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Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from the Chicago PD season 12 premiere, “Ten Ninety-Nine.” Intelligence is busy whenChicago PDseason 12 opens, but while the characters are flying by, solving cases left and right,one person is noticeably missing — Officer Kim Burgess.Marina Squerciati’s character is nowhere to be seen throughout the episode. Instead, Sergeant Hank Voight, Officer Kevin Atwater, Officer Adam Ruzek, Officer Dante Torres, and newbie Detective Emily Martel are handling the inflow of cases coming in and out of the 21st District duringtheChicago PDseason 12 premiere....

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along episodes 8 & 9.Billy Kaplan’s spectacular Wiccan costume inAgatha All Alongepisode 8 highlights a costume-related question theMCUhasn’t answered yet.Agatha All Along’s two-episode finalefeatures Billy Kaplan’s full transformation into the powerful sorcerer Wiccan after Agatha Harkness helps him locate Tommy Maximoff’s soul and place it inside a dying teenager. In exchange, Billy lends Agatha some of his power so she can get her magic back....

Mighty Switch Forceis an awesome game. Thefree updateon May 24 made it evenmoreawesome. And now its poised to become even more awesome-o than that! According to Nintendo Power, WayForward is planning an HD port ofMighty Switch Forceset to launch alongside the Wii U this year. The game will include all the features and updates from the 3DS original (and possibly even more), but the sprites are being completely redrawn to appear a lot closer in style to the concept artwork....

Vinny Thomas, the comedian and actor who brought theStar Wars Rebelsanimated character Jai Kell to life inAhsoka, has revealed his most embarrassing, and hilarious,Star Warsouttake. WithAhsokaacting as a spiritual successor toRebels, there were several characters who were lifted directly from thisanimatedStar WarsTV show. Thomas' Jai Kell was one of them, acting alongside Clancy Brown’s Ryder Azadi during their brief scene on Lothal inAhsokaepisode 1. For Thomas, however, stepping into theStar Warsgalaxy was a bit harder than anticipated....

A few weeks back, I was standing outside of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Slaughter Lane watching Jack Quaid punch himself in the face. It sounds worse than it is; in truth, he can’t feel a thing, as it is promotion for his starring turn in Paramount Pictures’Novocaine. A scarily well-crafted prop of his face replaces the punching bag on a Boxer Glove arcade machine, with folks lining up for the opportunity to strike the actor’s visage with all their might....

The cast members ofSaturday Nightdiscuss the film’s portrayal of the relationship between Lorne and Rosie.Saturday Nightis an upcoming movie that tells the story ofthe time leading up to the first episode ofSaturday Night Liveairingfrom the perspective of Lorne Michaels and several other key players.Saturday Night’s leading castincludes Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, and Finn Wolfhard. The film is directed by Jason Reitman and set for release on October 11....

Full Housestars Andrea Barber and Jodie Sweetin address one change they wish the sitcom had made, presenting something in a new light. Barber played Kimmy Gibbler and Sweetin portrayed Stephanie Tanner on thecast ofFull House, the pair being a core part of many episodes across the sitcom’s run. The show is now considered a classic in the genre, thanks to both its humor and more heartfelt moments as Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) raises his kids following the death of their mother, Pam....

Summary The Haunting of Hill HousedirectorMike Flanagananswers whether he will ever make aDCUmovie with James Gunn and Peter Safran.The DCU’s Gods and Monsterschapter is set to introduce several heroes and villains in James Gunn’s DC franchise, including the mystical monster Swamp Thing andhorror-inspiredCreature Commandosanti-heroessuch as Eric Frankenstein and the Bride. However, Gods and Monsters' whole slate hasn’t been announced yet, meaning that there could be more DCU installments involving the"monsters"part of the title yet to be unveiled....

Not only does Tim Burton admit thatBeetlejuice 2’s sandworms were intended to follow up the success of Warner Bros’Dune 2, but the sequel also gives the creatures some upgrades that more directly reflect the 2024 sci-fi film. Considering the1988Beetlejuicemovie endswith Geena Davis stopping a wedding by riding in on a sandworm, these creatures and their black-and-white striped design have always been a recognizable part of theBeetlejuiceiconography. Of course, it wasimpossible not to draw comparisons betweenBeetlejuice’s sandworms and the fantastical creatures from Frank Herbert’s novelsand David Lynch’s 1984Dunemovie....

There are several great musical films to watch afterA Complete Unknownthat have similar themes, sounds, and concepts. Directed by James Mangold (Logan,Ford v. Ferrari),A Complete Unknownhas become one of thebest films of 2024, earning 8 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet. Like a handful of other actors in recent musician biopics, Chalamet completely transformed into his character. He portrays folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a crucial period of his life and career that culminated at the1965 Newport Folk Festival....

Summary Gary Larson, creator ofThe Far Side,often took readers to the cinema, as one of the cartoon’s most memorable running gags featured the movie theater as a setting, in which Larson introduced a variety of unconventional, unreal films. With his theater gags, the artist delivered some of his strangest – as well as his most hilarious – punchlines. The movie theater was often a place whereThe Far Side’santhropomorphic animals, and at times,even its living inanimate objects, took center stage, as their warped reflection of human society was regularly best embodied in the movies they were shown to attend....

Plenty ofmovieshave thrilling special effects that remind audiences of the power of CGI, particularly when it comes to entirely computer-generated characters. Ever since the dawn of the earliest CGI movies, the medium has opened up countless thrilling worlds for movie-going audiences, populating them with unbelievable CGI creatures. While CGI has a bad rap today thanks to overuse andpoorer-quality renders in superhero moviesbecoming more common, the best CGI characters make it easy to forget digital effects are being used at all....

American Horror Story:Apocalypseis filled with witches, devils, and many disturbing moments.American Horror Storyis a loosely connected anthologyseries revolving around a different eerie topic each season. The show began in 2011 with the seasonMurder Houseand completed its twelfth season in 2024. The show’s eighth season, Apocalypse, was relatively well-received andwon five Emmy Awards. The season takes place in a post-apocalyptic America, with new factions and villains forming, including an adult antichrist and the return of the witches from the show’s third season,Coven....