Amidst the ruins of her opera house, Lady Gaga has crafted something entirely unique: a dramatic farewell to her 2025 album Mayhem, reimagined as a futuristic, post-apocalyptic swan song for the ages. Mayhem Requiem is an entirely new take on an already critically acclaimed album, characterized by moody synthesizers and stripped-back production that allow Gaga’s incredible voice to shine through the
Read MoreVisionQuest, the concluding chapter of the television trilogy that began with WandaVision and continued through Agatha All Along, has finally been released on Disney+. The series follows the exploration and journey of a reconstructed Vision as he attempts to establish a new identity while confronting his restored memories. To help with this journey, there are some of the known and friendly
Read MoreYou Can See Everything shows Nathan Fielder asking Elizabeth Holmes one simple question: “Are you being real right now?” It’s a question that drove the marketing to popularity, as the scene shows Holmes radiating big puppy eyes, innocently tilting her head, and responding, “I’m always being real.” Without context, it looks like Fielder is in psychological warfare with one of the
Read MoreBack in May, Obsession, one of the highest-grossing films of 2026’s summer, released in theaters. It completely burst past expectations thanks to the artful directing and good use of its budget. If I could boast a little, I wasn’t that surprised, because I had been following the director, Curry Barker, for years on Instagram and YouTube with his comedic skits and
Read MoreJohn Cena-led Matchbox: The Movie released on Apple TV earlier this month. Starring alongside Cena in the Skydance film are Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, and Arturo Castro. Does this movie capture the imaginative mind of a child playing with toy cars, or instead does it just recapture the pain of modern blockbuster action films? Director Sam Hargrave has worked in
Read MoreIn a post-Widow’s Bay world, is there enough room for another small town, bay-based TV show like Netflix’s Below? The two shows are quite different in terms of their premise and, most importantly, in their quality. While there are snippets of genuine surprise, Below is not a Netflix series you have to run and see. [Warning: some spoilers for the series
Read MoreAvatar: Seven Havens tells the story of Pavi, a young Earthbender who discovers that she is the next Avatar in a world that no longer trusts people who have this title or associate with it. The first three episodes introduce us to this now destroyed and unbalanced world. In it we see a new mythology, an introduction to new characters, and
Read MoreAnyone who thinks image-making matters less than “the story” (whatever that means) should watch David Fincher’s The Social Network and Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning side by side. Shot by the same cinematographer, Jeff Cronenweth, it won’t be long before you realize why Fincher’s film stands the test of time as one of the most impactful masterpieces of the 2010s. But
Read MoreThis year’s San Diego Comic-Con saw Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios make some exciting announcements about their future slate of productions. Among them was the long-awaited and greatly anticipated announcement of a Ghost Rider film currently set to release on July 28, 2028. Shawn Levy is now set to direct the film, with Ryan Gosling stepping into the lead role as the
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