Our monthly round-up of the hottest entertainment releases. This month: A long-awaited legacy sequel, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, and more.

Movies

Tron: Ares
Welcome back to the Grid — this time with a score by Nine Inch Nails.

After 15 years, Tron is back — and this time it’s darker, sleeker, and wired straight into today’s biggest anxieties about AI. Tron: Ares crashes the digital frontier into the real world, as Ares (Jared Leto), a hyper-intelligent programme, escapes into our reality with the help of tech maverick Julian (Evan Peters). But when Ares begins to question his own purpose, the war between human ambition and machine evolution gets apocalyptic. With Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges (reprising his role as Kevin Flynn), and a bone-rattling score from Nine Inch Nails, this gloriously neon-drenched legacy sequel is one heck of a hypnotic thrill ride.

One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson + Leonardo DiCaprio = an early awards favourite.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson — of Phantom Thread and There Will Be Blood fame — returns with One Battle After Another, a sharp, satirical action-thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Bob Ferguson, a former revolutionary living off the grid, whose life implodes when his long-time nemesis (Sean Penn) resurfaces and his teenage daughter, Willa (newcomer Chase Infiniti), is abducted. Forced back into the fray, he reunites with old friends and comrades — played by the likes of Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, and Teyana Taylor — for a last, desperate mission. Loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, the film blends PTA’s maximalist set-pieces with pitch-black humor. Early reactions are rapturous and awards buzz is deafening; even Steven Spielberg has praised the film by drawing tonal parallels to Dr. Strangelove. Talk about setting expectations high.

TV

Tempest
Nine episodes of pulse-pounding suspense.

Need your K-drama with heart-stopping thrills? Tempest delivers nine edge-of-your-seat episodes packed with conspiracies and assassinations. Jun Ji-hyun plays Seo Mun-ju, a former UN ambassador caught in the crossfire, who reluctantly teams with Baek San-ho (Gang Dong-won), a lethal ex-mercenary with secrets as dangerous as his skills. Together, they must unravel who’s pulling the strings before the world tips into chaos. Taut, stylish, and packed with tension, Tempest proves the deadliest battles are the ones you can’t see. This one is for fans of espionage, danger, and fighting for truth under fire.

Only Murders in the Building S5
Deadlier and funnier in its fifth season.

The Arconia’s favourite sleuthing trio are back — and this time, the murder hits closer than ever. When beloved doorman Lester turns up dead, Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) plunge into their darkest, most personal case yet. What begins at the building’s fountain soon entangles mobsters, billionaires, and New York’s shadowy underworld. But even with the stakes sky-high, Season 5 keeps the humour razor-sharp and the twists delightfully wicked. With Renée Zellweger, Christoph Waltz, and Keegan-Michael Key joining the fun, the Arconia is once again the deadliest — and funniest — address in town.

Games

Borderlands 4
Kairos awaits once more — and chaos is guaranteed.

Get ready to lock, load, and loot like never before. Borderlands 4 drops players onto the war-torn planet of Kairos, where new vault hunters face the Timekeeper — a tyrant villain who bends history itself. With sprawling faction warfare, new skill trees, and absurdly over-the-top weaponry, this is Borderlands dialled to 11. The trademark mix of chaotic gunplay, RPG grind, and irreverent humour returns in full force, making this a must-play for fans ready to laugh, loot, and blow stuff up.