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Kings Of The Monsters: What To Watch To Prepare For ‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ By Evan Saathoff/March 9, 2021 9:00 am EST Later this month, the earth is going to quake as cinema’s two biggest (and oldest) titans starting punching each other’s lights out in Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong. Like other “vs” movies of this stature, this represents not one epic cinematic event but two. Though these particular versions of these characters are relatively new, both have decades (almost a century in Kong’s case) of iconography behind them that can be intimidating to viewers who don’t know their history, but don’t want to feel lost as they pummel each other....

Of Course They Made A Sequel To One Of The Worst Video Game Adaptations Ever By Rob Hunter/Oct. 4, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. This week, we take an unwise look at the sequel to what’s regarded by many to be the worst video game adaptation ever made.) Film adaptations of video games would kill to get even a sliver of the respect and success currently afforded movies based on comic book superheroes, but instead they’ll have to settle for articles about the apparent impossible nature of making a great one....

Q-Force Season 1: Release Date, Cast And More By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 9, 2021 1:53 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Netflix’s new gay spy-comedy series, Q-Force, revolves around a group of spies who have been quietly disowned by their bosses and placed on the sidelines after the main character, Steve, officially comes out....

Rare Footage From ‘Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom’ Set Features Barbra Streisand And Carrie Fisher By Germain Lussier/Sept. 7, 2011 12:00 pm EST Carrie Fisher and Barbara Streisand are not in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Legend has it, however, that director Steven Spielberg wanted to play a practical joke on his star, Harrison Ford, while filming a scene where Indy is captured by the Thuggee. Spielberg got the famous singer to dress up as a dominatrix and whip him....

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City: Meet Claire Redfield Sony Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 25, 2021 12:20 pm EST The “Resident Evil” series is home to some of horror video game’s very best female protagonists. Claire Redfield is mostly known as a character and protagonist in “Resident Evil 2,” “Resident Evil — Code Veronica,” and “Resident Evil: Revelations 2” in the canonical games (as well as a few non-canonical spin-off games), but was also played by Ali Larter in Paul W....

“I felt like I was very much present in the whole story.” To prepare for the role, I think it was said that you practiced tai chi. How else did you prepare to play Ying Li? My personal training prior to the shoot was about a month, and it was a full-time, 9-to-5 schedule every day. And they schedule it so well that we had different classes, different training sessions throughout the day....

She-Hulk Star Jameela Jamil Teases Her New Look As Titania NBC By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 1, 2021 8:17 am EST Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe the Good Place or the Bad Place? Your mileage may vary, but it’s a place where Jameela Jamil is going, and very soon. Jamil, known for her role as Tahani Al-Jamil on NBC’s “The Good Place,” is slated to co-star opposite Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black” next year in Marvel’s streaming series, “She-Hulk....

Superhero Bits: Kevin Feige Teases Shang-Chi Credits Scene, Charlie Cox Debunks Spider-Man Theories & More Twitter By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 1, 2021 3:37 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The Blood Test Scene In ‘The Thing’ Is A Workshop On How To Build Suspense By Meagan Navarro/Sept. 10, 2019 11:30 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: The Thing delivers an iconic scene that rivals Hitchcock in creating unbearable tension.)It Chapter Two dominated the box office this weekend, and if you were among the masses to see how the story ended for the Losers’ Club, you likely picked up many of the references and Easter eggs that’s par for the course of a Stephen King adaptation....

Tina Fey’s Untitled ‘Taliban Shuffle’ Comedy Set For 2016 Release By Angie Han/Nov. 10, 2015 10:00 am EST While most movies have scrambled to get the hell away from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Tina Fey’s new comedy Sisters planted a flag on December 18, 2015 last year and hasn’t budged. “We said we’d only do the movie if it opened against Star Wars,” joked Fey’s co-star Amy Poehler. “We are going to f***ing crush Star Wars....

By Chris Evangelista/July 10, 2020 5:00 pm EST Everyone, please wear a mask when you go out into the world. I know it’s inconvenient. I know you’d rather not. But it’s just common sense. And more than that, it’s necessary. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Instead, listen to America’s dad, Tom Hanks. Hanks was one of the first prominent figures to catch the coronavirus, and he’s fed-up with people shunning masks....

TV Bits: ‘Warrior’ Renewed For Season 3, ‘In Treatment’ Season 4 Trailer, ‘The Boys’ Spin-Off Casting, And More By Ben Pearson/April 18, 2021 10:00 am EST I have not yet seen the Cinemax series Warrior (I know, I’m part of the reason the show was on the bubble), but its fans will be pleased to know that the series has officially been given a greenlight for season 3 and that it has moved over to HBO Max....

TV Bits: Josh Lucas And Tricia Helfer In ‘The Firm’ Trailers; Premiere Dates For ‘Eastbound & Down’, ‘Life’s Too Short’, And ‘Luck’; ‘Pan Am’ Not Cancelled By Angie Han/Dec. 1, 2011 3:00 pm EST Today’s TV Bits offers a few things to look forward to in the not-too-distant future, including imperiled lawyers, a**hole baseball players, pretty flight attendants, and a touch of dry British humor. After the jump: NBC drops two teasers for its legal thriller The Firm HBO announces premiere dates for Eastbound & Down and Life’s Too Short ABC confirms that Pan Am is not cancelled The new series picks up ten years after the events of the first film, as McDeere and his family come out of hiding after spending a decade Witness Protection Program — only to find that, as McDeere puts it in the trailer, “it’s happening again....

Weekend Weirdness: Know Your Mushrooms, Ricky Powell’s Rappin’ With The Rickster, The Human Centipede Slithers Stateside, Michael Cera On Drugs By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 9, 2010 6:58 pm EST It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, sans The Tooth Fairy, that offer proof. Weekend Weirdness c**ks its disoriented head to examine such flicks, whether it’s a new trailer for a provocative indie, an interview, or a mini review....

Yes, There Could Be A Cobra Kai Extended Universe Now Sony Pictures Television By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 17, 2021 11:01 am EST First there was Marvel, then there was DC, now there could be … “Cobra Kai?” You might not think that the stories of “The Karate Kid” and its follow-up series, “Cobra Kai,” would lend themselves to an extended universe of spin-offs and other various projects, but you would be wrong!...

Invasion Trailer What Would You Do If Aliens Threatened Our World? Have you seen the recent flurry of real-world news coverage about the government’s reaction to actual UFOs? The ideas explored in Invasion, which were once purely the stuff of science fiction, may not be quite as far-fetched as some folks previously imagined. The best science fiction has always held up a mirror to real-world behavior, so even if we haven’t been threatened by actual aliens (that we know of…yet), I think that the COVID-19 pandemic has made the idea of a dangerous encroaching existential threat feel eerily relevant in 2021....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Review: A Fascinating, If Not Entirely Successful, Experiment By Chris Evangelista/March 15, 2021 9:00 am EST Even if you don’t obsessively follow these sorts of things, you likely know the basic backstory behind Zack Snyder’s Justice League, AKA the Snyder Cut. While Zack Snyder is the credited director of 2017’s theatrically released Justice League, much of that film is the result of reshoots by Joss Whedon. Snyder had a rough cut of the film ready and then stepped away from the production, at which point Warner Bros....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Teasers Feature Black Suit Superman, Darkseid, And Granny Goodness [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Feb. 12, 2021 10:45 am EST Update: A new teaser has been released in advance of the full trailer. This one contains a new look at Darkseid and Granny Goodness, one of his lieutenants. In 2 Days #ZackSnydersJusticeLeague #SnyderCut pic.twitter.com/OWYGPojcHM — Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) February 12, 2021 Our original article continues below. Fans of DC Comics have been waiting for years to see Superman’s famous black suit from the “Death of Superman” arc appear on the big screen, and they almost got it in the theatrical cut of Justice League....

7 ‘Loki’ Episode 3 Easter Eggs And What They Could Mean For The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Ethan Anderton/June 23, 2021 11:22 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The third episode of Loki has arrived on Disney+, and while it’s not quite as filled with surprising details and revelations as past epiosdes, there are still some interesting Easter eggs to behold, including some possible hints at what’s to come in the remaining three episodes....

Vertigo Video Game Trailer How is the Game Different From The Movie? In a behind-the-scenes video about the making of the game (via Gematsu), Pendulo Studios narrative designer Josué Monchan explained that their version of Vertigo “is a narrative and adventure game freely inspired by the movie masterpiece directed by Alfred Hitchcock.” The game’s themes are roughly the same as the ones that flow throughout the film, relying on obsession, memory, perception, manipulation, identity, and madness to propel players through its narrative....