Doctor Alchemy struck again with another Flashpoint metahuman, “Magenta,” on the third episode ofThe Flash’s third season. Unlike The Rival, this foe was underwhelming and felt contrived as a means to the end of revealing tidbits about the mastermind and setting up future episodes. Of more interest was the return of Harry and Jesse, Wally’s obsession with regaining his Flashpoint speed, and to a lesser extent, Barry and Iris’s dating challenges....
Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Episode 2 ofThe Last of Us. With a single episode,The Last of Usachieved what few video game adaptations could, pleasing both fans of the original games and people who had never heard of the franchise before. The narrative ofThe Last of Usgames has been praised for almost a decade, so it shouldn’t be surprising HBO’s story is so captivating. However, what makes the series so engaging is how it dives into the backstory of its main characters, giving more emotional weight to their suffering in the present....
It has been a major year forGodzillafans. Whether it be the Toho series or the AmericanMonsterVerse, there have been a ton of great ways the King of the Monsters has been celebrated for his 70th birthday in 2024. BothGodzilla Minus OneandGodzilla x Kong: The New Empirelit up the atomic box office earlier this year. However, if you’re still craving someGodzillacontent to watch, Max has you covered next month with three underappreciated Kaiju gems....
InThis Close, which will air on the streaming service Sundance Now, one of our two protagonists is a graphic novelist. He’s also deaf, and is confronted by a fan at a signing event about why he doesn’t have that representation in his published work. “Because it wouldn’t sell,” he signs to him, in the frankest possible manner. It’s something that he, Michael (Josh Feldman), struggles with throughout the short, 6-episode season, in terms of authenticity....
The year was 2006.Christopher Nolan’sOscar-nominatedBatman Beginshad just heralded a new dawn for superhero films, slowly pushing the boundaries of the genre and providing a much-needed salve after the critical and financial bath that wasCatwoman.Joss Whedon, still known most prominently for being the brains behindBuffy the Vampire Slayer, was coming off a decade-long hot streak on the small screen, and set his eyes towards what would have been be his biggest project yet: aWonder Womanmovie....
Giving us a horrifying glimpse into the future where Disney buys Warner Bros. and Wonder Woman officially becomes a Disney princess,Gal Gadothas joined the cast ofRalph Breaks the Internet,the sequel to the 2012 animated hit,Wreck-It Ralph. Gadot provides the voice for Shank, the gritty, leather-clad street-racing star of a video game named “Slaughter Race.” A new clip from Disney gives us our first glimpse of Gadot’s character in action, competing againstSarah Silverman’s Sugar Rush champion, Vanellope von Schweetz....
Anime fans, where do you fall on the “sub vs dub” divide? In an overwhelming majority of cases, whenever I watch anime, I tend to watch the subtitled version featuring its original voice cast. For me, it’s about keeping as much of the original story, rhythm, and sound intact as possible. There are, of course, a few exceptions that come up, like when an English voice cast just happens to sound better to my ear, or when it’s the only version available, or when it’s for a title I originally watched in a dubbed format and now I simply can’t listen to it any other way....
Diego LunaandTaylor Kitschare headed to Texas for one of the most gripping real-life thrillers in recent memory.The two actors will headlineEleven Days,a new indie drama fromConcussionandParklanddirectorPeter Landesman, set against the scorching backdrop of a 1974 prison siege that shocked the nation. Based onWilliam T. Harper’snonfiction bookEleven Days In Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas, the film takes place during the sweltering Texas summer of ’74 when a botched escape attempt at the Huntsville Penitentiary turned into an 11-day hostage standoff....
A group of badass women are kicking butt and taking names in Collider’s exclusive first look at the trailer and poster forDirty Angels. Set to arrive in cinemas on December 13, Nu Boyana Film Studios and Lionsgate’s latest high-octane thriller is filled to the brim with pulse-pounding action sequences and a dramatic storyline about a group of female soldiers who put their everything on the line to protect a group of innocent kids....
This review was originally part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. If there is one name of one performer that any lover of cinema is going to want to know, it is that ofLily Gladstone. Sure, this may bea no-brainer for those who have seen herin theMartin ScorsesefilmKillers of the Flower Moon. However, it is worth getting to knowall of Gladstone’s other performancesas she is and will never be contained to just one work....
Someone was always going to make a movie about Jordan Goudreau. With his sculpted body, piercing eyes, deadly skills, and years as a Green Beret soldier battling enemies in foreign lands, he’s the kind of iconic character thatJohn Wayne,Chuck Norris, andSylvester Stallonehelped define in the popular imagination. Even when talking about his own exploits, Goudreau speaks in the iconography of the media he has consumed, discussing taking down FBI agents like in theJason Bournefilms, plausibly denying orders like inMission: Impossible, a fraternity of compatriots like inBand of Brothers, and so forth....
You’re forgiven if you’d never heard of comedianNate Bargatzeuntil this past Saturday, October 28. He was scheduled to be the host ofSaturday Night Livethat evening, but it wastheFoo Fightersas the musical guests who were the big deal for manytuning in. After a fun opening sketch,with a cameo fromChristopher Walken, Bargatze walked onto the stage for his monologue. Within minutes, his deadpan style of comedy had viewers hooked, whether you were a fan of his or someone unfamiliar with his work....
May the 4th may be over, but the galaxy far, far away is ready to move forward with its next adventure for the entire family.Disney+has released the first trailer forLEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, a four-part animatedStar Warsspecial where the very fabric of time and space is in danger, resulting in a twisted multiverse version of the franchise fans know like the back of their hand. The special will follow Sig Greebling, a new character voiced byStranger Thing’sGaten Matarazzo, as he unearths a powerful artifact from a hidden Jedi temple....
