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Dustin was deeply shaken by a recent event, and it strained his relationships, especially with Steve. He’s been acting distant, reckless, and easily angered, which worries his friends. As a key player in the fight against Vecna, his changed behavior could seriously jeopardize their efforts. This came to a breaking point in the second volume of Season 5 of the Netflix series, during a dangerous mission with Steve in the Upside Down version of Hawkins Lab.

Some scenes in the show’s incredibly popular season felt unnecessarily extended and didn’t lead to satisfying conclusions, even when those conclusions involved saving characters viewers feared would die.

Director Joseph Kosinski recently spoke with The Wrap about his Golden Globe-nominated film, which features Brad Pitt as a former Formula 1 racer getting another shot at success and personal growth. Kosinski mentioned potential future projects and also suggested Pitt himself has some exciting plans in the works.

As a sci-fi fan, I’ve always felt Netflix has been a bit hit-or-miss with the genre. While some streamers really own a specific style of sci-fi, Netflix’s offerings have felt more random. And that’s a shame, because good sci-fi needs to be consistent. It’s not enough to just have cool visuals – you need a fully realized world, with careful details and a sense that everything feels real and lived-in to really hook an audience. They haven’t quite nailed that consistent world-building just yet.

Check out Ebaster’s new guides to the best shows on Netflix, Paramount+, Apple TV, and HBO Max. You’ll also find recommendations for popular and highly-rated series on Prime Video – perfect for a weekend binge!

Fans and critics widely consider Fallout: New Vegas to be a masterpiece, and one of the best video games of all time. It’s natural that the Fallout series on Amazon Prime would want to explore the world of New Vegas, but it’s a challenge. The game has four distinct endings and countless choices, meaning the show had to get inventive with the established story. Since Fallout Season 2 is set 15 years after the events of New Vegas, the writers needed to find clever ways to stay true to the game’s lore while also telling their own story.

For this comedian, who grew up in Brooklyn, achieving widespread fame was the ultimate goal. Early in his career, he looked up to Eddie Murphy’s incredibly fast rise to stardom. While being funny was important, Sandler has said that what he really wanted was to be recognized, as he explained in an interview with George Clooney for The Sunday Times. He put it simply:

In The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, Chris Pratt is back as Navy SEAL James Reece, the character he played in The Terminal List (2022). This new story comes before the show’s second season and focuses mainly on the backstory of Taylor Kitsch’s character, Chief Special Warfare Operator Benjamin “Ben” Edwards, and his involvement in a secret CIA operation.

A recent box office report revealed that Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World was the lowest-grossing film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 2025. According to Variety, the movie earned $415 million worldwide, despite costing $180 million to make. While numbers for Thunderbolts and The Fantastic Four: First Steps weren’t released, the report confirmed Captain America 4 performed the worst of the three at the box office.

Now that Stranger Things has finished airing on New Year’s Eve, Sadie Sink is starting new roles, including a part in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 31, 2026.