‘Stranger Things’ Finally Returns With An Entertaining But Scattered Fourth Season [Review]

Clayton Davis All it took was a Kate Bush track and the reading of a letter to clue the world into the greatness of Sadie Sink, who plays tomboy Max Mayfield in the fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” Her outstanding work in this season of the hit fantasy show has captured the cultural zeitgeist. With phase one voting merely two weeks away, she may have put herself in firm contention to nab her first Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.The 20-year-old sensation had the most significant arc of any character in the seven-episode season.

“Stranger Things” stars Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp are showcasing their musical skills, courtesy of a fun challenge from Elle.

Eduardo Franco to co-star as Argyle alongside the characters of Eleven, Mike, and Dustin.The Arizona native and Mexican descent actor is Jonathan’s new Californian friend; Franco’s character is joining the group’s journey to save the world.According to Ross Duffer, “Argyle is your quintessential ’80s stoner. Even though this is an overall darker season, there’s also comedy. There’s still fun to be had throughout the adventures this year,” the creator told Radio Times.

Stranger Things has paid tribute to Nightmare on Elm Street in an episode of season four.Executive producer and director Shawn Levy opened up about casting Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Englund as Victor Creel in the turning point of the new season of the Netflix series.Englund played serial killer Freddy Krueger in the iconic horror film, and here plays Creel, a man charged with the murder of his family and subsequently locked up in a psychiatric hospital.“He brought a real enthusiasm to his role, and honestly, it was just an honour to watch him work,” Natalia Dyer, who starred opposite Englund as Nancy, in his first  scene in the series.“The role that he plays is just really interesting… He was so lovely and kind and sweet and really gave such a great performance.”“There’s a closeup of [Creel] scratching his fingernails on the desk in his cell,” Levy said to Entertainment Weekly of the first scene between Victor and Nancy and Robin, nodding to Nightmare on Elm Street as Freddy Krueger had metal blades attached to his fingers.“It’s implied that he’s done it for so long that the linoleum desktop is worn away by the scrape of his fingertip.”“The design and evil capabilities of Vecna are clearly descendants of Freddy Kruger,” Levy then confirmed of the show’s new villain.He added of the day on set: “The day I shot with Robert was one of the very few times that the Duffers made a point of coming to set just to hang out and nerd out with Robert Englund.”Meanwhile, NME gave Vol.1 of Stranger Things season four four stars, writing: “While there are some gripes to be had with the penultimate season of the show, it still packs in all the terrifying thrills you’d expect, deftly blending horror and sci-fi to maximum effect

Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown are opening up about fan speculations regarding Noah’s character Will, and his sexuality in the popular series ‘Stranger Things.’Rumors started following the premiere of the new season of the Netflix show, with fans sharing on social media that creators Matt and Ross Duffer are characterizing Will as gay in season four.The two actors shared their thoughts during a recent interview with Variety, revealing that it might be up to viewers interpretation, “I feel like they never really address it or blatantly say how Will is,” Noah said, referencing his character.“I think what’s really nice about Will’s character is that he’s just a human being going through his own personal demons and issues,” Millie stated, while Noah shared, “I find that people do reach to put a label on him and just want to know, so badly, like, ‘Oh, and this is it.’ He’s just confused and growing up.

An evolving journey. Throughout the years, Stranger Things has created a space for Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) to explore his identity — a topic that has caught the attention of fans and cast members alike.

Some Stranger Things fans see a mystery behind the mysteries of the show’s fourth season.

Stranger Things stars Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown have broken their silence on Will’s sexuality.In light of several plotlines in season four of the Netflix show, including Schnapp’s character Will giving a presentation about the gay mathematician Alan Turing and later a line suggesting he might be struggling to come out, fans have begun to speculate.“Sometimes I think it’s just scary to open up like that, to say how you really feel, especially to people you care about the most,” Will tells his friend Mike in episode five, adding: “because what if they don’t like the truth?”“I feel like they never really address it or blatantly say how Will is,” Schnapp has now said in a recent interview with Variety.“I think that’s the beauty of it, that it’s just up to the audience’s interpretation, if it’s Will kind of just refusing to grow up and growing up slower than his friends, or if he is really gay.”Brown then added: “Can I just say, it’s 2022 and we don’t have to label things. I think what’s really nice about Will’s character is that he’s just a human being going through his own personal demons and issues.“So many kids out there don’t know, and that’s OK.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot points of Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” currently streaming on Netflix.With 16 main characters, at least a dozen new characters, and five major locations — including a prison in Soviet-era Russia and a converted underground missile silo somewhere in the American West — it’s frankly surprising that Season 4 of “Stranger Things” has any time to explore quiet moments of personal growth.

most-streamed song on iTunes thanks to its being prominently featured in the first episode of the new “Stranger Things” season.In the show, the track is used to underscore the storyline of Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) as she struggles to reconcile the complicated death of her brother, Billy, who was possessed by an evil force during Season 3.The ’80s-inspired horror series just dropped it’s highly-anticipated fourth season on Netflix over the holiday weekend.The premiere of Season 4 sees an angsty Max listening to the British musician on her portable cassette player as she avoids her concerned friends and counselors in the halls of Hawkins High School. Following its 1985 debut, “Running Up That Hill” peaked at No.

Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Monday.Fans first started wondering if Will was gay following a particular interaction between him and Mike (Finn Wolfhard). After the two bickered about the latter’s closeness with Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike retorted, “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls!” “It’s not specific to sexual orientation or anything,” Levy, who directed that third-season episode, said.

Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ have increased by 153 per cent after the song appeared on the latest season of Stranger Things.The first volume of season four arrived on Netflix last week (May 27) and Bush’s song features in the first episode of the new show and then prominently in some of the episodes thereafter via key moments involving the character Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink).The song, taken from Bush’s album ‘Hounds of Love’, overtook ‘Wuthering Heights’ on Spotify to become her most popular title on the service after it experienced a 153 per cent surge in streams on Spotify. It was described as “the biggest gainer on the Global Spotify chart” by the streaming giants.Elsewhere, the song also went to number one on iTunes.The first part of the full soundtrack, which you can listen to above, was released on May 27.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.

“Stranger Things” creators, the Duffer Brothers, recently revealed their hit Netflix series wasn’t originally planned to go beyond one season. Four seasons later, and a fourth season cut into two parts, perhaps some of the cast is getting a little impatient too and perhaps thinks the cast has gotten too sprawling.

Spotify’s Top 200, with 1,099,174 plays. The “Stranger Things 4” soundtrack – which also features the Talking Heads, KISS, and the Beach Boys, among others – holds the No. 5 spot on iTunes’ Top 200 Albums.The song first comes into play during the season premiere, when Max (Sadie Sink) strolls through her school hallways listening to it on her Walkman.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Stranger Things” music supervisor Nora Felder could very well be hearing her name when nominations for the 74th annual Emmy Awards are announced on July 12.The three-time nominee is the reason Kate Bush is currently trending on Twitter, but that’s the tip of the iceberg of Felder’s work on the show’s fourth season. This season Felder uses needle drops to root audiences deeper in the ’80s with needle-drop picks ranging from Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” to the Beach Boys’ cover of “California Dreamin’.”Here’s a guide to five of the best music moments from the first few episodes.Sadie Sink’s Max is still finding her way around the town and residents of Hawkins. Audiences learn in the first episode that her favorite song is Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” It’s a song Max plays on a loop, or seems to. Fast forward to episode 4, when Max faces a nightmare (avoiding spoilers) and Kate Bush’s music practically saves her life.The Byers family has just relocated from Hawkins to California.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.

Stranger Things has been unveiled.The first part of the soundtrack accompanies the first volume of season four, which was released onto Netflix yesterday (May 27). The second volume of the season, and the second part of the soundtrack, will arrive on July 1.The first part of the collection features tracks from artists including Kate Bush, Journey, Talking Heads and The Cramps.‘The Complete Stranger Things: Soundtrack From The Netflix Series, Season 4’ (including Volume I and Volume II) will be available to buy on CD and cassette from September 9 and can be pre-ordered here.

Star Wars fans got a treat Thursday. Harrison Ford made a surprise stop at the Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center to give an update on "Indiana Jones 5."  Thursday’s event marked the first in-person convention since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anathema, Calif., Thursday.

more “Stranger Things,” check out our chat with stars David Harbour, Brett Gelman and Winona Ryder in the video above.Harbour talked about how between “Black Widow” and “Stranger Things,” he has spent a lot of time in Russian gulags. Of course, he points out the differences – one is a Russian super-soldier and the other is a smalltown sheriff or, as Harbour put it, “the most American American in a Russian prison.

Emily Longeretta SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” now streaming on Netflix.For those who got used to seeing David Harbour as Jim Hopper, a lazy police officer in Hawkins, Indiana, the new episodes of “Stranger Things” may catch you off guard — and that was his point. After three seasons of playing “fat dad Hopper,” Harbour was ready for something different.The actor was excited to dive into the darker side of the character and how he was feeling about the trauma in his past. During Season 4’s fifth episode, he has a long monologue with the guard-turned-prisoner who tried to help him out and got caught.

elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Netflix acknowledged the opening scene to “Stranger Things” Friday-released fourth season may be painful for many fans of the show to watch.The streaming service has added a warning screen for US viewers ahead of “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club” because it graphically shows the bloodied bodies of dead children early into the first episode.“We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago. But given the recent tragic shooting at a school in Texas, viewers may find the opening scene of episode 1 distressing.

A new batch of “Stranger Things” episodes finally arrive on Netflix this Memorial Day weekend. And after a nearly three-year wait, fans couldn’t be more excited for the fourth season (read our review of S4 Vol.

’ long-awaited return with season 4, Natalia Dyer teased to ET that everyone was in “real, real danger.” And now that episodes are streaming on Netflix, we know that she wasn’t lying. While the gang is facing peril on multiple fronts, back in Hawkins, Indiana, Max (Sadie Sink) is still reeling from the death of her stepbrother Billy (Dacre Montgomery) and suddenly finds herself a target of the Upside Down. And for Max, things come to a head in episode four, “Chapter Four: Dear Billy,” when she finds herself facing the last days of her life. “Max’s journey this season really is just a lot because she is in a lot of pain and she’s grieving,” Sink says, referring to the fact that from episode one, Max has grown despondent in the wake of Billy’s death at the Starcourt mall.As a result, she’s become what Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) calls a “ghost” and has isolated herself from her group of friends.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe last time audiences saw the Byers family on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” they were leaving town. After a lengthy hiatus, the highly anticipated fourth season returns to Netflix on May 27.This time, the family has been relocated for their safety to Southern California, where they moved from fictional Hawkins, Ind. (actually filmed in Georgia).The family has expanded, with Eleven (Millie Bobbie Brown) joining Joyce, played Winona Ryder, Noah Schnapp’s Will and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton).In finding the new home, production designer Chris Trujillo thought about building from the ground up, but there was something more special in finding a practical location.Albuquerque, N.M.

“Stranger Things” fans checking out the new season are being greeted with a warning.

Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of violence involving children.Netflix has added a content warning to the first episode of Stranger Things season four, following the recent school shooting in Texas that left 21 dead, including two teachers and 19 children.As reported by Variety, the warning card will only appear for US viewers, at the start of episode one before the recap of season three. It reads: “We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix is adding a warning card to the “Stranger Things 4” premiere in light of the shooting on Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 21 people dead — including 19 children and two teachers.The warning card, which will show up for viewers in the U.S. when the episodes launch on Friday, reads: “We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago.

“Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 1 is finally debuting on Netflix. The season is unlike any other, and not just in terms of length. The scope of Season 4 is immense, and the story sprawls from Hawkins to Russia to California, where Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and the Byers relocated after the events of Season 3.

according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ford announced that the fifth installment will hit theaters June 30, 2023, saying he’s “really proud of the movie that we made.”He also offered belated congratulations to Williams for his 90th birthday in February.“It’s a special honor for me to be able to congratulate John on his 90th birthday,” Ford told the rapt audience.

Harrison Ford appeared Thursday at the Lucasfilm panel at Star Wars Celebration to announce that Indiana Jones 5 will hit theaters on June 30, 2023.

Aries prefers to blaze a trail rather than follow a path, a route preference exhibited by Mike Wheeler who looks like a young Tommy Lee and doesn’t hesitate to run head long and heart first into danger. A natural leader, Mike is brave to the point of recklessness but he makes others, most notably Eleven, feel safe and seen. A fire sign, Aries favors action over contemplation and won’t back down from a fight even, and especially when they are outnumbered and or outgunned.

Stranger Things has been absent from our lives for three years but the wait is almost over. The Netflix show will be making up for lost time by releasing two volumes.

Rock n’ roll, baby! Joseph Quinn plays metalhead and Dungeons & Dragons extraordinaire Eddie Munson on the upcoming season of Netflix’s Stranger Things — a role he sees as an essential addition to the show’s depiction of 1980s culture.

Going back to the Upside Down! Stranger Things returns to Netflix on Friday, May 27, after a nearly three-year wait — and even some diehard fans may need a refresher on where season 3 left off.