Movies

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Picking up directly where Avatar: The Way of Water left off, Fire and Ash finds the Sully family — led by Jake (Sam Worthington), the human-turned-Na’vi, and his wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) — mourning a tragic death at the hands of Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang).

The colonel, resurrected as a Recombinant (human-Na’vi hybrid) in the previous film, still harbours a grudge against the Na’vi. He forms an alliance with the Mangkwan clan, a warmongering Na’vi tribe led by Varang (Oona Chaplin). Together, they set out to destroy the Sullys and any ruling clan standing in their way.

As expected, James Cameron’s third Avatar film delivers dazzling eco-beauty and thunderous action in equal measure. Despite the long wait between instalments, Avatar: Fire and Ash reminds us exactly why this saga remains so exhilarating: epic storytelling, sky-high stakes, and spectacle on a breathtaking scale.

Saipan
Saipan is about Roy Keane, who’s often cited as one of the greatest footballers in Premier League history. The catch? It’s not about his legendary skills on the field.

Set in 2002, at the height of Keane’s popularity, the film stars newcomer Éanna Hardwicke as the stern and famously uncompromising player. As the Republic of Ireland prepares for the World Cup, the squad heads to the island of Saipan for training — where tensions quickly boil over.

Disgusted by poor discipline and subpar living conditions, Keane clashes with team manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan). Their feud soon explodes into a media firestorm when Keane publicly walks away from the team, putting an entire nation’s World Cup dreams at risk.

Scream 7 
The latest instalment in the long-running horror franchise arrives with plenty of baggage — but for longtime fans, the return of Neve Campbell is more than enough to reignite excitement. (As some of them put it: Neve Campbell IS Scream.)

To recap the chaos: franchise newcomer Melissa Barrera (Scream (2022), Scream VI) exited the series following controversial comments, while co-star Jenna Ortega also departed soon after. Campbell, meanwhile, sat out of 2023’s Scream VI over a reported pay dispute after appearing in 2022’s Scream.

Still, Scream 7 is here, and bloodier than ever. Sidney Prescott (Campbell) is finally trying to live a peaceful life with her family when Ghostface returns once again. This time, the killings are fuelled by disturbing new technology, including AI-generated manipulations tied to Sidney’s past, forcing her into one of her most psychologically twisted battles yet.

Shelter 
Action star Jason Statham shows no signs of slowing down. His latest thriller, Shelter, is another satisfying slice of bare-knuckle action cinema — made even more impressive by the fact that Statham is somehow nearing 60.

Statham plays Michael Mason, a former MI6 assassin living in isolation on a remote Scottish island. His only connection to the outside world is Jessie (Bodhi Rae Breathnach), a young girl who delivers his weekly supplies and whom he rescues during a violent storm.

Michael has hidden himself away to escape his past, but it catches up fast when a black ops team descends on his home. Forced on the run with Jessie, he discovers he’s being targeted by Stephen Manafort (Bill Nighy), his former MI6 handler with a score to settle. Like most Statham characters, Michael is essentially a one-man army — but Jessie’s presence gives him something more meaningful to fight for.

Sirāt
In Sirāt, a rave becomes a place where people can truly lose themselves — literally. With his son in tow, Luis (Sergi López) ventures into the heart of a desert rave in Morocco, searching for his missing daughter Marina.

Finding her, of course, won’t be easy. Many attendees are dazed, intoxicated or barely aware of their surroundings. But it’s what this isolated world devolves into that proves most dangerous: ravers splinter into factions as violence erupts beyond the desert, forcing Luis and his son to rely on fragile alliances to survive the night.

After earning major acclaim on the festival circuit, Sirāt landed a nomination for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars. Yet no amount of praise can fully prepare you for its hypnotic visuals and pulsating score by techno artist Kangding Ray — one best experienced at maximum volume.

TV

Twenty Twenty Six
As we count down to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, this new mockumentary imagines the glorious chaos unfolding behind the scenes as the tournament takes over North America.

The series follows Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), a former BBC executive who relocates to Miami to help oversee the event. While adapting to the city’s glitzy, chaotic energy, Ian must also juggle international delegates, each arriving with their own egos, ambitions, and cultural clashes in tow.

Bonneville reprises the role after 2011’s Twenty Twelve, which satirised preparations for the 2012 Olympics, and 2014’s W1A, which hilariously skewered the inner workings of the BBC.

Pluribus
The latest series from Vince Gilligan — the mastermind behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul — was already one of 2025’s most anticipated shows before audiences saw a single frame. Then it arrived and became a cultural phenomenon. More than that, the chilling sci-fi series is also a career-defining showcase for Rhea Seehorn, who took home a Golden Globe for her performance; pundits predict she’ll also take home an Emmy this year.

Seehorn plays Carol Sturka, an author who mysteriously survives ‘the Joining’ — an extraterrestrial event that merges humanity into a single hive consciousness (‘the Others’). The world is now eerily peaceful, unified, and disturbingly calm.

Carol, however, remains untouched by the infection. As friends, strangers, and loved ones begin behaving like parts of the same entity, she sets out to uncover a way to reverse the condition before the Others find a way to subsume her consciousness into them (it?). Smart, unsettling, and deeply addictive, Pluribus is proof that Gilligan still knows exactly how to get under our skin.

MUSIC

Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft 
Can’t get enough of Billie Eilish after watching her stunning new concert film, co-directed with James Cameron? Go back to where it all began with Hit Me Hard and Soft.

In 2024, Eilish had something to prove. While her sophomore album Happier Than Ever was a commercial success, it struggled to match the cultural impact sparked by her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Her third album, however, firmly re-established her as one of Gen Z’s defining pop stars — showcasing sharper musicality while preserving the intimacy fans fell in love with.

No longer confined to bedroom pop, Eilish swings big on tracks like “Wildflower” and “Birds of a Feather”, balancing whisper-quiet vulnerability with massive, soaring choruses. It’s no surprise Eilish and longtime collaborator/brother Finneas O’Connell cleaned up at the 2025 Grammys — this is the kind of pop album you return to on both your best days and your worst.