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‘Mr. Robot’ Review: The Stunning ‘Runtime Error’ Is One For The TV History Books By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 9, 2017 7:00 am EST (We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of USA’s Mr. Robot season 3 by answering one simple question: who had the biggest mental breakdown in this week’s episode?) Excuse my language but, holy s***. What an episode. After the last few weeks of hemming and hawing, Mr. Robot delivered on the explosive potential it had hiding within its grim, contemplative reservoirs....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Concludes The Season On A Rickety Note With “Kamino Lost” By Caroline Cao/Aug. 13, 2021 6:00 am EST “All Kaminoan facilities have collapsed into the sea.” When a clone soldier (Dee Bradley Baker) recites this status report to his Empire Admiral, his helmeted head looks aside. Despite his deference, he has carried his orbital bombardment order on Kamino with no pleasure with his clone brothers, attired in Empire uniforms, pulling the switch....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Faces A Stormy Turning Point In “Reunion” By Caroline Cao/June 18, 2021 9:00 am EST This article contains spoilers for the Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode “Reunion.” Is Crosshair a good luck charm? Because his appearance elevates any Bad Batch episode to the top tier. Directed by Steward Lee and written by Christian Taylor, “Reunion” is exactly what the title suggests: Crosshair resurfaces into the plot to confront his Bad Batcher (Dee Bradley Baker) brothers....

‘Succession’ Season 3 Casts Adrien Brody And Alexander Skarsgård, Will Be The Season Of Very Tall Men By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 5, 2021 4:30 pm EST Succession season 3 is raising itself to new heights — both literal and metaphorical. The HBO comedy series just added two towering actors to its ensemble, with Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Nordic statue Alexander Skarsgård joining the Succession season 3 cast as guest stars....

‘The Conductor’ Review: A Wonderful Biopic About A Woman Who Deserves A Bigger Spotlight [Denver Film Festival] By Amelia Emberwing/Nov. 28, 2019 5:00 pm EST This review contains mild spoilers for The Conductor. Have you ever heard of Antonia Brico? Don’t be ashamed if the answer to that question is “no”. Many people, even those with degrees in musical fields, have no idea who she is. The short answer is that Brico is one of the most exceptional modern conductors of our time....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Has An Extra Epilogue Chapter By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 9, 2021 2:00 pm EST Zack Snyder’s Justice League began as just a bunch of footage on the filmmaker’s laptop before a massive fan campaign and many millions of dollars from HBO Max turned in into a four-hour miniseries, then a four-hour feature film. But to better digest such a lengthy superhero epic, Snyder has divided his film into six handy individual “chapters....

Apple TV+ Preview Teases ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Foundation’, And More By Ben Pearson/June 8, 2021 1:53 pm EST After a bit of a rocky launch, Apple TV+ has settled into a groove and is starting to carve out its identity as a streaming service. As the streaming wars rage on, the folks at Apple know how important it is to keep people subscribed and draw new eyeballs into their ecosystem. To that end, they’ve released a new video teasing several big shows and movies that are coming out this summer and beyond....

Ben Affleck’s Unmade ‘Batman’ Movie Would’ve Featured Batgirl By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2021 11:30 am EST The Batman, the newest incarnation of the Caped Crusader, has had a rocky road to the screen. At one point the film was firmly set within the DCEU, and a continuation of the Batman we first met in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. When Ben Affleck signed on to play Batman in that flick he also was supposed to eventually star in a standalone Batman adventure....

Cool Stuff: You Can Never Have Too Much King Shark, As This Fancy Sideshow Figure Proves By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 12, 2021 1:26 pm EST We can’t help it, we love King Shark. The most huggable member of The Suicide Squad is now available as a sixth scale collectible figure from Sideshow and Hot Toys. So whether you want to hug him or you just think he’s hot, there’s a King Shark figure coming to shark up your shelves....

Day of the Dead Season 1: When And Where To Watch SyFy When there’s no more room for new zombie narratives, the dead ones will walk the earth. Thus begins the latest Romero re-imagining in the form of the new “Day of the Dead” series, coming just in time for spooky season. The ten-episode season launches on October 15, 2021, on SyFy. What is Day of the Dead? SyFy For those of us whose parents didn’t let them rent whatever looked cool at the video store, “Day of the Dead” is, to many, George A....

Hawkeye Star Fra Fee On Playing Kazi, His Possible Future In The MCU & More [Interview] Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Dec. 9, 2021 11:55 am EST “Hawkeye” has, thus far, kept Marvel’s hot streak alive when it comes to its Disney+ shows. These big-budget series taking place within the confines of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have changed the game and offered new characters — as well as old ones — a chance to shine like never before....

Jamie Dornan Becoming ‘The Tourist’ For HBO Max Limited Series From ‘Fleabag’ Producers By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 27, 2021 4:00 pm EST After breaking out in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, Jamie Dornan has made a concerted effort to take a wide variety of roles. He appeared in the biographical drama A Private War, went medieval with a new take on Robin Hood, dug into his Irish roots in an odd way with Wild Mountain Thyme, and even voiced a character in Trolls World Tour....

Listen To Part Of ‘The Batman’ Score In An Orchestral Sneak Peek From Composer Michael Giacchino Warner Bros. Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 18, 2021 7:52 pm EST In case you didn’t realize it, today is Batman Day, as dictated by the Dark Knight creators at DC Comics. Since most of the big announcements are being saved for DC FanDome in October, there hasn’t been anything to write home about when it comes to upcoming projects featuring the Caped Crusader....

Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg Lead Peter Kosminsky’s Cyber Thriller Series ‘The Undeclared War’ On Peacock By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2021 12:00 pm EST Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg are set to fight in The Undeclared War, a near-future cyber thriller from Peter Kominsky (Wolf Wall, White Oleander). The Channel 4 series has just been picked up by Peacock, which will air the show in the U.S. Peacock has ordered The Undeclared War, a six-part cyber thriller series directed and co-written by seven-time BAFTA winner Peter Kosminsky, which is “set in 2024 in the run up to a British general election” and “tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ, the UK’s version of the NSA, secretly working to ward off a cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system....

Marvel’s Kevin Feige Addresses ‘Shang-Chi’ Controversy, Calls It A “Misunderstanding” By Shania Russell/Aug. 17, 2021 9:48 am EST Last night, Hollywood rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the MCU’s latest superhero flick, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Shining the spotlight on the cast and crew, the film premiere welcomed Shang Chi’s very first audience, and based on the early morning Twitter buzz, was a resounding success. Critics in attendance have called the film thrilling, heartfelt, and home to Marvel’s best action yet!...

Max Landis Explains The Mysterious Origins Of The Superpowers In ‘Chronicle’ By Angie Han/Nov. 5, 2013 3:00 pm EST We know exactly where Superman’s indestructibility comes from, or how mild-mannerd Bruce Banner turned into a giant green rage monster. But unlike their more mainstream counterparts, Josh Trank’s Chronicle didn’t spend a whole lot of time dwelling on how, exactly, the boys got their powers. The film seemed far less interested in the sci-fi mechanics of their abilities than in what the guys did with them once they had them....

Movies To Watch If You Loved Godzilla Vs. Kong Warner Bros. Pictures By Kirk Boxleitner/Sept. 2, 2021 6:57 pm EST When Legendary Entertainment debuted its “MonsterVerse” with “Godzilla” in 2014, you stuck it out through the generic family drama and the two MUTOs for the promise of seeing the big G. You reveled in the “Apocalypse Now” Vietnam War-era vibes of “Kong: Skull Island” in 2017, and you basked in seeing titans like Mothra, Ghidorah, and (technically) Rodan tussle with “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” in 2019....

New David Cronenberg Movie ‘Crimes Of The Future’ Will Star Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, And Léa Seydoux By Chris Evangelista/April 29, 2021 1:30 pm EST Yesterday, we got word that David Cronenberg was finally returning to filmmaking with the sci-fi thriller Crimes of the Future. Now we know more about the project, including the cast. Viggo Mortensen’s involvement was expected, and now that’s been confirmed. In addition to Mortensen, the cast features Kristen Stewart and Léa Seydoux....

By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2021 3:00 pm EST Exceeding expectations, NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock reached 33 million subscribers by the end of 2020. That is not only far ahead of projections from their parent company Comcast, who hoped to reach 35 million subscribers by the end of 2024, they also hit this number before Peacock became the exclusive streaming home of The Office on January 1. Comcast held a conference call with executives to provide fourth quarter revenue details, and the Peacock subscriber number had risen by 11 million from what was reported in the third quarter....

Peacock’s Price Tiers Are Based Around How Much You Love ‘The Office’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 7, 2021 1:00 pm EST Tiered pricing plans are a common feature of subscription services. Pay more each month to have an ad-free experience, or pay more to get more users on one plan. But pay more to watch more seasons of The Office? That’s definitely a bold pricing strategy. Let’s see if it pays off them....