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Joker Is Now the Biggest R-Rated Movie in the World

That’ll put a smile on some faces. Despite being mired in controversy for what felt like eons, Joker has transformed from artsy comic book flick to one of the biggest movies of 2019—and as of this past weekend, it’s taken another record for its own. Box Office Mojo reports that Joker has now earned just…

Movies James Whitbrook

Spider-Man’s Homecoming Outfit Looks Really Cool When It’s Falling Apart

Spider-Man’s costume, over time, has had one constant: it’s going to fall apart. No hero wears tattered fabric like Spidey does. So when concepting any outfit for Peter Parker in a film like Spider-Man: Homecoming or Far From Home, the question immediately has to become: but what is it going to look like after it’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Video Showcases All the Myriad Transformations of Pennywise the Clown

Pennywise, the antagonist of all iterations of Stephen King’s It and its adaptations, is generally a very menacing clown. But he’s not only a menacing clown—he’s also a freaky shapeshifter with a penchant for creative disguises and the occasional goofy stint as, like, a fish tank or something.* In a new video, the good folks…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Strangest Cut Scene From Avengers: Infinity War Apparently Involved Bloody Mashed Potatoes

Yeah, okay, that seems normal. In a recent interview with IGN, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely reveal what is easily the strangest cut idea I’ve heard yet from the sprawling process of writing the MCU’s two-part superhero epic. It all comes down to one question: do you ever remember…

Movies Julie Muncy

A New Tom and Jerry Live-Action Movie Is Coming Next Winter, So Start Preparing Your Mouse Traps

Cat vs. mouse, the most ancient of conflicts, a microcosm of the dark nihilism of nature. A harbinger of the cruel fate waiting for us all at the end of the line. Or perhaps—wait, no, it’s just a cartoon. One of the most well known and moderately beloved: Tom & Jerry, a series of Hanna…

Movies Julie Muncy

Early Impressions Call Doctor Sleep A Worthy Successor to The Shining

Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel novel to The Shining, has an impossibly high pedigree to live up to in the form of Kubrick’s The Shining adaptation, one of the best horror films ever made. So how did he do? Well, the early embargo is up and impressions are beginning to trickle…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Case for Calling All Vampires Draculas

Myths about vampiric creatures that rise from the dead to feed on the blood of the living predate Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the modern concept of extravagant, seductive vampires by hundreds of years. But stories about aristocratic, sometimes campy vampires who vanish into puffs of smoke and must be invited into human homes have arguably…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Spider-Man Noir Lives, and Is Heading to London, for His Brand New Comic Series

Back when the moviegoing world was introduced to a Nic Cage-voiced, Nazi-punchin’, Rubik’s-cube-enchanted Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Marvel Comics had the grand idea to kill the character off as part of Spidergeddon. Well, good news! The Peter Parker of Earth-90214 is coming back, and getting his own series to boot. Announced today…

Movies James Whitbrook

Scream & Stream: 10 Spooky Halloween Horror Selections

Assuming you’ve already watched the 1978 Halloween and the other spooky staples in your library (Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc.), it’s time to paddle out into the streams—streaming services, that is!—for some macabre movies. This year we tried to go for some less-obvious titles—but a few old faves did make it into the…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Taylor Swift Gets to Be a Cat and Write a New Cats Song With Andrew Lloyd Webber for Work

It’s almost like “Memory” has itself become a memory. Taylor Swift is here to try and snatch that Best Original Song Oscar from The Lion King’s Beyoncé Knowles-Carter with a new song she wrote with Andrew Lloyd Webber for Cats—otherwise known as that nightmare movie you know you’re going to see. Universal Pictures has shared…

Movies Beth Elderkin

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

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

Pedro Pascal’s Wonder Woman 1984 Character Is Exactly Who You Thought He Was

It feels like eons ago we learned Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal would be joining the highly-anticipated Wonder Woman sequel in an undisclosed role, what with him picking up another juicy role in the meantime you can’t really blame us for getting distracted. So it was a bit of surprise to see director Patty…

Movies Jill Pantozzi

While We’re Arguing if Marvel Movies Are Art, Let’s Also Let Them Be Sexy, Dammit

The internet is currently in what feels like an endless cycle of asking artsy film directors their thoughts about Marvel movies and then getting mad at those thoughts. So, you know, it’s just a regular time on the internet. But among that tiresome discourse, at least one director had a point we could get behind:…

Movies James Whitbrook

Disney’s Star Tours Just Told Us the Name of The Rise of Skywalker‘s Most Mysterious Planet

That’s no moon. It’s the ruins of a space station on a moon. We learn so much about the galaxy far, far away through ancillary means these days, whether it’s tie-in media designed to fill in the gaps throughout the saga, or the sheer volume of product a brand like Star Wars is associated with…

Movies James Whitbrook

Open Channel: What’s the Weirdest Thing You’ve Done to Watch a Movie Trailer?

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker released its final trailer this week during Monday Night Football…which meant a bunch of non-sports fans were stuck watching football for hours while they waited for Rey, Finn, Poe, and the others to show up for a few glorious minutes. This got us thinking about some of the strange…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Terminator: Dark Fate‘s Post-Judgment Day Future Is Female, and We’re Here for It

Terminator: Dark Fate is an engaging story about three, tremendously powerful women. That’s it. That’s the review. (Ok, not really…) Created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, the Terminator franchise is probably one of the most familiar to audiences outside of comic book properties, Star Wars, and The Lord of the Rings. But the…

Movies Jill Pantozzi

Star Wars Actors Really Love The Rise of Skywalker Trailer

Fans aren’t the only ones raving about the new trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The actors involved in the film are doing so too, and we’ve compiled all their reactions. Now, obviously, these are people who were all paid not just to be in the movie, but to promote it—but still, it’s…

Movies Germain Lussier

Breaking Down the New Hopes and Shadowed Empires in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Final Trailer

It’s here. After waiting months since Star Wars Celebration gave us our first look—and being dazzled by a dark vision in the meantime—the final trailer for The Rise of Skywalker has arrived. It doesn’t just bring a message of hope for the Resistance reborn, but has quite a few intriguing details and hints you may…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Director of Horror Film Sweetheart on Breaking the Rules of Genre

Standing drunk on a beach, looking out at the ocean, filmmaker JD Dillard suddenly had the idea for his next movie. “I went to a wedding in Virginia Beach and there had been some drinking,” Dilliard told io9 at Fantastic Fest last month. “I was down at the beach for a little bit, just looking…

Movies Germain Lussier

Which Absolute Buffoon Looked at Linda Hamilton and Decided She Needed ‘Tits and Ass’ in Her Terminator Costume?

Are they still on this earth? Did her singular glare in that moment not just turn them to an ashen smear on the ground? How did she not do what she has done on screen to many—many—killer robots to this person? Linda Hamilton is back on the big screen fighting killer robots again, of course,…

Movies James Whitbrook

Joker Is Now the Biggest R-Rated Movie in the World

Spider-Man’s Homecoming Outfit Looks Really Cool When It’s Falling Apart

This Video Showcases All the Myriad Transformations of Pennywise the Clown

The Strangest Cut Scene From Avengers: Infinity War Apparently Involved Bloody Mashed Potatoes

A New Tom and Jerry Live-Action Movie Is Coming Next Winter, So Start Preparing Your Mouse Traps

Early Impressions Call Doctor Sleep A Worthy Successor to The Shining

The Case for Calling All Vampires Draculas

Spider-Man Noir Lives, and Is Heading to London, for His Brand New Comic Series

Scream & Stream: 10 Spooky Halloween Horror Selections

Taylor Swift Gets to Be a Cat and Write a New Cats Song With Andrew Lloyd Webber for Work

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

Pedro Pascal’s Wonder Woman 1984 Character Is Exactly Who You Thought He Was

While We’re Arguing if Marvel Movies Are Art, Let’s Also Let Them Be Sexy, Dammit

Disney’s Star Tours Just Told Us the Name of The Rise of Skywalker‘s Most Mysterious Planet

Open Channel: What’s the Weirdest Thing You’ve Done to Watch a Movie Trailer?

Terminator: Dark Fate‘s Post-Judgment Day Future Is Female, and We’re Here for It

Star Wars Actors Really Love The Rise of Skywalker Trailer

Breaking Down the New Hopes and Shadowed Empires in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Final Trailer

The Director of Horror Film Sweetheart on Breaking the Rules of Genre

Which Absolute Buffoon Looked at Linda Hamilton and Decided She Needed ‘Tits and Ass’ in Her Terminator Costume?

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

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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