May 2026

Since the humanoid robot from Tetsujin 28 walked across screens in 1963, mecha anime has endured within the cultural zeitgeist. Though there’s often a war at the center, there’s an escapist element to the spectacle of two or more gigantic robots fighting. Creators have ruminated on the futility of human conflict in everything from Gundam […]

Mortal Kombat 2 is full of dismemberment, decapitations, and death. It’s also replete with characters from 2021’s Mortal Kombat who’ve been brought back from the dead, like Josh Lawson’s Kano, or newly made undead, like Kung Lao (Max Huang) and Sindel (Ana Thu Nguyen). Their returns happen in ways that are authentic to the fighting […]

Iceland is likely the last place you’d expect as a setting for a Japanese manga series, but Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest isn’t typical manga. Created by Aki Irie and serialized weekly in Harta, this ongoing series, seven volumes so far, blends various elements — mystery, adventure, and the supernatural — against a breathtaking Icelandic […]

Published May 3, 2026, 3:34 PM EDT The Devil Wears Prada 2 had an amazing opening weekend, continuing a strong 2026 for the domestic box office Image: Nintendo/Illumination The Devil Wears Prada 2 had a great opening weekend at the box office, both domestically and internationally. The Devil Wears Prada 2 follows in the footsteps of […]

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, the new C.S. Lewis adaptation from Barbie director Greta Gerwig, won’t make its previously scheduled November 2026 release date. Instead, it will debut in theaters in February 2027, Netflix announced Friday. While that’s a substantial delay, movie theater aficionados have reason to rejoice: Gerwig’s origin story for the land of Narnia […]