The new animated comedy Sneaks follows a pair of one-of-a-kind, collector sneakers, Ty (Anthony Mackie, Captain America: Brave New World) and Maxine (Chloe Bailey, The Little mermaid). When Ty ends up lost and alone on the mean streets of NYC, he falls in with an eclectic cast of shoes who help him learn that your best life begins when you get out of your box.

Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family) spoke with SciFi Vision about his role as Ice, a brash basketball shoe he describes as “a hard-nosed, bully type on the basketball court [who] trash talks, all that, but likes to settle it on the court.”

“Yes, it’s a movie about talking sneakers but it’s a lot more,” he told us. “The message is individuality, trusting yourself and putting your best self forward.” A shoe collector himself, Rodriguez knows what the right sneaker can mean. “These shoes are an extension of yourself and by wearing them you’re more confident, you walk better, you walk taller. And [Sneaks is] about finding the right pair and I love that. It’s a fun movie, and I’m glad to be a part of it.”

In our short interview, Rodriguez also told us how a shoe won him the role, why he loves collecting shoes, and where he stands on the wear-them-or-display-them question.

The crime drama Godfather of Harlem, which recently premiered on MGM Plus, tells the fictionalized story of "Bumpy" Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who works to become a major crime boss after leaving jail in the early 1960's. While he was away, the Italian Mafia took over his neighborhood, so he must fight against them to regain his control.

Michael Raymond-James joined this series in 2023 as crime boss Joe Colombo, one of the Mafia Five Families in NYC. In real life, Colombo was an activist for Italian rights in the 60's and was shot and paralyzed as he was protesting. In the show, Colombo is one of the up-and-coming mobsters, vying for a spot in the Five Families. He's had a relationship with Stella Gigante (Lucy Fry), the daughter of another mobster, Vincent Gigante (Vincent D'Onofrio), head of the Genovese crime family.

Raymond-James and Lucy Fry recently chatted with SciFi Vision about season four of the series, their characters' relationship, acting with the new addition of Rome Flynn (who plays Frank Lucas) and playing alongside so many legendary actors like Whitaker, D'Onofrio and others.

Set against the backdrop of 1969 Los Angeles, Government Cheese, which premiered recently on Apple TV+, follows Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo), a convicted burglar recently released from prison, as he returns to his home in Chatsworth, Los Angeles and tries to reconnect with his family and reinvent himself as an inventor. Hampton’s plan to launch his invention, the “Bit Magician” power drill, is disrupted by the new, unconventional family dynamic that developed while he was away. His wife Astoria and sons Einstein (Evan Ellison) and Harrison (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) have grown independent, complicating his return. Adding to the chaos is Bootsy (Bokeem Woodbine), Hampton’s old friend and former accomplice, who brings his own unpredictable influence as Hampton contemplates one last heist, creating additional hurdles for his fresh start.

Winston and Ellison recently spoke with SciFi Vision about playing the brothers on Government Cheese, which is now streaming on Apple TV+.

Government Cheese, which recently premiered on Apple TV+, is a surrealist comedy-drama series set in 1969. The series follows Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo), a convicted burglar who is released from prison and returns to his home in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. Hampton reunites with his family and attempts to start over by inventing the "Bit Magician," a self-sharpening power drill. However, the unconventional structure the Chambers family, including his wife, Astoria, and his sons, Einstein (Evan Ellison) and Harrison (Jahi Di’Allo Winston), formed in his absence, complicates matters.

The series also stars Bokeem Woodbine as Bootsy, Hampton's childhood friend and former partner in crime, who operates on his own unique moral code and plays a significant role in Hampton's attempts to carry out one last heist, adding more complexity to his attempts to rebuild his life.

Woodbine recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series.

***The following is a detailed recap of the episode "Lux,” and it contains major spoilers for the episode. You can also read our spoiler-free review here.***

In 1952, the pre-film clips play in the Palazzo cinema of the latest atom bomb test on the Gaumont British News as a few people in the audience watch. Up in the projection booth, a man (Linus Roache) stirs his drink and leaves the metal spoon on the table. He goes into the other room and chooses a film reel which he then sets up to play. It’s a cartoon featuring Mr. Ring-a-Ding (voiced by Alan Cumming). A blue-skin cartoon character is approached by a female character with yellow skin (voiced by Millie O'Connell) who asks who he is. He says, “Don’t make me laugh!” He then starts singing that he’s Mr. Ring-a-Ding. The moonlight shines down through the skylight in the projection booth and hits the spoon on the table, bouncing up onto a poster then floating like dust into the light from the projector and down onto the screen. Mr. Ring-a-Ding asks the girl her name, and she says it’s Sunshine Sally. He says not to give him sunshine, because he’s more interested in moonlight, that icy cold beam of Heaven touching his sole and giving him life. He asks people in the audience what they think and then talks directly to a man in the audience. He says if he won’t tell him he’ll have to find out for himself. He says they are going 3-D as he climbs out through the screen and repeats again not to make him laugh.

The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) talks to Belinda (Varada Sethu) as he works under the console of the TARDIS. He questions she left Earth May 24, 2025, which is the one time the TARDIS can’t reach. He tries to move them again, and they bounce off the date. She questions he can’t get it fixed and says that he’s a Time Lord, to “take it back to Time Lordia; they must have garages.” He says he wishes it was called that, but Gallifrey. She says to go there, and he just says not today. The Doctor says he never asked her, but who does she have: a girlfriend, boyfriend, other friend? She says she has her mom and dad. Her father works in taxes and her mother is a violinist in the orchestra.

Towards Zero, the three-part murder mystery television series directed by Sam Yates, concludes today on Britbox. Originally airing on BBC One in March, the series was adapted by Rachel Bennett from Agatha Christie’s 1944 novel of the same name. Set against the backdrop of coastal England in 1936, after a scandalous divorce, tennis star Neville Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) make the shocking choice to spend the summer together at Gull’s Point, the estate overseen by Neville’s aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). The uneasy gathering is made even more volatile by Neville’s new wife, Kay (Mimi Keene), along with a group of guests including a stoic lady’s companion (Anjana Vasan), a mysterious gentleman’s valet (Adam Hugill), an exiled cousin (Jack Farthing), the family lawyer (Clarke Peter), an inquisitive orphan (Grace Doherty), and a scheming con man (Khalil Ben Gharbia), each with their own secrets and grudges. As tensions escalate, murder disrupts the tenuous peace. A detective (Matthew Rhys), battling his own demons, must piece together the clues in a complex case of jealousy and betrayal and expose the truth before the killer strikes again.

Recently, Keene and Vasan spoke with SciFi Vision about working in an ensemble, inspiration for their characters, and more.

The final two episodes of the police procedural Bosch: Legacy premieres today on Prime Video. The series, which is a sequel to the original Bosch, which ended in 2021, follows Titus Welliver as former LAPD Detective Harry Bosch who has retired from the force and now works as a private investigator. The series also stars Mimi Rogers as Honey “Money Chandler,” who often collaborates with Bosch on various cases, as well as his daughter Maddie (Madison Linz), who now works as a patrol officer with the LAPD at the Hollywood Station where her father used to be assigned.

In the penultimate episode, Bosch gets help from an old war buddy to take down Finbar McShane (Michael Reilly Burke), then in the finale, he teams with LAPD Detective Renee Ballard (Maggie Q) to solve a case dealing with the “flower girls” serial killer before another victim is claimed.

Recently, Welliver spoke with SciFi Vision during a press junket about what he’d love to get to see from Bosch if he ever returned to the screen and how the character has changed him.

The world is run by the rich and powerful who take whatever they want without consequence, but the Leverage Crew has returned for an all-new high energy third season of Leverage: Redemption, determined to fight for those who have nowhere else to turn. This season they they head to Paris for a heist that leads them to fight a power broker stealing clean water from communities to make a fortune, as well as face off closer to home against a corrupt mayor who’s literally both the judge and jury of the town. They beat a cunning mark who finally catches up to them in the middle of a con, outwit a pool hustler with ties to international crime, and even bring down an industrialist exploiting child labor. Amid these high-stakes cons the team must also dodge a complex revenge plot from an enemy from season one all while navigating the shifting dynamics of their evolving personal lives.

SciFi Vision recently spoke with Christian Kane, who stars as Eliot Spencer, and Gina Bellman, who stars as Sophie Devereaux. The two spoke about the genre-bending third season, their fantastic costumes this time around, their love of acting, being directed by Beth Riesgraf, and much more.

The three-part murder mystery series Towards Zero, which originally aired on BBC One last month, premiered yesterday in the US on Britbox. The series, directed by Sam Yates, was adapted by Rachel Bennette from Agatha Christie's 1944 novel of the same name. In England in 1936, after a high-profile divorce, tennis star Neville Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) shock everyone when they decide to spend the summer together at Gull’s Point, the seaside estate of his aunt, Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston). The situation is complicated by the presence of Neville’s new wife, Kay (Mimi Keene), and a house full of eccentric guests, including a lady’s companion (Anjana Vasan), Neville’s mysterious valet (Adam Hugill), a resentful cousin with a grudge (Jack Farthing), a seasoned lawyer (Clarke Peters), a curious orphan (Grace Doherty), and a French con man (Khalil Ben Gharbia). Tensions rise and simmering jealousies soon erupt, and when murder strikes, a troubled detective (Matthew Rhys) must unravel a tangled web of secrets and lies before another the killer strikes again.

Recently, stars Jackson-Cohen and Hyland spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, including building their characters’ relationship and how it was partially inspired by the relationship of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, working with costumes, and more.

The series Grosse Pointe Garden Society, which was created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs, revolves around four members of a suburban gardening club in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. These members share a dark and murderous secret, which they must keep hidden while navigating their personal and professional lives. The main characters include Birdie (Melissa Fumero), the newest member of the garden society; Catherine (Aja Naomi King), a married real-estate agent; Brett (Ben Rappaport), a divorced father and manager of the gardening club; and Alice (AnnaSophia Robb), a high-school teacher.

Ford, who is portrayed by Felix Wolfe, is Birdie's biological son, who she gave up for adoption when she was just a teenager. As part of her community service after a DUI, but also a way to see Ford, she offered him a scholarship for college and has been trying to get to know him without telling him her true identity.

In the most recent episode, which aired Friday on NBC, Ford confronts Birdie, having realized she likely is his biological mother, and he asks her the truth, but she still holds back, making him angry.