Typographically speaking, only three additional letters separate James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad from the David Ayer-directed Suicide Squad that limped out five years ago. You’d want the whole alphabet, though, to explain how different the new film is from the previous one, not to mention how much more satisfying. But …
Read More »New on Amazon Prime in August 2021: All the new movies and shows streaming this month
A new month means new additions to Amazon Prime Video, and this August there are tons of excellent new movies and TV shows to get streaming. Brand new originals in the US this month include Val, A24’s documentary about Val Kilmer, as well as the next star-studded season of Modern …
Read More »The French Dispatch review, Cannes 2021: “Wes Anderson fans will delight in this latest dispatch”
Wes Anderson’s latest, delayed a year by the pandemic, finally arrives in some style. The French Dispatch is a lovingly crafted nod to old-school journalism, long before tweets and likes became a thing. The fictional French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé plays host to the offices of the titular supplement, a satellite …
Read More »Trover Saves The Universe brings its gross-out workplace humor to comics
The popular game Trover Saves The Universe (opens in new tab) could be renamed Trover Saves the Multiverse, as it’s coming to comic books in a partnership with Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment. (Image credit: Tess Stone (Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment)) (opens in new tab) Writer/artist Tess Stone is creating a …
Read More »Taika Waititi pirate comedy series adds five new cast members
HBO Max’s new pirate comedy series Our Flag Means Death has added five actors to its cast to join Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby. Ewen Bremner, who played Spud in Trainspotting and has more recently had roles in movies like Wonder Woman and First Cow, is Buttons. Frequent Waititi collaborator …
Read More »Steve Carell to star in new Amazon comedy movie
Steve Carell is set to star in The Rabbit Factor, a new comedy movie from Amazon Studios, Deadline (opens in new tab) reports. Based on the Finnish novel of the same name by award-winning author Antti Tuomainen, the dark comedy follows Henri (Carell), an insurance mathematician who calculates every part …
Read More »Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart trailer captures the joy of using rifts
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart now has a live-action trailer ahead of its PS5 launch. A new live-action trailer for Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has been uploaded to Twitter (opens in new tab) by PlayStation. Sadly, the trailer doesn’t feature the Lombaxes and their metallic friend, but instead, it …
Read More »Sebastian Stan shares new photo from the set of Pam & Tommy
Sebastian Stan has shared a new photo from the set of Pam & Tommy, the upcoming Hulu series about the infamous titular couple. The limited series will center around the marriage between Baywatch star Pamela Anderson (played by Lily James) and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee (Stan) following the release …
Read More »New on Amazon Prime in June 2021: All the new movies and shows
You know the deal: new month, new batch of movies and TV shows coming to Amazon Prime – and, as usual. we’ve put them all into this handy list for you. First things first, your next movie night is sorted, with feature-length additions to the streamer like Fight Club, Burn After …
Read More »HBO Max drops teaser for Friends reunion special
The long-awaited Friends reunion special at HBO Max (opens in new tab) now has a premiere date and a teaser to go with it. HBO Max announced Friends: The Reunion will make its debut on May 27. The release date for the reunion special now coincides with the first anniversary …
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