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Cozy Up to Your Screen With This Doctor Who Christmas Fireplace

Plus, if you watch carefully, you’ll spot a few surprises! As all Doctor Who fans know by now, there’ll be no 2018 Christmas special to cap off Jodie Whitaker’s landmark first season as the Thirteenth Doctor. But what’s perhaps a new tradition in the making begins on January 1, with a New Year’s Day special…

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John Wick‘s Director Could Keep Doing This Forever

Mr. John Wick is riding a wild assassination train, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick films, recently talked to Entertainment Weekly, expressing a high degree of enthusiasm for the franchise and an intent to not stop anytime soon. “I enjoy making these movies because…

Movies Julie Muncy

Here’s Your First, Tiny Glimpse of the Deep Space Nine Documentary’s HD Footage in Action

It’s short enough that yes, it can almost entirely be captured in gif form. But god, considering how hard it is to get, how unlikely it is to see more beyond the upcoming Deep Space Nine documentary, and how clean it is, it’s not hard to be excited anyway. A few months ago What We Left…

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Big Finish Will Not Rest Until It Has Brought Back Pretty Much Everyone From Torchwood

First it was just John Barrowman. Then, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd were added. Then, important supporting stars like Kai Owen and Tom Price. Then the whole original team showed up! Now, with another familiar face returning, the Torchwood audio drama line is dangerously close to asking us to care about someone from Miracle Day…

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Uncharted Just Lost Its Director Thanks to Another Video Game Movie

It’s game over for Shawn Levy and Uncharted. The director has left the video game adaptation to make another film, a film that just so happens to also be about video games. That movie is called Free Guy and Fox has given it a green light to go into production in April of next year.…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Mandalorian‘s Music Will Come From Black Panther and Venom Composer Ludwig Göransson

Star Wars isn’t Star Wars without its music and now The Mandalorian has its sound. StarWars.com revealed that Ludwig Göransson will be doing the score for the upcoming live-action Disney+ streaming series. You may not know Göransson by name just yet but you definitely know his work. He scored a little film earlier this year…

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How Bumblebee‘s 1980s Setting Turned It Into Every Transformers Fan’s Dream

Everything about Bumblebee is totally 1980s, from its time period and music to its first generation Transformer designs and so much more. As they tell it, director Travis Knight and writer Christina Hodson both knew that setting the newest Transformers installment in the decade when the Transformers actually rose to popularity made sense for many…

Movies Germain Lussier

Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short

We may not be getting a Doctor Who Christmas special this year, but Jodie Whittaker and her festive friends aren’t leaving us empty handed. Doctor Who’s Twitter account has shared a cute animated holiday short telling the story of how the Doctor (voiced by Whittaker) helped save Christmas once again this year. Narrated by Bradley…

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This Behind-the-Scenes Preview Highlights Star Trek: Discovery‘s Increasingly Cinematic Mood

Looking good there, Star Trek: Discovery. You been working out? Buy a new wardrobe? Not long after dropping a new trailer, CBS has released a fun little behind-the-scenes featurette for the second season of Discovery, highlighting the more grandiose look and feel of the upcoming episodes. In it, creator Alex Kurtzman talks about a deliberate…

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Godzilla’s Kaiju Cohorts Grab the Spotlight on These Killer New King of the Monsters Posters

It’s been an outstanding week for Godzilla fans. First, we got a monster-packed new trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Then, we got a very fun fan-made remix trailer that looked at the upcoming movie through an old-school kaiju lens. And now, the movie’s supporting cast of “Titans” have their very own stunning character…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Netflix Will Release Spike Lee-Produced Film About Using Time Travel Against Police Brutality

These teenagers are using science for good. Netflix has announced that it’s pairing up with Spike Lee’s production company to release a feature-length adaptation of Stefon Bristol and Fredrica Bailey’s award-winning short film, See You Yesterday, about a pair of young geniuses who create a time machine to stop an act of police brutality. The…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Trollhunters Universe Expands in the First Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Next Netflix Series

We recently ran through all the finished screenplays Guillermo del Toro has floating around his desk right now—but the wait is nearly up for the latest project from the Oscar-winning director. Animated alien tale 3Below: Tales of Arcadia hits Netflix next week, and a new trailer is here to get you excited. 3Below: Tales of…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Old School Kaiju Icons Collide in This Retro Re-Imagining of the Godzilla: King of the Monsters Trailer

Few things are certain in life, but one constant is this: When there is a new trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters out, there will inevitably be a fan mashup that recreates it using footage from Japanese tokusatsu films. This week’s jaw-dropping clash of titans in the second trailer for King of the Monsters…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Mandalorian Cast Has Officially Been Announced

It’s true. All of it. Basically every crazy casting rumor you heard about the first live-action Star Wars show, The Mandalorian, was just made official by Lucasfilm—and we just learned so much more. Yes, Pedro Pascal is the lead in the show and yes he’ll be joined by Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, and Nick Nolte.…

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6 Actors Who Were Double-Duty Genre Superstars in 2018

It’s not unusual for popular actors to be cast in multiple movies and TV shows in a relatively short time period—but 2018 had an unusual number of performers doing double duty in notable genre projects. Here are six of our favorite ubiquitous faces this year. 1) Ann Dowd, Hereditary and The Handmaid’s Tale A well-known…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Watch BBC’s Gorgeous Music Video for Doctor Who’s Thirteenth Doctor Theme

2018 was a year of change for Doctor Who. Not only did we get a showrunner shift and a brand-new Doctor, now played by Jodie Whittaker, but we also got the first new Doctor Who composer in over a decade. And now, not only is the music of Segun Akinola is getting an album release,…

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Plans Are Underway to Build a New Ultraman Legacy in the West

Ultraman is one of Japan’s most iconic superheroes. And while each generation of size-changing defenders of the Earth has been enchanting Japanese audiences for over half a century, Ultraman’s impact around the wider world has been in fits and starts. But it may not be for much longer. The Hollywood Reporter has word that Tsubaraya…

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Doctor Who Tried to Have Two Finales at Once, and It Mostly Worked

Doctor Who’s 11th season has seen the series go through a bit of an existential crisis—is the show a character-driven scifi drama, or a big old whizzbang romp with explosive stakes? “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos” distilled that debate within itself by trying to present a finale that tackled both of those things at…

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Get Ready for a Battle in the Spoiler-Filled Doctor Who Finale Discussion Zone

Tonight, the Doctor and her friends took to the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos on a mission of mercy—only to find a dark threat and an echo of the past. Want to talk spoilers about Doctor Who’s season 11 finale? Join us! Cor blimey, it’s Tim Shaw! Hey, people did say they wanted returning monsters…

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The Episode Titles for Stranger Things Season 3 Are Here

Are you up for some wild speculation? Well, you’ve come to the right place as Netflix just announced the episode titles for Stranger Things season 3. Here’s the video tease, if you want to just watch it and be surprised. To recap, the episode titles are: “Suzie, Do You Copy?” “The Mall Rats” “The Case…

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Cozy Up to Your Screen With This Doctor Who Christmas Fireplace

John Wick‘s Director Could Keep Doing This Forever

Here’s Your First, Tiny Glimpse of the Deep Space Nine Documentary’s HD Footage in Action

Big Finish Will Not Rest Until It Has Brought Back Pretty Much Everyone From Torchwood

Uncharted Just Lost Its Director Thanks to Another Video Game Movie

The Mandalorian‘s Music Will Come From Black Panther and Venom Composer Ludwig Göransson

How Bumblebee‘s 1980s Setting Turned It Into Every Transformers Fan’s Dream

Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short

This Behind-the-Scenes Preview Highlights Star Trek: Discovery‘s Increasingly Cinematic Mood

Godzilla’s Kaiju Cohorts Grab the Spotlight on These Killer New King of the Monsters Posters

Netflix Will Release Spike Lee-Produced Film About Using Time Travel Against Police Brutality

The Trollhunters Universe Expands in the First Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Next Netflix Series

Old School Kaiju Icons Collide in This Retro Re-Imagining of the Godzilla: King of the Monsters Trailer

The Mandalorian Cast Has Officially Been Announced

6 Actors Who Were Double-Duty Genre Superstars in 2018

Watch BBC’s Gorgeous Music Video for Doctor Who’s Thirteenth Doctor Theme

Plans Are Underway to Build a New Ultraman Legacy in the West

Doctor Who Tried to Have Two Finales at Once, and It Mostly Worked

Get Ready for a Battle in the Spoiler-Filled Doctor Who Finale Discussion Zone

The Episode Titles for Stranger Things Season 3 Are Here

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Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

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Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

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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

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