It must be strange to watch this season ofBelow Deck Down Underfrom Bosun Wihan du Toit’s point of view. Wihan can see in real-time howhis failings as a leader have allowed deckhand Harry Van Vliet to step up and thrive. Wihan has spentBelow Deck Down Underseason 3flirting with all the women on board and eschewing his responsibilities while Harry got the girl Wihan originally wanted and has managed to do his job (and Wihan’s) more effectively....

Barry Keoghan’s feature film follow-up toSaltburnarrives in the form of Andrea Arnold’s latest directorial effort,Bird. Arnold is known for her previous worksFish Tank(2009),American Honey(2016), andBig Little Lies(2019).Birdpremiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on July 30, 2025.Ahead of its wide release in the U.S. and U.K. on August 15, 2025,Birdearned positive reviewsand a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 76%, continuing an impressivestreak for Keoghan of critically acclaimed filmsthat includesDunkirk(2017),The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017), andThe Banshees of Insiherin(2022)....

Black Kyurem and White Kyurem are coming toPokémon GOas part of Pokémon GO Tour: Unova. Next month,Pokémon GOwill launch its fifth Pokémon GO Tour event, this time focused on Pokémon fromthe Unova region. The event will bring Shiny Meloetta to the game for the first time, along with Shiny versions of Deerling, Maractus, Sigilyph, and Bouffalant. Niantic is hosting both live events in Los Angeles and New Taipei City as well as a global event so that all players can get in on the action....

In 2024,DC Comicslaunched its first wave of DC Compact Comics – and now it has released the second batch of Compact titles.The Compact Comics initiative has been DC’s way of introducing classic stories to new readers, while also affording a cheaper alternative to physical copies, another reason they are so appealing to new potential comics fans. As announced by DC, fifteen new DC Compact Comics have been announced, adding to the growing collection of available books....

Demon Slayeris one of the biggest global phenomena in recent years, and there is no doubt that one of the main reasons for the franchise’s success has been its anime adaptation by Studio Ufotable, which features one of the most stunning animations in the medium. But more than praises, this has become an aspect used to belittle the series, since many viewers claim thatDemon Slayer’s high-quality animation is the only notable thing about the franchise....

Broly’s Ring is an Ability Item inDragon Ball: Sparking! Zerothat’s great for those who know how to use it well. It disables transformations and fusions for the player and their opponent when equipped. This can be debilitating for anyone not used to a battle that relies primarily on their own skill and not the boosts from fusions and transformations. It also means that the fighters' base forms will decide who is stronger, which can be a big difference between some characters....

Max’s epic prequel seriesDune: Prophecyexplores the early period of the beloved sci-fi franchise, and the origins of the Bene Gesserits will continue in season 2. Developed for the screen by Diane Ademu-John and Alison Schapker,Prophecyloosely adapts the book series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, which explores the early periods of each of the major houses in theDunefranchise. More specifically,Dune: Prophecyconcerns the rise of the Bene Gesserit sect, and how they assumed control over the events of the universemore than 10,000 years before Paul Atreides' rise to power....

FFXIV Aloalo Island – All Variant Dungeon Paths While they may continue to be a source of ongoing fan dispute with the game’s recent shift in content, Final Fantasy XIV’s Variant Dungeons have still become one of the most popular activities to date. They’re flexible with party size, allowing players to even run them solo if they wish, and provide an abundance of puzzles and valuable loot from minions, to glam, to mounts....

In lieu of a more traditional username system, theNintendo Switch 2will still use the friend codes from the previous console, but thankfully, there is an easier way to add friends this time around. In order toadd friends on the Switch, players had to enter a unique (and rather long) number that was tied to Nintendo accounts. That still exists for the Nintendo Switch 2, but there will be a way to circumvent the slow and tedious friend code manual inputs....

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Futurama season 12, episode 2! Summary Futuramais back, and the revival is continuing a series trend by killing off every character for the second time in 14 years. Besides every mainFuturamacharacter still being around, each member of the Planet Express crew has died a surprising amount of times. However,Futuramaseason 12 just doubled down on this idea, with it killing off the entiremain cast ofFuturamaonce again. Futuramaseason 12, episode 2, “Quids Game” continues the second season of Hulu’sFuturamarevival, putting the cast of characters in another parody episode....

The year 2025 is quickly shaping up to beDemon Slayerfans' best year yet, with a handful of exciting new projects coming out very soon. Not only willtheInfinity Castle film theatrical trilogybe released in movie theaters in late 2025, news has just surfaced ofan upcoming sequel to theDemon Slayer Hinokami Chroniclesvideo gametoo. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To the Hashira Trainingfilm was released in theaters in February 2024, kicking off the fourth season of the anime by recapping the final episode of the Swordsmith Village arc, alongside the first episode of the To the Hashira Training arc season, which debuted on Crunchyroll shortly afterward....

While many open-world games tend to borrow from Rockstar Games,Grand Theft Auto 6could learn a thing or two from a 2012 sleeper hit. Rockstar Games is arguably the best developer when it comes to the open-world genre. Despite being a decade old,GTA 5still hasn’t been topped in many areas by other open-world franchises likeWatch Dogs,Saints Row, orMafia. Red Dead Redemption 2pushed things much further and created a rich universe with so much interactivity, depth, and content that it’s hard to imagine another studio will be able to rival it directly anytime soon....

Harrison Ford reveals he hasn’t talked with Mark Ruffalo about his Red Hulk role inCaptain America: Brave New World, which suggests that a majorMCUtheory about the original Hulk has been debunked.Harrison Ford replaces the late William Hurt as the MCU’s Thaddeus Ross, who had been persecuting Bruce Banner and the Avengers for years before campaigning for president. It took seventeen years, but Ross finally gained his Red Hulk transformation, though he first uses it against Captain America instead of his lifelong archnemesis Hulk inCaptain America: Brave New World....