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Bringing Mortal Kombat: Scorpion’s Revenge to Life

When it was announced that Warner Bros. Animation was going to make an R-rated Mortal Kombat movie, fans went wild. The beloved fighting game franchise has been delighting and disgusting gamers in equal measure since it debuted in 1992. Since its release the series has been courting controversy for its extreme violence, which is exactly why it’s been such a success. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge pays homage to that legacy with a blood-splattered, gore filled, martial arts heavy take on the lore of the game with bone-crunchingly awesome results. Watching Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge feels like a Mortal…
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Best Family Movies on Amazon Prime

Amazon has thrown families a huge benefit during the coronavirus pandemic by making a lot of their children’s content (Amazon Originals and licensed shows) available for free, even for families that don’t have a Prime membership. Most of what’s there is series programming, which Amazon excels at offering. For families with Amazon Prime, however, there are definitely some family friendly movies to watch, although those are in shorter supply than the more extensive episodic programs. Many of the films that are available are classics parents will remember from their own childhoods, so if you’re trying to figure out what to…
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Dennis Quaid Revisits The Pitching Scenes From The Rookie

It’s never just one thing that prevents a ballplayer from reaching the big leagues. It can be a combination of injuries, life getting in the way, or a player not having the mental makeup or physical ability to reach the pinnacle of the sport. That “what if” can be haunting, but life moves on.  It was arm troubles that led Jim Morris, a former Major League Baseball draft pick, to flame out of the minors by 1989. He went on to become a high school science teacher and a baseball coach in small town Texas. He moved on until his…
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Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot Finds Its Director

A director has been announced for New Line’s upcoming film version of Stephen King’s classic novel, ‘Salem’s Lot, and it seems the search did not have to go too far or wide: Gary Dauberman, who’s already writing the screenplay, will now get behind the camera as well for the James Wan-produced project, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Dauberman made his directorial debut last year on Annabelle Comes Home, easily the best of the three Annabelle movies and a genuinely creepy exercise in its own right. Dauberman has also written the Annabelle trilogy, as well as The Nun, and also co-wrote…
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Thor: Love and Thunder Concept Art Revealed by Taika Waititi

We’re in a big dry spell when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Considering last year gave us the big Phase 3 climax with Avengers: Endgame and the denouement Spider-Man: Far From Home, the plan was to rest the box office cash cow for almost a year. Then we’d get the Black Widow movie at the end of April, the Disney+ shows would start trickling in, and we’d be getting excited for Eternals soon after. After that, we’d have lots of Marvel stuff to look forward to. Well…COVID-19 happened and now we’re playing the waiting game longer than before.…
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Trolls World Tour Review

It’s ironic in a way that a movie as evanescent and inconsequential as Trolls World Tour — the sequel to the 2016 hit Trolls, based on the cute little Danish dolls — could have potentially earthshaking ramifications for the movie business. Trolls World Tour was once set to open today (April 10) in a normal, wide theatrical release, but those plans were crushed by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent closing of movie theaters worldwide. Universal Pictures, distributor of the Dreamworks Animation-produced film, decided to stick with the release date anyway, launching the film primarily online as an…
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Beyond The Door

Recommended The Movie:Beyond The DoorDirected by Ovidio G. Assonitis (as O. Hellman) and released in 1974, a year after The Exorcist proved to be box office gold, Beyond The Door introduces us to Jessica Barrett (Juliet Mills), her husband Robert (Gabriele Lavia) and their two kids, smart-mouthed Gail (Barbara Fiorini) and pea soup loving Ken (Davd Colin Jr.). They live a good life and seem quite happy together, but when it turns out that Jessica is pregnant, things get a little tense. Regardless, they decide they'll make the best of the situation but after a visit to Dr. George Staton…
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Why Alex Garland Changed the Ex Machina Ending

It’s been five years since Ex Machina’s release and in that time its reputation has risen from indie darling to sci-fi classic. The weight of its status is evident when studio A24 releases a coffee table book about its screenplay and development, and as the myths around its creation and writer-director Alex Garland continue to to grow. One such bit of cult lore centers on the removal of the movie’s originally more opaque ending. It’s in the Ex Machina screenplay found in that coffee table book, and we’ve known about it since Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac first teased it…
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Cursed Films: Inside the ‘Poltergeist Curse’

As a child of the ‘80s, the so-called Poltergeist curse looms largest in my memory amongst films supposedly plagued by supernaturally bad luck. And as a paranormal pop culture researcher, the fact real skeletons were used in the finale’s swimming pool scene makes the notion of a curse all the more compelling. As purely a storytelling device, a curse would make sense; it tracks. Of course there is most likely no truth to it either. To be sure, there is indeed tragedy connected to the film. Most notable is the murder of 22-year-old actress Dominique Dunne in November 1982–five months…
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The Batman Director Matt Reeves on Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan’s Films and His Own Vision

Having picked up the reigns on The Batman from a weary Ben Affleck, who had been attempting to develop a solo Batman movie since donning the cowl in Warner Bros’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, director Matt Reeves understands that there’s a lot riding on his new vision for the Dark Knight, and in a new interview with Nerdist, he’s been looking back on the films that came before, and how he can create a unique Bruce Wayne story, borne from trauma. Reeves cast Robert Pattinson as the iconic DC character in his upcoming movie, which…
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Horror Hit The Others In Line for a Remake

The Others, the 2001 period horror film starring Nicole Kidman, is going to be remade. According to Deadline, Los Angeles production company Sentient Entertainment has won the rights to mount a new version of the film, which will mark its 20th anniversary next year. The original, directed by Alejandro Amenabar (whose latest film, While at War, premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival), featured Kidman as Grace, a young mother who shelters herself and her two children at a remote, isolated mansion on the British island of Jersey during World War II. The children suffer from a rare disease that…
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The Night of the Hunter Remake in the Works at Universal

Charles Laughton’s sole directorial effort, the 1955 suspense classic The Night of the Hunter is getting a modern remake from Universal Pictures, according to Variety. Amy Pascal’s (Spider-Man: Far From Home) Universal Pictures-based banner Pascal Pictures will produce along with Peter Gethers. The screenplay will be written by Matt Orton, best known for the Nazi-hunter film Operation Finale, based on Davis Grubb’s 1953 novel. The original film is iconic, and Robert Mitchum’s portrayal of newly released prison convict Harry Powell is one of the greatest villains of the silver screen. This is the film which introduced the hand tattoos LOVE…
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New Star Wars Projects Are Missing Key Factor, Says Jar Jar Binks Actor

The man who brought Jar Jar Binks to life on the set of George Lucas’ Star Wars prequel trilogy has been chatting about where he thinks the franchise might have been straying from the path in recent years, addressing what he considers to be “missing” from the newer Lucasfilm endeavors – and, no, it’s not Jar Jar Binks. Ahmed Best was in conversation with writer Jamie Stangroom about his latest return to the Star Wars universe when he aired his personal views on the situation. The actor will be the host of the upcoming Disney+ game show Star Wars: Jedi…
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2020 Hugo Award Finalists Announced

The world may be upside down, but the Hugo Awards are forever! The Hugos are the longest-running fan-voted awards in the genres of science fiction and fantasy, first bring presented in 1953. The awards are generally given out during the World Science Fiction Convention, which is in a different host city every year. Sadly, the 78th Worldcon, aka CoNZealand, set to take place in (you guessed it) New Zealand, will have to be virtual this year. The Hugo ceremony will therefore also take place online. Today, CoNZealand announced the finalists for this year’s Hugos, voted on by 1,584 people, who…
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Star Wars Editor Criticizes The Last Jedi for Trying to ‘Undo’ Trilogy

It’s been almost four months since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released, closing the book on Disney’s “Sequel Trilogy” that began in 2015, as well as the overarching “Skywalker Saga” that comprises nearly every Star Wars movie since 1977. To say that the results were divisive is an understatement. Despite grossing more than $1 billion, the film was met with a tepid critical reception and continued online fan discord that began with 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. So it shouldn’t be surprising that a new narrative is emerging around the Sequel Trilogy about what went wrong or…
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Top Space Operas in 2020

While one of the most famous space operas of modern times—the Skywalker Saga—concluded last year, 2020 still has a number of fantastic tales aboard starships to look forward to. Some are dystopian, some are hopeful, and some tie into our favorite franchises. With plenty of Star Wars and Star Trek novels and television seasons to look forward to, it’s time to boldly take your reading (and watching!) where no reader has gone before… January Star Trek: Picard on CBS All Access There are only a few people who embody Star Trek as much as Sir Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard, and…
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Pixar Movies and Shows on Disney Plus Streaming Guide

To infinity and beyond. That’s of course Buzz Lightyear’s favorite turn of phrase, but it might as well describe the amount of viewing options you’ll have now that Disney+ is live. With almost every classic animated movie on the service, as well as most of Disney’s live-action library, there is a cornucopia of options for the Disney faithful. But what might make a certain subsect of the congregation especially happy is nearly full access to Pixar Animation Studios’ catalogue.  Stream your Pixar favorites with a FREE TRIAL of Disney+, on us, right here! The animation house responsible for changing the very…
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James Bond Movies Streaming Guide: Where to Watch 007 Online

In times of great stress it’s natural for us to all find some sort of escapism – and movies are the perfect way to forget about your problems (or the world’s) for a couple of hours. Personally, we’ve found the James Bond franchise to be among the best forms of such entertainment: the movies are pure adventure and fantasy, they have a comforting template that they mostly follow, and you can dive into the series — or even an individual film — without having to catch up on anything that came before. That’s why it’s so heartening to learn that…
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Goldfinger Bond Woman Honor Blackman Passes at 94

Honor Blackman, the British actress who rose to prominence as the original star of the TV series The Avengers and became a pop culture icon with her role in Goldfinger, has passed away at 94. According to Deadline, Blackman’s family issued a statement saying that Blackman died of natural causes unrelated to the current COVID-19 pandemic at her home in Sussex, England. She is survived by a children Barnaby and Lottie, as well as four grandchildren. Her second husband, Maurice Kaufman, died in 1975. Blackman, born on August 22, 1925, began acting lessons at 15 and made her film debut…
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Homeland Season 8 Episode 9 Review: In Full Flight

This Homeland review contains spoilers. Homeland Season 8 Episode 9 The penny finally dropped, like a presidential chopper plummeting out of the sky. Yes, I am partially referring to physical evidence that proves President Warner and his unnamed Afghan counterpart died in a purely accidental helicopter crash. However, it also applies to Yevgeny and Carrie’s relationship developing (or devolving?) in the only direction it could: manipulation and betrayal. I will admit that I was wrong in my evaluation of Yevgeny these past weeks as being purely Machiavellian in his motivations. Indeed, the big scene of the night finally breaks down…
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