Yesterday, we brought you part one of our final interviews with the cast of The Umbrella Academy. Today, to commemorate Season 4 hitting Netflix, we’re proud to bring you our conversations with David Castañeda, Justin H. Min, Aidan Gallagher, and Ritu Arya.
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Saying goodbye is never easy. For the cast and fans of The Umbrella Academy, it’s almost impossible. The series has given us four entertaining seasons, and the cast has only become family in real life. So to say this is the final season for The Hargreeves is something that not only makes us fans sad, but the actors themselves.
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Class is in session one last time. The Umbrella Academy is returning for one final season. And while we’re sad we’re going to have to bid adieu to our favorite misfit family, The Hargreeves, we can at least get excited over the epic conclusion to the four-season adventure! And there’s much to be excited for, given the latest trailer dropped by Netflix today!
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What a long, wonderful, weird journey it’s been for The Hargreeves family. But alas, it’s time to say goodbye to our favorite superpowered orphans. Today, Netflix dropped the first trailer for the final countdown! It’s the official trailer for the final season of The Umbrella Academy.
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It’s been a wonderful four-year journey, Brellies. But all good things must come to an end, and we’ll be tearfully saying goodbye to the Hargreeves family when the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy hits. And today we have the official date for the final chapter of the weirdest and most wonderful superhero series on Netflix!
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Whether you love or hate Barbie, this movie is for you! Greta Gerwig is breaking the iconic character out of her box with the help of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling bringing the duo of Barbie and Ken to life on the big screen.
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We welcome Rocky back on the podcast to review Nida Manzoor’s Desi martial arts-comedy-epic, Polite Society! We also discuss the harrowing news out of Sudan, a new African animation anthology that includes Egypt and Egyptian creators, give our recommendations for the week, and much more!
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In anticipation of Nida Manzoor’s thrilling masterpiece Polite Society, premiering this weekend, we speak with the writer/director herself about her career and the messages she aims to convey with her debut feature film.
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In anticipation of Nida Manzoor’s thrilling masterpiece Polite Society premiering in theaters, we spoke with stars of the film Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya on taking the lead roles of the Khan sisters.
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The Pakistani-British Khan sisters, Ria (Priya Kansara) and Lena (Ritu Arya) have dreams that deviate from what their community and family expect from them, namely to work in STEM and marry well to guarantee socioeconomic security. But Ria and Lena have dreams to work in the arts, whether that be stunt choreography for Ria or painting for Lena.
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Welcome to Barbie Land, where she’s everything and he’s just a Ken! From writer/director Greta Gerwig comes Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken. The film, which is based on Barbie by Mattel, will be released in theaters on July 21, 2023.
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The first trailer for writer-director’s Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society has just dropped, and the Focus Features Film hits theaters April 28, 2023!
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All good things must come to an end. And with the joyous news that The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a fourth season, comes that sad news that this will be the final adventure for the Hargreeves children.
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The Hargreeves are back! And this season of The Umbrella Academy, they have some pretty stiff competition in the form of The Sparrow Academy! You may remember at the end of Season 2, after saving the world from yet another apocalypse, the family and Number 5 teleported themselves back into the present. Only now, due to the changes they’ve made to history, it was a completely different present than the one they are used to. They created an alternate timeline! Let the expletives fly!
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Hargreeves stans rejoice because The Umbrella Academy has officially wrapped production of season three. Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s stellar graphic novel turned groundbreaking Netflix series has fans eagerly waiting for its release. Per the series’ official Twitter page, the super kids turned badass time travelers (oops, spoilers I guess?) came together to announce the end of production and how excited they were for fans to dive into the new season. With the end of season two came countless questions, like who the hell is the Sparrow Academy, why is Ben their leader, what planet is Sir Reginald Hargreeves from, and where’d Lila go at the end of it all?
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