The Joker is a character historically infamous for his theatricality; he’s a scion of chaos, the maestro of malevolence, and a twisty yin to Batman’s straight-laced yang. He’s a comic icon that was himself borne from the haunting visions of cinema’s earliest glories, as Bill Finger was in part inspired to co-create the supervillain after watching Conrad Veidt’s eerie transformation in the 1928 Expressionist classic, The Man Who Laughs. Perhaps that is why each return to the big screen is heralded as much as any caped or cowled superhero....

When we last saw the campers of Camp Cretaceous at the end of season 2, these teens were done waiting for help to come rescue them from Isla Nublar. Indeed, after building their own shelter and surviving for months on their own, the campers are probably the best suited humans to survive on a dinosaur-populated island. If you missed the first two seasons of Camp Cretaceous but are familiar with the larger Jurassic World franchise, it helps to know that the series takes place between the events of Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom....

Speaking on Vero, Snyder’s social media platform of choice, the filmmaker said, “I’m excited for you guys to see the giant amount of movie that you have coming your way in 2021 on HBO Max. Don’t forget that it is probably a solid two and a half hours of unseen footage in this movie, I would imagine. Something like that. So it’s going to be fun for everyone to experience for the first time....

King Saladeen is an artist who prides himself on creating work that can be portrayed in many different ways. From clothing to exotic cars, murals and now trading cards, King Saladeen’s art is dynamic and unique. Over the last year, Topps has had Saladeen design some of its most notable cards in the Project 2020 and Project 70 sets for popular current and former players like Fernando Tatis Jr., Bryce Harper, Roberto Clemente, Ken Griffey Jr....

Then the movie happened. I won’t call The Rise of Skywalker the absolute worst Star Wars film (although it’s in that conversation), but I do know that I’ve never seen a new Star Wars movie drain the energy out of an opening weekend crowd quite the way that one did. About halfway through the movie’s nearly two-and-a-half-hour runtime, you could just feel the enthusiasm leave the room. Rise of Skywalker‘s sleepy performances, loosely connected scenes, and constant retcons quickly turned “This is it!...

Nothing is standalone in this Line of Duty series six; everything is linked back to what’s gone before. Ryan Pilkington, Terry Boyle, Steph Corbett, Ian Buckells, Jimmy Lakewell, Blackthorn Prison, Lee Banks, even Jackie Laverty… all of them ‘previously on’ characters who’ve made a reappearance and dragged the past back with them. It should come as no surprise then, that the series six guest lead played by Kelly Macdonald also has a significant link to the past....

What we do know is that AC-12’s shade-ar now has a 100% detection rate. Every time it’s pointed at a potentially bent copper, it finds one. The moment Davidson picked up that burner phone from Beardy Blue Van Man, she lost all claim to innocence. Everything now points to her having 1) tipped off the OCG about Carl Banks running his mouth, 2) bought them enough time to kill him and the CHIS framed for Banks’ murder, and 3) used her keys to Farida’s to plant those burner phones and frame her as the leak....

“Halloween is a time for horrors, haunts, and movies with a lot of blood. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the most terrifying films out there are the ones that are considered “safe” for all ages. Here are our picks of the 10 scariest G-rated movies in modern history.” Read more at Gizmodo. Armie Hammer joked that he’s open to doing a sequel for The Man From U.N.C.L.E if someone wrote a good enough fanfiction....

“Christopher Nolan is known for his mind-bending movies. As someone who considers herself a Nolan bro, I am very excited for his upcoming film Oppenheimer, which is based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the film will star Cillian Murphy as Robert Oppenheimer, the man many refer to as the ‘father of the atomic bomb....

“After the success of the original Sonic the Hedgehog back in 2020, it was a foregone conclusion that this weekend’s Sonic 2 would be a hit at the box office. People love Sonic, they love Jim Carrey, and they love themselves some Idris Elba doing surprisingly good in roles you wouldn’t have normally pegged him for. Add the fact that there hasn’t really been a big theatrical release family film yet for 2022, and is it any wonder that the Blue Blur’s sophomore outing is doing well in its opening weekend?...

“When Supernatural premiered over a decade and a half ago, it asked the question ‘what if all the ghost stories and urban legends you told around a campfire were real and what do they look like in today’s world?’ That series drew on a particular sort of American mythology, and at its best used those stories to inform the growth of their character and it was a powerful combination.” Read more at The Mary Sue....

“When I started and when we was working with the writers, we always were just working towards it being these six episodes,” Herron tells Den of Geek. “And then, obviously, everyone was just so excited by what they were seeing with the show and wanted to continue that story, which was amazing. So no, it came out. I can’t remember exactly when, but, at some point during our production, there was Marvel talking to us about there being another season of it....

In fact, it seems like a lot of Lost Ark players end up getting caught off-guard by how important Pirate Coins become towards the end of the main game and into the endgame. While all of Lost Ark‘s currencies are valuable in some way (clearly), Pirate Coins end up being sneakily valuable in ways that aren’t always obvious. They’re also somewhat difficult to earn if you’re not actively going out of your way to look for them....

It takes a whopping 44 minutes, including credits and post-credits, for James Gunn to tell his Christmas tale with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. That’s 11 minutes shorter than Marvel’s Halloween special from earlier this year, the masterful Werewolf by Night. But while Werewolf by Night, despite its TV special format, was an homage to some very specific eras of horror filmmaking, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special‘s runtime is in keeping with its desire to very much be a piece of television, rather than abbreviated movie....

Through four episodes of Marvel’s timey-wimey Disney+ series Loki, it’s been kind of an open secret that the show’s rules for time travel make little sense. The Time Variance Authority (TVA) is tasked with maintaining the sanctity of the Sacred Timeline and yet everywhere they turn there’s another Variant popping up to threaten it. If the Sacred Timeline is so sacred then why does it also seem so intent on destroying itself?...

It’s been well over two years since the events of Avengers: Endgame, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting exactly what went down during the climax of the Infinity Saga and some of the entries that led to it. There were plenty of Easter eggs and nods to other parts of the MCU in both Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame – some of them edging on “blink and you’ll miss it” territory as Marvel Studios sought to wrap up a decade and change of storytelling....

During Summer Game Fest 2022, Firaxis revealed a new trailer for Midnight Suns (which was even backed by Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”). The video doesn’t reveal much about the upcoming title’s story or gameplay (though this new video preview offers quite a bit of Midnight Suns gameplay), but it did provide plenty of “superheroes fighting demons” action. Even better, the video showed the game’s main antagonist, Lilith, corrupting Venom and turning him into a half-demon, half-Symbiote monster....

Training for a very physical part that includes all the Marvel bells and whistles can be tough, but the 42-year-old Star Wars and X-Men actor makes it look like a walk in the park, honestly. I’m 42 this month and groan when I bend down to pick something up. The idea of pulling off even a couple of the moves Isaac deftly dishes out in his latest video makes me wince....

Moon Knight is on the way to Disney+ and he’s one of the late-in-the-game characters introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has fans excited. While many Marvel fans looked at the coming of the Eternals with a confused shrug, Moon Knight gets a celebrated, “Finally!” It’s genuinely surprising that this guy never showed up to be part of the Netflix Defenders crew because he feels right at home with all the gritty street level heroes....

If we’ve learned anything from House of the Dragon, it’s that the maesters of Westeros should probably watch a bit more Grey’s Anatomy. Medical advancements aren’t exactly at their peak during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine), and as we’ve seen, it’s had some harrowing consequences. Despite some backward techniques, a six-year time jump between episode 7 and episode 8 means the maesters were clearly doing something right to keep a rotting Viserys alive – looking like a Westerosi version of Breaking Bad’s Gus Fring....