Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring a then little-known Chris Hemsworth in the title role, Thor was the fourth film in the still-nascent Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was also — as we look back at it now — a pivotal one in the development of the MCU. “I’m very proud of my part of it,” Branagh told us a couple of years ago about his handling of Thor. “Which was providing a sort of backbone that they could comically riff off, but at least it originally contained some of the high stakes Nine Realms import that that larger mythology has to have as well....

Anime-Exclusive Streaming Services Funimation Price: Free (with ads); $5.99 per month; $7.99 per month; $99.99 a year ($8.30 per month)Advantages: Huge library of titles, largest library of dubbed content Funimation is an essential name in the anime industry and they’ve been able to grow from a plucky dubbing studio to one of the biggest providers of anime to the country. Funimation is a great place for beginners to check out what anime they’re interested in and it also offers a two-week trial to explore their content....

Yet the original Wizardry games’ barebones style became the version that endured. When Japanese publisher ASCII brokered a deal with Sir-Tech to import Wizardry, they both prolonged the longevity of the franchise and helped ensure that it reached a wider audience. Now there are over 35+ Wizardry titles that have never officially reached US shores, and the number of direct descendants of Wizardry’s sparse, but addictive, style is nearly unaccountable....

Obviously, Marvel and Lucasfilm have both recovered from the experience. The same is true for stars Tim Robbins and Lea Thompson, although it took a lot longer to bounce back. In a recent interview with the podcast Celebrity Catchup: Life After That Thing I Did, where she was promoting her new movie Unplugging, Thompson called the response to the movie “devastating.” It even overwhelmed Thompson’s breakout as Lorraine Baines in Back to the Future....

Hulu’s major original releases in May come in the middle of the month. Candy premieres on May 9 and stars Jessica Biel as your friendly neighborhood axe murderer. If that sounds a bit outlandish, bear in mind that this limited series is based on the real life story of Candy Montgomery and her victim, the tragically named Betty Gore. On May 15, Hulu will play host to Conversations with Friends....

With Lucasfilm under new management since the Disney buyout in 2012, it seemed inevitable we’d see the trusty ol’ fedora again. What might be more impressive, then, is that Harrison Ford‘s Dr. Jones (unlike his Han Solo doppelgänger) is the one returning to the screen, getting one more chance to ride into the sunset with dignity. Indiana Jones 5 Release Date Details on the still officially untitled Indiana Jones 5 have been slowly trickling out over the past several months....

The secret is finally out. Well, one of them, at least. DC’s Dark Crisis event is more than just the latest story to tackle the implications of the scope of DC Universe history, it’s also a direct sequel to the original Crisis on Infinite Earths, arguably the greatest event comic of all time. And with that revelation comes a change in title, as Dark Crisis is now officially known as Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths....

A total of 12 new episodes for the inventive storytelling anthology have been ordered, taking the grand total of original half-hour instalments up to 43. Just take a moment to think about that: 43 distinct scenarios and characters. New locations, new sets, new costumes, new music and new co-stars, every time. An original premise played with for just 30 minutes and then onto the next thing. And the next. And the next....

The good news is that Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War does support cross-platform options such as cross-play and cross-progression. Simply put, you will be able to play Cold War with your friends regardless of which platform they’re on. As noted on the Activision blog, “an entire Multiplayer party (max of six) could be comprised of players who are playing the game across the available five platforms, including next and current generation consoles as well as PC....

To make sure that we’re all as close to the same page as you can possibly be with a story as strange as this one, be sure to watch the latest Death Stranding Director’s Cut trailer and keep an eye out for the whale-like creature that appears towards the end (around the 8:18 mark). If you’re currently unable to view that trailer, then here’s a Bigfoot-worthy screengrab of the mysterious creature that we humbly submit for your consideration....

Scribe Hill, originally born Joseph Hillström King and the son of legendary author Stephen King, remains a busy dude, and has already seen two other notable adaptations of his work come to TV recently in the form of Zachary Quinto-led series NOS4A2 and horror flick In The Tall Grass, also at Netflix. Finding time to stop by Brian Keene’s podcast The Horror Show to discuss his ongoing passions, though, Hill was drawn into a discussion about Doctor Who (via Bleeding Cool)....

Born in California, Mike Wade actually graduated from college with a B.A. in Psychology, but taking a pair of acting classes as a college senior sent his career, and his life, off into a different direction as an actor, and it’s probably the best decision he’s made in his life. You may have seen him in episodes of Timeless, NCIS, For the People, Who the F is Mike Young or in a recurring role on SEAL Team (as Lt....

Other than the fact that Peyton Reed will return to direct, there aren’t many official Ant-Man 3 details yet (it doesn’t even have a release date at the moment), so we don’t know how major Kang’s appearance in this film will be. Is he the full-on villain of the movie? Is he a glorified cameo like Thanos in the first Guardians of the Galaxy or Klaw in Avengers: Age of Ultron?...

In the opening days of the company, Khan was the man behind the curtain. However, “The Elite” as they are known, were the faces of the company. They were the ones out front in press conferences and at the top of the early cards. When AEW first began to run shows in the summer of 2019, Kenny, Cody, and The Bucks were staples of the show. Omega was in the company’s first world title match and Cody embarked on a personal feud against his brother, Dustin....

Collette’s long and illustrious resume includes her breakthrough film Muriel’s Wedding and her turn as a terrified mother in The Sixth Sense, plus distinctive roles in About a Boy, Velvet Goldmine, Little Miss Sunshine, Enough Said and her three-season run on Showtime’s The United States of Tara. Den of Geek spoke with her just as Krampus was opening about working with monsters on set, Christmas in Australia and her very first movie… further reading: The Anti-Christmas Spirit of Krampus Den of Geek: What did you know about the Krampus myth before this?...

Every year, the debate rages on. Bruce Willis, spraying machine gun fire. Hans, nonplussed, killing the world’s worst yuppie scumbag Ellis. Al, the redeemed killer cop, gunning down Karl in a surprise display of heroics. Sure, John McTiernan, Jeb Stuart, and Steven E. de Souza’s Die Hard is a certified classic of the action genre, but is it really a Christmas movie? There are arguments for and against this, but for whatever reason, the controversy has coalesced around Die Hard and forgotten the real action movie that deserves to be in the Christmas canon, and that’s Richard Donner and Shane Black’s holiday classic, Lethal Weapon....

Lethal Weapon Season 3 Episode 1 “First car chase?” “I’m okay. It’s just been a while…” Lethal Weapon enters its third season facing the difficult task of replacing a main character. This would be a lofty endeavor for any series, but Lethal Weapon lives and dies off its buddy cop chemistry between Riggs and Murtaugh. The whole reason that Lethal Weapon was even adapted onto television in the first place is because that Riggs/Murtaugh dynamic is so appealing and infectious....

“Viola Davis is now expected to reprise her role as Amanda Waller in a new Peacemaker and Suicide Squad spin-off series on HBO Max. According to a new report from Variety, the actress is now tied to a new project that is based around her character as the helm of Task Force X, also known as the Suicide Squad. The project will pick up after Davis’ appearance at the end of John Cena’s Peacemaker, where her daughter Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) exposed her mother’s diabolical work with the band of misfits to the public....

“In May 2020, Andy Serkis—who played Gollum in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies—returned to Middle-earth for an epic read-aloud of The Hobbit that lasted 11 hours straight and raised more than $400,000 for COVID-19 relief efforts. After this so-called #Hobbitathon ended, Serkis went on to record an actual audiobook edition of the novel for HarperCollins UK.” Read more at Mental Floss Wait, Black Widow is how high?...

“A wise man once said, ‘At your highest moment, that’s when the devil comes for you.’ It was true last night at the Academy and it was also true last night in Hawaii, where the winner of the Oscar for “most cheer-worthy moment,” Ezra Miller, was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment.” Read more at The A.V. Club While The Batman might not make more than some older DC films in the pre-Covid era of the box office, it did just surpass the theatrical run of Justice League....