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Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best film version so far
Shakman wanted a very 1960s aesthetic for his reboot, citing Kubrick films from that era as inspiration, right down to […]
Peacemaker S2 trailer finds our anti-hero in a parallel world
HBO Max dropped the hotly anticipated full trailer for S2 of Peacemaker—James Gunn’s Emmy-nominated series spun off from his 2021 […]
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans remembers
20 years ago, Ivor Van Heerden warned of impending disaster in New Orleans. Are his warnings still going unheeded? A […]
Conspiracy theorists don’t realize they’re on the fringe
Gordon Pennycook: “It might be one of the biggest false consensus effects that’s been observed.” Credit: Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock […]
LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire
Not all of the artifacts housed within the MJT’s labyrinthine space are, shall we say, truly historical; Wilson has a […]
X-Men at 25 is more relevant than ever
“Mankind has always feared what it doesn’t understand.” Plus: our seven favorite scenes Credit: 20th Century Studios Twenty-five years ago, […]
After 5 years in development, the Assassin’s Creed TV series is happening
The long-running video game series Assassin’s Creed will get a live-action TV series adaptation. Variety and The Hollywood Reporter report […]
Jared Leto is the ultimate soldier in new TRON: Ares trailer
San Diego Comic-Con is coming up next week, and Disney is getting ready for its big presentation by releasing a […]
Karl Urban is a wise-cracking Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II
Karl Urban takes a break from The Boys to play a washed-up Johnny Cage in the trailer for Mortal Kombat […]