Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

1 month ago | inverse.com | Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Between Sinners and Mickey 17, 2025 has already offered a hopeful look at what blockbusters could look like beyond the era of Marvel-style franchise filmmaking. Instead of relying on nostalgia or brand recognition, both of these films are big, idiosyncratic projects that speak to the interests and values of their directors.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

5 new to Paramount Plus movies with 90% or higher on Rotten TomatoesA new month means plenty of exciting titles new on Paramount Plus, and that includes a slew of great movies to add to your watchlist. While it might …

1 month ago | tvguide.com | Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries books have earned a dedicated following over the past few years, charming sci-fi fans with a sly twist on the killer robot trope. Structured around a series of spacefaring adventures, they star a cynical, autistic-coded cyborg who finds its human employers inconvenient and annoying. In Apple TV+'s new adaptation, Alexander Skarsgård flexes his underrated talent for offbeat comedy as the titular Murderbot, aka SecUnit.

1 month ago | bachtrack.com | Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

“I come from a long lineage in Broadway musicals,” composer Matthew Wilder tells me. “My father was a theatrical advertiser, his father was a theatrical advertiser, and I grew up front row centre watching musicals, everything from Oliver! To The Sound of Music to Man of La Mancha. These were all part of the fabric of influence for me.” His mother, meanwhile, was an opera singer – as is Wilder’s son, a career path that skipped a generation when Wilder went into rock music.

1 month ago | tvguide.com | Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

[Warning: The following contains spoilers up to Season 2, Episode 8 of Andor.]"I really always thought Syril is a victim of this ideology," said Andor's Kyle Soller, discussing his character Syril Karn's intense dedication to the Empire. "He is a villain, of course, but he's not your typical Star Wars villain — maybe because he has a little bit more heart. He's a victim of the ideology he so much wants to be rewarded by. Which doesn't reward heart, doesn't reward family and love and connection.