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15 Best MCU Movies, Ranked According to Letterboxd

Letterboxd franchise rankings are a lot of fun. The platform gathers audience reactions rather than critics, making it a useful way to gauge fans' views on the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe. With so many entries, the MCU is hard to judge against itself, and averaging Letterboxd reviews helps reveal

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Horror needs fewer Final Girls and more Final Couples

In Primate, Lucy and Nick are set up as a future couple before a rabid chimp's attack turns a poolside struggle into a fatal cliff fall for Nick. Director Johannes Roberts has said he originally planned for the pair to survive and end up together, but rewrote the

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Hulu ends college drama Tell Me Lies after three seasons

After three chaotic seasons, Hulu's hit college drama series Tell Me Lies has come to an end, concluding just as the show was reaching great heights in popularity. Showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer broke the news on Instagram, writing, "After three amazing seasons of Tell Me Lies, tonight’s

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Thuy Diem Pham’s joy pancake (bánh khoái) recipe

Bánh khoái, literally “delight” or “joy” cake, is a crisp, savoury pancake from Hue in Vietnam’s central region. Thuy Diem Pham keeps the dish’s joyful texture and bold flavours while swapping the usual rich hoisin dipping sauce for a lighter sesame nước chấm, and uses ingredients that are

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Highguard developer deletes post after toxic gamer backlash

Last week, recently laid off Highguard developer Josh Sobel wrote about revealing the game at the Game Awards 2025 and watching loud parts of the internet dunk on the title through its January launch. He called out people he said were 'gleefully' trying to manifest the game'

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Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse review — a confident, thoughtful thriller

Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse is a superb sequel to 2023's The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Like its predecessor, it blends visual-novel storytelling with investigation elements and Japanese folklore, pairing hand-drawn characters against photographs of real locations. This entry offers a stronger cast, sharper deduction segments and

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Zach Cregger given free rein on new Resident Evil movie

Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger is being given free rein on his upcoming Resident Evil movie. Constantin Films, which shepherded several live-action Resident Evil films and TV shows, is back onboard for Cregger's take on the horror franchise. CEO Oliver Berben is keen that Cregger puts his

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6-Year-Old Daisy Scout Sells 100,000 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

Pim Neill, a 6-year-old Daisy Scout in Pittsburgh, sold 100,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in a single season, surpassing the national record. Her family promoted the effort on social media, and a TikTok of Pim holding a box of Thin Mints has garnered over five million views; in

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The Night Agent Season 2 recap: What to remember before Season 3

Season 2 pushed Peter Sutherland out of Washington and into the field, beginning in Thailand where his partner and trainer, Alice, is killed. Back in New York he traces the violence to Foxglove, an operation tied to chemical weapons, while his new Night Action boss, Catherine, resents his fast-tracked promotion

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Jadon Sancho and Saweetie step out together in Paris

Jadon Sancho and his girlfriend Saweetie made their first public appearance together, holding hands during a post‑Valentine’s Day trip to Paris. Sancho, who is on loan at Aston Villa from Manchester United, was photographed with the American rapper, whose real name is Diamonte Quiava Valentin Harper, as they

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Clavicular and the Rise of Looksmaxxing

Clavicular, the online name of Braden Peters, is a 20-year-old streamer who measures his appeal in numbers: 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, a 31-inch waist, a 19.5-inch biacromial width and facial ratios he says prove handsomeness. He idolizes the actor Matt Bomer and is pursuing a bimaxillary osteotomy, or double jaw

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Lucinda Childs, 85, Still Has a Full Dance Card

At 85, Lucinda Childs begins a five-year partnership as resident choreographer of Gibney Company while also revisiting early pieces this spring and summer. In June, the Fisher Center at Bard will present the Lucinda Childs Dance Company with a mix of new and old works, including an adaptation of "

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Keanu Reeves' 10 Best Performances, Ranked

Keanu Reeves is widely known for being a kind and generous dude. His humility is unprecedented in the industry, making him one of today's most important and sought-after actors. He's just a regular guy with a familiar face who happens to be very good at action,

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Beethoven’s ‘Egmont’ Reimagined by Blanchett, Harris and Dudamel

Gustavo Dudamel has long wanted to bring Beethoven’s Egmont to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. With his 17-year tenure as the orchestra’s music and artistic director coming to an end, and before he becomes the New York Philharmonic’s music and artistic director this fall, he has chosen now

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After 800 episodes, Simpsons showrunner says they will never do a series finale

The Simpsons recently passed 800 episodes, and showrunner Matt Selman says Springfield's favorite family will never receive a formal farewell, even when the show eventually leaves screens. Selman pointed to the season 36 premiere Bart's Birthday, in which Bart — on the cusp of finally celebrating his

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Robert Duvall Seared Himself Into Our Memories Even When He Wasn’t the Star

The opening of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather hides a pale man whose hawklike stillness quietly reshapes the scene. He emerges from shadow to sit at Don Corleone’s side, largely silent yet radiating intimacy and authority. That pale man, Tom Hagen, was Robert Duvall, who died on Sunday

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Divisive 10-Episode Crime Thriller Is the Perfect Weekend Binge

The Hunting Party is a divisive 10-episode crime thriller that serves as an easy weekend binge ahead of its Season 2 drop. Rotten Tomatoes shows a stark split — an 18% critics' score against an 83% audience score — suggesting strong disagreement about the show’s merits. The series follows FBI

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Starfleet Academy's dark new episode changes the series' stakes

Starfleet Academy leans into college hijinks — prank wars, faculty betting and tense rivalry between cadets — as Episode 6, “Come, Let’s Away,” opens with a training mission aboard the derelict USS Miyazaki. [Ed. note: This story contains major spoilers for Starfleet Academy episode 6.] The exercise spirals when a group

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Fans celebrate Game of Thrones' best additions not from the books

It's been almost seven years since Game of Thrones ended with possibly the most controversial TV finale ever, but fans are still finding new aspects of the show to praise. Despite the HBO show being notorious for outpacing its source material — which many think contributed to its downfall

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This Mardi Gras in New Orleans Might Be a Bit Greener

New Orleans’s Mardi Gras has produced more waste in recent years, averaging 1,123 tons a year over the last decade, the Sanitation Department says. Grounds Krewe director Brett Davis called the situation an environmental catastrophe. The region is vulnerable to hurricanes and coastal erosion, and weeks of parading

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Sam Raimi's Send Help Surpasses The Cabin in the Woods at the Box Office

Sam Raimi's Send Help continued its strong run in its third weekend, taking in another $8.8 million domestically — a drop of just 3% despite being pulled from 500 locations nationwide. That small decline helped the film achieve a higher per-theater average in week three than in week

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Styx: Blades of Greed review

Nine years in the making, Cyanide has expanded Styx’s scope without sacrificing its core stealth. The game shifts toward a semi-open world built around three massive, hugely vertical maps, and it still feels closely related to the level-based design of the earlier entries. Metroidvania-style traversal upgrades mean returning to

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University of North Texas Closes Exhibition With Anti-ICE Artwork

The University of North Texas abruptly closed an exhibition by Victor Quiñonez a week after it opened. Quiñonez said he learned of the shutdown when students messaged him that the gallery windows in Denton had been covered and the door locked. Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá packed political messages

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Best Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (Feb. 13-15)

With Valentine's Day tomorrow, it's a fine moment to spotlight video game romance. Not every title features courting, but plenty of RPGs let you wine, dine, and smooch your party members, while others let you watch relationships evolve for better or worse. This short selection highlights

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Styx: Blades of Greed is a dense, inventive open-world stealth game

Styx: Blades of Greed pushes the series into a semi open world, knitting together complex bases into dense, sneaking-ready maps. The game offers a huge variety of approaches—decoy clones, cloaking amber magic, poison bile, bottle distractions and classic hiding spots—so players can tackle rooms and objectives in countless