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Update: The first A Wrinkle in Time reviews are in. Disney and Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time draws mixed reactions, following the movie’s premiere last night. In recent years, a certain ritual has taken place whenever a major film, especially one in the Disney stable, has its early premiere. Especially in the case of Star Wars and Marvel movies of the last three or four years, early reactions dribbling in on Twitter after the premiere are typically uniformly positive....

Legendary launches a Pacific Rim Uprising viral site and teaser that introduce John Boyega as the film’s protagonist, Jake Pentecost. Guillermo del Toro first introduced a world of gigantic kaiju monsters and the massive man-made robots piloted by pairs of soldiers to fight the creatures in his 2013 film Pacific Rim. The movie starred Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket, a former pilot who had lost his brother during a fight and left the Jaeger program....

With Warner Bros.’ Justice League preparing for its home release, fans are already pawing over possible Easter eggs everybody may have missed. Now, one eagle-eyed viewer has spotted an homage to The Dark Knight Returns hiding in plain sight. Looking back over the history of DC stories, the epic The Dark Knight Returns is held as one of the best Batman tales out there. From Frank Miller’s gritty story to the grisly artwork, what more could readers want?...

Although shared universes in movies and television series have existed in media for some time, they’ve seen a particular rise in popularity since Marvel Studios united Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, and Black Widow from four separate film series in The Avengers. Ever since, other studios have been building or extending their own cinematic universes like 20th Century Fox’s X-Men, Warner Bros.’ DC Comics Extended Universe, Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla and King Kong universe, as well as Universal Pictures’ classic movie monsters....

According to the scripts for Game of Thrones season 7, Cersei Lannister really is pregnant. Thrones fans have had an extra-long wait for the final season of HBO’s A Song of Ice and Fire adaptation, with 2018 being the first Westeros-free year in the show’s history. Fortunately, Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season has been confirmed to premiere in April 2019 and audiences will finally find out who will end up sitting on the Iron Throne, whether or not the oncoming White Walkers can be defeated and how nauseous Jon Snow will feel when he finds out Daenerys is his aunt....

Godzilla: King of the Monsters pits the titular Titan against King Ghidorah for the fate of the world, but it also leaves behind some big unanswered questions. Director Michael Doughtery’s follow up to the 2014 Godzilla expands Warner Bros. and Legendary’s MonsterVerse; it introduces dozens of new monsters while simultaneously setting up next year’s Godzilla vs. Kong and a third Godzilla movie to boot. In Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the abduction of Dr....

Good Time’s inspired style, coupled with Pattinson’s compelling performance, are enough to carry the film past its narrative shortcomings. Constantine ‘Connie’ Nikas (Robert Pattinson) is a young man living in New York who just wants to improve life for himself and his mentally-disabled brother Nick (Ben Safdie), by any means necessary. Rather than allowing his brother to be institutionalized for his behavior, Connie recruits Nick for a bank robbery that promises to be simple and make them some easy money....

Everyone who has watched or followed FOX’s Gotham from the start knows that the showrunners have strayed a bit from the original plan - for most of the audience, strayed in a better direction, playing to the strengths of the cast and audience favorites. While the early buzz for the show emphasized the fact that Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) would be the star of the series, and the show wouldn’t be a Batman origin story at its core, the early performance of actor David Mazouz in the role of Bruce Wayne changed all that....

James Gunn and the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 have collaborated with Baywatch legend David Hasselhoff to make a fun retro music video for original soundtrack song “Guardians Inferno.” One of the more notable elements that definitely contributed to the success of the two Guardians of the Galaxy films is their surreal commitment to nostalgic parts of pop culture from the 1980’s. Driven by the “Awesome Mixes” that Peter Quill/Star Lord made before his time in space, the soundtrack gives the two superhero films a rhythm and a tone that is incredibly unique to the rest of the genre....

Blumhouse’s Halloween (aka. Halloween 2018) is reportedly undergoing additional photography or “reshoots” in the wake of its first test screenings. The film is a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s original 1978 slasher classic that ignores the events of every Halloween movie released since then. Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis is reprising her iconic role as Laurie Strode in the movie, with Judy Greer (Ant-Man) and Andi Matichak (Orange is the New Black) costarring as Laurie’s daughter and granddaughter, respectively....

Benjamin and Zac give their hands-on impressions with all the new features of the iPhone 14 Pro, including the Dynamic Island, Always-On Display and new camera system. We also discuss some of the launch-day bugs going around, test Apple Wallet Order tracking, and the surprising internal design change to the iPhone 14 that helps with repairability. Sponsored by Rogue Amoeba: Save 20% on everything Rogue Amoeba make to celebrate their 20th anniversary!...

Sometimes, the best part of watching a show like Dragon Ball Z is coming up with all kinds of theories about what’s going to happen next. A show like this always has tons of hidden twists in the future, and fans do their best to try and predict things before they happen. Dragon Ball Z also has some pretty deep and awesome lore, which definitely draws people in. But, even the most well thought out lore has some holes… and fans are always quick to insert their own theories into these unknowns....

The Dynamic Island UI seen in the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max was the end result of years of discussion, revealed Apple VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye. Software engineering head Craig Federighi said that the new user interface was biggest change to iOS since those required for the iPhone X … Dynamic Island UI With the iPhone 14, Apple shrunk the module containing the front camera, Face ID tech, and more....

FilmStruck is making Casablanca and several other classic Warner movies available for streaming. The streaming revolution, in a lot of ways, has been great for movie fans. It puts thousands of film options, at the touch of a button, in front of audiences, without requiring them to leave their homes. Watching movies is easier than ever. However, there’s been one huge downside to the rise of Netflix, Hulu, and their competitors: a glaring lack of older titles....

Nostalgic video game fans are getting plenty of chances to revisit fan-favorite Final Fantasy protagonist Cloud Strife, from his appearance in upcoming Super Smash Bros. DLC to the recent re-release of the original Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation 4. The biggest news, though, has been a ground-up remake of FF7 which has been announced to as a timed exclusive for the PS4. Rather than cranking up the resolution on the existing graphics and putting it out as a remaster, the upcoming re-release of FF7 will use all-new graphics to take full advantage of the PS4’s current-gen power....

Anyone who’s read or watched the novels or TV series of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones knows that there are enough family feuds, war, politics and intrigue for ten franchises. But for all the shocking deaths, betrayal, and strokes of luck that the series has featured thus far, there’s one question that fans debate more than any other, believing that it may hold the secret to the entire story....

Star Wars creator George Lucas has officially been declared the wealthiest celebrity in 2018. The famous director is mostly known for creating the tale of a galaxy far, far, away, but he is also known for creating the Indiana Jones franchise and for co-creating the American Zoetrope Studio with legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. While Lucas has been a well-known filmmaker for the majority of his career, he made headlines in 2012 when he decided to sell his own film studio, Lucasfilm, to Disney for $4 billion....

Following a short beta test, Xbox announced today that the full version of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is available on PC. It is available through the Xbox Game Pass for PC, the Microsoft Store, and on Steam. Halo: Combat Evolved is the first game in the Halo series, and part of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The original game was released with the original Xbox console in 2001, and the entire Halo series remains one of the most popular Xbox game franchises to date....

Alan Cumming has been cast in a guest role for the forthcoming eleventh season of Doctor Who. Progress is continuing apace on Jodie Whittaker’s debut run as the iconic Time Lord meddler and filming is very much underway. With the core cast of the Doctor and her companions already in place, on-set photos have revealed that the Doctor’s robotic partner, K-9, is likely to be returning to the show and one particular episode this season will seemingly explore the story of civil rights trailblazer, Rosa Parks....