Posts

The Improvised Lower Decks Moment That Spawned A Brand-New Star Trek Character These are the voyages of the USS Cerritos.“Star Trek: Lower Decks"follows the madcap antics of one of the most average ships in Starfleet. More specifically, it’s the adventures of the lowly crewmates who man the lower decks — the support crew who never even get near the spotlight. Enter Ensign Boimler, the career-driven suck-up, Ensign mariner, the lone wolf badass who hates that she’s the captain’s daughter, Ensign Tandy, the ultra-nerd with a heart of gold, and Ensign Rutherford, the softly spoken cyborg....

The Summer Of Disney+ Is Coming: Big Blockbusters, New Originals, And Old Favorites Even though movie theatersare getting their groove back, the summer blockbuster season still won’t be quite as exciting as usual. That’s why Disney+ is hyping up their own summer line-up that brings some big blockbusters, new original shows, and beloved favorites from the past straight to your TV screen. In a new Summer of Disney+ preview, the streaming service touts the arrival of theatrical releases likeBlack Widow, Pixar’sLuca, andJungle Cruise, new original shows includingLokiandMonsters at Work, and old favorites likeAdventures in Babysitting,The Sandlot, andMrs....

The Universal Horror Revival Continues With ‘Wolfman’ Starring Ryan Gosling After bumbling and stumbling withThe Mummy, Universal seems to finally be back on their feet when it comes to reviving their classic monsters. They had big success with Leigh Whannell’sInvisible Man, and already have several other monster-themed projects in the works. Now a new beastie has joined the lineup:Wolfman.Ryan Goslingis set to play the lycanthrope, and Universal is said to be closing in on a director....

This Week In DVD: Revolutionary Road, Defiance, Weeds, 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 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....

Trivia: How Steven Spielberg Won Millions Of ‘Star Wars’ Dollars In A Bet With George Lucas At this point, there’s likely nothing that could be said aboutStar Warsthat many fans don’t already know. After almost 40 years of interviews, videos, re-releases, and books, every story concerningGeorge Lucas' milestone film has likely been told. So, with that preamble, here’s one I don’t remember hearing. Some of you might know it; many probably don’t....

Universal’s Super Nintendo World Will Use Wearable Tech To Turn A Real-Life Theme Park Land Into A Video Game The firstSuper Nintendo Landis coming to Universal Studios Japan, and it is shaping up to be one of the most immersive and tech-forward theme park lands to date. Billed as “a life-size, living video game,” Super Nintendo Land may be the closest theme park guests will get to being dropped in the middle of a Super Mario game — barring the part where you grow to the size of a giant, probably....

Visual Guide To Marvel Character Movie Rights Infographic Why isn’tSpider-Manallowed to joinThe Avengersin the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Why won’t we ever see “Mutants” in the Marvel movies? Why can’t theFantastic Fourmeet theX-Menon the big screen? The answer to these questions is that the Marvel character movie rights are owned by different studios who are (so far) uninterested in working together. Artist Maurice Mitchell ofThe Geek Twins(found viaLaughingSquid) has created “The Visual Guide to Marvel Character Movie Rights” Infographic which illustrates the current state of the Marvel movie universe, divided by which studios own the rights to which Marvel characters....

VOTD: Original ‘Rugrats’ Cast Reunites For A Table Read, Trivia, And Plain Old Promotion Paramount+ has released their new computer animated reboot of theRugrats, one of the classic Nicktoons that helped put Nickelodeon on the map. Though the updated series seems to lose the charm that the quirky, 2D animation brought to the original cartoon, at least the original cast is back to voiceTommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Susie and Angelicaas they get into all-new adventures without adult supervision....

WTF: Two Men Reenact ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’ In Denver Weekend at Bernie’sis one of those movies a lot of people find funny while totally ignoring the horrific reality of the situation. In the 1989 film, Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman play two men who find their boss dead and decide to hang out with his body, eventually using his clout to live the high life. The film was successful enough that everyone came back for a sequel in 1993....

‘Agent Carter’ TV Spot (Re)Introduces Marvel’s New Leading Lady Just hours after Marvel revealed plans for its first female-led superhero movie, it’s unveiled a first peek at its first female-led superhero show.Agent CarterstarsHayley Atwell, reprising the role of Peggy fromCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. The firstAgent CarterTV spot has Peggy in fine form, looking stylish as hell while gunning down bad guys. Watch it after the jump. #AgentCarteris coming to ABC Tuesdays this January....

‘Battleship’ Trailer - Who Needs Character Development When You Have Explosions? Taylor Kitsch’sJohn Cartermay not quite have been the blockbuster hit that he and Disney were hoping for, but the star will take a second stab at leading a major action franchise whenPeter Berg’sBattleshiphits this summer. Inspired by the Hasbro game, the film stars Kitsch,Alexander Skarsgard,Rihanna, andLiam Neesonas naval officers dealing with an otherwordly force that threatens to destroy our planet....

‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ Documentary Series Returning For Season 2 Along with the excitement of the first live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorianarriving last year, fans were treated to a bonus with a full-fledged making-of documentary series calledDisney Gallery: The Mandalorian. It sounds like Disney will continue the behind-the-scenes sneak peeks as a second season of the documentary appears to be slated to debut after the second season finale, giving fans a nice little Christmas present....

‘Glass’ Tops The Weekend Box Office While A ‘Dragon Ball Z’ Movie Makes A Surprising Debut January is usually dead when it comes to the box office, but this month has brought some high performers. Last weekend,The Upsidesurprised everyone by over-performing and taking the top spot away fromAquaman. This weekend,Glasslanded in the top spot, albeit a little under expectations. But the real surprise came from the debut of FUNimationDragon Ball Super: Broly, a low key release that somehow ended up landing the #3 spot....