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12 Jan

Link Tank: A Scott Pilgrim Anime is Headed to Netflix

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Fan-favorite Scott Pilgrim is back! This time as an anime adaptation headed to Netflix. “Scott Pilgrim, which has been a beloved comic, a cult classic film, and an absolutely addictive video game, has now reached boss level with an upcoming anime adaptation. Netflix and UCP (The Umbrella Academy, Chucky) are adapting Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series, with O’Malley writing and executive producing alongside Ben-David Grabinski (Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot).” Read more at The Mary Sue Eternals is now streaming on Disney+! Let’s revisit the film’s post-credits scene and what it may be setting up for the MCU ahead. “The…

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12 Jan

Why Marvel’s Eternals Is Much Better the Second Time Around

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This feature contains spoilers for Marvel’s Eternals. Eternals is now streaming on Disney+, and many people who missed seeing it on the big screen are finally getting a chance to check out what they might have heard is a rare misstep from Marvel Studios in the comfort of their own home. Meanwhile, others are wondering if Eternals is worth revisiting at all after struggling with it the first time. I fall into a different category. I found Eternals pretty enjoyable and a welcome departure from your standard MCU installment, but was looking forward to seeing it again because I had…

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12 Jan

Scream Spoiler-Free Review: Not Our Favorite Scary Movie

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“What’s your favorite scary movie?” an all-too-familiar voice (deployed once again by series stalwart Roger L. Jackson) intones on the phone to Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega), who’s cooking up some food in her kitchen when she picks up the ringing landline. But in a twist, Tara doesn’t rattle off “The Shining,” “Halloween,” or even “Stab,” the successful but now aging horror franchise based on the long string of murders in her own town of Woodsboro. No, Tara is a fan of “The Babadook,” “It Follows” and other examples of, she sniffs down the line, “elevated horror.” A quarter century ago,…

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12 Jan

George Jetson Will Be Born in 2022 and Other Predictions from The Jetsons

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This year is a big one for science fiction mythology. If there is any truth in advertising, The Jetsons will be celebrating a blessed pre-event this year. According to the math, 2022 is the year George Jetson will be born. When it premiered on ABC on Sept. 23, 1962, The Jetsons’ promos explained the series, which had plotlines as old as The Flintstones, was set exactly 100 years in the future. Everything there is to know about George, voiced by George O’Hanlon, seems to be laid out in the theme song. He is the husband of Jane Jetson (Penny Singleton),…

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12 Jan

Superman & Lois Season 2 Premiere: The Secrets of the Ending and What’s Next

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This article contains Superman & Lois spoilers. Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 1 The Superman & Lois season 2 premiere, “What Lies Beneath” doesn’t give us any indication that this show will be slowing down after its spectacular first year. If anything, it feels like it’s giving us everything that worked in that first season, but just a little bit amplified. The emotional stakes of Lois, Clark, Jonathan, and Jordan’s home lives have been raised, while the big Superman-focused action scenes are some of the most spectacular on TV. And from the looks of things, they’re going to get…

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11 Jan

How Matt Damon Helped Ben Affleck Quit Batman and the DCEU

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Ben Affleck appears pretty relieved these days. That’s at least how he comes across in interviews promoting his recent films, including The Last Duel and The Tender Bar. Neither of those films set the box office on fire—with the first flopping despite its quality cast and director and the latter being primarily an Amazon release. And yet, the way he talks about it after spending much of the last five years as Batman, including in two versions of Justice League, it’s something of a relief. That’s how Affleck sounded in his new career profile for Entertainment Weekly, in which his…

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11 Jan

Meet Naomi, The New Superhero on The CW Block

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Naomi is the latest entry in The CW’s slate of shows based on DC Comics’ characters. Written and executive produced by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, and adapted from the comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker and Jamal Campbell for the Wonder Comics imprint, the show follows the journey of a cool, confident, comic book–loving teenager as she pursues her hidden destiny. Naomi looks at superheroes from the perspective of the small town folks who read about it in the news. Naomi runs a Superman fan site. He is fiction in her world……

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11 Jan

Why Ben Affleck Was Nixed as Superman

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While Ben Affleck cemented his cinematic status as Batman in Warner’s DC Extended Universe, he experienced an interesting path to A-list comic book movie stardom. The actor famously starred in the widely-panned 2003 Marvel movie, Daredevil, and just a few years later, would even appear onscreen wearing a Superman costume in 2006’s Hollywoodland, a biopic about 1950s Superman actor George Reeves. However, that was all preceded by a moment in which Affleck’s name was dangled to play Superman properly under the screenwriting auspices of pal and repertory collaborator Kevin Smith. Unfortunately, that opportunity crumbled as quickly as a china shop…

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11 Jan

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: Should You Play as a Paragon or Renegade?

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The recent release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on Xbox Game Pass has inspired many people to pick up the trilogy for the first time and try to answer that question that has haunted Mass Effect players for years: “Paragon or Renegade?” Well, at the risk of negating the rest of this article, the fact of the matter is that the right decision in just about every game with a morality system is the one that feels right to you or the one that simply excites you most. Any reasonably well-designed morality system should encourage you to make split-second decisions…

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11 Jan

Link Tank: Vote for the Greatest MCU Property of All Time!

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We are introducing Marvel Mania, the ultimate bracket of all things MCU movies and TV shows! What’s the greatest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie/TV show ever made? Is it the recent smash-hit at the box office Spider-Man: No Way Home? How about the cultural phenomena that took over television in WandaVision? Or maybe it’s an older classic, like the original Iron Man from 2008 or the first Avengers in 2012. Whatever you think it is, there’s a diverse catalog of properties to choose from, and we need your help deciding which is the best of the best! You can now vote…

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11 Jan

Scream 4 Is Still the Best Scream Sequel

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This article contains major Scream 4 spoilers. Scream 4 was ahead of its time. Which is to say the “reboot” that this week’s “Scream” (aka Scream 5) appears to be was already executed once before by the franchise, and with savage bite. Released about half a decade too early to ride the wave of ‘90s nostalgia that was to come (we were still deep in the throes of ‘80s navel-gazing in 2011), and four years prior to Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens inventing the “legacy sequel” concept as we now know it today, Scream 4 was greeted…

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11 Jan

Batgirl Set Photos Tease Three Major Batman Characters and Michael Keaton’s Return

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Warner Bros. is going to need a bigger cave, with Batgirl set to expand the big-screen version of Gotham with more members of Batman’s crime fighting family. Front and center is Leslie Grace (In the Heights), who is set to finally bring Barbara Gordon, a staple of Batman comics since the late ’60s, to the DCEU. But with the introduction of Babs comes several other new and returning characters. Returning are J.K. Simmons as the DCEU version of Commissioner James Gordon, who we first met in Justice League, and Michael Keaton once again reprising his role as Batman (he’ll first…

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11 Jan

Sidney Poitier’s Most Frightening Role Was as the Conscience of Nuclear War

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Sidney Poitier, who died at age 94 last week, was a leading man in many ways: teaching the teacher in The Blackboard Jungle, learning from students in To Sir, With Love, and schooling the public on historic achievement with each part he took, from the slender threads to the defiant ones. One of Poitier’s greatest roles is as a costar, not only taking second billing to Richard Widmark in The Bedford Incident (1965), but to the premise of the movie itself: World War III in the Atomic Age. It may sound like a sci-fi setup, but the science was not…

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10 Jan

Dexter: New Blood Ending Explained

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This article contains spoilers for the Dexter: New Blood finale. A polarizing Dexter finale is better than a universally derided one, right? Dexter: New Blood, the revival of Showtime’s hit drama, finished its run last night with a definitive ending that is leagues above the original swan song, but still controversial among the Dexter faithful. Once fans get over the shock that it’s a wrap for ol’ darkly dreaming Dexter, they’ll realize the serial killer’s fate in Dexter: New Blood was the only ending for the character.  Does Dexter Die in Dexter: New Blood? The only reason to bring Dexter…

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10 Jan

Bill Murray Confirms Villain Role for Ant-Man 3

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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe is mired in multiverse minutia, we live in a version of the universe where, in a delightful bit of randomness, Bill Murray is joining the movie continuity. Apropos to that illustration, the comedic legend will mark his MCU debut in realm-crossing threequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania for a role that remains a mystery. However, in recently addressing said role, Murray also revealed its surprisingly villainous nature. Yes, Bill Murray will apparently arrive as an instigator of antagonism in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The revelation came straight from the actor himself, who, during a…

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10 Jan

Will GTA 6 Get a Mobile Version As a Result of the Zynga Deal?

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Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive’s recent acquisition of Zynga has fans worried (or excited) that Grand Theft Auto 6 could be designed with a mobile port in mind. For those who haven’t heard, Take-Two recently announced an astonishing $12.7 billion acquisition of Zynga Inc.: a social and mobile game developer best known for casual gaming hits like FarmVille and Words with Friends. There is obviously quite a lot to say about what seems to be the most expensive acquisition in video game history, but the first thing we should make very clear to everyone is that Zynga is essentially a…

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10 Jan

The Dexter: New Blood Finale Has a Surprising Dexter Easter Egg

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This Dexter: New Blood review contains spoilers. Not many shows get a second chance at a finale. But then again, not many shows’ first finales are as bad as Dexter’s was. After the original Dexter series finale back in 2013 was received, let’s say, less than warmly, Showtime decided to try it again. Following a seven year cool-off period, the network invited original showrunner Clyde Phillips back to envision a new end for Bay Harbor Butcher in the limited series Dexter: New Blood. Now Dexter: New Blood’s new ending has come and gone and despite mixed fan reaction, it’s hard…

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10 Jan

How Elden Ring Will Fix One of Dark Souls’ Worst Features

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A notable Elden Ring leak reveals that the upcoming game will seemingly address one of the Dark Souls franchise’s weirdest weaknesses: its character creation system. Recently, YouTuber ER-SA posted a video of Elden Ring‘s character creation system (or at least an early leaked build of it). While you should take some of the details in this video with a grain of salt given that official info on Elden Ring‘s character customization features haven’t been released, it’s worth noting that a number of accurate leaks have emerged from the recent Elden Ring network test. That means that the footage below likely…

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10 Jan

Link Tank: R.I.P. Full House Star and Comedian Bob Saget

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Full House star, America’s Funniest Home Videos host, and iconic stand-up comedian Bob Saget has passed away at age 55. “Bob Saget, star of Full House, host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, and a veteran stand-up comic who took great glee in skewering his own family-friendly image has died. Variety reports that Saget was found dead today in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Orlando, Florida; no cause of death has been revealed. Saget was 65.” Read more about the passing of Bob Saget at The A.V. Club It’s has been nearly four years since we last saw Deadpool on the big screen, so what has the…

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10 Jan

Marvel Director Who Left Major Sequel Open to Return

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Say what you will about the cinematic behemoth that is Marvel Studios, but the house that Kevin Feige built isn’t well known for turnover behind the scenes. Writers, directors, and performers generally seem to enjoy working for the pop culture juggernaut (which will undoubtedly soon incorporate the X-Men and therefore Juggernaut). As such, the trades are rarely filled with reports of that classic Hollywood divorce condition “creative differences.” Still, every now and then Marvel and a creator just aren’t able to make it work. Those creative differences reared their ugly head with auteur Edgar Wright and 2015’s Ant-Man (which was…

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