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Superhero Bits: How Captain America Returned The Infinity Stones, New X-Men Logos & More By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to see the entire DC Universe panel from Comic-Con? Want to see the new X-Men logos being used for Marvel’s latest comic event? What’s different about the Batman: Hush animated movie when compared to the comic? How did Captain America return all of the Infinity Stones? Which Marvel character does Joe Manganiello want to play?...

The Morning Watch: ‘The Office’ Wedding Reunion On Zoom, A Message From Mark Hamill And Lucasfilm & More By Ethan Anderton/May 12, 2020 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

Theme Park Bits: A New Tomorrowland Marquee, Halloween 2019 Updates, And More By Josh Spiegel/July 17, 2019 2:30 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: A new art installation has popped up at Downtown Disney. Tomorrowland is getting a new sign. Halloween information is arriving for both Disney and Universal And more! Sometimes, Walt Disney World hotel news can be easy to ignore; the flashier story is that we’re eventually getting a Star Wars hotel....

‘Avenue 5’ Trailer: The Creator Of ‘Veep’ Sets Phasers To Fun By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 9, 2019 1:00 pm EST Time to set phasers to fun — and to Armando Ianucci’s perfect brand of comedic chaos. HBO has released a new Avenue 5 trailer starring Hugh Laurie as an inept spaceship captain in the Veep creator’s new comedy. With the new trailer comes an official premiere date for Avenue 5: the space comedy TV series will blast off this coming January....

‘Batman: The Movie’ Honest Trailer: When Batman Was The Love Child Of Christopher Walken And Jeff Goldblum By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2019 6:00 am EST This weekend brings Joaquin Phoenix’s twisted, unsettling take on Batman’s arch nemesis in Joker. So there’s no better time to take a look back at the big screen origins of The Dark Knight and all of his most famous villains in the equally twisted Batman: The Movie....

‘Bosch’ Season 6 Trailer: Who’s The Bosch? Bosch Is The Bosch By Ben Pearson/March 17, 2020 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Bosch Season 6 Trailer Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It’s the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the Homicide Special Squad. When he discovers that Kent had access to dangerous radioactive substances, what begins as a routine investigation becomes something darker, more deadly, and frighteningly urgent....

‘Ford V Ferrari’ Speeds To The Top Of The Box Office, ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Falls To Hell, ‘Joker’ Crosses $1 Billion Globally By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2019 5:30 pm EST Ford v Ferrari had no problem taking the #1 spot at the box office. The film raked in an estimated $31 million over the weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. The film exceeded even the highest expectations from analysts, and the movie also won over audiences with a rare A+ CinemaScore....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Release Date Pushed Back Eight Months To November 2020 By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 25, 2019 3:00 pm EST Legendary’s MonsterVerse hasn’t exactly been the smash hit producers were hoping for. The films released so far have received mixed-to-negative reviews, and the most recent entry – Godzilla: King of the Monsters – was a box office disappointment. With all this in mind, the future of the franchise seemed to be up in the air....

‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Horrors Both Human And Otherworldly Haunt Misha Green’s Spellbinding Series By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 7, 2020 9:00 am EST One author Atticus is more than a little familiar with is H.P. Lovecraft, the granddaddy of the modern horror story. Lovecraft’s influence stretches far and wide, and there’s not a major horror writer working today who doesn’t owe at least some of their success to him (Stephen King, in particular, has made an unstoppable career by borrowing from Lovecraft’s bag of tricks)....

‘Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance’ Ride Details Confirm Early Rumors; Here’s What To Expect By Ben Pearson/Aug. 27, 2019 10:30 am EST Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is being touted as “one of the most ambitious, advanced and immersive experiences ever undertaken by Walt Disney Imagineering.” The ride – the second major attraction at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, after Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run – is set to open later this year at Walt Disney World and early next year at Disneyland, but we don’t have to wait that long to find out what to expect....

‘The Irishman,’ ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘Atlantics’ Are The Latest Netflix Films To Join The Criterion Collection By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 24, 2020 4:00 pm EST Four more Netflix films are being added to the Criterion Collection. Just as Roma is about to make history as the first Netflix release to receive a Criterion Collection Blu-ray release, the streaming giant announced that The Irishman, Marriage Story, American Factory, and Atlantics will also join the prestigious curated collection of designated classics....

‘The Midnight Sky’ Review: George Clooney’s Post-Apocalyptic Drama Is A Well-Intentioned Misfire By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 9, 2020 7:00 am EST It’s the end of the world as we know it in The Midnight Sky, a post-apocalyptic drama from director George Clooney. Set in the year 2049, an unspecified event is quickly killing off the planet, sending people underground. But there are also people much, much higher above – a group of astronauts who have been on a two-year mission and have no idea they’re heading back to a near-dead planet....

‘The Shed’ Review: A Violent Tale Of Bullying And Vampires [Sitges 2019] By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 12, 2019 12:00 pm EST Vampires have gotten a bad rap in recent years, losing a lot of the mysticism, romanticism and sheer horror that usually come with creatures of the night. Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet director Frank Sabatella wants to bring vampires back to their roots with a film that is part drama about bullied teens and part sci-fi movie about a kid hiding a fantastical creature in their house a la Mac and Me, but instead of a Coca-Cola loving alien, it’s a bloodthirsty vampire living in a shed....

‘The Way Back’ Review: Ben Affleck Makes A Winning Comeback In A Sturdy Sports Drama By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 6, 2020 2:00 pm EST It’s difficult to talk about The Way Back without mentioning Ben Affleck’s personal life. The star has been a fixture of tabloid headlines since the very beginning of his career, his square jaw and all-American looks — coupled with his less-than savory dating life — making him the perfect tabloid fodder....

‘Trolls World Tour’ Has Biggest Opening Weekend For A Digital Release Ever, According To Universal By Ben Pearson/April 13, 2020 11:00 am EST When NBCUniversal became the first major company to announce that some of its movies would be available online at the same time that they (would have) hit theaters, it marked an unprecedented break in long-established practices in Hollywood. As the industry paused to wait out the coronavirus, all eyes looked to April 10 and the opening of Trolls World Tour, the first significantly-budgeted studio movie to open directly on VOD instead of going to theaters as originally intended....

A ‘League Of Legends’ Animated Series Is In Development By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 16, 2019 10:30 am EST In a profile with The Hollywood Reporter, Riot Games revealed a few of the projects in the works in honor of the League of Legends 10th anniversary, one of which is its very first animated series. Titled Arcane, the series is aimed at a “14+” audience (like the game!) and will deal with more “adult subject matter....

Bloody Disgusting Launching Free Ad-Supported Horror Streaming Service This Halloween By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 30, 2020 4:30 pm EST Bloody Disgusting is getting into the streaming game. The popular horror media brand is teaming up with Cinedigm to launch a new horror streaming platform this Halloween. But how will it hold up against Shudder, the premiere streaming platform for all things horror, genre, and niche? Well, the Bloody Disgusting streaming service will be free (with ads)....

Cool Stuff: New LEGO Art Sets Let You Build Pop Culture Portraits Of Darth Vader, Iron Man & More By Ethan Anderton/July 2, 2020 6:00 am EST It can be hard to find enough shelf space for all the LEGO sets inspired by our favorite movies and TV shows. Thankfully, the building brick company has launched the new LEGO Art sets, which allow builders to create pop culture portraits with a mosaic art style, thanks to thousands of tiny LEGO studs....

Cool Stuff: Super7 Launching Outstanding Disney Action Figure Line, Starting With The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2020 6:00 am EST When it come to the classic animated Disney movies, finding quality collectibles paying tribute to them can be rather difficult unless you want to spend a hefty amount of money. That’s especially true when it comes to action figures inspired by the Disney movies of decades ago....

Discover Mark Hamill’s Secret Role In ‘The Mandalorian’ And Other Surprises In The First Season By Ethan Anderton/June 19, 2020 7:00 am EST The Mandalorian kicked off with one of the biggest surprises in the history of Star Wars by introducing fans to the adorable little asset known as The Child, but lovingly referred to by everyone as Baby Yoda. However, throughout the first season of the series on Disney+, there are plenty of other secrets, Easter eggs, and references to the rest of the Star Wars saga that you might not have known about....