While Snyder has been doing a plethora of press as of late to promote his new Netflix feature, Army of the Dead, the director seems to possess a nigh-unlimited stock of headline-making revelations about his past works, as exemplified by his appearance on this week’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, via THR. Indeed, while the iteration of the DCEU that manifested under his creative purview, now dubbed the “SnyderVerse,” has, for all intents and purposes, reached its curious end with the recent HBO Max release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the proverbial onion that is Snyder’s creative process continues to peel with the director’s disclosure about the Batman he was looking to cast in a no-Affleck scenario, Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts....

In the early 2000s, a new movement in horror hit Western audiences. It came from Japan, was known as “J-Horror” and it was scary as all hell. Though not the first of the new wave, Ringu was definitely the breakout hit of the subgenre and the one that landed big, introducing us to the long haired creepy girl-ghost trope that would quickly become ubiquitous. It certainly wasn’t the first use of this kind of ghostly character in Japanese cinema, but for many viewers, the sodden, jerky, strange Sadako with her giant eye and torn up fingernails was a revelation....

Lucasfilm’s most recent theatrical entries in its iconic space opera franchise, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, were respectively an outright flop and the lowest-grossing entry in the Sequel Trilogy. Then came The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV series to premiere on Disney+. It launched to fan and critical praise, giving the new streaming service a massive promotional boost and washing away some of the bad taste left by those last two movies....

But, as fans will learn from the very first episode, the Campus Colony (as it’s referred to) does have a seemingly precarious arrangement with the Civic Republic Military (CRM), whose ominous helicopters act as a narrative thread that ties the three shows together. It’s safe to say you’ll learn way more about this mysterious faction in World Beyond than ever before. The show primarily centers on sisters Iris (Aliyah Royale) and Hope (Alexa Mansour), who leave the safety of the University in search of their father, brilliant scientist Dr....

This information comes from the Adobe Digital Economy Index, which measured over a trillion visits to various U.S. retail websites and found that the Xbox Series S was not only more popular than its next-gen competition but was one of the most popular items over the sales weekend across the board. Given that the Xbox Series S typically doesn’t generate a lot of buzz compared to the Series X, PS5, and Nintendo Switch, that information might come as a surprise to many....

Ford also told the crowd, “This is it,” confirming that this will be the last time he’ll don Indiana’s signature hat onscreen. Ford’s exit from the franchise will come after another large piece of the Indiana Jones creative team already metaphorically hung up his own whip; director Steven Spielberg, responsible for helming the first four films in the series, handed the reins over to Mangold of Logan and Walk the Line fame....

But now, Williamson is getting the keys to the bus. Infinite Frontier #0 kicks off the post-Metal, post-Future State new status quo for the DC Universe in March. That status quo builds off of DC’s new multiversal mantra: everything happened and anything is possible. We had a chance to talk with him about what that means on both ends – what the new DCU is growing out of, and what’s coming in the future....

Five minutes in to Inside No. 9 episode Death Be Not Proud, a door was opened. Your reaction to who was revealed on the other side will likely have fallen into one of two categories: an electric jolt of delighted surprise, or a furrowed brow and the thought that BBC Two really needs to up its wig budget. Those in the first category will be fans of Psychoville, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s 2009-2011 dark comedy thriller about a band of strange misfits bound together by a dark secret, which crossed over with Inside No....

5.1 The Referee’s A W***er Numbers-wise, series four was a step-up for Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s endlessly inventive anthology Inside No. 9. Helped by deserved word of mouth and a pre-series push as a BBC iPlayer box-set, for the first time UK viewer numbers crept over the two million mark. This series five opener – a cleverly plotted football-themed comedy with a happy ending – is the perfect way to lead yet more devotees to the Inside No....

The trailer has about what you’d expect in it. Mark Grayson, played by The Walking Dead‘s Steven Yuen, is a fairly typical 17 year old, except for the fact that his father (JK Simmons) is the most powerful superhero in the universe: Omni Man. We get voiceover from his old man talking about what a mess teenagers are, and our first treat of a visual. Mark and his dad playing catch back to back in the sky, throwing the ball around the circumference of the Earth....

Current champion Amy Schneider of Oakland, California is currently riding a 19-game winning streak in the venerable American quiz show. Many of those 19 victories have been absolute laughers, with Schneider leaving her opponents in the dust. She currently has nearly $750,000 in regular season winnings and her dominance in the Final Jeopardy! round is shocking even current Jeopardy! guest host and forever GOAT Ken Jennings. In nearly any other of Jeopardy!...

Although primarily an academic, British writer MR James was a master of the ghost story. His beautifully-written stories often unfold along similar lines: an educated, usually single protagonist unwittingly releases a supernatural force while investigating some ancient book or relic. One of James’s most effective stories was Oh Whistle And I’ll Come To Thee, My Lad, published in 1904 and first adapted for television in 1968. In it, a Cambridge professor discovers an old whistle near a deserted beach....

Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 1 There’s a bit in the sixth season premiere of Legends of Tomorrow, “Ground Control to Sara Lance,” that made me furious. Gary, the comic relief sidekick who gets retconned this episode to have been an alien infiltrator, has explained his whole backstory to the abducted Sara Lance, who wakes up on an alien spaceship just in time to see it hyperdrive away from Earth from a rear window....

LEGO® and Nintendo’s partnership continues with the release of the LEGO® NES™ set, a 2,646-piece building kit that lets fans construct their own brick-based NES console. Thanks to LEGO®, you can now relive one of the greatest eras in gaming history in a new way! Following up on LEGO®’s excellent Super Mario™ set, the NES™ kit comes with everything you need for the authentic 8-bit experience The realistic model includes a slot for an NES™ Game Pak as well as a controller deck where you can plug in the wired controller that comes with the set....

To be sure, the upcoming comedy, which will be released on Netflix in time for Christmas, has plenty going for it beyond DiCaprio visibly reaching for the yucks. After all, this is a (dark) McKay comedy, and the first full-on one the now Oscar winning filmmaker has made since his pair of tragic dramedies based on real world horrors: the implosion of the housing market on Wall Street in The Big Short and the reign of Vice President Dick Cheney in Vice....

For Ursula, death waits in all places – in the knot of umbilical cord around a baby’s neck, inside a rolling wave and beneath an open window. Death waits equally in a pandemic and in wartime and in the face of a stranger on the street. One false move and it’s game over. That established, this delicate adaptation leads us to its real premise: with so much danger abroad, our only response is acceptance and the seeking out of joy....

“Though it only premiered on Christmas Day 2020, Bridgerton is already proving to be one of Netflix’s most popular series of all time. The lavish period drama, which is set in Regency-era England, is based on Julia Quinn’s eight-book series.” Read more at Mental Floss. Krystina Arielle’s role as host of Star Wars: The High Republic Show prompted a wave of attacks from racist Star Wars fans—and then a counter wave from fans supporting her....

“Today, the LEGO Group is announcing the winners of its latest Ideas review round. Picking from 34 potential creations to see which fan-made project would have the honor of making it onto store shelves as an official set, two new future builds have now been unveiled. Including the LEGO debut of BTS and an A-Frame Cabin creation, all the details are down below.” Read more at 9 to 5 Toys Our first look at toys from Thor: Love and Thunder gives us our best look yet at Natalie Portman’s Might Thor, Christian Bale’s Gorr, and more!...

“It’s been nearly 3 years since Netflix canceled The Punisher, along with its entire Marvel slate of programming. And while some Netflix characters, like Charlie Cox’s Daredevil and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin, are being reincorporated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, others are unlikely to join the family-friendly Disney/Marvel brand.” Read more at The Mary Sue 1917 star George Mackay transforms himself into a wild animal for one of the year’s craziest thrillers called Wolf....

“When it was first released on the Wii in 2011, Skyward Sword was relegated entirely to motion controls. That meant some people with physical limitations couldn’t play it at all. As a gamer with motor impairments, I fell into this unique category, so I was hoping Skyward Sword HD’s highly publicized shift to more traditional button controls might finally make this experience playable for all. The short answer is … kind of …” Read more at Inverse The cast looks great for these House of Gucci posters but hold on a second, that’s Jared Leto?...