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Trent Reznor Hated What Bird Box Did With His Score

As a musician, you can write the score. But you can’t necessarily control how it’s used. That’s the problem Trent Reznor quite candidly lamented in a recent interview with Revolver magazine, in which he decries his work scoring Bird Box with Atticus Ross to be… well, we’ll let Reznor speak for himself. “When we got…

Movies Julie Muncy

Ryan Reynolds Has a Brief Update on Deadpool 3

The Disney-Fox merger changed the fate of a number of film franchises, not to mention the entire entertainment industry. One of the most notable affected, for fans, was the Deadpool series, which has proven itself markedly successful offering a superheroic vibe not really seen in the MCU or its imitators. Since the merger, it’s been…

Movies Julie Muncy

10 Intriguing Star Wars Details We Learned From The Rise of Skywalker‘s Visual Dictionary

A new Star Wars movie is out, and for better or worse, that always means there’s also a host of new tie-in material released which can explain or clarify some questions left lingering after the credits rolled. The Rise of Skywalker is no exception, and its own “Visual Dictionary” guidebook is jam-packed with little nuggets…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Wants in on That Baby Yoda Hype

Good sir, I know myself a Baby Yoda. And this? This is no Baby Yoda. It’s been an up and down year for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, running around at the speed of sound as it debuted its nightmarish original trailer, sparking off a backlash of dunks so powerful it literally forced the movie…

Movies James Whitbrook

This Boxing Day Punch Yourself With the Joker Script, Which Is Now Online

Reading a film’s script is nothing like actually seeing the film in all its cinematic glory. But seeing the dialogue and direction of a movie like Joker all spelled out in black and white on the page does give you a distinct and interesting perspective on what the filmmakers were working with on a fundamental…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The 9 Best (and 7 Worst) Movies of 2019

So many movies are just “fine.” Movies you sit down, watch, enjoy, and subsequently forget about. You don’t hate them, you don’t love them, they’re just OK. That’s the majority of movies. These are not those movies. Below you’ll find our choices for the best genre films of 2019. The precious few films that stood…

Movies io9 Staff

Theoretically, Yoda Wasn’t Even 30 When He Died

There’s a big, if unintentional, consequence of Baby Yoda’s existence. Because we were told how old the little guy is (50) and we think we have a decent understanding of how old Baby Yoda is developmentally (approximately 18 months) considering what we’ve seen of his actions so far in The Mandalorian, we can infer how…

Movies Alex Cranz

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in January

You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help. Below you’ll find what we deem to be the best sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV coming to Netflix,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Our 20 Favorite Pop Culture Posters of 2019

Even if you follow it religiously, you truly have no idea how much limited edition pop culture art gets released every year. It’s ridiculous. Companies like Mondo, Acme Archives, and Grey Matter Art, as well as galleries like Hero Complex, Gallery 1988, and Bottleneck, all release dozens of posters per month, and that’s not including…

Movies Germain Lussier

Fill Your Stocking With These 5 Eclectic Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Shorts

‘Tis the season for three-hour movies—but we’ve got five shorts that won’t be nearly as demanding on your attention span this holiday season. Two are seasonally-appropriate (including a film that’s debuting on io9!), but we’ve also got vampires, animated animals, and a new episode of spooky web series The Kirlian Frequency for you to while…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Find Your Nerdy Holiday Yule Log Here

‘Tis the season for thoughtful presents, festive decorations, and watching several hours of a fire on TV because most of us can’t afford homes with working fireplaces anymore. Disney+ recently unveiled its Frozen-inspired Arendelle Yule Log…but if you don’t have the streaming network, there are plenty of places to find holiday magic to warm your…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Most Important Scenes From the Cats Movie (As I Remember Them)

Did you see the Cats movie? Ah ha ha, of course you didn’t. Luckily, you don’t need to put yourself through such trauma, because I’ve done it for you—and I have chronicled the events of the film here, to the best of my ability, so you can experience the nightmare of Cats from a safe…

Movies Rob Bricken

I Think I Watched the Patched Version of Cats

I witnessed Cats for you. You weak people with your finite resources and lack of desire to spend money or time on Cats. For you, I trekked half a mile—in the rain—to witness Tom Hooper’s hubris writ large on the screen. I witnessed and I wrote about it. And then those fuckers at Universal released…

Movies Alex Cranz

20 Questions We Have After Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and 6 That Were Answered

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is here, which means it’s over. J.J. Abrams’ The Rise of Skywalker is now in theaters, marking the end to Disney’s sequel trilogy and the trilogy of trilogies which came to be known as the Skywalker Saga. And while Star Wars will certainly never end, this particular story is…

Movies Germain Lussier

Who Cares That Rise of Skywalker Won the Box Office, Just Look at This Dismal Cats Debut

How can a movie make almost $180 million in three days and not be instantly heralded as a smash hit? When it’s a Star Wars movie. J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker easily won its opening weekend at the box office, grossing an estimated $175.5 million over the three day period. (A three…

Movies Germain Lussier

Lightsabers From Star Wars Still Aren’t Real, But This Guy Made a Protosaber, Kind Of

In the old Star Wars expanded universe, lightsabers weren’t the first laser-sword weapons wielded by Jedi and the Sith. No, that honor went to the protosaber, the hilariously clunky version of the lightsaber that, instead of using an internal power cell, had an external wearable power supply. Like a wearable vacuum cleaner, but for cutting…

Movies Julie Muncy

There’s a New Trailer for New Mutants Coming Next Month, Which Means New Mutants Might Still Be Released

No single film has been as emblematic of the fallout of the Disney/Fox deal as New Mutants, a semi-troubled X-Men spinoff production that went from “mostly finished” to “absolute development hell” as soon as Marvel Studios got its crossover-hungry fingers on the X-Men license. While random rumors about the movie have continued to pop up,…

Movies Julie Muncy

In an Unprecedented Move, Universal Is Sending Theaters a Patched Version of Cats

Cats, Tom Hooper’s memetic hazard of a musical, is receiving unprecedented treatment from its distributors at Universal. As shared by the Hollywood Reporter, the company is sending theaters an updated version of the Ozymandias-like monument to hubris and toxoplasmosis. This new version of the film, according to a memo sent to thousands of theaters on…

Movies Julie Muncy

One of The Rise of Skywalker’s Key Locations Has Its Identity Revealed in the Visual Dictionary

In addition to making the timeline even more confusing, the Visual Dictionary for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has some valuable information about the just-released film in it, too. Including the location for a key scene early in the film, which remains unidentified in the movie itself. As reported by Entertainment Weekly, the book,…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Newest Star Wars Visual Dictionary Introduces a Whole New Calendar System for Some Reason

For many years, Star Wars nerds everywhere have understood time in a specific way. Now, thanks to the newest Star Wars Visual Dictionary, that might change. And it’s giving me a headache. Every Star Wars movie release comes with a whole host of supplementary material, including the Visual Dictionaries, these wonderful tomes full of imaginary…

Movies Julie Muncy

Trent Reznor Hated What Bird Box Did With His Score

Ryan Reynolds Has a Brief Update on Deadpool 3

10 Intriguing Star Wars Details We Learned From The Rise of Skywalker‘s Visual Dictionary

The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Wants in on That Baby Yoda Hype

This Boxing Day Punch Yourself With the Joker Script, Which Is Now Online

The 9 Best (and 7 Worst) Movies of 2019

Theoretically, Yoda Wasn’t Even 30 When He Died

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in January

Our 20 Favorite Pop Culture Posters of 2019

Fill Your Stocking With These 5 Eclectic Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Shorts

Find Your Nerdy Holiday Yule Log Here

The Most Important Scenes From the Cats Movie (As I Remember Them)

I Think I Watched the Patched Version of Cats

20 Questions We Have After Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and 6 That Were Answered

Who Cares That Rise of Skywalker Won the Box Office, Just Look at This Dismal Cats Debut

Lightsabers From Star Wars Still Aren’t Real, But This Guy Made a Protosaber, Kind Of

There’s a New Trailer for New Mutants Coming Next Month, Which Means New Mutants Might Still Be Released

In an Unprecedented Move, Universal Is Sending Theaters a Patched Version of Cats

One of The Rise of Skywalker’s Key Locations Has Its Identity Revealed in the Visual Dictionary

The Newest Star Wars Visual Dictionary Introduces a Whole New Calendar System for Some Reason

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

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