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The Northman Early Buzz: Robert Eggers Delivers A Bloody Good Revenge Film First reactions to “The Northman” are in, which means we finally get to know how Amleth’s (Alexander Skarsgård) much-discussed plan to “Avenge father. Save mother. Kill Fjölnir” turned out. Or at least, we’ll know if it’s worth coming along for the ride when the film premieres on July 20, 2025. The review embargo for the viking epic is still in place, but critics who were able to see the film early took to Twitter today to share their preliminary thoughts....

Theme Park Bits: Walt Disney World Brings Minnie Vans To The People, Exclusive ‘Toy Story’ Land Annual Pass Dates In this edition of Theme Park Bits: “Benedict Cumberbatch … is that you?” Actually, that’s not at all what I thought when I glimpsed the guydoing character greetingsin a Doctor Strange outfit at Disney California Adventure. He doesn’t bear a particularly strong resemblance to the Cumberbatch, but of course, the Master of the Mystic Arts is a character with a long history that no one actorly vessel can hope to contain....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Jackass 3, The Walking Dead (Season 1), The Next Three Days, Morning Glory, Four Lions, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s.FOUR LIONS For at least half of its runtime, Four Lions is a relatively good-natured comedy, foremost because its characters seem like relatively good-natured people....

This Week In DVD: The Dark Knight, Lost (Season 4), Horton Hears A Who, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict....

Video: Take A Look Inside The Rogue One Creature Shop We are ten days away fromRogue One: A Star Wars Storyhitting theaters and it already feels like the marketing for this film is reaching a fever pitch. Disney has released another featurette, this one focusing on the aliens and creatures featured in the first Star Wars anthology film. While the marketing forStar Wars: The Force Awakenswas so laser-focused on convincing fans that this was a return to practical effects, locations, and creatures, we haven’t seen much of this angle for Rogue One....

VOTD: Breaking Down The Dragon Visual Effects In ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season Five Just last month, not long after the fifth season ofGame of Thronescame to an end, we featured a look at some of the impressive andsometimes invisible visual effectsof HBO’s hit fantasy series. And before that, there was a special emphasis places on thevisual effects of the exciting episode"Hardhome." But we’ve yet to dive into the visual effects of the dragons....

VOTD: The DC Extended Universe Gets The Honor Of Being The 400th Honest Trailer Ever since Marvel Studios successfully built their Marvel Cinematic Universe, every studio has been riding their coattails and trying to do the same. That’s especially true for Warner Bros. Pictures and the DC Extended Universe they tried to create with directorZack Snyderafter too many failed attempts at bringingSupermanback to the big screen. So the studio said to hell with it and allowed the creation of the film franchise that the 400thHonest Trailerfrom Screen Junkies calls the equivalent of a chaotic goth nerd who never lived up to their potential....

WeCrashed Trailer: Anne Hathaway And Jared Leto Star As The Crazy Power Couple Behind WeWork Another day, another streaming drama based on a podcast about con artists. Like themany othersslated to hit our screens this year, “WeCrashed” tells the story of a startup built on greed, egos, and duped investors. But don’t let the cynicism fool you, because this tale has the ooey-gooey center of a love story, starring Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto as the power-couple who brought WeWork to great highs before its memorable descent....

Why Disney Scrapped George Lucas' Plans For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Star Wars: The Force Awakensis inspired byGeorge Lucas' creations, but it is not itself a George Lucas creation. Lucas has stressed that he has"no idea what they’re doing,“and expressed his eagerness to"enjoy it like anybody else.” But there was a time before the Lucasfilm sale when Lucas was developing his ownEpisode VII, going as far as to approachHarrison Ford,Carrie Fischer, andMark Hamillabout reprising their roles....

Will David O. Russell Direct Anne Hathaway And Bradley Cooper In ‘The Silver Linings Playbook’ Before ‘Uncharted’? Given the flurry of news onDavid O. Russell’s planned adaptation of the video gameUncharted: Drake’s Fortune, there have been assumptions that it would be his next film. But we know he’s only half done with the script at this point, which means the film can’t be greenlit, so it may be premature to assumeUnchartedis the director’s follow-up toThe Fighter....

‘Alien: Covenant’s’ New Xenomorphs Have A New Name Prometheusconcludes with the Trilobite and the Engineer giving birth to The Deacon. The baby blue-skinned alien hardly endedSir Ridley Scott’s film with a bang. Will we ever see that Xenomorph-like creature ever again or was it simply a moment of underwhelming fan service? We’ll have to wait and find out, but we do know the name of the aliens wreaking havoc in next summer’sAlien: Covenantis not “Deacons....

‘Amulet’ Trailer: You Might Want To Think Twice Before Moving Into This House If you badly needed a place to stay, and someone offered you refuge in their crumbling, spooky home, would you say yes? I would, because I love spooky, crumbling stuff, but the idea might send up more than a few red flags for others. But that’s just the situation that the main character ofAmuletfinds himself in, and since this is a horror movie, things don’t go so well....

‘Army Of The Dead’ Interactive Event Will Allow Fans To Unlock The First 15 Minutes Of The Movie Netflix is inviting fans to embark on a heist — of sorts — of their own. A global livestream event forArmy of the Deadwill allow fans to unlock the first 15 minutes of Zack Snyder’s zombie heist movie through an “interactive experience.” It’s not a heist featuring the undead and azombie tiger, but it will do....