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How A Stephen King Short Story From High School Became His First Animated Short
17.6.2025
Stephen King is at the point in his illustrious 58-year career when there aren’t many firsts left for him. Yet, the legendary author who’s published 65 books and has dozens of films inspired by his imagination machine of a mind has found time for one more first: his first animated feature. Lily...
PlayStation's New Traveling Concert Sounds Cool, But Needs More Classics
17.6.2025
One of the nice things about moving to New York City in 2023 is that I live in a place where cool things happen. So I’ve been going to more video game concerts, which were much more difficult to get to when I lived in the boonies. If you’ve never been to one, these shows fucking rule. I’ve even...
Disney+ Removes Sci-Fi Film Because Of Controversial Rat-Drowning Scene
17.6.2025
James Cameron’s 1989 underwater sci-fi flick The Abyss featured a scene in which a panicking rat was plunged into oxygen-rich liquid. It was a sequence that proved so controversial at the time that the United Kingdom’s film board ordered it removed. 36 years later, after a remaster of the unedited...
Marvel Comparing Ironheart To Breaking Bad Is So Absurd We Can't Stop Imagining It
16.6.2025
Marvel just can’t help itself. The house that Stan Lee built (and Kevin Feige turned into a mega mall of blockbusters) has been mashing characters from different universes together and making villains out of heroes for the better part of this decade. But this time, the comic book powerhouse...
A June Nintendo Direct Devoted Entirely To The Next Big Switch 2 Game Is On The Way
16.6.2025
The traditional summer Nintendo Direct is just around the corner, but it won’t be one of the usual E3-style blowouts. Instead, the upcoming livestream will be devoted entirely to Donkey Kong Bananza, the next big release on the Switch 2's launch year calendar. Read more
Pixar's Next Big Movie Is Bringing Back Bloopers
13.6.2025
Disney’s next animated film, Elio, is going to bring back the silly and charming bloopers that used to appear at the end of Pixar’s big features. Movies like Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc. would feature animated faux-outtakes over the credits, and we’ve really missed them! But now, after being...
PlayStation Says Marathon Is Learning From Concord's Mistakes As It Doubles-Down On Live Service Gaming As A 'Key Strategic Pillar'
13.6.2025
It was just four years ago that Sony promised to launch 12 live service games by early 2026. Since then, many of those have been delayed, canceled, or taken offline. But that doesn’t seem to be deterring the console maker. PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst said in a new business update that live...
Xbox Continues Quietly Abandoning Physical Games
13.6.2025
While Microsoft is publishing more games than ever before, fewer and fewer of them are getting physical editions on its home turf. Microsoft-owned Oblivion’sThe Outer Worlds 2 will get a standard disc option on PlayStation 5 but only a code in a box for Xbox Series X owners. It’s the latest example...
20 Years After Batman Begins, These Remain The Nolan Trilogy's 10 Most Important Characters
13.6.2025
After such a disastrous end to the previous era of superhero movies with the terrible Batman & Robin, the Caped Crusader and the DC universe entered a state of dormancy. Marvel was ascending into superhero supremacy, but Warner Bros. had a goal to bring Batman back onto the big screen. After...
10 Ironheart Cameos That Make Too Much Sense Not To Happen
12.6.2025
On June 24, 2025, the legacy of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) continues with the debut of Marvel’s limited series Ironheart on Disney+. We’ve been waiting for this passing of the repulsor glove since we first saw young Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) create a vibranium detector as a school project...
10 Ironheart Cameos That Make Too Much Sense Not To Happen
12.6.2025
On June 24, 2025, the legacy of Tony Stark continues with the debut of Marvel’s limited series Ironheart on Disney+. We’ve been waiting for this passing of the repulsor glove since we first saw young Riri Williams create a vibranium detector as a school project in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever....
The Switch 2 Is Missing That Big, Binge-Worthy Epic Everyone Won't Shut Up About
11.6.2025
The Switch 2 is here, and I’m loving the upgraded hardware so far. It feels nice, looks wonderful, and runs like a dream. But while Mario Kart World is great, and I’ve enjoyed revisiting a bunch of other great games through their spiffy Switch 2 ports, I can’t help but feel like something...
Two Hollywood Giants Sue AI Image Engine Midjourney Calling It A 'Bottomless Pit Of Plagiarism'
11.6.2025
Disney and NBCUniversal are going after Midjourney, a generative-AI tool trained on internet data that can be used to make everything from silly memes to short films made entirely of AI slop. The two Hollywood companies filed a lawsuit against the self-funded startup in Federal Court on Tuesday...
David Lynch's Cancelled Netflix Series Would Have Been So Good, Says Former Colleague
10.6.2025
Master filmmaker David Lynch wasn’t done telling mind-bending stories before his untimely passing in January 2025, and we finally have details on what was meant to be his latest one. In a revelatory interview with The Film Stage, Lynch’s longtime cinematographer Peter Deming shared rare details...
11-Month Battle Over AI Finally Ending As Striking Game Actors Reach Tentative Deal
10.6.2025
A nearly year-long battle between SAG-AFTRA game actors and the major publishers over AI protections for performances is set to end, after both sides reached a tentative agreement this week. Details of the deal haven’t yet been released, but the union says it includes “necessary AI guardrails”...
New Ironheart Trailer Unveils Magic Suit And New J.A.R.V.I.S. For Riri Williams
9.6.2025
Marvel’s upcoming miniseries Ironheart may only have six episodes, but its latest trailer proves it’s going to pack in all of the magic and machinery it can. In a newly released trailer, we not only get to see Riri Williams’ latest suit, but we also see her unique take on an Iron Man favorite.Read...
Nintendo's Big Zelda Movie Will Fill Void Left By Avengers: Secret Wars With Tiny Delay
9.6.2025
Nintendo’s live-action Zelda movie won’t be out in March 2027 after all. Instead, the hero of time’s journey to the big screen will be delayed until May 2027. The company said it just needs a little “extra time” to make it good. Less than two months, to be precise. Read more
Persona 4 Remake Announces Itself With Laughably Short Trailer
8.6.2025
During today’s Xbox Summer Game Fest event, the long-rumored remake of Persona 4 was finally announced... but that’s about all we got from the ridiculously short teaser revealing the upcoming remake. Read more
Star Wars: Starfighter Has Found A Villain in Mia Goth
6.6.2025
Imagine if the actress who suffocated her character’s mute, paralyzed father with a pillow in Pearl was now wreaking havoc across the galaxy. We don’t know if suffocation will be in Mia Goth’s arsenal, but we do know that the scream queen will be starring in the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter...
AMC Will Soon Start Adding More Commercials Before The Movie Starts
4.6.2025
AMC, the largest theater chain in the United States, will soon start showing even more commercials before the start of a movie. This is on top of the usual 20 minutes of trailers and ads already shown before most films. Read more