Eliana Dockterman

In 2024, podcasts eclipsed traditional media outlets in their influence over the U.S. election as certain shows with massive audiences managed to score interviews with sought-after subjects trying to widen their reach. Just look at Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision […]

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first episode of Dune: Prophecy. The HBO series Dune: Prophecy is set about 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides, the protagonist of the original Dune books. Sadly, that means Timothée Chalamet—who

You may recognize the names of the main players in HBO’s Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy. Frank Herbert’s Dune books and the film adaptations by Denis Villeneuve center on Paul Atreides, a prophet of sorts plagued by his calling to

I was losing faith in superheroes. We all were. Just look at the box office where stories with new characters like Madame Web and The Crow are bombing. And even superheroes who shot to stardom in the last few years

Season 2 of The Diplomat picks up in the immediate aftermath of a bombing that ended Season 1 and left the fates of several characters up in the air. The Netflix series, which shares DNA with political thrillers like The

Poor Rob. The man cannot seem to catch a break. The Industry character played by Harry Lawtey took a backseat to Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Harper (Myha’la) in the show’s third season. Yasmin’s simmering secret about her father’s death and

This story was originally published on June 11, 2024. We are republishing it on the occasion of Inside Out 2‘s arrival on Disney+ on Sept. 25, 2024. Pete Docter knows the stakes are high for Inside Out 2. Docter started

This post contains spoilers for The Rings of Power through Season 2, Episode 5. Sauron may be busy forging rings, but another evil power is rising in the east on The Rings of Power. In Season 1, The Stranger and

This story contains spoilers for Industry through Season 3, Episode 6. Industry has gotten darker. After two seasons of dramatic trades and backstabbing office antics, Season 3 is more than just a vibe shift—it’s a whole new genre. The new

This post contains spoilers for The Rings of Power through Season 2, Episode 5. J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories are filled with mystical forces. But the rules of how magic operates in Middle-earth were always left a little vague. Tolkien often employed