One disappointed fan wrote: “Yikes… Sansa peaked and is on a sharp decline now.” While another critical YouTuber said: “If it has one of the Stark kids, you know it’s s**t. Only Arya seems like she can even vaguely act.” On the other hand, Netflix has gradually built a reputation for its growing repertoire of […]
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The Spy Who Shrunk Me looks like an Austin Powers flick in VR
The Spy Who Shrunk Me from Catland is an upcoming tongue-in-cheek VR stealth game that appears to take heavy inspiration from the likes of No One Live Forever and film spies like Austin Powers and James Bond. Based on the trailer above it looks a bit like I Expect You To Die and Budget Cuts had a […]
Power of thought and flick of a finger: MIT creates mind & gesture controlled robot (VIDEO)
Learning from your mistakes takes a while, even if you’re a machine. But new MIT robots can now understand their mistakes and correct them by reading the human mind and deciphering gestures. Harnessing the power of thought, an MIT laboratory has developed brand-new technology that operates on a mixture of muscle and brain signals. It […]
There’s one setpiece-and-superhero packed flick to watch this week—Batman Ninja
WB / DC Animation Box-office figures and passionate Internet comment threads be damned. If you want dizzying and varied action set-pieces, a laundry list of beloved characters within a single adventure, and everything from time travel to quips about miso to giant robots juxtaposed against feudal Japan… well, there’s only one recently released blockbuster superhero […]
‘Stargate: Origins’ debut brings the 1994 flick along for free
As promised, MGM’s Stargate Command service has launched the first three episodes of Stargate: Origins exclusively for its streaming customers. The service is making a pitch similar to, but not exactly like the one attempted by CBS’ controversial All Access setup with Star Trek: Discovery, charging a one-time $ 20 fee for access to “the […]
“It’s Wild West, Motherfuckers!”: Ten Years Later, ‘Death Proof’ Remains Quentin Tarantino’s Most Powerful Revenge Flick
Flavorwire is taking the final week of 2017 off, because God knows we need it. But all week, we’ll be reposting some of our favorite pieces from the year. Read them all here. For better or worse, Quentin Tarantino is our master of the revenge flick. He’s made movies about black slaves turning on their […]
New Keanu Reeves flick Replicas looks so bad that it could be perfect
New Keanu Reeves film Replicas is destined to be a “so bad it’s good” cult classic. Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is so resoundingly terrible that it achieves perfection. It doesn’t just have a lame twist, awful acting, or some kind of cheesy technology. It has everything. And that’s exactly […]
After ‘Atomic Blonde’ and ‘Girls Trip,’ It’s Time to Redefine ‘Chick Flick’
(Welcome to What Women Watch, a series exploring what modern women are watching, and loving, on the big and small screens. In this edition, we examine how the films being made for women are changing for the better, as seen in movies like Atomic Blonde and Girls Trip.) Last week, I went to see Atomic Blonde and I left […]
‘Spider-Man’ is the latest big-budget flick to get a VR tie-in
Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego seem to be everywhere these days. Sony showed off a lengthy gameplay sequence from the upcoming Spider-Man video game at E3 this year, and the company’s reboot, Spider-Man: Homecoming, arrives in theaters this July. It’s no surprise, then, that Sony Pictures has decided to hype the movie with […]
Fate of the Furious is like a James Bond flick, only better
Universal About halfway through Fate of the Furious, the eighth flick in the ever-changing gearhead ninja series that started with The Fast and the Furious, I realized that my world had changed. This franchise had leapfrogged over James Bond in my long list of badass, high-tech, silly action flicks that I love to watch. After […]