The Ben-Hur Remake Is Dumb, Loud, and a Crime Against God
I hate to speak for the Judeo-Christian deity—I imagine he’s not particularly a fan of it either—but I’m fully confident when I say God does not approve of Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur remake, which has...
View ArticleMorgan Freeman Is on the Warpath in the New Now You See Me 2 Trailer
Everyone loves a good magic trick, and the success of the first Now You See Me almost felt like one. It had a great cast and premise, but no one could have guessed it would be a breakout hit or merit a...
View ArticleWe Finally Know What This Freaky-Ass Creature Is
A retractable, jawed proboscis. A lithe, slippery body. A tiny dumbbell with slow blinking eyes. Meet the Tully monster, an actual sea creature that seems to have sprung to life out of a drug-induced...
View ArticleThe Cast of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Told Us Just How Crazy Things Are About...
The fact the set of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is so quiet on a Wednesday afternoon is in direct opposition to the insanity of the show itself. We visited the Culver City set and there was nothing going...
View ArticleYou Need To Watch This Crazy-Ass Clip From Pandemic Right To The End
We’re all waiting for the POV insanity of Hardcore Henry, but there’s another POV movie coming: Pandemic, starring Continuum’s Rachel Nichols as a scientist dealing with a zombie plague. And here’s an...
View ArticleShadowhunters' Alternative Universe Is Weirdly Nerdy and Nice
On “This World Inverted,” Clary’s search for her mother takes her through a portal into a sun-dappled dimension where Shadowhunters don’t exist, but nerdcore most certainly does. The best character is...
View ArticleUS Officially Bans Hoverboard Imports
Hoverboard at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair in Germany (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Today the US International Trade Commission issued an order banning virtually all imports of...
View ArticleSuperman Says Some Ridiculous Things in Today's Superman Comics, and I Love It
Between Action Comics, Superman, American Alien, Lois and Clark, and Neal Adam’s new Coming of the Supermen series, the variety of takes on Clark Kent in DC’s current slate is something to be admired....
View ArticleMovie Theater Resistance to Streaming Completely Misses the Point
Image: cropped from Capitol movie theatre by Blondinrikard Fröberg/flickr/CC BY 2.0Theater owners are letting loose about Screening Room, the director-backed venture that will allow people to spend way...
View ArticleThe 20 Most Bizarre and Inexplicable Buddy Comedies of All Time
Everybody knows that buddy comedies rule the universe. Just in the past couple weeks, we’ve had Zootopia, about a rabbit cop and a fox con-artist, and The Brothers Grimsby, about a superspy and his...
View ArticleFirst Pictures From the Flash/Supergirl Crossover Are Here to Melt Your Heart
Which honestly shouldn’t be all that surprising, given that these are the two most joyful superheroes on television right now. But yes, while we’ve seen them together in set pictures, this our first...
View ArticlePerson of Interest Is Finally Coming Back... But With a Weird Schedule
Attention, Person of Interest fans: you may finally exhale. The long-anticipated fifth season of the show will begin May 3, after a year off the air. But while you’re clearing your Tuesday nights,...
View ArticleHoly Snozzberries Universal Studios Is Building Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
Now that the mouse is converting big chunks of Disneyland and Disney World to ever-profitable Star Wars attractions, the theme park arms race is at all an all-time high. But who wants to drink blue...
View ArticleBad Dad Makes Robot Father for His Child
You know how, when you think you’re failing as a parent, you just go and build a robot version who will succeed where you failed? Yeah, the short film “PAPA” is about that feeling. From Natalie...
View ArticleSupergirl Paid Tribute to One of the All-Time Greatest Scenes of Superdickery
Monday’s episode of Supergirl was kinda forgettable... but it did give us the scene where Supergirl (who’s turned eeevil) goes into a bar and starts getting rowdy, flicking peanuts into the liquor...
View ArticleToday's Best Deals: Anker Home Gear, Breville Smart Oven, Contigo Mugs
A $35 mechanical keyboard, Contigo travel mugs, and Anker vacuums are just the start of today’s best deals.http://www.amazon.com/Contigo-Autose...Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never...
View ArticlePlaystation VR Is Virtual Reality's Trojan Horse
Nobody gives a shit about VR.Okay, some people are giving a shit. People in the VR industry care, and people covering that industry, and maybe very enthusiastic gamers with a lot of time and money and...
View ArticleI Am an Obsessive Instagram Power User And I Demand a Chronological Feed
Yesterday, Gizmodo and a multitude of other outlets reported on an impending change to Instagram’s chronological photo and video postings. “Watch Out, People Are About to Get Unreasonably Upset About...
View ArticleThe State of the Punisher
Frank Castle’s been around for more than 40 years and, like most comic-book characters, has evolved over the course of his publishing history.When the second of season of Daredevil starts on Friday...
View ArticleThe Long-Dead Lobo Movie Was Just Resurrected By the Writer of Wonder Woman
For as long as Lobo has been one of the most visceral, popular, and controversial comic book characters in DC’s library, there’s been talk of a movie. Nothing’s ever come of it—but there’s a hopeful...
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