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Super Mario Bros and Judge Dredd among 1990s sci-fi failures
From Super Mario Bros. to Judge Dredd, these infamous ’90s sci-fi disasters prove big concepts can still crash hard.
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Antinous rivals Twilight’s Jacob as Pattinson’s Odyssey villain, actor jokes
Robert Pattinson has drawn a light-hearted comparison between his role in Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming epic The Odyssey and Taylor Lautner’s character Jacob in the Twilight saga. Speaking to MTV U.K. at the film’s London world premiere, Pattinson — who plays the antagonist Antinous, one of the suitors pressuring Queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway) to remarry while…
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The Doorman revived on Netflix, top 10 in 25 countries six years on
Entertainment site Collider reports that The Doorman, a 2020 heist thriller starring Ruby Rose, has become an unexpected streaming hit after being added to Netflix’s global library this week. The film, which underperformed on its original release, has climbed into the top 10 in more than 25 countries, illustrating how Netflix’s large subscriber base can…
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Jennifer Garner headlines Peacock’s Nantucket drama The Five-Star Weekend
The Hollywood Reporter’s Angie Han has reviewed “The Five-Star Weekend”, a Peacock limited series starring Jennifer Garner and adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s bestselling novel. The review, published ahead of the show’s 16 July 2026 airdate, judges the drama a pleasant but ultimately underwhelming summer watch — pretty, polished and easy to binge, yet lacking the…
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A Simple Plan offers the same wintry crime tension as Fargo
A Collider feature by Jeremy Urquhart, published on 6 July 2026, recommends Sam Raimi’s 1998 crime drama A Simple Plan as an ideal late-night watch for fans of the Coen Brothers’ Fargo. The piece matters chiefly as a viewing tip: the film is currently streaming on MGM+, and the writer argues it delivers the same…
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Amazon revives Lara Croft across two games and a Sophie Turner series
Amazon is expanding its investment in the Tomb Raider franchise with two new video games and a live-action television series, part of a broader push into classic British characters following its James Bond game “007 First Light”. The move matters because it revives one of gaming’s most iconic heroines, Lara Croft, across multiple formats, with…
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Nolan’s Odyssey star would chide Homer over scarcity of female speaking parts
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Zara Larsson leaves Epic for RCA in Sony internal move
Zara Larsson has left her decade-plus home at Epic Records and signed with RCA Records, Variety can confirm. Two sources tell Variety that the pop star has inked a new deal with RCA. The sources say that Larsson was entertaining offers from multiple labels but that Sony, which houses subsidiaries Epic and RCA, wanted to…
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Chinese firms race to lead the global robotaxi market
Chinese technology and car companies are rapidly scaling up driverless “robotaxi” services, with firms such as Baidu, WeRide and Pony.ai already running commercial rides in designated areas of cities like Beijing. The central question the article poses is whether China can turn autonomous driving into a globally dominant industry, just as it did with electric…
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Marcellus Wiley denies death threat claim as wife alleges Fourth of July assault
Former NFL Pro Bowl defensive end Marcellus Wiley, 51, was arrested for domestic battery on 4 July after his wife, Annemarie, called police to report an assault at a Marriott hotel in Orlando, Florida. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by the New York Post, Annemarie alleges that Wiley threatened to kill her and became…