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Ever since a green-cloaked figure strode onto the Marvel stage at San Diego Comic-Con and revealed himself to be Robert Downey Jr., fans have been wondering the same thing: “What the heck will the MCU version of Doctor Doom look like?” Well, thanks to a recently leaked piece of promo art, we have our answer. […]
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Read MoreThis post contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episode 4. By this point, no one is surprised to find a weird alien in a DC Comics project. Nor, really, are we surprised to find one in a project from James Gunn, the guy who brought to the screen broccoli people and Starro the Conqueror. But […]
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Read MoreMorgan Freeman is an icon. His voice is instantly recognizable. He has a screen persona that brings immediate gravitas to everything from superhero movies like Batman Begins to Oscar players such as Invictus. Freeman even maintains dignity while pitching credit cards and playing a goofy wizard in The Lego Movie. Yet as universally beloved as […]
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Read MoreAs disparate as they may feel today, Star Trek and Firefly started with similar impulses. “Wagon Train to the Stars” is how Gene Roddenberry pitched his show to producers, evoking the TV series about explorers on the Western frontier that ran from 1957 to 1962. For Firefly Joss Whedon looked to a perhaps more storied […]
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Read MoreIn 1978, Superman made us believe a man could fly. But in 1989, Batman made movie studios believe that comic book stories as a genre unto themselves could be profitable. In the shadow of Batman’s big payday, Hollywood gave the greenlight to material that they would previously ignore. While that IP-hunt certainly proved profitable for […]
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Read MoreThis post contains full spoilers for The Conjuring: Last RiTES. It all ends with a wedding. In the final moments of The Conjuring: Last Rites, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) dance together at the wedding of their daughter Judy (Mia Tomlinson) and new son-in-law Tony (Ben Hardy), surrounded by […]
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Read MoreThis post contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episodes 1-3. “Best. Universe. Ever.” That’s how the Peacemaker Chris Smith describes the alternate reality he visits throughout the second season of the show that bears his name. While it was a cheering crowd—complete with a child moved to tears and a woman moved to bare her […]
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Read MoreThis post contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episode 3. By this point, we shouldn’t be surprised when James Gunn pulls an obscure DC Comics character for one of his projects, but he may have outdone himself in the latest episode of Peacemaker. While visiting the alternate reality where he’s a beloved hero, Chris Smith […]
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Read MoreDwayne “The Rock” Johnson is now apparently an Oscar player. That’s the news coming out the Venice Film Festival, as his movie The Smashing Machine—directed by Benny Safdie and co-staring Emily Blunt—received a 15-minute standing ovation. While it’s true that The Smashing Machine could put Johnson on a level never before reached by his fellow […]
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Read MoreNow approaching its 20th gathering, Fantastic Fest has become the undisputed home for genre cinema in North America. Fans and studios alike know that if they want an early peek at the best (or at least weirdest) in new horror and science fiction, they have to come to Austin. Fantastic Fest didn’t build that reputation […]
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Read MoreThis article contains light spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episode 2 and Superman. Midway through the latest episode of Peacemaker, Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) has an unpleasant encounter with her ex-wife Keeya (Elizabeth Faith Ludlow). For a series as strange and over-the-top as Peacemaker, the substance of the argument is surprisingly relatable. The two bicker […]
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Read MoreFor a certain section of the population, the news that pop icon Taylor Swift and football star Travis Kelce are engaged to be married is a seismic event. How else could you describe the pairing of such titanic figures? For others, it’s old news—at least when those others are superhero fans. After all, those of […]
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Read MoreThis article contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episode 1. If 1978’s Superman made us believe that a man could fly, 2025’s Superman made us believe that kindness is punk. But masses who loved the message of Superman will be confronted with something a lot closer to usual definition of punk in season two of […]
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Read MoreIt doesn’t matter if we’re talking about Superman or Snow White, CGI is an important part of the modern blockbuster. Trivia nerds know that CGI has been a part of movies since computers were used to help make the opening titles of 1958’s Vertigo. But when most people think of the beginning of CGI in […]
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Read MoreAcross the country this weekend, the following refrain echoed between movie theaters: “I’m done hidin’, now I’m shinin’, like I’m born to be.” Those words, sung by the trio Huntr/x, come from the Korean animated film KPop Demon Hunters, whose theatrical opening weekend earned approximately $18 million dollars at the North American box office, taking […]
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Read MoreThis article contains spoilers for Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 1 In its first season, Peacemaker established itself as a show deeply steeped in DC Comics lore, dropping references to Bat-Mite, Kite-Man, and Matter-Eater Lad of the Legion of Super-Heroes. In its season two opener, it’s clear that Peacemaker intends to continue the tradition. An d […]
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Read MoreThis article contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episode 1. How is he going to deal with the Justice League? That question is usually reserved for Lex Luthor or Braniac, big baddies in the DC Universe. But as we head into the second season of Peacemaker, that question has increasingly been directed at James Gunn. […]
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Read MoreNerds ruled the 1980s, or so it seemed. Not only did geeks get their own franchise with Revenge of the Nerds, but they also were mainstays in movies such as The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and also films not starring Anthony Michael Hall. So it’s no surprise that the 1985 vampire film Fright Night would […]
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Read More“I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.” When most people refer to that line, spoken by Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, they quote it to set up Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey’s thoughtful, resonate […]
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Read MoreReleased in 1971, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was a staple of the Generation X childhood, a film to be both adored and ironically homaged forever after. At the time, author Roald Dahl received a much publicized screenwriting credit, albeit that more reflected marketing concerns more than it ddid the actual work done (David […]
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