Charli XCX's cultural phenomenon speaks to a cinematic canon of reckless, ruthless movies – putting women and girls front and centre.

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"Lights. Camera. Anxiety." HBO has revealed a first look teaser trailer for a new comedy series called The Franchise, arriving for streaming on Max this October. The kooky ridiculous comedy series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, asking: how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Ahahaha what a great question. "Because every f*ck-up has an origin story." Dive right into the mayhem. A team trapped inside the dysfunctional hell of creating franchise superhero movies, at the end of the day the question they face is: is this Hollywood's new dawn or cinema's last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant? This sounds hilarious and this looks way, way better than Judd Apatow's The Bubble. The series stars Himesh Patel as Daniel, Aya Cash as Anita, Jessica Hynes as Steph, Billy Magnussen as Adam, Lolly Adefope as Dag, Darren Goldstein as Pat, and Isaac Powell as Bryson. Along with Richard E. Grant as Peter + Daniel Brühl as Eric. This looks like it might just be the proper skewering of ...

The Gorilla Nebula is an easy introduction to Astro Bot and by bumping into asteroids in the hub of the world, you can unlock the three hidden levels.

September is often a dumping ground for films that the studios have no faith in, but that is not the case this week. It seems like Warner Brothers has deftly maneuvered a film they have great expectations for, into a spot with little competition and an audience anxious for a legacy sequel. The cash is rolling in and now so are the opinions. 

Our gaggle of guests this week include Emily Slade from the “Why This Film?” podcast. Emily does her best to find fault with the film, but she seems to waffle occasionally because there…