44 h. ago Oscar Isaac says he would only do Star Wars again if Disney doesn’t ‘succumb to fascism’

Star Wars actor said he was ‘not so open to working with Disney’ in interview two days after the company suspended Jimmy KimmelOscar Isaac has said he is “not so open to working with Disney” in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, with the Star Wars actor saying he’d only consider working with Disney again if the company doesn’t “succumb to fascism”.Asked in a GQ interview published Monday whether he’d consider returning to the Star Wars franchise, in which he played X-wing fighter pilot Poe Dameron across three films from 2015 to 2019, Isaac said, “Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great if that happens, then yeah, I’d be open to having a conversation about a galaxy far away. Or any number of other things.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Predator: Badlands' sticks its 2 stars together to take the franchise to new places

The seventh “Predator” film takes the franchise to new places by sticking its two stars together

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8 d. ago Predator: Badlands review – a pointless but unkillable franchise that has started to eat itself

The toothy villain is humanised and made sympathetic in this disappointing horror sci-fi – at which point it ceases to be the Predator There is disappointment in store for those hoping the Terrence Malick classic Badlands had been rebooted as a horror sci-fi, with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek menaced by a great big space alien with a peculiar mouth. No: this is actually the umpteenth iteration of the Predator franchise, which has a roach-like unkillability itself, having started in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger facing an extraterrestrial creature rustling and snarling in the Central American jungle.Predator: Badlands is just about kept from flatlining by Elle Fanning’s effortless charm, though it shows what happens when the Predator in question must, in the service of narrative development, be humanised and made sympathetic and vulnerable and kinda nice? What happens is that it ceases to be the Predator, so something or someone else has inevitably to fill the Predator role. Conti...

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1 week ago 7ft 4in (at least) of menace: the Victor Wembanyama Era is already here | Lee Escobedo

San Antonio’s French phenom has led the Spurs to a franchise-best 5-0 start, announcing the dawn of basketball’s next dynastyA spectre is haunting the NBA – the spectre of Victor Wembanyama.All the powers of the old guard have entered into a tenuous alliance to contain this unicorn: rivals Luka Dončić and Anthony Edwards, the Oklahoma City radicals, and the one with the most to lose, Nikola Jokić. Everyone senses the shift, from the veterans of past champions to the new faces of the league. The Spurs are a basketball dynasty-in-waiting. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trey Lance has cost $7m per start. Is there any hope of reclaiming a once hyped prospect?

Quarterbacks such as Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield have gone from busts to MVP candidates. The Chargers backup is in the ideal place to make a similar journeyThe development path for young NFL quarterbacks is brutal. They get lobbed in at the deep end as franchises try to figure out if their investment was worth it, before being tossed overboard if things go wrong. The league eats its young. The path from potential franchise starter to career backup – or out of the league – has never been shorter.And that path has been expedited almost by design. In part, that’s due to the rookie pay scale, which allows teams to move on from perceived misfires early. It’s also down to a shift in evaluations. Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson broke the mold for everyone. They redefined what a starting quarterback could look like, the skills needed, and the speed of development. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death in Paradise star shares daughter's blunt verdict on major film role

Death in Paradise star opened up about his role in a major film franchise and the brutal reaction he received from his daughter.

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3 w. ago MCM Comic Con 2025: Tickets, getting there, things to do and everything you need to know

From live performances to a chance to meet the stars behind some of the biggest pop culture franchises, here’s what to get up to this weekend

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last month Has Drake Maye ended the Patriots’ painful Tom Brady hangover?

Plenty of franchises spend decades looking for a star quarterback. New England appear to have found one after a few short years in the wildernessYou have to feel for the Browns, Jets, and Bears. Those franchises have spent decades in quarterback purgatory, rotating through prospects and placeholders. Meanwhile, after just five years of searching, the Patriots – the post-Tom Brady Patriots – appear to have found the guy.Five years. From Brady to Cam Newton to Mac Jones to Bailey Zappe to Maye’s first choppy season to this: a 23-year-old quarterback who looks like a top-five starter and MVP candidate. Continue reading...

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