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03 Aug

Meg 2: The Trench Review – All Those Teeth and Still No Bite

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Five years ago, The Meg came out and was a pleasant summer-ending surprise. Placing its tongue firmly in its cheek for 113 minutes, the watery spectacle allowed us to watch the ever-watchable Jason Statham go mano-a-mano with a 75-foot shark. The idea behind the movie (which was based on a much more sober-minded novel by Steve Alten than had been in development for nearly a quarter century) was apparently to make a good old-fashioned monster movie with a few knowing winks to the audience. The Meg’s box office success and its final shot also virtually ensured a sequel. Hence now,…
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03 Aug

Men in Black Almost Didn’t Land One of Its Big Stars

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You know the difference between Will Smith and any other young star of the mid-90s? He makes alien policing look good. As new recruit Agent J, Smith brought perfect energy to bounce off of crusty veteran Agent K, played by Tommy Lee Jones. With those two in the lead, Men in Black became an instant classic, brimming with buddy chemistry as the titular agents hunt down a rogue bug alien played by a transcendent Vincent D’Onofrio. And yet, it took one of the most powerful men in Hollywood to get Will Smith on board. The rapper-turned-actor was a known quality…
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02 Aug

Where You’ve Seen Guardians of the Galaxy 3’s Will Poulter Before: Adam Warlock Actor’s Best Roles

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In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, James Gunn fulfills the promise he made at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, when we spied a metal incubator in the chambers of Sovereign leader Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki) that housed the artificial superbeing Adam Warlock. Now in the conclusion of Gunn’s trilogy, Adam emerges – albeit prematurely – from his cocoon, charged by his mother and the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji) with destroying the Guardians and returning Rocket (Bradley Cooper) to the latter, who created Rocket as part of his vile attempts at creating a perfect race. Played by…
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02 Aug

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movies Ranked from Worst to Best (Including Mutant Mayhem)

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One night, two struggling cartoonists had what turned out to be a billion-dollar idea. What if Frank Miller’s Daredevil had human-sized turtles in it? From that question came the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a quartet of brothers named after Renaissance artists who fought the Shredder and his Foot Clan (a spoof of perpetual Daredevil baddies the Hand).  Who could have guessed that the self-published comic Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created would launch a phenomenon, one that survived its first boom in the late ‘80s and crash in the mid-1990s? It has since gone on to become an enduring pop…
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02 Aug

Lord of the Rings Characters So Dark It’s Hard to Believe Tolkien Created Them

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There is a popular subgenre of fantasy fiction known as “grimdark,” which tends to feature violent, unpleasant settings and predominantly human characters. No one is entirely good or bad, and their protagonists are made to suffer all sorts of agonies over the course of the story. Think George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (the book series Game of Thrones is based on), Joe Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy, or the works of Steven Erikson. This sub-genre is often referred to as “anti-Tolkien,” and we can see why. J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, with its noble kings with healing hands,…
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02 Aug

Does Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Have a Post-Credits Scene?

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This article contains some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem spoilers. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem really is a fresh start for Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael on the big screen. There have of course been many Ninja Turtles movies before 2023. Too many, in fact. And yet, what seemed hopelessly dated when Michael Bay rebooted the brand with garish CGI in the 2010s is now fresh and fun again. This is in large part because of both the style of animation directorJeff Rowe employed on the amphibian guys, as well as the choices he and producers/writers Seth Rogen…
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01 Aug

Amazon Prime Video New Releases: August 2023

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With its list of new releases for August 2023, Prime Video is relying on a heaping dose of fun library movies. The first of the month brings a big influx of worthwhile flicks, including Galaxy Quest, Saw, F9: The Fast Saga, and Jurassic Park (the last two via Amazon’s Freevee free streaming option). Then some other recents hits arrive later on like the appropriately titled Cocaine Bear on Aug. 15 and the Chris Pine-starring Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on Aug. 25. August also sees the arrival of a major Amazon Original movie in the form of Red, White…
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01 Aug

Disney+ New Releases: August 2023

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Now that Marvel’s Secret Invasion has wrapped on Disney+, it can only mean one thing: it’s Star Wars’ turn. Disney+’s list of new releases for August 2023 includes the next installment in the galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: Ahsoka premieres its first two episodes (of eight total) on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Starring Rosario Dawson as the titular Jedi Ahsoka Tano, this series will pick up where The Mandalorian season 2 left off and continue the story of the galaxy in its (all-too-brief) post-Empire period. Clone Wars fans already know was Ahsoka brings to the table and now Disney+ subscribers…
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01 Aug

HBO and Max New Releases: August 2023

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Summer isn’t over yet but HBO and its streaming arm Max are already moving on to fall. With its list of new releases for August 2023, Max is focusing on football! The American kind, mind you, not the actually footy kind. August 2023 sees the release of two major football documentaries on HBO and Max. The first is the premiere of Hard Knocks on Aug. 10. The new season of long-running NFL training camp docuseries will center on the New York Jets, new employers of legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers. On Aug. 23, Max will air the aptly named BS High.…
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01 Aug

Hulu New Releases: August 2023

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We might be entering the dog days of summer but Hulu isn’t slowing down. The streamer’s list of new releases for August 2023 is a pretty impressive collection of content. The biggest Hulu original this month is season 3 of true crime comedy Only Murders in the Building on Aug. 8. This time around Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd are joining the already-stacked cast that features Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. This season’s central murder appears to take place at a theater (outside the building) but I think we’ll let it slide. That’s far from the only worthwhile…
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01 Aug

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Review

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My favorite of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a kid was Donatello. I cannot remember exactly why, but I think it started with the fact his name also began with a “D.” (Even at four-years-old, you can pick up on the nuances!) But really all four were mythic as far as my preschool was concerned: rad dudes who lived in a sewer with a giant rat that taught them Ninjitsu between late night binges of NYC pizza. It wasn’t until many years later, I realized how weird this concept must’ve seemed to adults. And kind of gross. It seems…
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01 Aug

Netflix New Releases: August 2023

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With its list of new releases for August 2023, Netflix is giving the anime world another shot. No, we’re not talking about the streamer’s usual anime offerings – which are present this month in the form of Ragnarok season 3 (Aug. 24) and other titles – we’re talking about Netflix’s attempt to make live-action anime adaptations a thing. Following the relative failure of its Cowboy Bebop remake, Netflix is giving it another go, this time with arguably an even bigger anime classic. One Piece will premiere on Aug. 31. Telling the story of beloved straw hat wearing pirate Monkey D.…
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31 Jul

Christopher Nolan’s Sound Design and Use of Dialogue Is Great, Actually

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By 2014 Christopher Nolan had established himself as one of the most exciting and important filmmakers of our generation. In addition to the genre-defining Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan made his name with complex, intellectually challenging thrillers such as Memento and Inception.  His 2014 release Interstellar seemed primed to expand that reputation. That one’s the story of a mid-21st century astronaut (Matthew McConaughey) who leads an expedition into a wormhole which carries their vessel to another galaxy. It also used its sci-fi context to further dabble into shifting timelines, one of the English-American director’s favorite conceits, via the theory of relativity.…
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31 Jul

Marvel and DC Could Be Headed for a Reckoning with The Marvels and Aquaman 2

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Marvel’s latest foray into television, the Disney+ limited series Secret Invasion, has finally been put out of our misery after six episodes that were probably six too many. Meanwhile DC Studios and its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, are still nursing their wounds after an unprecedented streak of box office losers that included Black Adam, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and most spectacularly, The Flash, which may end up soaking the studio for hundreds of millions of dollars—all the while DC Studios is anxious to begin its new slate/timeline in earnest in 2025 with James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy. But both…
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30 Jul

Michael Sheen’s Favourite Film Is A Must-Watch For Good Omens Fans

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Way back in 2011, long before he was cast in the TV adaptation of Good Omens, actor Michael Sheen (Aziraphale) told MTV that his favourite film was Powell and Pressburger’s 1945 masterpiece A Matter of Life and Death. That was still the case in 2019, as confirmed on social media. For someone currently appearing as an angel, it’s an incredibly appropriate favourite film – and the makers of Good Omens must have been listening, because there are several Easter eggs nodding to the film appearing in the fantasy-comedy’s second season. An Unusual Origin Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were British…
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29 Jul

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Seth Rogen’s Bebop Is an “Angry New York Bro”

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This article is presented by Paramount Pictures. Like any kid growing up in the 1980s, Seth Rogen wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. “I grew up with them. And I grew up loving them,” Rogen tells Den of Geek. “I could not have absorbed it more thoroughly.” Decades after yelling “Cowabunga!” in his family’s living room, Rogen is now a Hollywood mainstay involved in cult classics and mega-hits alike. You may know him best from R-rated comedies like Superbad, Pineapple Express, and This Is the End. But Rogen can be seen – and heard – in family movies…
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29 Jul

Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked from Worst to Best (Including Oppenheimer)

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Christopher Nolan remains one of the most significant filmmakers of the 21st century. The mere fact that stating this aloud invites a bit of controversy underlines how outsized a footprint the writer-director has left during the first 25 years of his career. Celebrated by some as a formative auteur in the lives of young cineastes, and derided by others as the patron saint of “film bros” who devour hyper-masculine Hollywood spectacle (particularly if it features capes), Nolan’s already built a formidable and debated legacy. But in the summer of 2023, his impact was crystalized again when Nolan convinced one of…
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28 Jul

Talk to Me Ending and Meaning Explained

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This article contains Talk to Me spoilers. In the new paranormal pop culture film Talk To Me, which opens on July 28, a group of Australian teens discover a new kind of high in communing with the dead, by briefly allowing possession of their bodies via an embalmed hand of mysterious origin that serves as a gateway. There are rules to be followed with the spirit communication, and when those are broken, the character Mia (Sophie Wilde) learns the dead are not content with a temporary pass into the realm of the living.  Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, the…
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28 Jul

Ty Warner and the Real People Behind The Beanie Bubble Story

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Apple TV+’s new comedy-drama movie The Beanie Bubble is a decent watch if you’re curious about how the Beanie Babies craze emerged, and how it all eventually came crashing down. The film has been adapted from the 2015 book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette, which goes into much more detail about the rise and fall of American billionaire toy manufacturer Ty Warner, but who are the other real people behind the characters? And what happened to Ty Warner after his tax evasion conviction? Maya (Geraldine Viswanathan) Maya is based…
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28 Jul

The Beanie Bubble Review: Understuffed ‘90s Nostalgia As a Movie

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One cannot hold it against Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash that their Beanie Babies biopic, appropriately titled The Beanie Bubble, is arriving late in what has suddenly become something of a trend. Just a few months ago, the prospect of a “Michael Jordan movie” being actually about Mike’s Air Jordan sneakers seemed like a bizarre novelty. In (brief) hindsight though, it now seems like the kickoff for a spate of films with their hearts set on streaming. Air, Tetris, BlackBerry, Pinball, and Flamin’ Hot have all attempted to tell stories of American (or Canadian) capitalism gone super-turbo. Some of them…
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