Review roundup: Showtime’s ‘The Comey Rule’ presents a false hero and a horror movie villain
Hollywood is inexplicably obsessed with mythologizing the Trump presidency. Maybe it’s because we knew him as a TV personality long before he was anything else, and because Hollywood loves adapting American history with old-fashioned heroes and villains and a heaping dose of star power. But the difference between making a …
Netflix teases the next chapter in its superb ‘Transformers: War for Cybertron’ series
Here’s a first look at “Earthrise,” the second chapter in Netflix’s CG trilogy of Transformers stories, Transformers: War for Cybertron. The first part of this story, “Siege,” brought six half-hour episodes to Netflix over the summerIt’s excellent. The won’t-ever-die toy line-turned-multimedia juggernaut is realized in more realistic and nuanced tones …
‘South Park’ residents will fill the NFL stands at Sunday’s Denver Broncos game
Organized sports have come up with some creative solutions for filling stadiums during these socially distant times. But the NFL’s Denver Broncos just won. For Sunday’s showdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the roughly 5,700 actual human attendees will be joined by cartoon cutouts featuring the residents of South Park. …
What your favorite ‘Fall Guys’ Season 1 level says about you
Hold onto your six-foot, perfectly smooth, white, crack-less bottoms. There are just 9 days left in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout Season 1. That’s just a little over a week for players to rack up as many Crowns and Kudos as they can on their way to Fame Level 40. When …
Netflix teases the next chapter in its superb ‘Transformers: War for Cybertron’ series
Here’s a first look at “Earthrise,” the second chapter in Netflix’s CG trilogy of Transformers stories, Transformers: War for Cybertron. The first part of this story, “Siege,” brought six half-hour episodes to Netflix over the summerIt’s excellent. The won’t-ever-die toy line-turned-multimedia juggernaut is realized in more realistic and nuanced tones …
Netflix’s all-too-brief ‘Resident Evil’ teaser gives us a spooky taste of the 2021 series
If you stripped the Netflix branding out of this teaser for the upcoming series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, it would be easy to mistake it for a video game cutscene. The CG animated take on Capcom’s celebrated survival horror video games is coming sometime in 2021. And this teaser makes …
Netflix unveils a ‘Resident Evil’ CG anime series arriving in 2021
Netflix has more Resident Evil programming in the works than its live-action show. The streaming giant has revealed Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, a “CG anime” series due to premiere sometime in 2021. While the foes of the show (apart from zombies… Continue Reading…
This wild ‘Avengers’ deepfake imagines John Krasinski as Captain America
When an actor embodies an iconic role as thoroughly as Chris Evans did with Captain America, it’s difficult to imagine anyone else playing that character. This deepfake video from Youtube channel Shamook dares to think differently. The Office star John Krasinski once admitted to auditioning for (and clearly not getting) …
M. Night Shyamalan reveals his next movie with a poster and a teasing set photo
The title of M. Night Shyamalan’s next movie is Old, which is presumably a reference to what our collective age will be by the time it’s safe to release in theaters. The mystery-loving filmmaker offered Twitter a first look at what he’s cooking up in a Saturday post revealing both …
CW’s new Batwoman, Javicia Leslie, shows off her costumed look
When Batwoman returns to The CW in Jan. 2021, it’ll be a new hero defending Gotham City from behind a mask. And now we know what she’ll look like. Javicia Leslie is set to step into the leading role after Ruby Rose left the series entirely in an unexpected May …