Enlarge / Concept art for Obi-Wan Kenobi shows the titular character locking light sabers with none other than Darth Vader. (credit: Disney+) We have our first glimpse of concept art for Obi-Wan Kenobi , the six-episode series coming to Disney+ next year, as well as a behind the scenes sizzle reel featuring star Ewan MacGregor […]
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Eleven tries to adjust to SoCal life in underwhelming Stranger Things S4 teaser
The fourth season of Stranger Things will debut on Netflix in 2022. It’s Stranger Things Day , marking the anniversary of Will Byers’ mysterious disappearance (on November 6, 1983) in S1 of the hugely popular Netflix series. The streaming giant is marking the occasion with the release of yet another teaser for S4—and it’s frankly […]
Review: Army of Thieves is a smart, witty, and ultimately poignant heist thriller
The brilliantly nerdy, high-strung German safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer) was a highlight of Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead . Now he has his own prequel origin story with Army of Thieves . [credit: Netflix ] A humble, nerdy bank teller with the secret passion for safecracking finds himself taking on the heist challenge […]
Station Eleven teaser is intriguing, but will show run afoul of pandemic fatigue?
A major flu epidemic wipes out most of the world’s population in Station Eleven, a new series on HBO Max. In early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in its infancy, there was a sudden spike of interest in watching the 2011 film Contagion. Ditto for 1995’s Outbreak. Chalk it up to morbid curiosity. When […]
Our fave bounty hunter takes on Tatooine’s underworld in Book of Boba Fett trailer
Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen star in a new original Star Wars series, The Book of Boba Fett , coming next month to Disney+. The S2 finale associated with The Mandalorian included a tantalizing post-credits scene that served as an announcement for a spinoff series, The Book of Boba Fett. The series stars Temuera Morrison […]
There are ominous portents of the end of days in The Witcher S2 trailer
The second season of Netflix’s hugely popular sci-fi/fantasy series, The Witcher , returns on December 17. It’s been two long years for fans of The Witcher , eager for a second season, but that long wait is nearly over. Netflix dropped a new trailer for its hugely popular sci-fi/fantasy series, starring Henry Cavill as a […]
Full Wheel of Time trailer has monsters, magic, and a virtual 3D gimmick
The new trailer for Amazon’s Wheel of Time offers “a first-of-its-kind immersive experience that allows fans to view the traditional 2D trailer in a virtual three-dimensional ‘wheel. ‘” It’s been a long wait, but we finally have the full official trailer for Wheel of Time , Amazon’s highly anticipated adaptation of the late Robert Jordan […]
Apple TV+ releases trailer for South Korean sci-fi thriller Dr. Brain
Parasite star Lee Sun-kyun plays a brilliant brain surgeon who tries to sync his brain with the dead in Dr. Brain . Fans of the Oscar-winning film Parasite will recognize the star of Dr. Brain , a new sci-fi thriller from Apple company TV+. Lee Sun-kyun, who played Park Dong-Ik in Bong Joon-ho’s film , […]
Review: Locke and Key comes back better than ever with action-packed S2
Enlarge / The present generation of Locke descendants—Tyler (Connor Jessup), Bode (Jackson Robert Scott), and Kinsey (Emilia Jones)—still have a lot to learn about the magical keys that are their birthright. The Locke siblings face a demonic dynamic duo intent on bringing chaos to our world and must defend themselves, armed with only a handful […]
John Cena shows off comedic chops in extended teaser for Peacemaker series
Steve Cena reprises his role as Peacemaker for the forthcoming HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker . John Cena’s Peacemaker was among the standout characters in The Suicide Squad ‘s star-studded ensemble cast, so we were intrigued by the news that a spinoff series was in the works. We knew that Peacemaker was being written and […]