Co-directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer ( Run Lola Run), and based on the supposedly unfilmable novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas spends three hours jumping between six loosely interconnected stories set from 1849 to 2321. Several actors appear in a majority of the timelines, and stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, and Hugh Grant feature in all of them, hinting at themes of reincarnation and redemption as small decisions made centuries ago filter down through the ages.
Launching on December 4, Metroid Prime 4 is Nintendo's last big game of 2025 and has a lot of hype and hope surrounding it. Fans have been wanting an entire console generation. So when previews last month featured an overly talkative sidekick, a big departure from the often atmospheric and empty worlds of past Prime games, people were nervous. Would players quickly grow tired of some bumbling sidekick?
If the first Wicked centered Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the shy outcast whose discovery of her magical powers and the sinister machinery behind the Land of Oz led to her being branded the Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked: For Good focuses intently on her opposite number and best friend, Glinda (Grande), now positioned by the powers that be as the good (but secretly powerless) witch who can keep the people happy and placated as their world slides into paranoid dictatorship.
Netflix debuted dozens of new original series in 2025. The streaming platform - which has more than 300 million subscribers - creates, produces, and exclusively distributes a wide range of TV shows, from sitcoms and docuseries to compelling dramas. Here are 10 of the best and 10 of the worst shows Netflix premiered in 2025, according to critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
Yasmin Rufo and Eleanor Shearwood Johan Persson In a corner of London's Canary Wharf, better known for finance than fireballs, The Hunger Games: On Stage has bought Panem to life in a purpose-built 1,200 seat arena. The show is an adaptation of Suzanne Collins' bestselling dystopian novels, made into a film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, in which teenagers are selected to fight to the death in a televised spectacle.
Jennifer Lopez is well-known for her pop career, but she has also been acting since the 1980s. Her lowest-ranked films, according to critics, are "Gigli" (2003) and "The Boy Next Door" (2015). Her latest film, "Kiss of the Spider Woman," debuted to positive reviews, but a low box office. Jennifer Lopez has been a triple threat since she showed off her dance skills for "In Living Color" in 1991.