In an anecdote that is well-known at this point, Keaton put away his cape and cowl—permanently, as he thought—due to creative differences with Schumacher over the threequel that would eventually become 1995’s Batman Forever. Contextually, the nature of said differences was no mystery, seeing as Schumacher—who passed away back in 2020 at age 80 after a year-long cancer battle—radically reinvented the franchise in a flashy, colorfully-quirky manner that was miles from the Gothic, expressionist-cinema-influenced milieu of Burton’s two films....

Originally, the story behind his new arms was that Jax chose to get the cybernetic enhancements in order to better protect Earthrealm from Shao Kahn’s impending invasion. The unfortunate Mortal Kombat: Special Forces prequel also explained that Jax had experimented with prototypes over his arms to make it easier to knock out Kano’s teeth, a trial run for what would one day become a permanent upgrade. Little did his co-creators Ed Boon and John Tobias know that a simple visual upgrade would turn into something much worse for Jax, who was doomed to lose his human arms in increasingly gruesome ways for all eternity, including in the film reboot, which is set to explain once again how Jax ended up armless....

There’s a new Mortal Kombat live-action movie out on HBO Max, and it comes after nearly 30 years of games, cartoons, and movie adaptations. With such a long history to pick through, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the new movie has more than a few easter eggs and references to the series’ most famous moments and characters. Why wouldn’t there be? Why even make a new movie if you’re not going to throw your fans a bone or twenty exploding skulls?...

My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 2 “Have you ever thought about the feelings of those they left behind?”“I’ve thought so much about it that I’ve gone crazy.” My Hero Academia season 5 technically started last week with “All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A” and it’s become an unofficial tradition for each season to begin with an episode that functions as a recap or primer for new audiences, but this premiere was especially superfluous....

The world’s biggest streaming service frequently experiments with the form of television, helping to pioneer the “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” TV storytelling with specials like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Schmidt vs. the Reverend. Now, to kick of 2023 on a charmingly inventive note, Netflix is playing around with structure yet again. Kaleidoscope, launching New Year’s Day on the streamer, presents your typical heist thriller at first. A group of safe crackers led by Leo Pap (Giancarlo Esposito) gather together to steal $7 billion in bearer bonds from the world’s supposedly most uncrackable safe....

Per DC Comics, Ryan will appear in Batgirl #50, an extra-sized issue by Cecil Castellucci, Emanuela Lupacchino, Marguerite Sauvage, and Aneke set to hit stores and digital on Tuesday, October 27th, further integrating the brand new character into the fabric of the DC universe. At first glance, the decision to feature Ryan Wilder in the comics might not seem all that special. In this age of adaptation, characters are so often on the page before they appear on the screen, it’s hardly worth mentioning....

Around the World in 80 Days (December) Filming began in South Africa on this new eight-part adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel in February 2020, and was halted in March by Covid-19 with an episode and a half in the can, before resuming in early July, then finally wrapping in March 2021. The European-funded series aired just after Christmas on BBC One and starred David Tennant as Verne’s famous explorer Phileas Fogg....

Netflix has a few original series of note this month. The party begins with Kid Cosmic on Feb. 2. This animated series is a comic-tinged adventure from Craig McCracken, creator of the Powerpuff Girls. That’s followed by the Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl-starring Firefly Lane on Feb. 3 and Behind Her Eyes on Feb. 17. Perhaps the biggest sleeper this month, however, is Tribes of Europa. This post-apocalyptic adventure series premieres on Feb....

“We learned that the two of us can get real weird if we want,” Campbell tells us. So of course they’d keep the band together for some more weirdness: this time with the Suicide Squad. Suicide Squad: Blaze is a new comic from DC’s mature audiences, prestige format Black Label line coming in February from Campbell and Spurrier, and it promises to be every bit as weird as Hellblazer was....

Let’s start with the low-end GeForce RTX 3070. With its 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM, 1.73 GHz boost clock, and 5,888 CUDA Cores, the 3070 more than justifies its relatively low $499 price point. You’ll have to wait until October to actually buy one (or at least receive it), but the card’s specs make it a respectable upgrade at an equally reasonable price. If you’re looking for something a little more powerful, then the RTX 3080 may be for you....

It was easy to forget in the midst of all the action, but when Marc Spector and his alternate identity Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) were done brawling with a gang of men who had information on the villainous Arthur Harrow’s whereabouts in Moon Knight’s third episode, something very important occurred, and it may well have been the first step towards a big twist later in the series. Marc and Steven didn’t get the details they wanted during the encounter, and they were very confused about how it wrapped up: with two of the gang dead, seemingly by their hand....

Each episode has flowed into the next with new puzzle pieces that contribute to the whole. New information debunks old myths, and speculation is always a healthy way to stay engaged during the days between fresh shows. With six episodes under our belts so far, it feels like a good time to investigate five potential culprits in this murder mystery. Let’s give it a shot! Mabel Mora Mabel (Selena Gomez) is an intelligent and introverted young woman who it is insinuated has kept to herself while living at the Arconia and has had an interest in solving crimes for the majority of her life....

Part of the reason this adaptation is so successful is that Paper Girls‘ comic creators Brian K. Vaughan (who wrote all 30 issues) and Cliff Chiang (who illustrated them) serve as executive producers on the series. Their involvement both legitimizes and endorses the show, which ambitiously attempts to build upon the time-jumping world that the comic so perfectly established. In conjunction with the show’s debut, we had the opportunity to discuss all things Paper Girls’ with Vaughan, Chiang, and current showrunner Christopher C....

Since Peaky Blinders broke through on Netflix in the US, its creators have dropped hints about the Hollywood superstars lobbying for roles in the Birmingham-based gangster drama. Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson and more are all fans of the show, and apparently keen to come aboard. Those names don’t appear among the series six cast announced below (though who knows about the planned follow-up feature film), but it’s obvious that Peaky Blinders has no trouble attracting serious talent....

As per Disney, the film will be abandoning its current perch of Nov. 20 and skipping Thanksgiving altogether in order to be home in time for Christmas. With the film now officially slated to premiere on Disney+ on Dec. 25, the film is technically in competition with Warner Brothers’ Wonder Woman 1984 holiday tentpole, which is currently slated for Christmas Day but is expected by many industry watchers to move sooner rather than later....

Therein lies the problem. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft and Sony are dealing with hardware shortages that have made it incredibly difficult to pre-order or outright purchase a next-gen console. Even worse, everything we’ve heard so far suggests that it’s going to be a long time before you’re able to buy an Xbox Series X/S or PS5 with relative ease. Here’s what we know about the current shortages impacting the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 as well as when you can expect these situations to be resolved....

Since we still don’t really know which other upcoming major PS5 games we can expect to be released before the end of 2021, there’s a good chance that PS5 owners will need to rely on Rift Apart for quite a while for their exclusive game fix. Whether they’re trying to show off their new console or simply want to enjoy a next-gen experience they can’t get anywhere else, Rift Apart is looking like many PS5 gamers’ best bet for the foreseeable future....

Like so many of its kind, Sleepaway Camp has become a cult classic among fans who saw it in theaters or later discovered it on VHS, while also spawning three more inferior sequels that Hiltzik had nothing to do with. He finally mounted his own follow-up, Return to Sleepaway Camp, that was eventually released in 2008, but not even that managed to be a satisfying successor to the original. Sleepaway Camp arrives on Blu-ray today (May 27) for the first time, courtesy of the fantastic folks over at Scream Factory, in a bonus-packed edition that includes a fresh transfer of the film, new commentaries from Hiltzik and stars Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tiersten, a brand new documentary on the making of the movie and more goodies....

Unlike Emily Rose, however, Deliver Us from Evil is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, a man known more for slam-bang action adventures like the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and TV cop franchises like the near-legendary C.S.I. The movie weds Derrickson’s evolving approach to horror — a precise use of sound, negative space and atmosphere to create a suffocating sense of dread — with the decidedly louder Bruckheimer house style. The results are quite different from Derrickson’s last film, 2012’s truly creepy Sinister, although many of the director’s trademarks make an appearance....

Filled with enough good cheer, Arquette’s turn convinced Craven to spare Dewey in case there was a sequel… Arquette’s been playing the character on and off ever since. That includes Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 3 (2000), as well as semi-reboots like Scream 4 (2011) and next year’s anticipated Scream 5. The fifth film will be the first to neither be directed by the late Wes Craven or written at least in outline by Kevin Williamson (the latter is still attached as an executive producer)....