Katharine Trendacosta, Author at Gizmodo

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Makes Plans to Hit Broadway in 2018

Not that a play on Broadway is any more accessible for most people than one in the West End, but at least we finally know when and where Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is headed. The plan is for the show to open in the Lyric Theater in thespring of 2018, right after the…

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Tilda Swinton Hates Boarding Schools and Harry Potter for Romanticizing Them

The boarding school is a staple of young adult literature, mainly because adventures are much easier to find when parents are nowhere to be found. Plus, all the emotion of being away from home and having to negotiate a while new environment is baked into the set-up. And you can have your protagonists together 24/7.…

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Tom Cruise Assures You Mummies Are Real in the First Footage From The Mummy

Universal’s latest reboot of its classic monsters involves Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, and Russell Crowe’s hilarious haircut facing a vengeful mummy, played by Sofia Boutella (Star Trek: Beyond.) This teaser is very, very short, but I do love that it contains the most important part of any monster movie: having the main character insist that…

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This Is as Close as We’re Gonna Get to a Space Jam Sequel

This new commercial is cute and all, but it a) does not contain nearly enough Looney Tunes b) is sadly lacking in anyone telling us to get up it’s time to slam now, we’ve got a real jam going now. Also, instead of Michael Jordan playing basketball against the Monstars, it’s Blake Griffin and some…

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What Makes the Design of U.S.S. Enterprise Iconic

With the 50th anniversary of Star Trek this year, there is time to ponder all the things about the show that have managed to last this long. Among them is the design of the U.S.S. Enterprise and why it worked well enough that a big disk with two nacelles is the default look for any…

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Taraji P. Henson and Ryan Reynolds Explain What They Went Through to Make Hidden Figures and Deadpool

Ryan Reynolds is still living the high of not only getting his dream project made and released, but also having it be a giant success. Taraji P. Henson’s Empire character is as recognizable as Deadpool, but her real passion was getting to star in Hidden Figures as Katherine Johnson, a math genius working, unrecognized, at…

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Why Adding Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One Is Even Better Than Having Darth Vader

Rogue One has a lot of ground to cover as a standalone story that also acts as a direct prequel to the original Star Wars. We already knew Darth Vader was going to be around to provide continuity. Now we seem to have confirmation that there’s going to be another Imperial making an appearance, and…

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Westworld Is Running Out of Theories to Confirm

Westworld has piled mystery upon mystery in its premiere season, and fans have developed several theories to explain what’s happening, which the show keeps proving to be true. But with yet another major revelation revealed in last night’s episode, there is also only one big thing left for Westworld to confirm… or deny. Pretty much…

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Watch Every Time Somone Said ‘Matt’ In American Horror Story: Roanoke and Go as Crazy as the Characters

Wanna see a name lose all meaning? Whatever else you can say about American Horror Story: Roanoke, you cannot fault Sarah Paulson’s delivery of the name “Matt,” which she screams and yells so many times that, by about halfway through this video, you can’t even see it as a name anymore. It’s just the sound…

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The Bizarre Allure of Legends of the Hidden Temple

This weekend, Nickelodeon will air a TV movie based on the ‘90s TV game show Legends of the Hidden Temple. While most attempts to turn nostalgia for games or toys into fiction sound awful, I’m pretty optimistic about this one—because despite being a game show, every episode of Legends of the Hidden Temple was its…

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Let Out All Your Pent Up Feelings With the Gif Party

Sitting around the table with your family can be rough. Get everything off your chest here… just do it in gif form, please.

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What Made the Cat Afraid of the Mouse?

It’s that time again: we go into the British Museum’s public domain Flickr page, pick out an image that strikes us, and ask you to explain what happened. Today’s case: The terrified cat.

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What’s the Geeky Obsession You Share With Your Family?

This is the time of year where many of us make the trek home to spend some quality time with family. And while that can be a nightmare, we want to know what it is you share with your family. My brother and I, for example, love the shit out of British panel shows. I…

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Filming the New Episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Sounds Downright Exhausting

Jonah Ray is getting to live out every nerd’s fantasy by becoming the new host of Mystery Science Theater 3000. And that passion is clearly needed given how much work goes into each episode. In an in-depth interview with the Los Angeles Times, Ray and Joel Hodgson talk about a whole mess of things fascinating…

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Watch a New Clip From Passengers and Wonder How Chris Pratt Could Possibly Survive

Passengers is basically a two-person disaster movie IN SPACE and every single moment of it looks designed to keep humans afraid of space travel forever. I know that both Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jim (Chris) are in this depressurizing airlock, but Jim also has a big ol’ door closed on his torso. It does not…

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Newt Scamander Is the Biggest Idiot in All of Harry Potter History

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is fine. It’s a very pretty movie with a few really good performances (specifically Dan Fogler and Colin Farrell). Unfortunately, the plot requires almost everyone involved to be unforgivably stupid or else the whole story would fall apart. And the stupidest person by far is the hero, Newt…

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A Man’s Head and Heart Fight for Control of His Actions in the Newest Disney Short

Coming with Moana is a short called “Inner Workings,” which makes the battle between instinct and thoughtfulness literal by showing our internal organs having faces and very different agendas. The trailer for “Inner Workings” makes it seem like a version of Inside Out but for physical action. Inside Out was about emotions and the subconscious.…

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The Addams Family Movie Is Proof of How Perfectly Faithful an Adaptation Can Be

The Addams Family premiered 25 years ago. Both it and its sequel, Addams Family Values, are strange films. Not because they’re about the Addamses, but because they’re best enjoyed as vignettes—and that aspect actually makes them one of the most faithful movie adaptations out there. The roots of the Addams Family was never in grand…

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Parker Posey Will Play Dr. Smith and Now We Suddenly Care a Lot About Netflix’s Lost in Space

The news that Netflix was making a new version of Lost in Space was always only sort of interesting. It’s a show that’s ripe for a reboot in the landscape of turning old TV shows and movies into new TV shows and movies. But it’s also a property lacking anything more identifiable than a robot…

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Disney’s New Avatar Animatronics Will Make Generations of Kids Pee Their Pants in Terror

So, Disney released a “first look” at one of the Avatar characters that will populate its Pandora portion of Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida. And it’s horrifying. There’s just something off about it. I think it moves its head too much? Or its mouth’s just not synched quite right with the dialogue? I think the…

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Makes Plans to Hit Broadway in 2018

Tilda Swinton Hates Boarding Schools and Harry Potter for Romanticizing Them

Tom Cruise Assures You Mummies Are Real in the First Footage From The Mummy

This Is as Close as We’re Gonna Get to a Space Jam Sequel

What Makes the Design of U.S.S. Enterprise Iconic

Taraji P. Henson and Ryan Reynolds Explain What They Went Through to Make Hidden Figures and Deadpool

Why Adding Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One Is Even Better Than Having Darth Vader

Westworld Is Running Out of Theories to Confirm

Watch Every Time Somone Said ‘Matt’ In American Horror Story: Roanoke and Go as Crazy as the Characters

The Bizarre Allure of Legends of the Hidden Temple

Let Out All Your Pent Up Feelings With the Gif Party

What Made the Cat Afraid of the Mouse?

What’s the Geeky Obsession You Share With Your Family?

Filming the New Episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Sounds Downright Exhausting

Watch a New Clip From Passengers and Wonder How Chris Pratt Could Possibly Survive

Newt Scamander Is the Biggest Idiot in All of Harry Potter History

A Man’s Head and Heart Fight for Control of His Actions in the Newest Disney Short

The Addams Family Movie Is Proof of How Perfectly Faithful an Adaptation Can Be

Parker Posey Will Play Dr. Smith and Now We Suddenly Care a Lot About Netflix’s Lost in Space

Disney’s New Avatar Animatronics Will Make Generations of Kids Pee Their Pants in Terror

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!