The Case Against Cersei Lannister, Who Will See Westeros Burn To Maintain Her Power (Welcome toDebate of Thrones, where a panel of Citadel-trained experts explain why someone deserves, or doesn’t deserve, to sit on the Iron Throne. In this edition: Queen Cersei has proven herself incapable of caring about her kingdom or her subjects.)There was a time, three or four years ago, when I would argue in favor of our queen....

The Final ‘Cars 3’ Trailer Reminds You That You Will Die One Day The world of Pixar’sCarsmay raise a number of disturbing questionsthat the writers actively avoid answering, but kids love these movies. Seriously. Talk to any retail employee who has worked in a toy section around the time a new movie comes out. But the first movie is now 11 years old and the young’uns who have literally grown up with these films are now staring down the barrel of young adulthood....

The Girl From Plainville - Everything We Know So Far (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you’re able to watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) The casting of Chloë Sevigny opposite Elle Fanning in “The Girl from Plainville” has put this future streaming series on our radar, and maybe on yours as well. It’s based on the real-life case of a young woman who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend via text to commit suicide....

The Mayor Of Kingstown Trailer: Jeremy Renner And Kyle Chandler Wheel And Deal Paramount+ has a new series from “Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan, and it looks like a very intense, crime-filled drama. We’ve already gottena first lookat the show during CBSViacom’s Television Critics Association presentation in August, and we now have another trailer revealing that the McLusky family has got some twisted ties to the town they live in. “Mayor of Kingstown” is also a reunion for Sheridan and Jeremy Renner — the two worked together on the2017 film “Wind River,“where Renner and co-star Elizabeth Olsen look into the case of a dead young woman Renner’s character finds in the mountains of Wyoming....

The Quantum Leap Reboot Adds Helen Shaver As Pilot Director And Executive Producer They’ve been trying torelaunch “Quantum Leap"for a while now, but it feels like they’re closer than ever now — and I gotta tell ya', I’m here for it. “Quantum Leap” was a cornerstone show for me growing up. Yes, I’m very old, but that show ruled and ruled in a very specific way. It’s a show about empathy and selflessness, about helping others and seeing the world from perspectives that aren’t your own....

The Spider-Man Deal Between Sony And Disney Would’ve Happened Eventually, Studio Execs Insist Fans ofTom Holland’sSpider-Manbreathed a sigh of relief when Sony Pictures Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios announced that they had come to an agreement over the beloved webslinger’s fate in the Marvel Cinematic Universe last month. It was the triumphant end of what seemed like a viciously fought battle on both sides — Sony holding the movie rights to Spider-Man, Disney demanding higher profits, Marvel and its fans caught in the middle....

This Week In Trailers: A Ciambra, Intent To Destroy, Radius, Flesh And Blood, Bill Nye: Science Guy Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?This week we destroy Turkey and America’s right to a safe space for their denial of the Armenian Genocide, go high concept by killing goats and people, mix fiction and reality inside a cinematic blender, turn 13 and turn to a life of crime, and get the theme song to Bill Nye: The Science Guy stuck in our heads....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘The Grinch’, ‘A Crooked Somebody’, ‘Along Came The Devil’, ‘Ordeal By Innocence’, And ‘Hollyweed’ In today’s trailer round-up, we take a look at an international trailer for the upcoming animated remake ofThe GrinchstarringBenedict Cumberbatch, a psychological thriller calledA Crooked Somebody, a supernatural horror movie calledAlong Came the Devil, aKevin SmithTV series calledHollyweed, andOrdeal By Innocence, a newAgatha Christieadaptation coming to Amazon Prime. Peruse them all at your leisure below....

Turning Red Ending Explained: Growing Up But Not Growing Apart Director Domee Shi really made something special with the latest Pixar release, “Turning Red.” Meilin “Mei” Lee (Rosalie Chiang) is your typical 13-year-old girl — she loves stickers, playing the flute, hanging with her best friends, eyeballing the cute clerk at the convenience store, and singing along to the boy band 4*Town. Well, as long as she’s not around her parents....

Upcoming 3D Version Of The Arabian Nights Makes Prince Of Persia Sound Culturally Reverent There have been many filmed versions of the collection of folk stories and other tales called theOne Thousand and One Nights, better known in the US as theArabian Nights. Now we can add one more to the pile. Who’s directing? That would beChuck Russell, a man whose films span a broad range of quality:A Nightmare on Elm Street 3(fairly awesome),The Blobremake (great stuff),The Mask(starting to worry) andThe Scorpion King(uh-oh)....

Warner Bros. Reveals New ‘Malignant’ Image, Changes ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Release Date Even though Warner Bros.justannounced a new release date forGodzilla vs. Kong, they’ve decided to go ahead and move it again. But don’t worry – the move isn’t that drastic. Instead of hitting theaters and HBO Max on June 27, 2025, as was announced last week,Godzilla vs. Kongwill now arrive onMarch 31. Why move it back five days? No idea!...

Watch (And Sing Along To) The First Eight Minutes Of ‘In The Heights’ The summer heat has finally descended after a weird cold snap (at least in New York City), and it’s just in time for the release ofIn the Heights, which comes out this weekend. Warner Bros. has enthusiastically rolled out the red carpet for the musical movie event of the summer, releasing the first eight minutes of the movie....

‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ Plans New YouTube Series America’s Funniest Home Videosbasically became obsolete the moment YouTube was invented. People no longer had to go through a bunch of TV producers to share or watch homemade clips of dads getting hit in the balls; they just had to click a few buttons on YouTube. Nevertheless,America’s Funniest Home Videoshas endured to become ABC’s longest-running primetime show. Now, as it hits its 25th birthday, it’s even joining forces with YouTube for several new series....