Magic
What Castle in the Sky is based on, in Miyazaki's own account of the film's origins
Studio Ghibli's first release began with a comic Hayao Miyazaki read as a schoolboy, a satirical novel from 1726, and a research trip to South Wales. Where each piece of Castle in the Sky came from, in the director's own account — plus the four titles it nearly had.
September 20, 2026 5:03 pm
Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 9 sends La'an into a fairy tale where her prince has Kirk's face
In ‘Once La’an a Time’, the Elysian Kingdom anomaly from season 1 returns with dragons, wizards and doppelgängers, and La’an finally talks to the real Kirk.
September 20, 2026 10:44 am
VisionQuest's new Avengers live inside Vision's head: FRIDAY and EDITH have to fight Ultron from his Mindscape
On the Pinewood set of VisionQuest, Marvel showed how Vision gets his own team of AIs, and Tommy’s actor refused to say if he gets super-speed.
September 19, 2026 2:54 pm
Meryl Streep will be the first woman to voice Aslan — Greta Gerwig wanted someone over 70 with a child's sense of wonder
Liam Neeson voiced the lion in the last three Narnia films. For Netflix’s The Magician’s Nephew, Gerwig told Empire she wanted gravitas without self-seriousness.
September 18, 2026 3:16 pm
Thirty-three years after the X-Files pilot, Mulder and Scully still beat Sherlock and Watson — Holmes had a sidekick, Mulder had an equal
Convinced Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman’s Sherlock double act is unbeatable — meet the characters who top them.
September 17, 2026 11:34 pm
Resident Evil is tracking a 40 million dollar opening — the franchise record has stood at 26.6 million since 2010
Box office predictions tip Zach Cregger’s radical new take on Resident Evil for the franchise’s biggest opening yet, and the projected haul is heftier than you might expect.
September 17, 2026 7:50 pm
Spider-Man Brand New Day ended The Force Awakens' nine-year record by 111,000 dollars - and it took 47 days instead of 165
After nearly a decade ruling the roost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens no longer holds the domestic box-office crown — guess what’s nabbed it instead.
September 17, 2026 1:25 am
Keegan-Michael Key voices an evil 1990s children's TV mascot in Buddy, a $3 million film that has taken $21 million
Cristin Milioti’s Buddy is pulling off a box-office trick you almost never see, turning a modest budget into a hefty return.
September 16, 2026 2:54 am
Carrie-Anne Moss's Baba Yaga series gets a film-festival world premiere, then makes you wait until 23 October
AMC+ has set a date for its witch-hunt horror-mystery led by Carrie-Anne Moss.
September 15, 2026 12:45 am
The fantasy show Prime Video should be shouting about is not The Rings of Power — it is a filmed D&D game
If 'The Rings of Power' hasn't quite landed, 'The Legend of Vox Machina' just might deliver where the LotR show fell short.
September 14, 2026 11:50 pm
Three flops in a row for Andrew Garfield, and the one thing that would fix it is the suit he says he is done with
Andrew Garfield’s recent run of theatrical setbacks might leave him leaning on his superhero franchise for a much-needed lifeline.
September 14, 2026 11:25 pm
Gary Oldman says the Harry Potter films cut too much, and HBO can finally do it word for word
A Harry Potter star reckons HBO’s reboot could outshine the films — and has a straightforward reason for saying so.
September 14, 2026 11:15 pm
Sniper: No Nation sits in HBO Max's global top ten with a 4.2 on IMDb
Brace yourself: one shot, one kill — and that ruthless promise is only the beginning.
September 13, 2026 9:58 pm
A Harry Potter star has shared Alan Rickman’s heartwarming off-camera mission
Gary Oldman has lifted the lid on a quietly heartwarming behind‑the‑scenes mission Alan Rickman maintained on Harry Potter, underlining the late star’s famed kindness.
September 13, 2026 9:06 pm
28 years later, Practical Magic 2 is out — and Nicole Kidman says why
Nicole Kidman has finally explained why it’s landing 28 years after the original.
September 13, 2026 7:45 pm
Broadway's Aladdin has never had a female Genie, and Sherri Shepherd takes it on 16 October
Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway has lined up a history-making new Genie for a limited holiday run — and yes, it’s a daytime TV favourite you’ll definitely recognise.
September 13, 2026 5:40 pm
People are still buying Grimm on Apple TV, ten years after it ended and with no revival yet
A 2010s supernatural fantasy favourite is enjoying a streaming revival — and Apple TV is the reason.
September 13, 2026 4:50 pm
Liam Neeson’s hard pass — one movie genre he won’t go near
After more than 100 films, Liam Neeson says there’s one movie genre he’ll never touch — go on, guess which.
September 13, 2026 4:25 pm
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