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Watch: 'A Minute on Each Side' Microwave Burrito Dark Comedy Short
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Watch: ‘A Minute on Each Side’ Microwave Burrito Dark Comedy Short

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Watch: ‘A Minute on Each Side’ Microwave Burrito Dark Comedy Short

by Alex Billington
October 2, 2025
Source: YouTube

“What are the odds of that, right? We deeply apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused.” Wow. Another remarkably clever, ingeniously shot new short film from filmmaker Jon Walkup. After recently premiering at a film festival, the 5-minute short is now available online to watch below. A Minute on Each Side is about James making a microwave burrito for dinner. But there is a bit more to it than that… Here’s the intro: A man’s life falls apart in the time it takes to microwave a burrito. Starring Jake Lewis as James, and director Jon Walkup as the voice on the other end of the phone. It’s also the winner of an Audience Award from the 2025 Nashville Film Festival. Walkup also produced a few other worth watching shorts The Cowboy & The Samurai and Such Good Friends which we’ve featured, and he directed Big Fun. He’s getting better and better with every new film he makes. And this is another impressive dark comedy – watch below.

A Minute on Each Side - Short Film

Thanks to Jon for the tip on this film debuting online. Brief intro via YouTube: “In this comedy-thriller, a man’s life falls apart in real time while a frozen burrito cooks in the microwave. Shot in a single five-minute take from inside the microwave, the film turns an everyday convenience into a front-row seat to a personal nightmare.” A Minute on Each Side is directed by up-and-coming indie filmmaker Jon Walkup, director of many other short films & music videos (producer on The Cowboy & The Samurai, Such Good Friends), as well as his first feature Big Fun a few years ago. You can also follow him on IG @jonwalkup. Written by Jon Walkup & Bri Klaproth. Produced by Bri Klaproth, Rachel Rambaldi, Jon Walkup. With cinematography by Cooper Shine. This just premiered at the 2025 Nashville Film Festival in their “Graveyard Shorts” section. For more info on the film, visit YouTube. To enjoy more shorts (including animation), click here. Thoughts?

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What The Dark Hearts Are Based On
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What The Dark Hearts Are Based On

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Initially, the Dark Hearts, the fictional drug-dealing biker gang in the new HBO miniseries “Task,” was born out of plot necessity. As IndieWire previously covered, the narrative structure of “Task” was inspired by Michael Mann’s 1995 crime classic “Heat,” placing its audience in the position of rooting for both FBI Agent Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) and the thief, Robbie Prendergrast (Tom Pelphrey), he is chasing.

“Robbie’s a good guy, and I always saw him as a good guy, and Pelphrey saw him as a good guy, so we needed someone to add danger to the story. It was a plot need early on,” said “Task” creator Brad Ingelsby on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast when discussing the origins of the Dark Hearts. “So, who’s closing in the walls around Robbie? The audience needed to be scared, and eventually you have to have a bad guy come in and the audience go, ‘Oh crap.’”

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One of the reasons “Task” is a success is that while it leans into conventions of the crime genre with tropes including a “Sons of Anarchy”-like biker gang, it is grounded in reality and regional specificity. Growing up 30 minutes outside Philadelphia in Chester County, just a stone’s throw away from Delaware County where “Task” is set, Ingelsby had heard tales of the legendary motorcycle club The Warlocks, but as he started to do his research to flesh out the details of his Dark Hearts bikers, he hit a wall.

“All the cops and detectives we talked to were like, ‘Dude, they’re all druggies. They’re all just selling so they can get high. And there wasn’t a loyalty, there’s no code,’” said Ingelsby. “And yet I didn’t want to lean into that stereotypical [gang].”

While the ruthless Dark Hearts were born of the need for an antagonistic force, Ingelsby wanted them to have the same complexity as his other characters, and for the audience to understand, if not sympathize with, the pressures being placed on the father-son-like relationship between Perry (Jamie McShane) and Jayson (Sam Keeley).

“In the early drafts, the bikers didn’t work as well, and Brad knew it,” said “Task” executive producer and director Jeremiah Zagar, who collaborated with Ingelsby in developing the project. “I felt like [what] was missing was the realism of that biker gang, and what they did, the specificity of how they did it, and the specificity of culture.”

When Zagar and his producing partner, Jeremy Yaches, came aboard “Task,” they started to help the research-driven creator find consultants who went beyond law enforcement’s narrow view of the regional MCs. It was during this period that Zagar, who grew up in South Philly, received an unexpected phone call from a friend he hadn’t spoken with in nearly 20 years.

“He was my closest friend growing up, my best friend when I was a kid. We basically lived together, and he moved in with my family for a summer. The closest thing I had to family that wasn’t blood,” said Zagar. “I hadn’t talked to him in forever and he said, ‘I’m a recovering drug addict, I’m involved with the church, [but] I was in this biker gang for years and all that’s over now.” And I said, ‘This is so crazy. I’m doing a show about a biker gang, do you want be a consultant on the show?’”

At the time “Task” was still being written, Zagar’s friend had reservations about officially consulting due to his pending legal matters stemming from his biker days, and decided to do so “somewhat undercover.” Those legal problems, though, are now resolved: His name, Carim Mow, officially appears in the “Task” credits, and IndieWire has been granted permission to print his name in this article, as his role in helping Ingelsby crack the Dark Hearts was invaluable.

‘Task’

“He expressed a love for this culture in this community, a sense of brotherhood and purpose that we didn’t get from the cops because he was inside that gang, and those were his family,” said Zagar of Mow’s contribution. Added Ingelsby, “We leaned on him a lot, throughout the series… He was such a great resource to call and go, ‘Hey man, here’s what we’ve written. You make it better. Tell us what’s not real and what’s real, and we’ll change anything.’”

The level of specificity mattered and went beyond Ingelsby’s scripts. Mow, who was a presence on set, also aided Zagar, his crew, and the cast in bringing authenticity to the gang’s relationship to motorcycles, guns, and drugs.

“When he spoke to the actors about the guns that they use or the drugs that they sold, or the way they sold those drugs, why they did that, and how they did it, was with such specificity and knowledge and intimacy. And I think it made the show great and I think it made those characters so great,” said Zagar. “And it was really cool — it was a moving way for me and my friend to reconnect.”

Episode 5 of “Task” airs on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, October 5.

To make sure you don’t miss Brad Ingelsby’s October 20 interview about “Task,” subscribe to the Toolkit podcast on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform.

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Saoirse Ronan in a Very Dark Classroom Comedy
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Saoirse Ronan in a Very Dark Classroom Comedy

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Children learn some things at school, sure, but others they just collectively know from the moment they set foot in class — and one of them is how to immediately size up a teacher as friend or foe, authority or pushover. Sweetly earnest young Maria Spencer (Saoirse Ronan) is one of those unfortunate educators who, through no real fault of her own, has been placed in the latter column by her perceptive pre-teen students: She’s kind, dedicated and full of ideas, but can barely speak over the room, much less command it. A daringly discomfiting black comedy from Swedish director Jonatan Etzler, “Bad Apples” initially appears to be that rare classroom movie that courts more sympathy for adult than child — at least until Maria discovers her unlikely inner disciplinarian, and our allegiances ricochet all over the shop.

A Toronto premiere that has since opened San Sebastian’s New Directors competition (and will also compete at next month’s London Film Festival), “Bad Apples” has been picked up for release by Paramount’s indie-oriented Republic Pictures label, though it’s a trickier commercial proposition than outward appearances might suggest. Films that visit harm upon underage characters are never the surest of sells with general audiences; that goes double for films that invite us to wonder, at least fleetingly, if the kids had it coming. Still, at least one scene of malicious child endangerment in “Bad Apples” was met with raucous audience applause at its San Sebastian premiere — as good a sign as any that Etzler’s warped, needling and sometimes bitterly funny second feature (following his Swedish-language, Netflix-distributed 2023 debut “One More Time”) will find its own cult.

No one’s reservations about the film are likely to include Ronan, an actor still less than a decade away from her own days of playing thorny, complicated children — and who, on the heels of her gutsy turn in last year’s “The Outrun,” keeps demonstrating an impressive aversion to easy adult material. “Bad Apples” depends heavily on her naturally sympathetic sincerity as a performer: Any more resistible a screen presence wouldn’t carry us far through the list of eminently questionable decisions made by Maria in the course of a brazenly credibility-testing script by first-time feature writer Jess O’Kane, adapting a novel by Swedish writer Rasmus Lindgren.

Between that source and Etzler’s cool, jaundiced directorial eye, you can detect a certain deadpan Scandi sangfroid in proceedings, even if they’ve been relocated to a drab rural village in English cider country. There, surrounding apple orchards and clumps of fallen, rotting fruit furnish the film with a rather literal visual metaphor, to which Etzler returns a bit too often. Yet the real bad apple, or so it initially seems, is Danny (riveting newcomer Eddie Waller), a violent, near-feral 10-year-old whose loud, foul language and physical attacks on adults and children alike have made Maria’s class just about unmanageable. The school’s harried principal (Rakie Ayola) offers little support, while Danny’s single father Josh (Robert Emms) has more or less given up on him.

That leaves Maria to take matters into her own hands when the boy’s latest outburst lands meek would-be teacher’s pet Pauline (Nia Brown, another gifted first-timer) with a broken arm. Yet just as “Bad Apples” seems to shaping up as a tart satire of dysfunctional public education, Maria’s next move pulls focus away from the systemic and toward her own individual pathology — no one else is to blame, after all, for her first abducting Danny, then chaining him in her cellar, then saying nothing as the ensuing missing-person case drags on for months.

For those who don’t part ways with “Bad Apples” at this crucial point, the film has a good deal of acrid comic juice left, as Danny’s sudden victimization leaves room for other villains to emerge: Maria, for one, but also a fiercely self-interested PTA, and perhaps even Pauline, quite brilliantly played by Brown as equal parts Little Miss Sunshine and very bad seed.

When “Bad Apples” is centered on Maria and her increasingly panicked negotiations with these two small but complex antagonists — one perhaps less vicious than he appears, the other far more so — it’s queasily tense and unpredictable, with a whiff of real danger as to what they might do to each other, minus any real authority figure in the room. Ronan’s young co-stars meet her gradually emerging guile with artful about-faces of their own: It’s a testament to Waller’s genuinely unnerving presence that his later moments of calm always feel tautly conditional.

When in the realm of the grownups, however, “Bad Apples” plays broader, safer and altogether less believably, albeit not without stabs of cynical truth. Less honest and more suggestible than their children, adults tend to plump not for the fairest solution to a dilemma but the one that inconveniences the fewest among them — so the film ultimately says, though it requires an almighty number of procedural blind spots to reach that conclusion. Ultimately, this odd, wicked little amorality tale winds up siding with no one: The children are indeed the future, we’re left to conclude, but will they make it any better than the present?

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PCOS with regular periods? Gynaecologist says it's possible; shares 7 symptoms: Hair on stomach, dark patches on neck
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PCOS with regular periods? Gynaecologist says it’s possible; shares 7 symptoms: Hair on stomach, dark patches on neck

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is commonly associated with missed periods. Irregularity in the menstrual cycle is, in fact, regarded as one of the primary signs. But this is not always the case.

It’s not always true that PCOS happens only when you have irregular periods. (Shutterstock)

Dr Neha Abhijit Pawar, consultant, gynaecology at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, told HT Lifestyle it is possible for PCOS to be present even when periods are regular. She explained that PCOS is much more complex, and sometimes it may not reflect in the cycle.

ALSO READ: Can thin women get PCOD? Gynaecologist shares symptoms of lean PCOD: Dark skin patches, oily skin

Dr Pawar said, “PCOS is a complex hormonal and metabolic disorder in which the ovaries produce higher-than-normal levels of androgens (male hormones) and the body may show resistance to insulin. These internal imbalances can exist even if the menstrual cycle appears to be normal.”

How can you have PCOS despite regular periods?

Even if your periods are regular, it does not mean the reproductive system is fully healthy. Revealing how ovulation may be compromised, she explained, “Ovulation occurs, but the egg quality may be poor, or ovulation may be inconsistent. This means that while bleeding happens at expected intervals, the underlying hormonal dysfunction that defines PCOS is still present.”

So it is very important not to rule out PCOS just because your periods are regular, since, as per the gyneacologist, “regular periods do not necessarily guarantee normal ovulation.”

Beyond the hidden ovulation issues, there’s also another reason why periods can appear normal in PCOS. The gynaecologist explained, “While excess androgens disrupt follicle development, estrogen and progesterone may still maintain a bleeding cycle. This ‘masking effect’ can mislead women into believing everything is normal, while the ovaries continue to show polycystic changes and the body continues to face risks like insulin resistance, weight gain, or difficulty conceiving.”

Signs of PCOS other than irregular menstrual cycle

Hormonal acnes happen in adulthood too.(Shutterstock)
Hormonal acnes happen in adulthood too.(Shutterstock)

Other than menstrual irregularity, here are the symptoms Dr Pawar shared:

  1. Excess hair growth (hirsutism) on the face, chest, or stomach.
  2. Persistent acne or oily skin that does not improve with usual treatments.
  3. Thinning hair or male-pattern baldness on the scalp.
  4. Unexplained weight gain, particularly around the waist and abdomen.
  5. Darkened patches of skin (acanthosis nigricans), often around the neck, groin, or underarms.
  6. Difficulty getting pregnant, even when cycles are regular.
  7. Polycystic ovaries on ultrasound, with multiple small follicles seen in the ovaries.

Should you visit a doctor?

With periods appearing normal, the question arises whether one should visit a doctor. Dr Pawar advised that PCOS should not be ignored, as untreated PCOS can worsen health. She said, “If you notice any of these symptoms, it is wise not to ignore them just because your menstrual cycles seem fine. PCOS, if left undiagnosed, can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, infertility, cardiovascular disease, and endometrial problems over time.”

She suggested that a gynaecologist or endocrinologist may guide with blood tests to check hormone levels, assess insulin sensitivity, and conduct an ultrasound if needed.

Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.

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New Trailer for 'The Dark Crystal' - Returning to Theaters in October
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New Trailer for ‘The Dark Crystal’ – Returning to Theaters in October

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New Trailer for ‘The Dark Crystal’ – Returning to Theaters in October

by Alex Billington
September 15, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Which one of us will be the new Emperor?” Fathom Entertainment has unveiled a new trailer for the 2025 re-release of the 1980s fantasy classic movie The Dark Crystal, made by Frank Oz & Jim Henson and The Jim Henson Company. Featuring puppets and creatures galore, it’s considered a favorite with many movie geeks who grew up in the 80s. This screening is part of The Jim Henson Company’s 70th Anniversary celebration and features an introduction from Brian Henson, Jim Henson’s son & Chairman of the Board of The Henson Company. The Dark Crystal originally opened in 1982 and celebrated its 40th Anniversary back in 2022 (it’s out on 4K Blu-ray). Jen and Kira, surviving members of the Gelfling tribe, set out to find the crystal’s missing shard and begin a dangerous journey that will bring them face to face with evil Skeksis and mysterious creatures at every turn. Jen and Kira will not back down as they race the clock to save their planet in this masterful live-action fantasy starring some of the most imaginative creatures ever put on film. Starring Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, & Percy Edwards. After waiting decades, they finally made a new legacy sequel The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance which is also available on Netflix now. The OG 1982 classic will be back in theaters for two nights only this October – take the kids! Have fun.

Here’s the new 2025 trailer for Jim Henson & Frank Oz’s film The Dark Crystal, direct from YouTube:

And here’s the original 1980s trailer for Henson & Oz’s film The Dark Crystal, also found on YouTube:

The Dark Crystal Trailer

The Dark Crystal Poster

Another world, another time… in the age of Wonder. From genius filmmaker Jim Henson comes The Dark Crystal, a masterful live-action fantasy starring some of the most imaginative creatures ever put on film. Many years ago, the mysterious “Crystal” was cracked and an age of chaos began, led by the evil race of Skeksis who rule over the land of Thra. Meanwhile, raised in solitude by a gentle race of creatures called the Mystics, the Gelfling orphan Jen is sent on a quest to find the missing shard that will heal the Crystal and restore balance to the universe. The Dark Crystal is co-directed by two Henson Company filmmakers Jim Henson & Frank Oz, their third feature film at the time following The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981). The screenplay is written by David Odell; from a story by Henson. Produced by Jim Henson & Gary Kurtz. Originally released by Universal Pictures in US theaters starting in December 1982 – earning just about $40M in its original run. Fathom Entertainment will re-release The Dark Crystal back in US theaters for two nights only: on October 12th & 13th, 2025 coming up this fall. Who’s going?

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'The Terminal List: Dark Wolf': Tom Hopper Explains Psychological Perils
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‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’: Tom Hopper Explains Psychological Perils

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[This story contains spoilers from The Terminal List: Dark Wolf.]

Navy SEAL brother and loyal friend Raife Hastings, played by Tom Hopper, quickly surmises there are no brakes applied regarding his team brother, Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch), in the fourth episode of Prime Video’s prequel series Terminal List: Dark Wolf.

In “The Sound of the Guns,” Edwards has already broken his promise to his brother-in-arms that the takedown of Iraqi assassin-for-hire Danawi would be enough to get some type of revenge for killing their Iraqi sergeant and asset in Mosul (during the first episode), and then move on with their dishonorable discharged lives. But now the audience has discovered that the two former SEALS are in even deeper with black ops agent Jed Haverford (Robert Wisdom) and his team, as they plan to stop a multimillion-dollar deal that will help put Iran closer to its goal of developing their own nuclear weapons. Hastings is not feeling it, and he can see that Edwards is even more enthralled to go along for the espionage ride, instead of their original agreement to kill Danawi and move on.

Haverford has assembled his team, which includes Edwards and Hastings, in Germany to intercept the handoff of the real bearings in exchange for giving Iran fake ones. But the plan goes severely awry when Hastings’ and Edwards’ planned ambush of the convoy is interrupted by German intelligence officers in a surprise attack, leaving their members wounded and in need of a retreat. And then there is one big betrayal by a Haverford team members that adds even more peril to the surprised ambush. Who saw this coming? Hastings did, of course.

Hastings seems to have a sixth sense that all is not what it appears in the world of black ops, but he is loyal to his SEAL brother and will ride out this dangerous game until Edwards hopefully comes to his senses and says he has had enough. It’s becoming clear, however, that Edwards has found his element, even if Hastings has not.

The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with British Game of Thrones actor Hopper to talk more in depth about his Raife Hastings, how he operates in a world of war, what loyalty looks like among Navy SEAL brothers and which is harder: SEAL training or defying a queen and her fire-breathing dragon?

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I have to ask: Which was harder, being consumed in flames by a dragon [Hopper’s Dickon Tarly, son of Randyll Tarly, refused to bend the knee to the Dragon Queen on Game of Thrones], or training as a Navy Seal and CIA operative for this Terminal List prequel series?

(Laughs.) The stunt guys did a lot of the work for being burned by a dragon, and a lot of that was CGI. So that was a lot easier. The work you put in to be a Navy SEAL is much more in depth. I would be remiss to not say anything about the amount of work that those guys put in to make us look authentic. It’s a constant state of making sure we were doing the right thing on Terminal List to be a legitimate Navy SEAL. So I would have to give it to the Navy SEALs.

Would it be safe to say that Raife Hastings was already connected to the CIA in some way before he and Edwards got kicked out and involved in the espionage business throughout Europe?

Well, actually, Raife is not linked to them at all really. He is very aware of the agency because they had operations where he’s from in Mozambique, and he has seen his family go through some tough times; they used to operate with the CIA and his dad was in the South African Special Forces. So there’s an awareness, but he is certainly not involved with them.

What are some similar personality traits that you share with Hastings? And how are you two different?

He’s certainly much calmer in those crazy heightened situations than I would be. Raife’s nickname is “Mtulivu,” which means “the calm one” [in Swahili]. He always has this very cool head in any situation. No matter how crazy the firefight is, he’s able to keep a cool head for his men around him and deliver information to keep them safe in a very calm manner, which is what he is known for. I’m not as calm, but Jared Shaw is one of our executive producers and one of the [former] Navy SEALs who teaches all of us how to operate accordingly and authentically, and I take a lot from Jared for Raife. Jared has a constant calmness about how crazy the day is. No matter how crazy the action is, he’s got this cool head. I take a lot of inspiration from the way he is in situations.

But our similarities, like Raife, I’m incredibly loyal. We are extremely loyal to our brothers; anyone who I consider a teammate I will do anything for. I will throw myself in front of a bus for people like my family, my children and my wife. They are my day-to-day team, and my extended family, I’ll do anything for them. And that’s who Raife is. He considers the brothers around him like family. Tthe way he operates with his teammates is who I could relate to.

What drew you to the role of Hastings?

There were a few things. I was a big fan of the books. I had come across Jack Carr [Terminal List author] previously in the years before; so I was a big fan of the books and Jack’s work. I think what’s so special about Terminal List is the group of people behind it; the authenticity that comes with it and the challenge of our show. What we do on Terminal List is so huge and the show is so ambitious, I sometimes wonder how we do what we’ve done in the time frames and resources we have available. It’s incredible! What I always look for in anything I’m doing, in terms of a job, is my next big challenge. And this is a huge challenge for me.

Because they had the books, and because the character is already kind of established with the fanbase from the books, it was a huge responsibility for me to adhere to that and make sure I’m doing him justice. Raife is a popular character; so, for me to go on there and deliver him as a live-action character was extremely important and a challenge I relished. I only hope I’ve done it justice for the fans of the books.

Raife Hastings (Tom Hopper) and Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch), left, in The Terminal List: Dark Wolf.

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What were some of the toughest scenes to shoot, physically or mentally, that made you realize all over again why you love what you do as an actor?

The physical stuff, I always find that’s a little bit more less tiring; you keep more energy up when you’re doing the physical stuff. The psychologically straining stuff is more demanding, like taking your mental state to a very dark place.

Some of the scenes I have to do, where there’s a torture element to the show, one of the things I like about Raife’s character is that he is not fundamentally like that, but he’s able to take himself there. And that’s what’s so beautiful about some of these SEALs — they are not like those people, but there’s a side to them that, if they need to, if they have to, if the moment requires it and the job requires it, they can go to the darkest places you could imagine as a human. That is what Raife seems to do, it’s that switch between dark wolf and light wolf. If you’re a light wolf, you’re able to walk around civilian life and be a very humble, normal nice person. When you need to turn on that dark wolf, you are able to turn that switch.

And those scenes are challenging because you have to take yourself, as the actor, to that place. Jared was so instrumental in that for me because he would come and talk in my ear quietly when I had to get to that place and talk me through it. And as an actor, that’s the challenge to go there mentally and take yourself where they would have to get to, and to play that out authentically.

Do you think Hastings or Ewards begin to feel a sense of disloyalty to each other in their brotherhood as the series carries on?

Well, there’s a gray area. I don’t think either of them were disloyal to each other. I think they approach the mission from a very different standpoint. Raife says something that is very important for that relationship,: “Some men will go to war to fight the enemy, and others will go to war to fight themselves.” I think the reason Ben is fighting this is because he’s fighting something greater. He wants to go and fight because he’s fighting something deeper and he’s convincing himself he’s fighting for that right cause. Raife just sees it differently: This is not what we signed up in the teams for, thi  is something deeper and something that I’m not interested in fighting — this is not our fight. We’re being used as pawns in a much bigger chess game here.

It’s like a marriage, right? When you’re looking at a problem and you’re trying to keep it together, but you’re both trying to fix it from a completely different avenue. It’s going to fall apart. That’s what this is, it is two warriors fighting for very different reasons.

I know you will be working on the next season of Terminal List, what else is on your plate?

There are a few things. One of the things that I just finished, which will be coming out next year, is a movie called Better, which myself and my wife, Laura [TK], produced with our producing partners, Dash Productions. It’s a thriller where I play identical twins. Talk about challenges! When I read that script, it was like, “This is what I want to do next!” We just wrapped on that and it was a huge challenge, but one that came off brilliantly. We were really pleased with how the movie turned out, and I think audiences will love it.

And we’re right in the middle of shooting Terminal List, the second season.

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The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is now streaming its first four episodes on Prime Video, with new episodes releasing on Wednesdays. Read THR’s interview with star Taylor Kitsch and showrunner David DiGilio.

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Coronation Street newcomer teases Becky Swain's "dark side" after fake death bombshell
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Coronation Street newcomer teases Becky Swain’s “dark side” after fake death bombshell

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Returning home after being out all night, Betsy played along as Lisa, her fiancée Carla Connor (Alison King) and Carla’s nephew Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott) showered her with gifts.

But before long, Betsy insisted on meeting some friends, giving Lisa the cold shoulder but looking clearly unsettled about something.

In the precinct, Betsy left a message for Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne), who she’d just told her mum she had spent the night with.

In the midst of leaving Lisa a voicemail of apology, Betsy clocked a car coming towards her and let out a scream, calling her mum in a panic as Lisa and Carla raced to the scene.

Betsy was shaken up but physically unharmed, but Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) had been struck by the car after it swerved.

Viewers know that the car was driven by thieving Dylan and Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey).

Lisa is reeling from Becky’s reappearance. ITV

Carla raised the alarm with Tyrone’s family, and his fate was left up in the air as the episode came to a close.

Meanwhile, Lisa comforted Betsy and they shared a heart-to-heart about Becky’s absence on the teen’s milestone birthday, before Betsy headed out for a walk.

Alone in the house, Lisa was reeling as Becky suddenly walked in to greet her, and now, with Amy Cudden revealed to be playing Becky, the actress has shed some light on her character in her first interview shared with RadioTimes.com.

“My agent called and said they liked me but that the character was complicated and they wanted me to try a scene showing a different side to her,” shared Cudden.

“I had another chemistry read with Ali and Sydney in the back room of the Rovers Return.”

“This was more intimidating with a full camera crew. It explored a darker side of the character and the chemistry with the two other significant people she’d be interacting with.”

Expanding on Becky’s backstory, the star added: “A key piece of information was that she didn’t receive much care when she was younger and wanted to leave home as quickly as possible.

“This helped me lean into her independence, resilience, and toughness. I think she’s bright, capable at her job (when her passionate nature doesn’t get the better of her), and she adores her wife and child, who are the most important things to her.”

With Becky still in love with Lisa, who struggled with her grief for some time before moving into a solid relationship with Carla, Cudden has teased just what Becky thinks of Carla.

Carla is thrown by the situation

Carla is thrown by the situation ITV

“It was dangerous for Becky to return before, but her primary objective is to be with her wife and daughter. While there wasn’t a direct threat to that central family unit, she kept her distance,” she explained.

“Now that Carla is a clear threat and Lisa and Carla are deeply in love, Becky feels she must return to try and reclaim her family even if that puts her at risk.”

For those worried that Becky will disrupt the happiness of the newly-engaged ‘Swarla’, Cudden revealed: “I agree with fans who might be furious to see someone come in and disrupt one of the most beautiful on-screen relationships. It’s unconscionable, and they should be angry.”

However, she hinted that Becky’s presence won’t necessarily destroy everything.

“However, it’s such a complicated relationship that other feelings will emerge as it unfolds. Things forged in fire only get stronger. Becky is a “spanner in the works,” but it doesn’t necessarily mean the worst, though it will be very difficult.”

Pictures show the moment that Carla walks in on Becky as she tries to explain all to Lisa, and viewers can find out how Lisa reacts when Coronation Street continues on Friday 12th September from 6am on ITVX and at 8pm on ITV.

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Kaley Cuoco's Dark Hair Photos at US Open 2025
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Kaley Cuoco’s Dark Hair Photos at US Open 2025

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Kaley Cuoco Reveals Whether She Would Reprise Her Role in ‘Big Bang Theory’ (Exclusive)

Kaley Cuoco‘s new look is making a big bang. 

The Big Bang Theory alum debuted a jaw-dropping dark hairstyle while stepping out in New York alongside her fiancé Tom Pelphrey at the 2025 US Open Sept. 5. 

For the outing, Kaley—rocking a plaid skirt with a cream-colored sweater vest atop a button-down shirt and tie—wore her hair in sleek space buns, which emphasized her more recent brunette balayage coloring and hid her signature dirty blonde tips to create a darker effect. And to top off her head-turning ‘do, the 39-year-old accessorized with hoop earrings and brown-lensed sunglasses. 

As for Tom—who she announced her engagement to in August 2024 following more than two years of dating—the Ozark actor kept it casual in tan trousers, a white T-shirt and a suede brown jacket. To complete his ensemble, the 43-year-old donned coordinating sunnies and deep chocolate boots. 

Kaley and Tom’s appearance at the US Open marked the second glamorous date night of the month for the couple, who share 2-year-old daughter Matilda. 

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Wednesday Season 2 Ending Explained: Thing’s Dark Past, Slurp’s True Identity & A Family Betrayal

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Major spoilers ahead!

Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 has finally dropped, bringing an intense conclusion to the story. While fans are not mighty impressed with the second part, the season did manage to tie a lot of loose ends, revealing shocking family secrets and opening up several questions for a possible third season. From an unexpected body swap that saw Wednesday wear pink and dance on BLACKPINK’s song to Thing’s backstory, the finale was packed with drama and revelations. Here’s a breakdown of what went down.

Wednesday Season 2’s final chapter picked up with our favourite goth girl waking from her coma. She is met by the deceased Principal Larissa Weems, who returns as her guardian spirit. Meanwhile, most of the outcast patients who escaped Willow Hill are hunted down, leaving only three survivors – Uncle Fester, Pugsley’s resurrected zombie friend Slurp and a female patient whom Wednesday rescued.

To refresh everyone’s memories, former Nevermore teacher Augustus Stonehearst was a chief physician at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital, who launched a program to transfer the supernatural abilities of Outcasts to normies and faked the death of a lot of Outcasts for his experiment. This plot point forms a major part of the narrative.

Lady Gaga’s Debut and Body Swap

Wednesday continues to be haunted by visions of Enid’s death. Without her psychic powers, she feels helpless. Her grandmama Hester tells her that the late Nevermore professor Rosaline Rotwood may hold the key. Wednesday reads the inscription on her grave to temporarily regain second sight and the ritual summons Rotwood’s spirit, played by the iconic Lady Gaga. However, the ritual does not go as planned. When Wednesday’s friend Enid Sinclair interrupts her attempt, the ritual misfires, leading to an epic body swap. We get to see several comical moments, including Enid in Wednesday’s body wearing colourful dresses and dancing to BLACKPINK before the spell is reversed.

Wednesday

Enid’s Alpha Werewolf Phase

Enid learns that she is an Alpha werewolf. While Alphas can shift outside the full moon, it comes with a risk. Once they transform into a werewolf on a full moon night, they might not be able to come back to their human form.

Wednesday’s pursuit of truth brings her face-to-face with grim secrets. It is revealed that Pugsley’s pet zombie Slurp is a former Nevermore student, Isaac Night, who was once Gomez Addams’ roommate. He once built an outcast-reversal device to cure his sister Francoise’s Hyde condition. The device later falls into the hands of Augustus Stonehurst, who uses it for his experiment on outcasts. It is also revealed that Francoise is actually the patient that Wednesday had rescued from Willow Hill. Oh, and she also happens to be Tyler’s (Wednesday’s biggest adversary) mother!

Wednesday

Secrets of the Addams

Through her visions and flashbacks, Wednesday learns that Gomez and Isaac were once close friends during their time at the Nevermore Academy. Young Isaac requested Gomez to use his electrical powers to help cure Francoise. However, Isaac wanted to steal his power and didn’t mind almost killing him in the process. Morticia finds out and destroys Isaac’s machine and killing him in an explosion that follows. They bury Isaac beneath the Skull Tree and keep mum about the incident under pressure from Stonehurst. She also severed Isaac’s right hand, which gave birth to Thing!




Isaac’s Plan and Enid Wolving Out
Now united with Francoise and Tyler, Isaac once again tries to cure his sister of her Hyde condition and abducts Wednesday’s brother, Pugsley, for it. But Francoise wants her son, Tyler, cured instead of her. Following hints, Wednesday reached the Skull Tree to confront Isaac and stop his experiment. He overpowers Wednesday with Tyler’s help and buries her alive. Enid, who had been confined in the Lupin cages to prevent herself from wolfing out, runs to Wednesday’s help and transforms herself into a wolf, knowing well that she cannot turn back. The finale ends with her running into the woods. Later, towards the end, Wednesday is seen reuniting with Uncle Fester to look for Enid, as per her promise to her friend.

Wednesday

With the help of her friends and allies, Wednesday succeeds in stopping Isaac and also frees Tyler, instead of killing him. Tyler and his mother, who are now both in their Hyde forms, battle it out. In an attempt to stop Tyler, Francoise falls to her death, leaving him alone once again. Thing, on the other hand, shows where his loyalties lie and rips Isaac’s clockwork heart from his chest, killing him. He then detaches himself from Isaac’s body and returns to the Addams family.

After Francoise’s death, Nevermore Academy’s music teacher, Isadora Capri, offers to help Tyler as she is setting up a support system for Hydes. She reveals that her father was also a Hyde, and she wants to create a community for Hydes where they will not need any masters to control them.

While it seemed that Wednesday was able to save Nevermore, her friends, her family and herself, the last scene delivered the final chill. Her aunt Ophelia, who was mentioned several times in the second season, was finally shown in a glimpse. Wednesday’s grandmother, Hester, actually had Ophelia in captivity all along. We see her sitting in a room with “Wednesday must die” written clearly on the wall, setting the stage for darker events and more complicated Addams Family secrets.

Part 2 of the second season gave Tyler his redemption arc, revealed Thing’s origins and unveiled more Nevermore secrets, but it also left us wondering about Enid’s fate, Aunt Ophelia’s true intentions and Nevermore’s future.



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NFL predictions: Ndamukong Suh picks Super Bowl contenders, dark horses, MVP and players to watch
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NFL predictions: Ndamukong Suh picks Super Bowl contenders, dark horses, MVP and players to watch

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Both the Eagles and Chiefs are among the teams expected to get back to the big game but who are the other sides to watch? Who will end the season as MVP? Which defensive and offensive players will stand out? And who are the dark horses?

To answer all those questions, RadioTimes.com sat down with NFL legend and Sky Sports pundit Ndamukong Suh to get his predictions for the season ahead.

Ndamukong Suh’s NFL 2025 predictions

Super Bowl contenders

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images

“I think there are going to be a lot of teams that have an opportunity to win. I think the strongest conference will be the NFC but there are a couple of teams I think have an opportunity to get to the Super Bowl.

“I have to mention the Kansas City Chiefs. I would also say the Detroit Lions. I think the Washington Commanders as well. And of course, the Philadelphia Eagles seem like they’re rebuilding every single year to make that hard push to get into the Super Bowl.

“Those are my kind of top four teams as of right now that I think have a legit chance to get there as of right now.”

Dark horses

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, in white, blue and orange NFL uniform, hands off the American football to running back D'Andre Swift, with Bears and Kansas City Chiefs players in the background.

Chicago Bears. Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images

“I’ve just got a good feeling about my dark horses being the Chicago Bears. I think Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams are going to find a way to create havoc in that black and blue division of the NFC North.

“Ultimately, I mean, it’s fair game for anybody and everybody. Everybody is at 00:00 today. We’ll see after week one how things shape up but even then. I mean, it’s so early in the season. The season, honestly, hasn’t even started yet.”

MVP

Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson, in purple and black NFL uniform, prepares to throw an American football.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images

“My MVP for this year is Lamar Jackson. And the reason I’m picking him is I believe he and the Baltimore Ravens understand this is kind of a ‘put up or shut up’ year.

“He’s going to have to have an MVP season to be able to dethrone the two nemeses of his career – Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs – to win that Conference (the AFC) and go from there.”

Defensive player to watch

Green Bay Packers Micah Parsons, in a yellow hat and a green, yellow and blue jumper, gestures as he speaks in front of a Green Bay Packers sponsors board.

Green Bay Packers linebacker Micah Parsons. Photo by Jayden Mack/Getty Images Photo by Jayden Mack/Getty Images

“The player I’m most excited to watch outside of my defensive tackles? That would have to be Micah Parsons.

“I think as long as he stays healthy, you’re going to see a Green Bay Packers defence that is built around him to have success. I feel like they made that trade as their next version of Reggie White to come in and take them to a Super Bowl and have an opportunity to go and win it.”

Offensive player to watch

Saquon Barkley, in green and white NFL uniform, celebrates with his Philadelphia Eagles teammates in the end zone.

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images

“The non-quarterback to stand out this year? It’s a tough one. I mean, I think my easy answer would be Saquon Barkley. I think he back doors his successful season.

“He may not have a record-breaking year, but he’s still going to be a massive force to be dealt with. He’s obviously the linchpin and cornerstone of the Philadelphia Eagles team and offence.”

How to watch NFL on TV

NFL TV rights will be divided between Sky Sports, NFL Game Pass via DAZN and free-to-air channel 5 in 2025.

Sky Sports boasts the first pick for the 6pm and 9pm game slots each Sunday, as well as up to three more games on any given Sunday.

Sky will also show every Thursday Night, Sunday Night and Monday Night Football game. The popular NFL RedZone will also be shown on Sky platforms.

NFL Game Pass via DAZN will show every single game of the entire NFL season, including the playoffs. The two first-pick Sunday games chosen by Sky will be shown on Game Pass via a 24-hour delay.

You can sign up for NFL Game Pass via DAZN with a Weekly Pro pass from £15.99 per week, or Season Pro pass from £169.99 upfront or a monthly cost of £17.99.

Additionally, 5 will show two NFL games per week across its platforms every Sunday during the regular season.

The schedule will see one game from the 6pm UK time slot shown on 5, before a second game will be shown from 9pm on 5ACTION, which will be rebranded 5NFL on game nights. These games will also be live streamed on the 5 website.

Check out more of our coverage or visit our and to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to .

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