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"Mercy," directed by Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") with a crisp short-attention-span gusto (the film has three editors, and you can see why), is like "Minority Report" meets "Memento" meets "Cops" meets a crime-detective video game. It threads Raven’s investigation through a multimedia mixmaster. And Pratt is good in it! He got swallowed up in franchise-ville because he let himself become an actor of bland good vibes, but here he’s sharp and nasty and a bit "dark," which looks a lot better on him.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the season finale of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” now streaming on Disney+. Fresh off his breakout role in “The Adam Project,” Walker Scobell was just 12 years old when he took on one of YA literature’s most beloved heroes, Percy Jackson. Five years later, he’s growing up […]

After a whirlwind 2025, actor-director Hafsia Herzi will step before the camera in “La Foudre” (“Lightning”), the latest feature from Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, while continuing to develop the literary adaptation “Adèle” as a potential directorial outing. Adapted from Pierric Bailly’s 2023 novel, “La Foudre” unfolds as a love triangle within the shepherding community of […]

“The Great British Bake Off” judge Prue Leith has revealed that she is leaving the beloved Channel 4 competition series. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Leith wrote: “After nine series and judging more than 400 challenges, I have decided to step down as a judge on ‘The Great British Bake Off.'” Leith replaced Mary […]