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In advance of the release of Netflix's new thriller The Whisper Man, Mashable executive producer Mark Stetson sat down with stars Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, director James Ashcroft, and author Alex North to discuss the film's theme of generational trauma, the complex dynamics between fathers and sons, and the process of adapting the highly anticipated novel for the screen.

Author of the book, Alex North discussed the book's themes that were most important to translate to film: "This is a book that I wanted to write because it was about fathers and sons, and grandfathers and fathers and sons. And different iterations of the way that plays out in terms of generational trauma. How we respond to things that have happened in our childhood, how we protect our children from things that have happened in our childhood, how we pass things down and how we don't."

Adam Scott was particularly drawn to North's themes. "I thought it was a really interesting part of the script, this horrifying trauma that they are both going through while simultaneously trying to repair their relationship."

De Niro added, "It was one of the things that attracted me to the script, that relationship."

At the close of the interview, Robert De Niro shares his candid advice for young actors who experience imposter syndrome when working with their heroes: "If it manifests in a such a way where it gets in the way of working on a scene, I'd say, 'It's ok, don't worry. In two days, it's all going to go away. It's just us."

The Whisper Man is now streaming on Netflix.

OpenAI said Friday it will wind down its partnership with Cursor, the popular AI coding tool now owned by SpaceX, marking the latest escalation in the long-running dispute between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

In a company blog post, OpenAI said it notified SpaceX of its intent to end the contract, proposing a shutoff date of Nov. 12, 2026 — the maximum notice window allowed under the agreement.

OpenAI framed the decision as a matter of trust. The company said it could not be confident that SpaceX would use its technology in accordance with OpenAI's terms of service, citing what it described as a pattern of Musk's companies violating contracts. Specifically, OpenAI's post alleged that X breached the terms of its own contract with OpenAI after Musk's acquisition, and noted that Musk had admitted under oath earlier this year that xAI had also violated OpenAI's terms of service.

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OpenAI added that its custom agreement with Cursor only gave it a limited window to cancel following a change of ownership, and said it wanted to preserve as much access as possible for developers in the meantime, calling the choice "incredibly tough" given how widely it wants its models used.

SpaceX completed its acquisition of Anysphere, the startup behind Cursor, earlier this month, following a deal announced in June.

Responding on X, Musk wrote that he "couldn't care less," while calling Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman "untrustworthy" and repeating his long-standing claim that the pair "stole an open source nonprofit." Michael Truell, Cursor's co-founder and now a SpaceX executive, struck a more conciliatory tone, saying on X that the company was in talks with OpenAI's team to try to resolve the issue.

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Since the announcement, OpenAI competitor Anthropic — which has an ongoing partnership with SpaceX — said it would increase compute support for its Claude models within Cursor.

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This is only the latest chapter in a feud that has simmered for years. Musk sued OpenAI and Altman for $150 billion over the company's shift from its nonprofit roots; a federal jury ruled against him earlier this year, finding he'd filed too late.

The fight has also played out repeatedly on social media, as Mashable has reported. Altman reposted allegations that Musk's companies failed to preserve key documents during discovery, then turned Musk's own catchphrase back on him: "Concerning!" He later said he was "really excited" to depose Musk, calling it "Christmas in April."

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

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What are the best noise-cancelling headphones for flying?

Anyone who's ever forgotten their pair of headphones on a travel day can attest to their utility, but not all noise-cancelling options are made the same. Plus, the pool to choose from is ever-expanding: plenty of headphones, from over-ear headphones to wireless earbuds, offer active noise cancellation.

So which ANC headphones are worth bringing on a plane in 2026? Plenty of budget models to premium options can do the job, but for the purposes of this guide, I've gathered a list of the best headphones for flying by prioritizing the best combination of comfort, portability, noise-cancelling power, battery life, and value. As a baseline, all of our picks feature above average sound quality and a solid build (to withstand any banging around in a carry-on).

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The final picks for the best headphones to use at 35,000 feet aren't just the most expensive options available. Case in point: The second-generation Bose QuietComfort headphones aren't the most premium option on this list, but they did just earn their spots as one of my favorites on a recent plane trip. Below, you can learn more about them and our other top seven headphones for flying.

How much should I spend on noise-cancelling headphones?

If you want to find the best noise-cancelling headphones for flying, you should be prepared to pay $200 to $450 for most options. Premium headphones offer improved active noise cancellation, customizable settings, and transparency modes that allow you to hear those all-important gate announcements.

Many cheap headphones claim to offer "noise-cancelling" features, but a random pair of $50 over-ear headphones with passive noise cancellation will let a lot of sound through. They'll also struggle to connect and switch between devices easily, or simply feel uncomfortable.

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At the end of the day, going for that good all-around pair is worth it, because on a flight, ANC on its own won't save the day — otherwise, we'd just direct you to our guide to the best noise-cancelling headphones. For long flights, comfort is also key. It won't matter if your headphones block sound if you only want to wear them for two out of five hours of your flight. And because this is a flying-focused roundup, we did give extra points to headphones with thoughtful design that makes storage easy.

If that $200-plus price range feels totally out of the question, we've included a couple of budget earbuds and headphones in the under-$100 category, but they come with tradeoffs. If you're okay with a mid-range pick, consider buying wireless earbuds with ANC instead of over-ear headphones.

If the cost of a pair of headphones is off-putting, you can always wait for a sale to start. We see headphones from Bose, Sony, and Apple get marked down year-round — if you don't want to keep your eyes peeled yourself, Mashable's deals coverage is a great place to find any noteworthy headphone deals.

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In most rom-coms, a romantic gesture looks like running through an airport to make one last declaration of love, or writing a yearning letter every day for a year. In Adults, it looks like saying "cunt" on every man-on-the-street interview show you can find.

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The gesture in question comes in Season 2, episode 7, titled "C Alert." In the episode, Anton (Owen Thiele) mistakenly talks to his co-workers the way he talks to his friends, saying "cunt alert!" in a company meeting. He doesn't mean it as an insult, drawing instead on its positive meaning rooted in the queer ballroom scene. That meaning has led to a wider resurgence of the term, including in online spaces, but it's still viewed as unforgivably rude in some places, including Anton's office, which skews older, and likely less queer.

In an effort to help save Anton's job, his housemate and yearning love interest Paul Baker (Jack Innanen) decides to try normalizing saying "cunt" in the workplace by dropping it into as many viral interview shows as he can.

It's a moment Adults co-creator Ben Kronengold describes as an "ugly sweet" step in Anton and Paul Baker's romance. While the pair obviously care about one another, any attempts to be together have stalled due to a house-wide rule forbidding dating within the friend group.

"What we tasked ourselves with in the writers' room was how could they show that care for each other in ways that feel really true to them and specific and platonic?" Kronengold told Mashable.

"It would be easy to have Paul Baker show up in the rain with a bouquet of flowers," added Adults co-creator Rebecca Shaw. "But it feels much more true to our ridiculous housemates that he would instead say the c-word — a word he hates more than anything in the world — on a series of talk shows for the whole world to see because he thinks there's a chance that it could make Anton's life a little easier."

"Paul Baker, thank you." Credit: FX

It's a clear escalation from the pair's prior romantic gestures, like Anton bringing glow sticks to Paul Baker's green card wedding, or Paul Baker waiting on a fancy meal for Anton and his sister Talia (Raven-Symoné). It's also the riskiest, social taboo-wise, even if it comes with sweeter intentions.

"Something that our executive producer Nick Kroll is so masterful at is making edgy, raunchy moments incredibly meaningful and sweet, and on the flip side, making sweet, emotional moments heightened and comedic," Shaw said. "We always try to follow in his footsteps. Never give a pure romantic moment, never give a pure comedic moment."

Paul Baker's reveal of his swear-y side quest does result in one of the most adorable Paul Baker and Anton moments of the season: a very heartfelt "Paul Baker, thank you" from Anton, complete with some seriously yearning eye contact that leaves everyone else in the scene knowing exactly how much the two care for one another.

Of course, there's one last little twist.

"We were really tickled by the idea that Paul Baker did this whole big gesture when, in fact, Anton's job was already saved," said Kronengold.

"Nobody had the heart to tell him," added Shaw.

But hey, it's the thought that counts, right?

Adults Season 2 is now streaming on Hulu.

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Nowadays on Broadway, you've got to have a gimmick.

It's not enough to be beloved or even acclaimed. Just look at Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a bodacious revival that re-imagined Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway smash as a ballroom runway, bringing the audience into the experience and onto the stage. Critics cheered, audiences clacked their fans in appreciation, and the Tonys gave three awards, including Best Direction of a Musical. Yet, none of that stopped The Jellicle Ball from closing weeks after it received those Tony flowers.

Even a grateful community that loved Cats, Webber, or ballroom culture couldn't keep Jellicle Ball rolling. So, it's little surprise that Broadway producers are favoring a seemingly endless array of theatrical adaptations of movies, TV, and other popular IP. Just this year, Broadway saw The Lost Boys: A New Musical, Titanique, Schmigadoon, and Dog Day Afternoon competing for crowds, while Heated Rivalry got an off-Broadway unofficial parody faster than it got a vinyl soundtrack release. Some of these were marvelous, others interesting, and then there was Beaches.

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Now, Paranormal Activity joins the fray. The theatrical production that premiered in Leeds ahead of a West End debut in 2025 has been garnering praise along its path to Broadway, which included a sold-out run in Los Angeles. The buzz was so infectious that I entered the August Wilson Theatre giddy with anticipation.

Unfortunately, what Paranormal Activity has to offer is not a great night at the theater. It's a series of jump scares that falls short of the spectacle Broadway demands.

Paranormal Activity is not for fans of the franchise. Cher Alvarez and Travis A. Knight star in "Paranormal Activity" on Broadway. Credit: Matthew Murphy

Though the show's Playbill notes Oren Peli's 2007 film of the same name as an inspiration, the similarities between Broadway's Paranormal Activity and its source material is thinner than the veil between the living and the dead.

Written by Levi Holloway, this new story centers on an American married couple who've recently moved from Chicago to London for a fresh start. Why London? There is no why. As the whole show is set within the walls of a small house, Paranormal Activity could be set anywhere. The key thing is that the haunted couple at its center has nowhere to escape to. Being new in town means the ruthlessly rational James (Travis A. Knight) and his distraught wife Lou (Cher Álvarez) have no local support system as they face some paranormal anomalies.

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Like Katie from the first Paranormal Activity film, Lou is haunted by a dark incident in her past, and fears an entity that is stalking her. James is her Micah, a male partner who insists he's looking to help while he scoffs at the possibility of the supernatural, and even taunts the could-be creature. In this case, he proclaims, "Fuck the bogeyman." And yes, a jump scare follows.

Holloway's play rejects the lore of the Paranormal Activity franchise that grew across sequels and spinoffs. Plus, it pivots subgenres, leaving behind the found footage aspect and changes the taxonomy of the entity at its center. Individually, none of these things is a problem per se, but altogether they left this horror lover wondering why this production is even called Paranormal Activity when it's got nothing to do with the pre-established IP.

Paranormal Activity can't compare to the other horror treasures of Broadway (past and present). Cher Alvarez stars in "Paranormal Activity" on Broadway. Credit: Matthew Murphy

For starters, Paranormal Activity can't hold a candle to The Lost Boys, a musical that smartly cherry-picked the campiest bits of Joel Schumacher's vampire cult classic and then constructed a stronger emotional story, leaned into the queer subtext, and made cinema moments come alive onstage with intoxicating stunt spectacles. Nor does Paranormal Activity compare to the recently shuttered Death Becomes Her, where the memorable murderous mayhem was re-imagined for onstage comedy gags that had audiences rolling like Madeline Ashton down that long staircase.

Now, you could argue that Paranormal Activity shouldn't be compared to big, flashy musical adaptations of cult classics. In that case, I'll point to Grey House, which was also written by Holloway. On Broadway in 2023, that play was also a horror story set within a humble home, this one visited by an unsuspecting married couple, unsure what to make of the odd children and the old woman who live there.

Grey House was a show that oozed in dread. Cryptic conversations left the audience to scramble for understanding, binding us to the coupled visitors, who've made a fateful mistake by coming here. I still remember the feeling of chills creeping up my limbs as Laurie Metcalf grimaced or chided the children and grown-ups alike. Three years later, the specifics of the scares have faded. Something about a fridge, a couch that seemed to gobble up a full-grown man, a basement door, always ominous. What I recall clearly is how I screamed, so loud and often that I was actually pretty embarrassed.

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Did I scream at Paranormal Activity? Yes. But not often. For every jump scare that shook me to scream, there were scads that failed to even make me flinch. The audience around giggled throughout, perhaps out of nervousness from the scares, or over the caustic humor the couple slings at each other. But it was less the atmosphere of a horror movie, where everyone is sharing the experience of surrendering to the spooky story, and more like a theme-park presentation.

The laughter felt like an audience looking to be amused, not scared. And director Felix Barrett delivered with common haunted house tropes. Lights flicker. A shadowy figure races across the stage. A could-be nursery's door slams with force, and recurringly, a deafening blare of noise will explode to make the audience leap in their seats. But after the first few scares, the beats of terror become predictable.

In between grim gags, Paranormal Activity is a tale of a toxic love that's more gratingly one-note than great. Knight and Álvarez bring intensity, whether arguing about the advice from a ghost-hunting podcaster (Eva Kaminsky) or hiding the haunting from James' nosy mom (Shannon Cochran), who's always just a video call away. But the emotional thrust of their story becomes undermined once Paranormal Activity reveals the entity can mimic others. So, as a conversation grows electrically vulnerable, there's the nagging thought that it could a cruel ruse, and not an actual breakthrough between two loved ones who can't share their truth.

A similar device of doppelgängers and the fear of intimacy was explored in Leviticus this year. And so let me take the opportunity to say again: go see Leviticus. It's scary as hell and has something to say. Which can't be said for Paranormal Activity, where it makes already thinly sketched characters feel even less complex.

Paranormal Activity on Broadway is betting on the gimmick. Travis A. Knight stars in "Paranormal Activity" on Broadway. Credit: Matthew Murphy

This is a new story that doesn't require its audience to remember anything about Katie or Micah or their demon Tobi. Rather than using that as an opportunity to find fresh thrills in the horror-theater space, Holloway's play feels like a murky echo of Grey House. The house and the story appear similar, but the scares in the hands of Barrett don't hit as hard.

Barrett, who is a founder of the immersive British theater company Punchdrunk (Sleep No More), fails to bring the audience into the experience of being trapped in his haunted house. Where Titanique built out the stage to include the audience, or Jellicle Ball had cats running into the aisles and mezzanine, Paranormal Activity keeps the stage as a clear distinction. The home, traditionally built as if one wall was shorn away, has the look of a dollhouse. And the seats in the theater mean if you're close to the front, or off to the sides, your view will be obstructed by staunch interior walls. But even more irksome, Barrett doesn't make compelling use of the space.

In The Lost Boys, director/co-lighting designer Michael Arden used spotlights and other lighting effects to draw the audience's eye, guiding us to one scary spectacle, while setting up another in the shadows. It was a visual cue reminiscent of video games, giving our eye. Paranormal Activity doesn’t offer such guides. For large swaths, my eyes scanned the dimly lit house, desperate to see something spooky but unsure where I was supposed to look. Was I meant to follow James upstairs as he urinates in the bathroom? Was I meant to keep an eye on the light that flickered or on Lou approaching the back door?

In horror, a wide shot can be uniquely terrifying, because it invites you to look into the seeming stillness and shadows, where a slasher or creature might lurk, unseen by the hero. In Paranormal Activity, that looking too often led to nothing. And sometimes, it meant I was looking in the wrong place, confounded and frustrated as an audience member across the way let out a gasp of excitement. I yearned to feel that gasp. But this Paranormal Activity isn't as scary as a great horror movie or a great Broadway show.

Instead, it's betting on audiences who want a not-so-cheap thrill. Opening so far from Tony nominations, the show suggests little expectation of being remembered next summer. Instead, it opens in time for Halloween and runs 20 weeks as a higher-class alternative to a haunted hayride. For Christmas, it's a spooky kid alternative to the Radio City show.

But with a thin story and underwhelming spectacle, Paranormal Activity is bad omen for Broadway. It's another example of shallowly adapted IP taking the space for something daring that could actually give us chills.

Paranormal Activity is playing at New York City's August Wilson Theater until Jan. 3.

If you use social media, you've seen a man-on-the-street interview.

You know the type: punchy, short-form digital series where you get to know an interviewee in record time. Some shows, such as Track Star or Gaydar, use specific subjects like music or queer history as entry points. Others, like Are You Okay? or Subway Takes, invite guests to rant about a topic of their choosing. These series have taken over your feeds and Hollywood press tours alike, and for one episode, they take over FX's sitcom Adults.

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In Adults Season 2, episode 7, titled "C Alert," Paul Baker (Jack Innanen) laments having what he and his friends call "man-on-the-street face," a condition that makes him a target for New York City's street interview content creators. (Due to his Canadian politeness, he can never turn them down.)

However, by the episode's end, Paul Baker embraces his man-on-the-street face to help his housemate/will-they-won't-they love interest Anton (Owen Thiele), who's gotten in trouble at work for saying "cunt." While the word's positive connotations in queer ballroom culture have led to wider reclamation and resurgence, especially online, it still carries quite a bit of baggage in America; hence Paul Baker's quest to encourage its normalization through street interviews.

Tiff Baira and Jack Innanen in "Adults." Credit: FX

Cue a montage of Paul Baker fumbling his way through appearances on highly popular, real-life man-on-the-street shows, including Gaydar, hosted by Anania; Are You Okay?, then-hosted by Brianna "Bri" Morales; Recess Therapy, hosted by Julian Shapiro-Barnum; Street Hearts, hosted by Tiffany "Tiff" Baira; and Track Star, hosted by Jack Coyne. The sequence is a hysterical, cameo-filled conclusion to the episode, but also a tribute to the reach and influence of man-on-the-street content creators.

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According to Adults creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the idea to bring man-on-the-street interviewers into Season 2 started with the show's writers taking walks around New York City for inspiration. One day, in Washington Square Park, they noticed several interviewers pulling people aside for their own segments.

"One of the writers was like, 'isn't it funny that we haven't seen that on TV yet?'" Shaw recalled in a video interview with Mashable. "It feels like such a present part of New York culture right now."

To capture this aspect of New York culture — which, in turn, becomes digital culture when it's posted online — Adults reached out to several New York-based street-interview content creators about appearing as themselves in the show.

"To be honest, I was skeptical at first," Track Star host Jack Coyne told Mashable over the phone. "I thought Track Star sounded like it could be the butt of the joke."

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Coyne created Track Star as a "reaction" to the more aggressive, inappropriate type of man-on-the-street interviews that have gained notoriety online. Adults certainly pokes fun at this more confrontational style of content, with Paul Baker appearing on fake shows like Milk or Dare or Gay Granny's Trivia Crashout. (Adults executive producer Nick Kroll also makes a voiceover cameo as a sleazy host who wants Paul Baker to rank the women in his family by attractiveness.)

However, the episode's final montage flips the joke on Paul Baker and serves as more of an appreciative showcase for the creators making cameos.

"We're such fans of this genre, and we think it's so cool the way these younger creators have managed to really carve out these very funny, specific, voice-y names for themselves in this space," said Shaw.

Adults usually shoots in Toronto, but in order to capture the creators' voices, the series sent a small crew to New York City to film Innanen's segments on each show.

"We wanted to do it on their terms and on their territory, and we really let the hosts lead with their voice, their improv, their writing," Kronengold said.

Jack Innanen and Caleb Simpson in "Adults." Credit: FX

Hosts were given an outline to work from, but were also able to improvise and treat the fictional segment like any real shoot for their show. For internet personality and former Are You Okay? host Bri Morales, that meant deciding whether or not Paul Baker is, in fact, okay. (He's not.) For Gaydar host Anania, that meant determining if Paul Baker is gay, straight, or a homophobe. (In keeping with the show's lore, he's fluid.) For Street Hearts host Baira, that meant sitting down at the show's recognizable match-making table and getting to the root of why Paul Baker is single.

"Paul Baker was just a real person in that moment," Baira told Mashable over the phone.

Over the course of one day, the Adults crew zipped around New York, from just outside a Midtown Container Store to shoot Gaydar all the way to Prospect Park to shoot Recess Therapy. Segments were shot in accordance with each show's style, adhering to their specific cameras, lighting, framing, and even methods of mic-ing people up. In post-production, Adults also mimicked the shows' graphics and fast-paced editing.

"Being so onboard with having our format inside of the episode makes it a very valiant effort on the showrunners' part," Anania told Mashable in a phone interview.

"You don't often see that from brands," added Amelia Montooth, creator of Gaydar and CEO of Mutuals Media. "Usually, you're battling with them to try to keep your authenticity."

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Part of that authenticity meant acknowledging street-interview influencers as stars in their own right. Caleb Simpson, known for his house tour videos, originally auditioned to play one of Paul Baker's bro-y friends in the Season 2 premiere, before being brought back to play himself in a cameo in "C Alert," where he shoots a video about Samir's (Malik Elassal) home. For Simpson, the role reflects a changing attitude towards content creators.

"I started making content on the internet 11 years ago, and the industry didn't take it seriously," Simpson told Mashable over Zoom. "About three or four years ago, I started taking acting and stand up and improv seriously, and then you get cast to play yourself in a show, and you do exactly what you would do when you film your content."

Adults' embrace of content creators speaks to their rise in Hollywood. (In addition to these street interviewers, Season 2 also guest stars internet personalities like Jake Shane. Innanen himself started as a content creator.) It's also a savvy way to make its target Gen Z audience feel seen by meeting them where they're at: online. As Shaw said, these series are "generational access points."

"What is the Maddy quote from Euphoria, where she's like, 'is this fucking play about us'? That is the goal for these young adult shows to really ring true to their target audience," Morales told Mashable over the phone. "It would maybe be funny if [Paul Baker] went on The Today Show, but it's so native to the demographic that of course he's going to do Are You Okay?, or course he's going to do man-on-the-street shows, because that's where everything is right now."

"Everything" includes the Adults press tour. For Season 1, Innanen appeared on Are You Okay? and Amita Rao and Owen Thiele appeared on Gaydar. For Season 2, Paul Baker's many stints on man-on-the-street shows also doubled as opportunities for Innanen to film appearances on these shows as himself. Art mimics life, the show reflects the marketing, and it all comes full circle in just a brief montage.

"The fact that Adults is putting a show like [Track Star] in their script and on TV and understanding it's a big part of the cultural conversation is just the beginning, honestly," Coyne said. "I think you're going to start to see a lot more of this stuff in culture broadly, because people are spending as much time watching content on the internet and on their phones as they are watching Netflix and Amazon and Hulu and FX."

"It is the future," said Baira. "Short form and traditional, the future is going to be blending the two."

Adults Season 2 is now streaming on Hulu.

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Apple's most important software platform is about to get a big upgrade.

In a couple weeks, Apple will finally launch the iOS 27. Yes, we've seen and tried out the developer betas and the public betas. Right now, we're at Developer Beta 7 and Public Beta 5; this late in the game, we don't expect to see any major new features when iOS 27 launches properly, though surprises are always possible. The keynote event is called "Surprise and shine," after all.

For most users, however, the iOS 27 that launches next month is the new version, as most folks don't bother (and they shouldn't) installing the public beta. So, here's everything we've learned from testing iOS 27, which includes the Siri AI beta, and a list of the hottest new features to try out when it launches.

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When is iOS 27 arriving? The tagline for Apple's September event is "Surprise and shine." Credit: Apple

The final version of iOS 27 is likely to arrive mid-September. More precisely, given that Apple is launching new iPhones on Sept. 9, we'll probably get iOS 27 a week later, on Sept. 16 (give or take a day or two).

If you're still eager to try out the latest beta (which is bound to be very similar to the final release), here's how to do that and what you can expect from it.

Who gets to install iOS 27?

Apple's iOS 27 will be available for iPhone 11 and later, as well as iPhone SE (2nd generation and later). Also, Apple's upcoming iPhones, which are reportedly iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max, and the foldable iPhone Ultra, will almost certainly run iOS 27 out of the box.

How to install iOS 27?

If you have a compatible device (see above), the process will consist merely of going to your iPhone's Settings, General, Software Update, and choosing to install the new OS. The process should take roughly 10 minutes (depending on your internet connection).

It's always wise to back up your phone before updating your software, though in this case, we don't expect any major problems; Apple's final, major software releases tend to be fairly polished.

What's new in iOS 27

There are a lot of new features in iOS 27, with the crown jewel among them being improved Siri (which is now called Siri AI), as well as Apple Intelligence, both of which permeate the device's many features and built-in apps, offering new, simpler ways to achieve everyday tasks.

Besides that, the Liquid Glass interface has been updated with more customizability, numerous apps, including Safari, Reminders, Notes, Photos, and Health, have gotten new features, and the iPhone, overall, should perform better.

The new features range from major changes to tiny aesthetic improvements. Apple's got an overview here; below, here's our choice of the best new features you should try after installing iOS 27.

A word of caution: Some of the AI features aren't available in the EU due to Apple's dispute over AI with European regulators. There's currently no timeline as to when this could be resolved. With that out of the way, here are the best 7 iOS 27 features you should try after installing it.

Siri AI Siri AI will bring a ton of new capabilities to your iPhone, with an assist from Gemini. Credit: Apple

If you're in the U.S., Siri AI will work for you, and you can access it by either uttering the "Hey Siri" voice command, pressing and holding the iPhone's side button, or swiping down from the Dynamic Island on top of your screen.

Once it's activated, you can use it to search for documents, emails, and photos on your device, ask it questions about a website on your screen (or any sort of general questions), get recommendations for places and activities, and easily create home automations.

Siri understands you, personally, as it can draw context from your emails and other documents. It also knows a lot about the world, making it similar to LLMs such as OpenAI, so you can ask it questions or give it tasks related to you, personally, or just ask it about any topic you like.

For a detailed overview of Siri's new features, go here and here.

Visual Intelligence Point your camera at things, and Apple's Visual Intelligence will give you some details about those things. Credit: Apple

Unfortunately, the same caveat goes for this one: It's not available in the EU at launch.

It's a pity, because it's a cool feature that lets you point your camera at things and get information about them from Siri. This includes splitting a restaurant bill, getting working hours for a business, figuring out which plant or animal you're looking at, and more.

You can access Visual Intelligence by clicking and holding the Camera Control button, or (if you have an iPhone that doesn't have the Camera Control button) either through Control Center or by customizing the Action button or Lock Screen.

Child Safety

Every parent knows what a nightmare the parental control features can be. You think you've set up everything right, only to discover that your kid still has unlimited access to YouTube (and is using it without any limits whatsoever).

In iOS 27, Apple has overhauled the Child Safety features with an easier setup, more granular control over apps and websites, and better screen time management. The Communication Safety feature can even intervene before a child sees gore or violence in videos and images shared over Messages and FaceTime.

There are detailed options for time allowances across several categories, including Entertainment, Games, and Social Media. Perhaps most importantly, there are now simple controls to either fully pause device use, or allow unlimited use of a device.

Updates to Messages, Mail, Calendar, Safari Less chaotic Safari tabs? We're down for that! Credit: Apple

Siri's new smarts extend over a number of Apple's built-in apps.

For example, in Messages as well as Mail, Siri can write things for you based on a description, and the result will match your style. Both those apps will also offer suggestions based on your conversations, such as adding events to your Calendar or a reminder to your Reminders app.

Safari has also gotten smarter. It will automatically group your tabs into topics, and a particularly cool new feature called Notify Me can monitor a webpage for changes, sending you an alert when it detects something new on the page.

Better photo editing Reframe is one of the three new, AI-enhanced photo editing tools in iOS 27. Credit: Apple

Apple has been way behind when it comes to AI-assited photo editing. Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones have a full suite of image editing tools that work really well. With iOS 27, Apple is finally catching up to its Android competition.

The new, AI-enhanced photo editing tools are a pretty cool way to fix your photos, even some of the ones that came out quite poorly. The three new tools, available under "Tools" when you start editing a photo, include Clean Up, which lets you remove unwanted objects with a tap or a gesture. The Extend tool will automagically add content around the borders using AI, and Reframe lets you adjust the perspective of a photo.

Smarter Shortcuts

I don't know a lot of people who use Shortcuts on iPhone, probably because the idea of manually setting up a chain of actions for your phone sounds pretty tricky to do.

In iOS 27, however, Apple has simplified this by adding the option to describe the shortcut and have it created automatically. To access it, open Shortcuts and tap New Shortcut, and just describe what you want the Shortcut to do. Stuff like "Turn the lights on, turn on Do Not Disturb, and start playing my favorite album" should work.

New Image Playground Apple's new Image Playground can now create photorealistic images. Credit: Apple

Yeah, another thing that's absent in the EU. If you have it, it's a cool one. Image Playground was actually there before, in iOS 26, but the images it could generate were mostly cartoons or simple illustrations. Now, you can get photorealistic images, too.

If you don't like your result, you can fine-tune it by adding additional prompts, with the option to precisely mark the part of the image that you want changed.

Liquid Glass adjustments

This is a small one, but it's important to a lot of folks. Under Settings and Appearances, you can now set exactly how clear or tinted you want your "liquified" apps and UI elements in iOS 27 to be.

Personally, I push the slider to the left for a maximum-clear look, but folks who want more readability over visual pizzaz might want to push it the other way for a more tinted appearance.

SEE ALSO: Everything we expect at Apple's September iPhone launch event AirPods EQ

How long have we been waiting for this one? In iOS 27, Apple finally added detailed equalizer settings for AirPods.

Finding those settings is a little tricky, though. When your AirPods are connected to your phone, go to Settings, Bluetooth, navigate to the AirPods, and then tap the little "i" to the right. Then go to Audio and Routing, Equalizer, Custom. From there, you can adjust the bass, midrange, and treble to whatever your heart desires.

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While not as established as its contemporary, All Elite Wrestling, or AEW, is perhaps the best showcase of professional wrestling in the United States and the wider world. It's why AEW is "Where the best wrestle."

For that simple reason, it's a no-brainer that AEW's biggest event of the year, All In, is must-watch TV. The fourth annual event is the culmination of years and years worth of television on the company's weekly shows, AEW Dynamite and Collison and the showcase of the company's future pillars. The big issue, though, is that unlike the WWE, which has decades of insular storytelling to rely on, making it easy for fans to follow rivalries and feuds, AEW does not have that. In fact, its roster comprises wrestlers with decades of experience and ties elsewhere in the independent scene, to the point that these ties bleed into the storylines told in AEW.

That makes it hard to get into some storylines, because, if you weren't watching CHIKARA in the late 2010s, you'd have no idea why Eddie Kingston really, really hates Claudio Castagnoli (fka Cesaro in WWE). For the most part, as the company is now 7 years old, that problem is mostly faded away, but for those who don't watch pro wrestling as much or are used to the mainstays and tropes of WWE, getting to know and care about AEW's cast of athletes and genetic freaks can be a challenge.

That's what this guide is for. I've done lapsed fan guides for WrestleMania in the past; however, given the WWE's moral and financial proclivities over the past few years, those guides are buried for the time being.

If you've found yourself curious to watch the new blood or are being forced to by your friend, below you'll find out everything you need to know about this weekend's proceedings on Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. EST, live on PPV on HBO Max, Prime Video, and more.

What is All Elite Wrestling?

All Elite Wrestling is the second-largest pro wrestling company in the world, formed in 2019 by Tony Khan and wrestlers Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes (yes, that one), and Nick and Matt Jackson (The Young Bucks). The group was wrestling on the independent scene, most notably in Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling as part of a subgroup called The Elite within the larger Bullet Club faction.

The genesis of the company was a 2017 tweet from wrestling historian Dave Meltzer claiming that ROH (one of the bigger wrestling promotions pre-AEW) couldn't sell a 10,000-seat show in the US — something no non-WWE company had done before. The response to that was 2018's All In, an independent wrestling event promoted by Rhodes and the Bucks in collaboration with ROH. The final gate of the show was a sell-out, with 11,263, plus a 50,000 buy rate, proving there was an appetite in the US for non-WWE wrestling.

The success of All In impressed TV execs, and eventually The Elite partnered with longtime wrestling fan Tony Khan, who was the son of billionaire and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan. That led to the formation of All Elite Wrestling and the company's first PPV, Double or Nothing, in May 2019. Then came the TV deal with WarnerMedia, marking Warner's first foray into wrestling since the closing of WCW in 2001.

It's been 7 years since then, and AEW has become one of the biggest companies in the world. Early on, because the initial All In event was a collab with ROH, the parent company, Sinclair Broadcast Group, owned the trademark for the name. That changed in 2021, when Khan bought ROH from Sinclair, thus grabbing the All In trademark for AEW and using ROH as a developmental company for the promotion. 2023 marked the second-ever All In event, and it is the company's biggest show on the calendar.

AEW presents a different style and philosophy compared to WWE. One of the biggest differences is the pacing and intensity of the wrestling itself, which are more individualized and vary from wrestler to wrestler (e.g., brawlers, strong-style, PWG, lucha libre, etc.). It's a big buffet of wrestling, serving as the ultimate melting pot of styles and traditions.

That's compared to WWE, which uses a slower style that combines all forms of pro wrestling and emphasizes big moments while protecting the workers due to the company's grueling travel schedule.

Additionally, AEW's roster places a great deal of focus on promoting its factions and stables. Almost every wrestler in the company is in some large group that's then split between the various divisions. There are about 21 factions and stables in AEW, with the most notable ones being The Don Callis Family, The Death Riders, Bullet Club Gold, and The Conglomeration. These groups serve as the main vehicle for setting up rivalries and feuds throughout the year, as one person's beef will suddenly become everyone else's before too long.

Within the Men's division, AEW has 5 singles titles: the AEW Men's World Championship, International, Continental, National, and TNT. There's also the World Trios Championship (defended in a group of three) and the Men's World Tag-Team Championship. Within the Women's division, there's the Women's World Championship, TBS, and the Women's World Tag-Team Championship.

How to watch AEW All In 2026?

AEW's biggest show of the year, All In: London, takes place Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from Wembley Stadium in London. The card gets underway at 6 p.m. BST / 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.

For US viewers, the event streams on HBO Max for $39.99. It's also available for $49.99 through Prime Video (US, Canada, and select international markets including France, Germany, and the UK), DAZN (available in over 180 countries), PPV.com, and YouTube.

Fans in Canada and other international markets can also order the show through MyAEW.com for $49.99.

Traditional cable and satellite subscribers in the US and Canada can order the pay-per-view through their provider, and it's also available via DIRECTV, Sling TV, and DISH Network for viewers in the US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. US fans can also catch the show live at any Dave & Buster's location nationwide.

No matter which platform you choose, the Buy-In preshow airs free ahead of the main card.

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The AEW Men's World Championship, the ultimate grand prize in AEW, is on the line as Will Ospreay challenges Kenny Omega in a fight that's more about pride than the title. Casual and non-wrestling fans may best know Ospreay from this viral video with fellow AEW wrestler Ricochet at the 2016 Best of the Super Juniors.

When the two first clashed in 2023 at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 17 event for the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship, the match was framed as a homecoming for Omega, who had left New Japan to start AEW. Mainly, Omega, once the top foreigner in New Japan, believed that Ospreay was an insufficient replacement for that spot. His coming back served as a correction to this injustice. Ospreay, obviously insulted by this, argued that he was the one who stayed and that he didn't need Omega's respect, but instead wanted his spot and to surpass his legacy. Omega would win that first match overwhelmingly, proving to himself at least that Ospreay wasn't ready.

Fast forward to later that year, Ospreay got his revenge at Forbidden Door, AEW's cross-promotional event with New Japan. Ospreay would regain his US title, but with the help of Don Callis, who had (in story) replaced Omega with Ospreay within the Callis family. Despite the win, it only proved to Omega that Ospreay still wasn't ready and couldn't beat him on his own.

Now, years later, Ospreay had a falling out with Callis, then suffered a major neck injury, and then embarked on a journey of self-discovery as he didn't feel he could meet the moment placed upon him. Omega, now the AEW champion, is older and on his last legs, but the allure of the championship is all intoxicating. He's not letting it go without a fight, least of all to Ospreay, who has spent years trying to prove himself better than Omega.

And that's the main crux of this year's long feud. Can Ospreay, who's lost several big matches in the past, overcome and have his moment, especially in his home nation? If it's up to Omega, the answer is never.

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The co-main event will feature a fated clash for the AEW Women's World Championship as Willow Nightingale defends against Mercedes Moné (fka Sasha Banks in WWE).

Compared to Moné, Willow is a bit of a newcomer on the scene, having debuted as a wrestler in 2015 (Moné debuted in 2010). Willow, the world's happiest nihilist, has finally become World Champion, years after scrapping for a spot on AEW: Dark Elevation, a YouTube preshow spinoff that showcased indie talent during the pandemic. Willow transformed that brief appearance into multiple titles and tournament wins, including becoming the inaugural AEW Women's Tag Team champion w/ Harley Cameron and the company's first Woman and third-ever Triple Crown winner (wrestlers who have won three different titles within a single promotion).

However, that's all chump change to Moné, who trailblazed through WWE and then the world afterward, at one point holding 13 championship belts across various promotions. Moné would then lose all those belts and disappear for a bit after an understandable crash-out following the loss of her championships.

Upon return, she won the Owen Hart Cup for the second time in a row, earning herself a championship main event at All In against Willow. For Moné, not only has she desired the grand prize of AEW, the Women's World Championship, ever since joining the company, but she also feels that Willow has been in the way of every major accolade she's pursued.

Willow and Moné first faced off in the main event of NJPW Resurgence in 2023 in the tournament final for the inaugural NJPW Strong Women's Championship. Out of kayfabe, Moné was booked to win, but an in-match injury forced an audible, with Willow winning. While not the plan, that win would propel Willow's career, leading to her winning the Owen Hart Cup in 2023.

Moné believes that without her, there would be no Willow. Within AEW, they're tied 1-1 with each other, with All In being the rubber match to prove just how legit Willow is compared to Moné.

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You can tell that AEW really loves a young future star versus certified legend storyline.

For starters, all three men involved, Kyle Fletcher (c), Kazuchika Okada, and Konosuke Takeshita, were all at one point involved in the Don Callis Family. While Fletcher was the up-and-coming star within the faction, Takeshita was, for a time, the bona fide stud within the family. That was until Okada was added to the family, a far more successful wrestler, especially in Japan, compared to Takeshita. And not to undersell Okada in that sentence, as "The Rainmaker" is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time.

This created a years-long animosity between the two as Takeshita hated the lack of respect Okada showed him, while Okada perhaps feared that "The Alpha" would take his spot as the top Japanese wrestler back home. Caught in the middle was Flecther, who was both a good friend and tag-partner to Takeshita and fiercely loyal to the Callis Family. At this year's Double or Nothing PPV, Takeshita would finally get a win over Okada to win the International title. Unfortunately, Fletcher would choose the family as he felt Takeshita was going into business for himself. Even though Fletcher himself isn't Okada's biggest fan, he felt that he was still being a good soldier for the group.

Fletcher would then beat Takeshita for the title at AEW Dynamite: Beach Break, with the latter going back to Japan after his loss to compete in New Japan's G1 Climax tournament. Meanwhile, Okada began disrespecting Fletcher in much the same ways he had with Takeshita, leading to even more animosity within the group.

This will now culminate in a three-way for the title at All In as Don Callis has arranged for Okada to join the match, much to the chagrin of Fletcher. In Callis' eyes, two faction members in the match will stack the odds in favor of the family to retain the title. So Fletcher now has a big choice at All In: Do what's best for the family or bet on himself.

For Takeshita, this is an opportunity to regain the International title while getting some just desserts and bragging rights over his former faction-mates.

Best of the Rest

The co-main events are stacked with years' worth of story, but the rest of the card is just as thrilling.

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To start, "The Jet" Kevin Knight will defend his TNT title against Darby Allin in a Falls Count Anywhere match. For Allin, he mostly wants revenge after being attacked by Knight at Double or Nothing after losing the Men's World Championship to MJF. That match was the culmination of a 39-day reign where Allin defended the title 7 times, week after week, including a match against Knight. Apparently, Knight took that loss personally, which led to his attack on Allin and his subsequent joining the Callis Family.

Knight thinks that by doing so, he'll gain the "darker edge" necessary for him to rise to the top. Allin just wants to humble the young upstart after his show of disrespect.

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Next is a dream match for the Men's World Tag Team Championships, as Christian Cage and Adam Copeland defend against The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson). Cage and Cope are considered tag team legends, having established themselves in WWE in the '90s and 2000s as Edge and Christian. Like most tag teams, they'd eventually split, creating their own legacies, Copeland in WWE and Christian in TNA, and elsewhere. They'd eventually reunite in AEW, years after returning to wrestling after being told they couldn't do so again. It took a bit of soul-searching on Christian's part, as he'd always felt overshadowed by Copeland, but the two would win the World Tag Team titles and have held them since May.

Now they defend those titles against The Young Bucks, an accomplished tag team in their own right, who believe that by beating Cage and Cope, they'll further solidify their legacies as one of the best teams of all-time.

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Big events like these are more than just feud enders, but they're also feud starters. Case in point is the Men's Casino Gauntlet match. It's one of several "Casino" themed matches, including the Casino Ladder and Casino Battle Royale. They're named that way since AEW was the "ultimate gamble" in the pro wrestling industry. That's why their first official event was called Double or Nothing — the company's next big gamble following the success of All In.

Anyways, the Casino Gauntlet is a 21-man match where participants enter the ring one by one until the ring is full or someone pins. So, theoretically, the match could be over before all participants enter the ring, making the spot you choose extremely important. It's also a way to surprise fans with returns and debuts. The winner of the match will gain a future title opportunity at a time of their choosing (within one week's notice). At All In, AEW National Champion Andrade El Ídolo and 3x Men's World Champion MJF will enter from the #1 and #2 spots, respectively.

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In addition to the Casino Gauntlet, there will be the final of the Continental Cup Challenge (C3). This is a new 16-man single-elimination tournament from AEW, with the winner gaining the Continental Championship. According to AEW, the C3 is the company's version of the FA Cup, a prestigious mid-season soccer tournament in England. It also serves as another tournament for the Continental Championship to be defended, with the grand prize of the Continental Classic (a round-robin tournament AEW runs in November-December). So it's technically a tournament belt, but it gets defended outside the C2. It was also at one point combined with the International Championship to create the Unified Championship. It's a mess, to be quite honest.

Anyways, after the go-home show of Dynamite, Death Riders leader and current Continental Champion Jon Moxley (fka Dean Ambrose in WWE) and Nigel McGuinness won their respective semi-finals' matchups and will face off at Wembley. For Mox, winning would just be more proof that many in AEW's midcard are not at his level or the company's level. For McGuiness, it would be the ultimate triumph, considering he spent a lot of time retired due to injury and now works mostly as a ringside commentator for AEW and previously with WWE.

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Finally, there's the AEW Women's Tag Team Championship between champions Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) and The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jaime Hayter).

The build to this match has kind of taken the back seat to everything else, a sad but common occurrence for the women's division in AEW (and WWE, too). Basically, though, Divine Dominion continues to dominate the women's tag division and wants to embarrass the Birds on their home turf. For their part, the Brawling Birds also just want to beat up Divine Dominion.

AEW All In: London takes place Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, at Wembley Stadium in London.

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La Liga continues with a string of interesting fixtures this weekend.

Today's games include one of the most intriguing fixtures of the season so far, as Sevilla host Atlético Madrid. Both are unbeaten so far. Sevilla won their first two games while Atlético Madrid secured a win and a draw. But which team will maintain the momentum and remain unbeaten?

If you're interested in watching Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid in La Liga from anywhere in the world, we've got all the information you need.

When is Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid?

Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid in La Liga kicks off at 3.30 p.m. ET on Aug. 29. This fixture takes place at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.

How to watch Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid for free

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CazéTV is geo-restricted to Brazil, but anyone can secure access with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in Brazil, meaning you can live stream Sevilla vs. Atlético Madrid for free from anywhere in the world.

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Fall movie season is just around the corner! The Venice International Film Festival leads to the Toronto International Film Festival, which leads to the New York Film Festival. And beyond that, there are a slew of prestige pics, family-friendly adventures, gnarly horror movies, and movies too genre-bending to be so easily summarized!

Mashable's Entertainment team has surveyed the cinema landscape for fall and winter to pull together the most anticipated titles you can see this year.

Whether in theaters, on digital, or streaming, these movies promise jaw-dropping thrills, tear-jerking drama, laugh-out-loud comedy, scream-inducing horror, and edge-of-your-seat excitement. So mark you calendars, and let's go to the movies.

September 2026 movie releasesFall 2: Deadpoint

In 2022, Fall delivered a survival thriller that rattled with suspense and boasted a sensationally WTF ending. Now comes a sequel of sorts with Fall 2: Deadpoint.

Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank, who co-penned the first film, are reunited here, scripting a spin-off story with some striking similarities. Harriet Slater stars as Jax Hunter, the younger sister of the late Shiloh Hunter (Virginia Gardner). Spiraling from grief, she teams up with Hunter's friend Luce (Arsema Thomas) to tackle an adventure her sister never got to attempt: a treacherous climb of Mount Kwan in Thailand that ends before a statue of the Death Dragon, which is said to eat your fear.

Will this attempt to overcome grief by taking a risky climb play out better for Hunter's sister? Well, a rockslide promises a rough path. But we'll have to see to find out if Fall 2 can live up to its sister prequel. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

Starring: Harriet Slater, Arsema Thomas, Tom Brittney, Virginia Gardner, and Grace Caroline Currey

How to watch: Fall 2: Deadpoint opens in theaters on Sept. 2.

Mayday

If you miss Cold War comedies like Dr. Strangelove and Spies Like Us, you'll likely be stoked about the latest from (checks notes) Canadian action star Ryan Reynolds and British thespian Kenneth Branagh.

Set in 1987, Mayday centers on a U.S. Air Force Pilot (Reynolds) finds himself lost in the Soviet wilderness, where a Russian ex-KGB carpenter (Branagh) becomes an unlikely ally. While the premise feels inexplicably vintage, this comedy comes from filmmakers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who previously helmed such hilarious action comedies as Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. So, yeah, we're game. — K.P.

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, Maria Bakalova, Marcin Dorociński, and David Morse

How to watch: Mayday premieres Sept. 4 on Apple TV.

Onslaught

Director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett have previously given horror fans such vicious offerings as You're Next, The Guest, and Blair Witch. Now they reteam for Onslaught, an A24 thriller about a single mom (Adria Arjona) who must defend her child against a squad of merciless super soldiers who've escaped their experimental facility. This task might seem impossible. But it helps that this mom is a trained sniper.

Expect blood, explosions, and carnage. Plus, The Guest's Dan Stevens as a mad scientist who looks like a Halloween decoration. — K.P.

Starring: Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, and Rebecca Hall

How to watch: Onslaught opens in theaters on Sept. 4.

Hope

You're not ready for Hope.

Written and directed by South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin (The Wailing), this sci-fi epic clocks in at 156 minutes, and they breeze by like the galloping monsters at its center, fast and ruthlessly violent.

Hwang Jung-min stars as a small-town sheriff who is looking into the bizarre slaughtering of a cow near the forest. Soon enough, he'll come face to face with the killer creature, but only after a barrage of building-shattering, bone-snapping action that makes up the film's first act. You won't believe what comes next, but spoilers: It's epic. — K.P.

Starring: Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander, and Michael Fassbender

How to watch: Hope opens in theaters on Sept. 9.

Black Zombie

If you love zombie movies and TV shows, you won't want to miss Black Zombie.

Director Maya Annik Bedward explores the representation of zombies in Hollywood movies like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow. Then, she traces their roots back to Haitian culture. Interviews with experts explore how colonialism transformed a concept from voodoo into something meant to strike fear in a white audience. Shining a light on Haitian culture, Bedward invites audiences to a deeper understanding of the zombie subgenre and the power that keeps it biting. — K.P.

Starring: Yves-Grégory Francois, Mambo Labelle Déesse, Slash, Tom Savini, and Tananarive Due

How to watch: Black Zombie opens in theaters on Sept. 11.

The Uprising

From writer/director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Lost Bus) comes a period drama about the 1381 English Peasants' Revolt. And you better believe Greengrass is bringing action sequences into this historical retelling.

When the tyranny of King Richard II plunges the people into poverty and squalor, one man says, "Enough." Andrew Garfield stars as the revolutionary leader, whose story is true, and looks achingly relevant. — K.P.

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Cosmo Jarvis, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Woody Norman, and Katherine Waterston

How to watch: The Uprising opens in theaters on Sept. 11.

The Debut

Oh, we do love a film about making theatre. Director, writer, and producer Jesse Eisenberg's A24 comedy looks to capture the sheer grit and dedication of community theatre productions and the lifeline they can be for the people who make them.

In The Debut, Julianne Moore plays Mona Friedman, a wife and mother who decides to audition for a community musical in her local New Jersey theatre. What begins as a flight of fancy becomes a serious means for Mona to channel her inner rage and joy, as local legend and demanding director Jerry (Paul Giamatti) pushes her to unlock a part of herself she's long suppressed. — Shannon Connellan, Senior Editor

Starring: Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti, Halle Bailey, Jesse Eisenberg, Cara Buono, Craig Bierko, Eldar Isgandarov, and Bernadette Peters

How to watch: The Debut will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 13, before it opens in theaters Dec. 11.

April X

If Heated Rivalry has you thirsty for more from Connor Storrie, you won't want to miss April X.

This near-future thriller stars Storrie as Bax, a man on a mission to find his missing twin sister April (Lilly Krug). Amid neon lights, seedy intrigue, and an underground world ripe with danger, will he succeed in his rescue mission? Or will this become about vengeance? We can't wait to find out. — K.P.

Starring: Connor Storrie and Lilly Krug

How to watch: April X opens in theaters on Sept 18.

Resident Evil

Zach Cregger, the writer/director behind horror hits like Barbarian and Weapons, returns with the relaunch of the Resident Evil film franchise. And from the looks of his first trailer, he'll be bringing that The Whitest Kids U'Know sensibility to this horror movie too.

Based on the popular Capcom video games, Resident Evil will center on a hapless delivery guy named Bryan (Austin Abrams) who's looking to make some quick cash with one last run. Unlucky for him, he's headed to Raccoon City General Hospital, where an outbreak is spreading fast. You ready to ride along? — K.P.

Starring: Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser

How to watch: Resident Evil opens in theaters on Sept 18.

Bad Apples

Teachers deserve better. Our underpaid educators put up with everything from disruptive students to micromanaging parents. And in Jonatan Etzler's dark comedy thriller Bad Apples, one (Saoirse Ronan) takes matters into her own hands.

Written by Jess O'Kane as an adaptation of Rasmus Andersson's novel De Oönskade, the film sees Ronan as Somerset-based primary school teacher Maria. She loves teaching, despite the underfunded education system testing her daily. When troubled student Danny (newcomer Eddie Waller) constantly disrupts her class, Maria makes some choices.

As I wrote in my review, "With Ronan's always-impeccable talents supported by a sublime young cast, Bad Apples leans into unethical impulses, all the while exposing home truths about the under-resourced education system and social disdain toward children with behavioural, emotional, and social difficulties. Plus, it's really funny." — S.C.

Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Eddie Waller, Jacob Anderson, Sean Gilder, Nia Brown, Rakie Ayola, Robert Emms

How to watch: Bad Apples hits cinemas Sept. 18.

Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Shaun the Sheep gets spooky in Aardman's latest stop-motion romp, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. 

It's almost Halloween at Mossy Bottom Farm, but there's just one problem: The clumsy Farmer has wrecked the flock's carefully cultivated pumpkin patch. Shaun the Sheep embraces his inner mad scientist in order to fix the problem, but the situation goes haywire when the Farmer goes missing, and a strange, hairy beast pops up in Mossingham. Are the incidents related, and can Shaun save the day? Ring in spooky season with Shaun to find out, and treat yourself to what is sure to be a charming, exquisitely crafted adventure. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

Starring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour, Dani Dyer, Nina Sosanya, Paul Whitehouse, and Roman Kemp

How to watch: Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom opens in theaters on Sept. 18.

You Had to Be There

Comedy nerds, you have to see this one.

The full title of this superb documentary from Nick Davis is You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way). Its focus is looking back at the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell, which boasted such not-yet-famous performers as Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Jayne Eastwood, and Paul Shaffer. And most of the above offer interviews, home movies, and personal recordings of this pivotal moment in Canadian comedy.

This movie was one of my absolute favorites at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. And as I cheered in my review, "You Had to Be There gifts audiences plenty of laughs, and so much more. This is not some fluffy celebration of comedians or even Godspell. Davis and company have come together to craft a documentary that is both informative, historical, entertaining, and deeply humane." — K.P.

Starring: Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Jayne Eastwood, and Paul Shaffer

How to watch: You Had to Be There opens in NY theaters on Sept. 18 and nationwide on Sept. 25.

The Love Hypothesis

Romance and Reylo fans, the time you've been waiting for has arrived. Ali Hazelwood's bestseller The Love Hypothesis hits Prime Video this September.

Lili Reinhart plays Olive Smith, a dedicated PhD candidate who wants to convince her friend she's over her ex. To do so, she claims she's in a relationship and kisses the first man she can find… who just so happens to be broody biology professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman). Despite Adam's legendary sternness, he agrees to enter a fake relationship with Olive. Of course, anyone who's ever watched a rom-com knows those feelings won't be fake for long, and things will heat up faster than you can say "Bunsen burner." — B.E.

Starring: Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas Duvernay, and Arty Froushan

How to watch: The Love Hypothesis premieres Sept. 23 on Prime Video.

Primetime

Based on Luke Dittrich's Esquire article "Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die," Primetime is a thriller from director Lance Oppenheim (Ren Faire) that seems to examine the phenomenon of To Catch A Predator through the lens of Nightcrawler.

This thriller stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, the American journalist and TV presenter who headlined the Dateline program on which alleged pedophiles were snared with TV cameras rolling. Last year, the documentary Predators explored how Hansen's work was more problematic than it might seem. Now Primetime looks like it'll crack this discourse wide open with star power and an A24 sheen of prestige. — K.P.

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers

How to watch: Primetime opens in theaters on Sept. 25.

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

When Mahershala Ali and writer/director Bassam Tariq realized the MCU's Blade movie wasn't happening, they found a new way to work together with the promising action drama Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

SEE ALSO: Mahershala Ali and Bassam Tariq reveal how Blade's end led to 'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother'

Ali stars as Latif, a Muslim family man who is also a hit man dedicated to protecting his community from outside threats. However, the death of his wife pitches Latif into the role of sole parent. But his path of violence is not one so easily left behind. So, as he battles to get what his three children need, he must also face down hired guns and a charismatic cult leader, played by John Cho.

There are a lot of exciting titles hitting this fall. But we're predicting this one is in the must-see category. — K.P.

Starring: Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Laith Nakli

How to watch: Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, then opens in limited theatrical release in the U.S. on Sept. 25, expanding on Oct. 2, and going wide on Oct. 9.

Never After Dark

Written and directed by Dave Boyle, Never After Dark was one of the most thrilling horror movies out of SXSW 2026.

In my review, I reveled, "There's something sublime about a really good ghost story, and I'm pleased to say Never After Dark is a really good ghost story. 

SEE ALSO: 'Never After Dark' review: Satisfying scares fuel this slow-burn ghost story

"From House of Ninjas' writer/director Dave Boyle comes a horror thriller that has the slow burn of '70s classics like The Shining and The Exorcist. Like those searing horror legends, Never After Dark also centers its story of supernatural infestation in one location. The forest-bound bed-and-breakfast of Never After Dark might seem an unremarkable space, much like the Overlook Hotel or the MacNeil home at first glance. But as the chilling story develops, its many-windowed exterior grows foreboding, and its wood-paneled interiors slyly sinister, suggesting the presence of something inhuman and dangerous... A shrewdly paced mystery with mounting horror and gore, Never After Dark is sensationally spooky and devilishly entertaining." — K.P.

Starring: Moeka Hoshi, Kurumi Inagaki, Kento Kaku, Tae Kimura, Bokuzō Masana, and Mutsuo Yoshioka

How to watch: Never After Dark opens in theaters Sept. 25.

The Incomer

One of my favorites out of Sundance 2026, The Incomer is a quirky comedy about what happens when a stranger comes a near abandoned Scottish isle populated by two siblings who are fixated on folklore and strange homespun traditions. This might sound like a horror movie, but in the hands of writer/director Louis Paxton it plays out as a weird and heart-warming comedy.

A mop-topped Domhnall Gleeson stars as a socially awkward official who's tasked with traveling to this little island to evict its only remaining residents. But Isla (Gayle Rankin) and her brother Sandy (Grant O'Rourke) were taught to never trust incomers, so he gets a colorful reception, to put it mildly. From there, bonds grow amid much silliness. — K.P.

Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Emun Elliott, and Michelle Gomez

How to watch: The Incomer opens in theaters Sept. 25.

October 2026 movie releasesVerity

Anne Hathaway is doing the most this year! She's already brought us the surreal splendor of Mother Mary, the fashion fun of The Devil Wears Prada 2, and the wailing rage of The Odyssey. Next, she's returning to psychosexual thrills with Verity. (We haven't forgotten Neon's Mother's Instinct.)

Based on Colleen Hoover's popular novel of the same name, Verity stars Dakota Johnson as struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, who's hired to ghostwrite for bestselling author Verity Crawford (Hathaway). But it's far from your average ghostwriting gig. You see, Lowen's invited to come live in Crawford's house, alongside Verity's husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), while Verity is comatose in her bed after a car collision.

And as you might guess from the trailer, things get a bit gothic horror with a touch of romance. And in a curious twist, Verity is being helmed by Michael Showalter, best known for comedies like Wet Hot American Summer, The Idea of You (also a Hathaway joint), and Oh. What. Fun. What does that mean for this movie? We're giddy to find out. — K.P.

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett

How to watch: Verity opens in theaters Oct 2.

Beware Boiúna

An ancient serpentine predator lies in slumber, deep in the Amazon, in this Anaconda-style creature survival horror from director Mike P. Nelson (V/H/S/85; Silent Night, Deadly Night). 

Beware Boiúna sees a group on a medical mission into the South American rainforest hunted by a rudely awakened, mythical, semiaquatic reptile. Kiana Madeira (Fear Street), Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day), and Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade) disturb the slumber of Boiúna, whose bite is way worse than her non-existent bark. Written by Nelson with his Wrong Turn collaborator Alan B. McElroy and Doom: Annihilation's Tony Giglio, this film feels meant to be bravely watched in cinemas behind an enormous popcorn bucket. — S.C.

Starring: Kiana Madeira, Jessica Rothe, and Logan Marshall-Green

How to watch: Beware Boiúna opens in theaters Oct. 2.

Animals

Aside from his skills as a brooding leading man, Ben Affleck has also distinguished himself as a director, helming scorchingly riveting thrillers such as Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and Argo. So, we're pretty pumped to see Animals, which marks his return to the role of actor/director.

This crime thriller stars Affleck as Mark Kimball, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose world is thrown into spin when his young son is kidnapped. He and his wife (Kerry Washington) have invested their wealth into his campaign. So, to get together a ransom quick, they'll have to get their hands dirty. — K.P.

Starring: Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Adriana Paz, Ray Fisher, Matt Gerald, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Steven Yeun

How to watch: Animals debuts in select theaters and on Netflix Oct. 9.

Matchbox: The Movie

Yup, Matchbox cars now have their own movie. John Cena stars as a spy who reconnects with his childhood friends, accidentally looping them into a dangerous mission to clear his name when he's framed for the theft of a nuclear weapon.

Got all that? Don't sweat it. Take a look at the cast and the trailer, and trust that Matchbox: The Movie is gearing up to bring exciting action with much silliness, and many flashy vehicles. — K.P.

Starring: John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Arturo Castro, and Teyonah Parris

How to watch: Matchbox: The Movie debuts on Apple TV on Oct. 9.

Tenzing Tom Hiddleston and Genden Phuntsok in "Tenzing." Credit: Apple TV

Plenty know the story of Sir Edmund Hillary, who summited Mount Everest. But fewer know of Tenzing Norgay, the Nepalese Indian sherpa who got him there.

Director Jennifer Peedom has previously helmed documentaries Sherpa and Mountain, and now brings that awareness of mountaineering and Norgay's legacy to Tenzing. Genden Phuntsok stars as the eponymous historical figure, while Tom Hiddleston plays Hillary. And we can't wait to see the emotional heights they'll reach together. — K.P.

Starring: Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe, Caitríona Balfe, and Thinley Lhamo

How to watch: Tenzing opens in select theaters Oct. 9, before debuting globally on Apple TV Oct. 16.

The Social Reckoning

First there was The Social Network, a docudrama that laid bare the origins of Facebook and the ruthless ambition of Mark Zuckerberg. Now comes The Social Reckoning, a companion film that digs into the whistleblower story of Frances Haugen.

Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for David Fincher's The Social Network, is back, writing and directing this follow-up. Jeremy Strong takes on the role of Zuckerberg, while Academy Award winner Mikey Madison plays Haugen, and The Bear's Jeremy Allen White plays investigative tech reporter Jeff Horwitz. It's giving prestige, and it may well make you second-guess your Facebook account. — K.P.

Starring: Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill Burr, and Jeremy Strong

How to watch: The Social Reckoning opens in theaters Oct. 9.

Musk Credit: AP / Bleecker Street Media

Academy Award–winning documentarian Alex Gibney has tackled corruption, unchecked greed, and high-profile fraudsters with films like The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Now, he's locked onto technocrat and CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X, Elon Musk.

There's no trailer for this one yet. But based on Gibney's heralded filmography, we're betting Musk will be more The Jinx, less Melania. — K.P.

How to watch: Musk opens in theaters on Oct. 16.

Sense and Sensibility

Director Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) and screenwriter Diana Reid adapt Jane Austen's 1811 novel about two very different sisters seeking a match in Regency-era England.

After the death of their father, the rigorously rational Elinor Dashwood (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her impulsive younger sister Marianne (Esmé Creed-Miles) are eager to find a husband. But they're looking for something more rare than financial security. They're looking for love in a world of infuriatingly righteous gentlemen and unfortunately sexy rogues. — K.P.

Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw

How to watch: Sense and Sensibility opens in theaters on Oct. 16.

Street Fighter

Get ready to brawl with Ryu (Andrew Koji), Ken (Noah Centineo), Chun-Li (Callina Liang), and more when Street Fighter punches its way into theaters this fall.

The film adaptation of the hit video game franchise reveals that former friends Ryu and Ken are now estranged. However, when Chun-Li recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament, they'll have to team up to uncover a sinister conspiracy. Cue a series of badass battles, along with a rogue's gallery of Street Fighter villains like M. Bison (David Dastmalchian), Balrog (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson), and Akuma (Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i). Oh, and you know there's going to be a Hadouken in the mix. — B.E.

Starring: Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa'i, David Dastmalchian, Cody Rhodes, Andrew Schulz, Eric André, Vidyut Jammwal, Orville Peck, Olivier Richters, Hirooki Goto, Rayna Vallandingham, Alexander Volkanovski, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and Jason Momoa

How to watch: Street Fighter opens in theaters on Oct. 16.

Klara and the Sun

Here comes the sun… Klara and the Sun, that is. Jenna Ortega and Taika Waititi team up to bring Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed sci-fi novel to the big screen.

Set in a dystopian future, Klara and the Sun stars Ortega as Klara, an Artificial Friend (AF) who wants to find a friend of her own. She gets one in Josie (Mia Tharia), an isolated young woman with a complicated relationship with her mother Chrissie (Amy Adams). Can Klara be the force of change Josie and her family need to start healing? — B.E.

Starring: Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Aran Murphy, Natasha Lyonne, Steve Buscemi, Rachel House, Harry Greenwood, and Sophia Bryant-Taukiri

How to watch: Klara and the Sun opens in theaters on Oct. 23.

Wicker

Alexander Skarsgård, Pillion star and patron saint of horny cinema, returns this fall with Wicker.

Based on Ursula Wills-Jones' short story The Wicker Husband, this romantic fantasy from writers/directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson stars Academy Award winner Olivia Colman as a medieval fisherwoman who's been ostracized from the village due to the intense odor of her labors. So, she goes to a Basket Weaver (Peter Dinklage) to make her a mate out of wicker. And he makes literal husband material in the form of a wicker man, played by Skarsgård.

Make room on your Hear Me Out cake. We won't judge. — K.P.

Starring: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki

How to watch: Wicker opens in theaters on Oct. 23.

Wildwood

For years, animation studio LAIKA has gifted us with gorgeous stop-motion adventures like Coraline, ParaNorman, and Kubo and the Two Strings. Its next film, the fairy tale epic Wildwood, looks like its most ambitious yet.

Based on the novel by The Decemberists' front man Colin Meloy, Wildwood whisks audiences to Portland, Oregon, where headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee) is about to embark on a magical journey. When a murder of crows abducts her baby brother Mac, Prue must venture into an enchanted forest known as the Impassable Wilderness. Within lurk talking animals, bandits, and the mysterious and powerful Alexandra (voiced by Carey Mulligan). Every trailer for Wildwood has been more astounding than the last, full of beautifully crafted puppets, sets, and battle scenes. If you want pure, handmade movie magic, take a trip to Wildwood. — B.E.

Starring: Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, and Richard E. Grant

How to watch: Wildwood opens in theaters on Oct. 23.

November 2026 movie releases Being Heumann

From Siân Heder, the director behind the Best Picture Oscar winner CODA, comes Being Heumann, a biographical drama about Judith Heumann, an advocate known as the mother of the disability rights movement.

An adaptation of her memoir Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, this movie focuses on the 1977 sit-in that began as an impulsive political action, and became the longest occupation of a federal building in American history. Sounds like a stirring drama that could well return Heder to the Oscar campaign trail. — K.P.

Starring: Ruth Madeley, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O'Brien, Rob Delaney, and Ray Fisher

How to watch: Being Heumann opens in select theaters on Nov. 6, then debuts on Apple TV on Nov. 13.

Wild Horse Nine

Playwright/filmmaker Martin McDonagh has thrilled critics and audiences with his deeply dark comedies, like In Bruges; Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri; and The Banshees of Inisherin. Now he returns with Wild Horse Nine, which reunites him with Sam Rockwell, who won an Oscar for his supporting turn in Three Billboards.

Set before the 1973 Chilean coup, Wild Horse Nine centers on two CIA agents, Lee (Rockwell) and Chris (John Malkovich), who are sent to Easter Island. There, they grapple with their dark pasts and present doubts. And things get more complicated when Chris connects with a duo of rebellious students. What could happen? Based on McDonagh's filmography, we're going to guess violent blows, biting jokes, and stinging bitterness. — K.P.

Starring: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana Di Girolamo, Ailín Salas, Tom Waits, and Parker Posey

How to watch: Wild Horse Nine opens in theaters on Nov. 6.

Victorian Psycho

If you like your comedy black as night, you'll cackle gleefully at Victorian Psycho.

Author Virginia Feito wrote the adapted screenplay, based on her novel of the same name, while Zachary Wigon (Sanctuary) directs Maika Monroe in the lead role. As you might guess from the title, the film follows a governess who has a homicidal streak.

In my review out of the Cannes International Film Festival, I cheered, "In the end, Victorian Psycho is a hoot, wildly fun, and unapologetically deranged on its surface. Then, just beneath that, Feito, Wigon, and Monroe weave a tapestry of class conflict, sexism, and trauma that urges audiences to probe deeper to understand that while Winifred is a monster, she was not born one." — K.P.

Starring: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Evie Templeton, Ruth Wilson, and Jason Isaacs

How to watch: Victorian Psycho opens in theaters on Nov. 13.

Elsinore Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson in "Elsinore." Credit: Focus Features

Last year, Focus Features brought us Hamnet; now they bring us Elsinore, another Shakespeare-related drama sure to have audiences weeping.

Named for the kingdom in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Elsinore is a biographical drama about acclaimed Scottish actor Ian Charleson. To film fans, he might be remembered best for his work in Chariots of Fire or Gandhi. However, to the British stage he was renowned for performances of numerous Shakespeare productions. This film however focuses on specifically on his last Hamlet. In 1989, Charleson played the melancholy Dane while suffering from the AIDS virus that would take his life the following year.

All of Us Strangers' Andrew Scott will take the lead as Charleson. So, have your tissues ready. — K.P.

Starring: Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, Monica Dolan, and Juliet Stevenson

How to watch: Elsinore opens in select theaters on Nov. 20.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Return to the dystopian world of Panem in Sunrise on the Reaping, a Hunger Games prequel that shows us who Haymitch Abernathy was before he became Katniss and Peeta's cynical mentor.

Joseph Zada steps into Woody Harrelson's shoes as Haymitch, who gets reaped to participate in the 50th Hunger Games on his 16th birthday. Since it's a Quarter Quell, the Capitol has thrown yet another sadistic twist into its child murder propaganda. This time around, there will be double the number of contestants in the suspiciously beautiful arena. Obviously, Hunger Games fans know that Haymitch will make it out alive. But the journey to victory is filled with heartbreak and twists aplenty, as well as resonant themes about revolution and implicit submission. If it's even half as good as Suzanne Collins' novel, we're in for a real treat. — B.E.

Starring: Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke, Whitney Peak, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

How to watch: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens in select theaters on Nov. 20.

December 2026 movie releasesInk Jack O’Connell and Guy Pearce star in "Ink." Credit: Netflix

English filmmaker Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Years Later) reunites with Jack O'Connell for Ink.

Based on the 2017 stage play by James Graham, this biographical drama explores the work relationship between media magnate Rupert Murdoch (Guy Pearce) and news editor Larry Lamb (O'Connell), who'd move from The Daily Mail to The Sun.

We've not seen Graham's play. But details on the premise, plus Boyle and his cast, have us ready to see Ink. — K.P.

Starring: Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy

How to watch: Ink opens in select theaters on Dec. 11, then debuts on Netflix on Jan. 8, 2027.

Ray Gunn Credit: Skydance Animation / Netflix

Before Brad Bird directed animated classics like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille, he had the idea for Ray Gunn, a blend of sci-fi and film noir. Thirty years later, that passion project finally comes to the screen on Netflix.

Ray Gunn transports viewers to Metropia, a futuristic metropolis of flying cars, aliens, and mile-high skyscrapers. Here, down-on-his luck private investigator Ray Gunn (voiced by Sam Rockwell) gets embroiled in a major case involving music superstar Venus Nova (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). Brace yourself for big twists, zippy action sequences, and an animated city you'll want to get lost in. — B.E.

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits

How to watch: Ray Gunn premieres Dec. 18 on Netflix.

Werwulf

American writer/director Robert Eggers has offered horror fans the grisly tales of The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, Nosferatu, and now Werwulf.

Set in 13th-century England, his latest reteams him with Nosferatu cast members Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, and Lily-Rose Depp. Together, they unfurl a story of a man turned ravenous beast as only Eggers can. — K.P.

Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, and Lily-Rose Depp

How to watch: Werwulf opens in theaters Dec. 25.

How to choose the best Bose headphones

Overall, Bose's headphones prioritize comfort and audio quality, and you really can't go wrong with any model. There are truly no bad products here. Having tested every product in this guide (and plenty more high-end audio products), we can verify that they're all high-performing options.

So, the bulk of your decision comes down to your personal preferences and budget. If you care deeply about audio quality and want a personalized experience, you'll want a pair of headphones that offers adaptive noise cancellation and spatial audio. For athletes or commuters who need to be aware of their surroundings, a pair of open earbuds that provide rich audio while letting you hear the world around you is great. And if you don't want to spend $450 on flagship headphones, Bose still has a few great options for a lot less.

So, here are the best Bose headphones of 2026, hands-on tested by Mashable staff:

SEE ALSO: The 7 best Sony headphones, tested for noise cancellation, sound, and cool factor

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Treat your dog with Canidae Heartland from Walmart this weekend.

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Perfect for smaller homes and pet owners, the Little Green Mini Portable Carpet Cleaner is a scaled-down version of Bissell’s flagship carpet cleaning model. It’s also the brand’s lightest, most compact portable deep cleaner. It’s designed to spray, scrub, and shift stains entirely with surprisingly powerful suction. The size-and-power combo makes it especially good for spot-cleaning messes — particularly if you have messy kids or pets. It comes equipped with a HydroRinse hose tool and a 4-inch Tough Stain tool, both of which work on carpets, furniture, car interiors, and pet beds.

Best stick vacuum deal Opens in a new window Credit: Bissell Bissell PowerClean DualBrush Cordless Stick Vacuum $349.99 at Bissell
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The PowerClean DualBrush Cordless Stick Vacuum is one of Bissell’s premium stick models, made all the better by an impressive $100 discount for Labor Day.

It’s essentially a 3-in-1 vacuum that converts between full-size and handheld modes, with two brush heads and a nozzle attachment to choose from. It uses both DualBrush Technology and AutoAdapt Power Boost, which detect dirt and automatically increase suction, giving you up to 75% more power. And pet owners will appreciate the FurFinder headlights, which help you locate hidden pet hair and other debris.

Best Hydrosteam cleaner deal Opens in a new window Credit: Bissell Bissell Revolution HydroSteam $349.99 at Amazon
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The Bissell Revolution HydroSteam is one of the brand’s most powerful and innovative carpet cleaners. This upright machine delivers a deep clean using Hydrosteam Technology, which combines water, steam vapor, and a highly effective cleaning solution to tackle embedded dirt and tough stains. You can also crank up the power with its even more powerful SteamWash Max Clean Mode. And as with other Bissell models, it’s tested and proven for pet homes, with DirtLifter brush heads packed with 12 rows of bristles and a 2-in-1 pet upholstery tool.

TL;DR: The Apple iPhone 17 is free from T-Mobile when you trade in your eligible phone on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan. The Apple iPhone 17 Pro is also free with T-Mobile — claim by bringing your number on an Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in needed).

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Apple is dominating the tech news cycle. What's new?

All we hear right now is news, leaks, and rumors around the iPhone 18. Will the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max drop next month? Will the iPhone 18 actually drop next year? Is everything going to arrive with price increases due to soaring component costs and global RAM shortages?

Forget all about that for now, because T-Mobile has dropped a string of impressive deals on the iPhone 17 range.

If you want the simplest entry point into the Apple ecosystem, the iPhone 17e is currently free when you switch to almost any qualifying T-Mobile plan (no trade-in required). The iPhone 17 is completely free over 36 months on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan when you turn in an eligible trade-in device. And if you want the iPhone 17 Pro for free, simply bring your existing number over to an Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in required).

All of these deals are live through the weekend. You know what to do.

T-Mobile requires you to pay local sales tax on the phone's full retail value upfront, along with a standard $35 device connection fee per line at checkout. That's a small price to pay for the latest iPhone (for now).

Score the Apple iPhone 17 for free this weekend from T-Mobile.

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We all love photos of family and friends. Just take a look at your camera roll. Chances are it’s absolutely packed with pics of the people you love the most. And if you’re a habitual photo sharer, it’s great to have a platform where you can post photos and videos so those same loved ones can enjoy them as much as you do. 

Sure, sharing pics with one pal at a time via the likes of WhatsApp is fine, but we recommend Groupsy by Photobucket, a new social platform.

Best of all, Groupsy offers a free plan (not a free trial, but a truly free plan) for groups to create private social spaces to post photos and videos, allowing you and your people to share special memories and moments. 

Groupsy is an evolution of Photobucket, upgrading the platform from basic photo storage to a private social and sharing platform for family, friends, and groups — whether it’s a group of loved ones, classmates, your weekend sports team, or the fan club you belong to.

It's simple to use, too. You create your own private groups, where you can upload photos and videos from your library. Group members can react and comment on your photos and videos. It supports syncing and sharing across devices, and works with both WhatsApp and Meta.

Visit Groupsy by Photobucket to sign up for your free plan. 

Lego’s Super Mario range has been one of the biggest surprises of the last few years. What initially looked like a gimmicky Lego theme has grown — like Mario after chomping a mushroom — into a hugely fun and innovative collection that captures all the retro magic of Nintendo games.

Now, Lego has reimagined its entire range with a batch of 2027 sets that include a new selection of minifigures. This is the first time that minifigures have featured in the Super Mario range — an exciting debut for collectors.

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Moving away from the interactive, app-based play of previous sets, these new builds focus on classic Lego construction and role-play fun. These sets, recently revealed at the gamescom trade show in Cologne, are based on characters and environments from the Super Mario and Mario Kart universes.

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The new sets include Mario's Pipe Jump (72052), which has the first-time-ever classic Super Mario minifigure and a Goomba. It has a built-in lever for catapulting the Goomba. You can also get a first-ever Yoshi minifigure with Yoshi at Mario's House (72057).

Luigi arrives with added firepower in the Fire Luigi vs. Koopa Troopa Battle (72061) set, with a cannon for shooting Luigi into a Koopa Troopa. You can even take Mario surfing with Mario’s Beach Adventures (72055).

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There’s Racing with Mario (72054), based on the much-loved Mario Kart. The set includes obstacles from the game — including a banana skin and shells — and the kart has a built-in launcher to fire those shells. 

There are other Mario Kart-themed sets, too: Luigi & Bowser Jr.'s Race (72056) — with minifigures of Luigi and Bowser Jr. in their karts — and Bowser's Rumbling Race (72058), featuring Bowser and Toad minifigures.

But the big showpiece of this new selection is the 850-piece Fire Mario & Bowser's Castle (72060), a fortress model that comes with Fire Mario, Bowser, and Peach, recreating Mario's classic princess rescue from the OG Nintendo game.

These all-new Lego Super Mario sets will be available from Lego.com and Lego stores from Jan. 1, 2027. They are priced as follows:

• Mario's Pipe Jump (72052) — $9.99

• Racing with Mario (72054) — $14.99

• Mario’s Beach Adventures (72055) — $19.99

• Luigi & Bowser Jr.'s Race (72056) — $29.99

• Fire Luigi vs. Koopa Troopa Battle (72061) — $29.99

• Yoshi at Mario's House (72057) — $39.99

• Bowser's Rumbling Race (72058) — $59.99

• Fire Mario & Bowser's Castle (72060) — $89.99