Patient Zero: Zeus, the Alpha zombie king (Richard Cetrone), surveys his future kingdom: Las Vegas. [credit: Netflix ] A team of mercenaries ventures into zombie-infested Las Vegas in hopes of recovering millions in cash from a casino vault in Zack Snyder’s zombie heist horror thriller, Army of the Dead. It’s a stylish mix of Zombieland (especially the opening […]
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Our fave gentleman thief is back for revenge in trailer for Lupin part 2
Omar Sy is back as Assane Diop, a modern-day gentleman thief who models himself on the classic French fictional character Arsène Lupin, in part 2 of Lupin, coming to Netflix on June 11. The Netflix French original series Lupin proved to be an unexpected hit when it debuted earlier this year, purportedly racking up views […]
Stranger Things hints at return of Eleven’s “Papa” in new teaser
We might see the return of Matthew Modine’s Dr. Martin Brenner in Stranger Things S4. Our favorite psychokinetic, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), might be confronting her childhood tormenter and “Papa,” Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine), in the fourth season of Stranger Things, based on a brief one-minute teaser that was just released. We knew it was […]
Review: Shadow and Bone is a worthy adaptation of the Grishaverse novels
Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, a cartographer in the First Army of Ravka. [credit: Netflix ] A lowly orphan and military cartographer in a war-torn world discovers she may be the key to her country’s survival in Shadow and Bone, a new Netflix series based on young adult author Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling “Grishaverse” novels. […]
Review: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier aims high, but falls a bit short
Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) engage in a staring contest. [credit: YouTube/Marvel ] Confession: I wanted to like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier more than I ultimately did. The various trailers seemed so promising, giving off vibes of a “buddy cop” action flick, with a bit more room to […]
Sherlock Holmes takes a back seat to street kids in The Irregulars trailer
Sherlock Holmes takes a back seat to a ragtag group of street kids in the new Netflix supernatural drama The Irregulars. The public’s appetite for all things Sherlock Holmes—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed fictional detective—appears to be limitless, with film, TV adaptations, and/or reinventions being released almost every year. The latest offering is The Irregulars, […]
Marvel drops one last trailer for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier debuts this Friday on Disney+. With WandaVision now in the rearview mirror, Marvel fans have turned their attention to the imminent premiere of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier this Friday. Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprise their roles as Sam Wilson (the Falcon) and Bucky Barnes (the Winter Soldier) […]
Review: Boss Level offers a witty, bloody take on the time loop trope
Frank Grillo is stuck in a time loop in which he is being hunted by dozens of assassins in Boss Level. A man is stuck in a time loop and doomed to repeat the same day over and over again, all while being hunted by a group of deadly assassins, in Boss Level. We’ve been deluged with […]
Review: WandaVision sticks the landing with a very Marvel-esque finale
Meet the happy couple: Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany). [credit: YouTube/Disney+ ] For all its touted meta-elements celebrating different TV decades, WandaVision wrapped up its nine-episode run in classic Marvel fashion, with Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda and Paul Bettany’s Vision valiantly defending their suburban nuclear family from the nefarious forces lined up against them. […]
Netflix drops extended Shadow and Bone teaser, announces release date
Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov in Shadow and Bone, a new Netflix fantasy series adapted from Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestselling “Grishaverse” novels, premiering April 23. Netflix unexpectedly dropped an extended teaser trailer for its forthcoming fantasy series Shadow and Bone during a panel at IGN Fan Fest. The hotly anticipated series is adapted from Leigh Bardugo’s […]