2 Mother of the Bride Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (not available in the US) 11,100,000...

August 6, 2025 · 4 min · 702 words · Paul Campbell

Transformers Reboot for the Live-Action Cinematic Universe

If you’re a big fan ofMichael Bay’s take on theTransformersfranchise, as has been on explosive display on the big screen for five movies over more than 10 years, I have some bad news for you: That line is probably coming to a close as Hasbro and Paramount reportedly look to reset the feature franchise following the upcomingBumblebeemovie, which is due out this December. Don’t feel too badly for the studios; they did rake in a combined $4....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Erik Gutierrez

Underrated 2018 Performances Oscar Voters Shouldn't Overlook

Oscar season is upon us, which means studios are working overtime to ensure that their films get duly recognized by the appropriate awards bodies in the lead up to the Academy Awards. With the fall film festival behind us, we already have our frontrunners (hello,A Star Is Born), and the next two months are about the major contenders jockeying to get into the conversation. There’s always room for a spoiler or two (hello,Christopher PlummerinAll the Money in the World), but by and large a lot of the chess board has already been set....

August 6, 2025 · 7 min · 1407 words · Ann Walker

WandaVision: Scarlet Witch's Powers and Chaos Magic, Explained

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforWandaVisionSeason 1, Episode 8, “Previously On."] “This is Chaos Magic, Wanda. And that makes you the Scarlet Witch.” Nearly six years afterElizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe inAvengers: Age of Ultron,WandaVision’s latest episode has officially given her the codename of her comic book counterpart. However, the meaning of the Scarlet Witch’s name may differ in the MCU. Agatha Harkness indicated that the Scarlet Witch was thought to be a mythical creation....

August 6, 2025 · 10 min · 1940 words · Renee Herman