On the season 1 finale of The Mandalorian, our reluctant hero and newest Star Wars icon took enough of a near-death tumble to necessitate removing his omnipresent helmet and finally let us gaze upon his bloody, battered visage. Here's why the actor who plays the Mandalorian looks so familiar.
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The great big galaxy has opened up to pour over Mando, and he doesn't even know it. The finale of The Mandalorian's inaugural season proved to be a massive Pandora's Box of lore, paving the way for all the future conflict to define Mando's return in the second season.
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He may have already looked god-like in all of his DC appearances, but Henry Cavill had to find a whole new level to play the lead in Netflix's The Witcher. If you haven't seen it yet, he's absolutely ripped. Here's how he got into the best shape of his life to play Geralt of Rivia.
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Viewers have found a lot to like about the Netflix original series The Witcher — including the performance of Anya Chalotra, a relative newcomer whom you might nevertheless find to be a bit familiar. If you can't quite put your finger on where you've seen her before, well, we're here to help.
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The creatures in The Witcher might've come from myths and legends, but they don't look exactly like their traditional counterparts. They don't act quite like them either. These are the stories that inspired The Witcher's most fearsome beasts.
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Geralt is still Geralt, and if you like the Witcher games, there's a lot you'll like on the Netflix series, too. Still, if you fell in love with Ciri, Yennefer, Triss, and the rest on your Xbox, PlayStation, or PC, there are a few surprises ahead.
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If you guessed that the latest episode of The Mandalorian might help set up Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, then congratulations — you were right. The Mandalorian has a small but very clear link to The Rise of Skywalker that helps set up one of the film's biggest twists.
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We knew Mando's scrappy little plan was going to go poorly, but we didn't expect it to be quite this much of a disaster. On chapter 7 of The Mandalorian — released ahead of schedule on Wednesday, December 18 — Mando's troubles stack with all the pressure of compound interest.
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Netflix is bringing a triple-scoop sundae of delicious offerings to its content catalog in June -- but to make room for the new arrivals, several special titles are getting tossed in the trash. Such is life in the streaming world: sites give, but they also must take away.
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Netflix's The Umbrella Academy put its cast into an ultra-bright spotlight, and behind the scenes, the person who co-created the Umbrella Academy comic series upon which the show is based found himself in the limelight as well. His name? Gerard Way.
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The Force might be with Disney+, but some of its subscriber base may not be for much longer. Quite a few of the streamer's subscribers have taken to Reddit to pose one question to each other: what's the point in keeping the service after the first season of The Mandalorian is over?
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As our calendars approach 2020, it's out with the old and in with the new. Netflix is taking this same approach by getting rid of a number of movies to make room for what's coming to the site at the start of the year. Here are the films you'll want to watch before they leave Netflix in January 2020.
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The hit Disney+ series The Mandalorian loves to lob mystery after mystery at us with every episode, and the fifth — titled "The Gunslinger" — was no different. Case in point: Who the heck is the person who discovers Fennec Shand's body at the end of Chapter 5? We can hazard a few guesses.
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The Sanctuary Tree doesn't keep its secrets very well. A gorgeous new poster has been released for the upcoming Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and it contains a coded message that didn't take long for the denizens of Twitter to crack.
Read MoreGet ready for a return to the world of Thra. The first trailer for Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the Netflix prequel series based on the 1982 dark fantasy classic from Jim Henson and Frank Oz, was posted to Netflix's YouTube channel today. Along with the teaser came a gorgeous new poster.
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Since the launch of The Mandalorian, the Disney+ series has been steadily introducing Star Wars fans to an exciting corner of the galaxy far, far away — and to plenty of new and quickly beloved characters. Recently, fans met Fennec Shand. Here's the reason why she looks so familiar.
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On the fourth chapter of the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian, entitled "Sanctuary," the series gave fans another reason to love the series when it introduced a character named Omera. Here's why the actress who plays her looks so familiar.
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If you're not among the millions of pop culture fanatics who have already scored their subscriptions to Disney+, then you may be wondering if all the hubbub over the new streaming service has been earned. It's a fair question to ask, and fortunately, we have the answer: yes, absolutely.
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Disney has already faced backlash for the wonky Simpsons aspect ratio upon the launch of Disney+. Now, the Mouse House is facing a new wave of criticism over image quality, and this time it's coming straight from Avengers: Endgame fans who say the film looks drastically worse on the streaming site.
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Martin Scorsese's Netflix original film The Irishman is getting dragged quite a bit online — so the official Twitter account Netflix Film decided to do a little dragging back. The account jumped in to respond to a tweet humorously lamenting the user's only available option for viewing.
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Before you're faced with the all-too-real problem of reorganizing your watchlist when Netflix's new arrivals drop, sit down with some killer movies that are departing from the streamer soon. Here are the films you have to watch before they leave Netflix next month.
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After a week's worth of head-slapping "D'ohs," fans eager to stream classic episodes of The Simpsons in their entirety on Disney+ have finally gotten some good news. The streamer is actually planning to correct the aspect ratio insanity that plagued an already iffy launch — but it'll take awhile.
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December of 2019 is going to be a fateful time for Netflix, with Disney+ having gone live in the middle of November. If you're not quite ready to jump in on Disney+, check out or revisit those particular releases now or forever hold your peace. (Or, you know, pony up for a bunch of Blu-rays).
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The galaxy far, far away has gotten a bit of a makeover on Disney+. In a surprise move, the House of Mouse has debuted 4K and HDR versions of the original and prequel trilogies on its brand-spanking-new streamer, offering all six films at a crisper, more detailed resolution than ever before.
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We've yet to see the end of Endgame bonus footage. From an alternate take of a divisive death sequence to moments that were clipped in the editing bay to keep the film tidy and trucking along at a quick pace, here's all the never-before-seen Avengers: Endgame footage revealed by Disney+.
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Alongside the wealth of mega-blockbusters and beloved animated staples, Disney+ boasts hundreds of shows and films. These include a number of films you may have loved as a child — especially if you grew up in the '80s and '90s — as well as a host of undiscovered gems you likely haven't seen yet.
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The sound you just heard was the entire Disney+ launch team smacking themselves in the heads while projecting a collective "Doh!" into the stratosphere, due to Disney's decision to screen The Simpsons on Disney+ in the widescreen aspect ratio — resulting in portions of the picture being lost.
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