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01 Oct

New Robo Force Action Figure Could Become the Next Big Toy Collectible

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The producers of A Toy Store Near You have something of their own to stock the shelves. The Nacelle Company, which brought us Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us and The Toys That Made Us, and Down To Earth with Zac Efron, recently acquired the 1980s franchise, Robo Force. The company will reintroduce the characters through a television series, collection of books, and other lifestyle products. Den of Geek can exclusively reveal the first look of the character redesign of their main antagonist, Hun-Dred, pictured above. You can check out a trailer for the figure below: “Some of the most…

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01 Oct

Venom 2 Soundtrack List: Every Song From Let There Be Carnage

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As anyone who has spent a minute or two on Tik Tok can tell you, songs from the Venom movie franchise have a prosperity to go viral…not entirely unlike the alien symbiote himself. A track from legendary rapper Eminem, fittingly titled “Venom,” that was featured in the 2018 Tom Hardy film has popped up all over the Internet in recent years. Here is a particular favorite example of mine. Yes, most of these memes have to do with filicide. Read into that what you may. Now that the long-awaited sequel to Venom is out, Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage,…

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01 Oct

The French Dispatch Review: Wes Anderson’s Love Letter to Journalists

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There’s a line early on in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch that will surely make any room full of journalists howl in amusement. Sitting at his desk, and under the typical kind of droll bewilderment we associate with Anderson heroes, Bill Murray’s editor of the film’s eponymous magazine exclaims, “She was told to turn in a few hundred words. This story is 14,000!” Anyone who’s ever worked in a newsroom can feel seen by a throwaway line like that. Which is of course by design since Anderson’s new film exceeds being simply a love letter to the press; it’s a…

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01 Oct

The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Checks Into Hotel Oblivion

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Happy birthday to the Hargreeves family and more importantly: happy birthday to us!  October 1 is a special day for The Umbrella Academy. In the show’s continuity, that is the 1989 date in which 43 women across the world suddenly gave birth despite showing no previous signs of pregnancy. Esteemed industrialist Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feorge) tracked down seven of these children with special abilities, adopted them, and formed crime-fighting family “The Umbrella Academy.”  The date has become a sort of unofficial birthday for fans. Thankfully, Netflix is on the ball and ready to celebrate! The streamer behind the superhero hit…

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01 Oct

Amazon Prime Video New Releases: October 2021

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Some streaming services pay lip service to October as spooky season. With its list of new releases for October 2021, Amazon Prime Video is making it clear that it’s a big priority. Amazon’s biggest original series this month is straight up horror. The latest iteration of I Know What You Did Last Summer premieres on Oct. 15. Though the franchise is best known for its 1997 slasher movie, this particular series will hew closer to the original 1973 novel. As for original movies, Amazon’s offerings this month are exclusively horror! The month begins on Oct. 1 with two “Welcome to…

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01 Oct

Foundation: Where Is The Mule?

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This article contains spoilers for the Foundation book series. Right at the beginning of episode 1 of the Apple TV+ adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi classic Foundation, an opening voiceover from mathematician and Hari Seldon protégé Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell) mentions several characters and places that will appear in the story that’s about to be told. One of them, mentioned almost matter-of-factly by Dornick, is a name Foundation fans are sure to know: The Mule. The Mule first shows up in the second book in Asimov’s cycle, Foundation and Empire. A mutant with immensely powerful telepathic powers, he emerges seemingly…

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01 Oct

HBO Max New Releases: October 2021

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The fall is usually the domain of television. September and October are the months in which networks (and increasingly some streamers) debut all their new series. With its list of new releases for October 2021, however, HBO Max has decided that fall works just fine for new movies as well. HBO Max’s new offerings this month are highlighted by two enormous Warner Bros. film releases. The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark opens things up on Oct. 1. The movie is getting a theatrical release as well but you can certainly just watch it via streaming to make Sopranos…

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01 Oct

Link Tank: Ralph McQuarrie’s Concept Art Could Become an Animated Star Wars Movie

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Star Wars could be developing an animated trilogy based on Ralph McQuarrie’s original concept art from the 1970s. “According to a report from scooper Nick Santos at The Hashtag Show, Lucasfilm is currently developing a trilogy of animated movies inspired by the original concept art for Star Wars. Drawn by Ralph McQuarrie, who helped shape much of the franchise, these illustrations represent some of the earliest ideas that would become one of the greatest science fiction stories ever told. However, a lot of McQuarrie’s concepts never made it into the movies.” Read more at Inverse Ahead of his return to…

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01 Oct

The Addams Family 2 Review: Charles Addams Should Demand a DNA Test

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In a perfect world, Charles Addams would rise from the dead, appalled at the goings on in The Addams Family 2, leaving his estate the comforting task of reburying him. But we live in an imperfect world, divided by class, taste, and family values which are out of step with those of the original Addams family. Charles will remain underground, his back to the evening sky, avoiding the hell out of this vapid, antiseptic tank of a film-for-all-ages. The Addams Family 2 perpetrates the worst sin, turning the seditious whimsy of his original New Yorker cartoon into a children’s film.…

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01 Oct

Candyman: How Bernard Rose and Clive Barker Created the Horror Classic

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In the winter of 1992, one word was enough to send a chill down the spine of horror fans far and wide: Candyman. Released in October of that year, Candyman was a slasher movie with a killer hook – quite literally. A horror movie built around an urban legend claiming that if you say the word “Candyman” five times into a mirror, a murderous spirit with a hook for a hand would appear, with grave consequences for those who summoned him. In a time before the internet and social media, the original Candyman’s lore was enough to spark discussion among…

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01 Oct

The Many Saints of Newark Director Alan Taylor Talks Whacking Ned Stark and Julius Caesar

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This article contains mild The Many Saints of Newark spoilers. Alan Taylor, the director of The Many Saints of Newark, comes full circle in the wet work he’s done for The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Rome, and other HBO murderfests. After almost two hours with the central figure of the film, Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), he meets a gangster’s death. We know it’s coming from the beginning. It’s one of the first things his son, Christopher Moltisanti says about his dad in the film’s opening voiceover. The problem is Chris is dead, by the hands of the same guy who…

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01 Oct

Hulu New Releases: October 2021

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We’re deep into the fall TV season, which means it’s time to keep the new show faucet going. With its list of new releases for October 2021, Hulu is bringing several new original series to the table. The biggest Hulu original this month is undoubtedly Dopesick. This miniseries starring Michael Keaton premieres Oct. 13, is based on a book, and covers the U.S. opioid crisis in heartbreaking depth. To counterbalance that bleakness a bit, Hulu is also making a go of some food programming this month. Baking competition Baker’s Dozen premieres on Oct. 7. That will be followed by David…

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01 Oct

Top New Horror Books in October 2021

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Halloween season is the perfect time to curl up with a scary read. Here are our top picks for new horror books in October 2021 … The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling  Type: NovelPublisher: St. Martin’s PressRelease date: Oct. 5 Den of Geek says: One of the buzziest horror novels this season is also a take on one of the classic tropes, a crumbling home and the secretive man who belongs to it. Publisher’s summary: Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage…

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01 Oct

Disney+ New Releases: October 2021

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Thank goodness it’s Halloween. Now we can finally stop pretending that anything matters other than the spooky-ookies! With its list of new releases for October 2021, Disney+ certainly isn’t pretending. Halloween looms large on Disney+ this month. It all starts with LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales on Oct. 1. This special picks up with Poe Dameron and BB-8 landing on Mustafar to hear some spooky stories in Castle Vader. next up is the equally whimsical Muppets Haunted Mansion on Oct. 8. Just look at that image above – Kermit and Ms. Piggy are cosplaying as each other! Oct. 13 will…

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01 Oct

New on Netflix: October 2021 Releases

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And just like that it was Spooky Season. Having said that, Netflix’s list of new releases for October 2021 isn’t as horror-centric as one might think. But there is still plenty of streaming candy to be found. Three existing Netflix original series of note get new seasons this month. It all starts with The Baby-Sitters Club season 2 on Oct. 11, leads into You season 3 on Oct. 15, and concludes with Locke & Key season 2 on Oct. 22. The latter two are pretty spooky in their own right. And who knows – maybe The Baby-Sitters Club will get…

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01 Oct

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 6 Review: The Escape

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This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 6 When the vampires of Staten Island first took their orientation through the offices of the Vampiric Council, they were warned about the room which enclosed the Sire. The first of all vampires, the one whom all vampires are descended from, and whose demise (probably) means the death of them all. You’d think they might do better than stick him in a stone cell in gratitude. But the vampires on What We Do in the Shadows never plan ahead. In season…

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30 Sep

How the Rocky IV Director’s Cut Trailer Changes the Movie

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Rocky IV is often callously dismissed as a motion picture punchline embodying 1980s absurdity and the popcorn-friendly selling-out of what was once an Oscar-winning franchise. However, the film remains widely beloved, and clearly means a lot to its star/writer/director, Sylvester Stallone. Having long felt the 1985 film was unfinished, Stallone recently took upon the task of reediting the existing raw footage into what is essentially a new movie. Thusly, the film fully titled Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago | The Ultimate Director’s Cut has come into being, now teased by the release of its first official trailer. While a definitive…

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30 Sep

Star Trek: Picard — Could Season 3 See Jean-Luc’s Starfleet Return?

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While Star Trek: Picard continues the character-driven story begun in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the first season of the Trek series had a very different premise than its predecessor. While TNG, like most “classic” Trek series, is a problem-of-the-week workplace drama, Picard leans into the serialized format that is much more common in modern TV storytelling. Because of this, it bops from place to place and, while spaceship La Sirena is arguably the show’s main setting, it is an unregistered speed freighter—not the Starfleet flagship we are used to seeing Picard on in TNG. Judging by the set photos…

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30 Sep

New World: The Best Stats For Every Weapon and Build

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New World breaks from some MMORPG character-building traditions in fascinating ways, but like pretty much every other RPG ever made, the game ultimately relies on stats and attributes to help determine the effectiveness of your created character. That being said, it’s not immediately clear exactly how New World‘s attributes actually work. While the game tries to simplify the system through icons and basic explanations, you’re not alone if you initially feel overwhelmed by the possibilities and specifics. In order to help make New World‘s attribute system a little less intimidating and a little more exciting, here’s a slightly expanded look…

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30 Sep

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Post-Credits Scene is a World-Shattering Game Changer

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This article contains major Venom: Let There Be Carnage spoilers. Read the spoiler-free review here. It was the moment fans have been waiting for ever since they announced a Venom movie way back in the day: the big gooey black monster we call Venom is now sharing a scene with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. Kind of. It’s still a bit confusing how we got there, but there’s no doubt that the implications for the Marvel Cinematic Universe are earth-shattering. Or is that multiverse-shattering? To recap, after Tom Hardy’s Venom made a tasty meal out of Cletus Kasady’s brains, Eddie and the…

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