It’s 3:30 p.m. on a Monday, and a group of 16 senior dancers are grooving on the court at Chase Center. They throw their arms up and down, give a high kick, bend over low, draw a half circle with their hips, pop up and snap their necks back and forth, their grey and white…
Awards season burns bright overseas, as “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” score some pre-Oscars heat. One of the final stops for top contenders on the Oscars trail really heated up the race on Sunday. Alan Cumming hosted the 2026 BAFTA Awards ceremony Feb. 22, with winners announced during a live telecast from the United…
Back in the ’90s and ’00s, seeing a home console game ported to a handheld platform usually resulted in something absolutely dreadful, but somehow, the Game Boy Advance versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater turned out to be essential parts of that platform’s library. These ports exist, in part, simply because developer Vicarious Visions was…
For the longest time, a handful of studios have dominated the animated movie landscape. Walt Disney Animation Studios was on top for decades, while Pixar came in and stunned everyone with their projects since the ’90s. DreamWorks has had some great moments, while Studio Ghibli puts out the most consistently great animated films around the…
In modern anime, there is hardly a title as sensational as Demon Slayer, a shonen series that has been beating all records of popularity ever since its anime debut in 2019. With last year’s release of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie, the first in the upcoming cinematic trilogy that will conclude this legendary saga, the…
The Forward brings you independent, nonprofit journalism with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis of the Middle East, campus conflicts, and more. Sign up for the free morning newsletter today. (JTA) — BERLIN — They stood outside Berlin’s Babylon theater, bundled against the cold, laughing and dragging on cigarettes: the Cunio twins David and Eitan, and…
Alan Cumming briefly paused Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards on two separate occasions to address the expletives and racial slur that Tourette’s syndrome advocate John Davidson yelled during the telecast, according to reports. Davidson is the subject of the BAFTA-nominated biopic “I Swear” and was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at the age of 25. His symptoms…
When it comes to the “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic World” movies, the stars are unquestionably the prehistoric beasties. Every dinosaur in the original “Jurassic Park” trilogy has its share of fans, even initially divisive creatures like the Spinosaurus. Meanwhile, the modern “Jurassic World” entries typically end with big showdowns between the T-Rex and whatever new monstrosity is…
Skip the Top 10. Netflix, including some underrated offerings from directors like Martin Scorsese (“Goodfellas,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”) and David Fincher (“Zodiac,” “Fight Club”). The streamer’s movie library also includes an absolute gut-punch sports drama that was released and, unfortunately, largely passed over by the entertainment industry’s awards bodies just a few years ago. One of this…
HBO’s latest foray into the sprawling world of Westeros, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, has proven to be another resounding success. Following in the footsteps of its critically acclaimed predecessors, Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, this third installment has successfully recaptured the magic that captivated audiences worldwide, ushering in a new…