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A New Year means new opportunities in the entertainment industry to turn the page and build a better future. Plus, our Severance season 2 review and more!
Michael Ahr
January 10, 2025
Friday Edition January 10, 2025
Photo: WB / Netflix / Euan Cherry and Getty Images
Itâs natural to look at the new year and see it not only as an opportunity for a fresh start, but also as a time of optimism, looking forward to a 2025 filled with more great theater-going experiences and stellar streaming offerings.
Weâve already hit you with The Must-Watch Movies Coming in 2025, including Steven Soderberghâs Presence, Ke Huy Quanâs Love Hurts, and the MCUâs Captain America: Brave New World, all premiering in the next few weeks; but it would be nice to drill down even further into what the new year has to offer.
Are you a lover of science fiction perhaps? Check out our breakdown of Upcoming Sci-Fi Movies to Watch in 2025, focusing in on highly anticipated movies such as Star Trek: Section 31, Bong Joon Hoâs Mickey 17, and the Millie Bobby Brown vehicle, The Electric State.
For horror fans, thereâs our companion piece to the above, Upcoming Horror Movies to Watch in 2025, which looks forward to films like Josh Rubenâs Heart Eyes, Ryan Cooglerâs Sinners, and the long awaited sequel, 28 Years Later.
And speaking of horror, our senior movies editor David Crow has a thing or two to say about the full return to Gothic horror in modern cinema in his breakdown of 5 Things We Want from Movies in 2025. To find out what the other four things are, check out the full article. Itâs going to be a great year ahead!
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Severance Season 2 Review: Apple TV+ Sci-Fi Follow-Up Is Worth the Wait
After a lengthy hiatus that may have built up some skepticism among audiences, Apple TV+'s Severance gets back to work with a superb second season. The secret, as it turns out, is in letting viewers in on secrets so that they feel fulfilled. Go figure!
After all, itâs one thing to enchant a viewerâs pattern-seeking brain with a freshman year full of compelling questions, but itâs another thing entirely to craft a sophomore outing that offers up equally compelling answers. The graveyard of TV history is lined with the corpses of Lost clones that came out of the gates strong before their mystery box narratives opened up to reveal nothing. Not so Severance!
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The Abbott Elementary/Always Sunny Crossover Was Shockingly Wholesome
In true TV crossover fashion, everyone learns a lesson when the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia gang visits Abbott Elementary, which is also set in the City of Brotherly Love. But how do you reconcile a warm PG-rated fable about the power of friendship and public education with a jet-black narrative about five of the most selfish and degenerate people who have ever lived?
Somehow, the crossover we never knew we needed pulls it off! In fact, the episode has a way of highlighting each programâs strengths while still maintaining the tone and formatting of the host show. More of our thoughts in the full article linked below.
"For one glorious episode of television, Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats got the empathetic treatment he deserves.â
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Exclusive A Real Bugâs Life Season 2 Clip Continues to Prove What a Big Deal Small Creatures Can Be
Tiny heroes, huge drama! A Real Bugâs Life is back for a thrilling second season thatâs bigger and bolder than ever, and weâve got an exclusive clip of what you can expect when the series returns on January 15, 2025.
Inspired by the world of Disney and Pixarâs A Bugâs Life, the Disney+ original series from National Geographic takes us on another extraordinary adventure into the micro-bug world â where the forces of nature play out on a completely different scale and miniature creatures rely on amazing superpowers to make it through each day.
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TODAYâS QUIZ
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đŠ The latest episode of Does It Fly? asks if the lethal motion sensing present in Squid Game actually exists in the real world.
đź Nintendo America posted a video on X announcing a special LEGO set where builders can make their own 1989 Game Boy.
đ§č Wicked director Jon M. Chu defended his choice to call the second part of his beloved film adaptation For Good.
đ This yearâs Puppy Bowl will feature a special promotion for DCâs new Superman film, including the dog that inspired Krypto.
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