“THE MORBIUS returns to over 1,000+ theaters this weekend!” trumpeted the industry’s centralized box office analysts, Exhibitor Relations Co., in a tweet that stylized Morbius’ title in the vein of Matt Reeves’ The Batman. All that was missing was the ‘LOL’ emoji. And why not? It is kind of a funny story. A weekend after the whole industry seemed to breathe a sigh of relief due to an old-fashioned Hollywood epic like Top Gun: Maverick breaking the Memorial Day weekend record, here returns a movie that nobody seemed to like very much a few months ago—and one that’s a grotesque monument to the cynicism of modern “shared universe” Hollywood logic....

Paralleling the character she portrays, 19-year-old Canadian Iman Vellani is an earnest and talented teenage superfan who has been called up to the big leagues. Not long ago, she was reading issues of Ms. Marvel and dressing up as the MCU’s first lead Muslim heroine for Halloween. But after being cast, on her last day of high school, Vellani gets to bring the character to the MCU. Vellani spoke with Den of Geek about the “surreal” experience of going from being a fan on MCU subreddits and doing Avengers nail art to leading her own show on Disney+....

Ms. Marvel Episode 6 Well, it finally happened! While they didn’t actually say the word “mutant” we now have our first, undeniable, canonical mutant in the MCU, and it’s Kamala Khan. But wait, let’s back up for a moment… Throughout Ms. Marvel, there have been a series of mysteries surrounding Kamala’s powers. At first, the show wanted us to believe that the bangle was the source of her light-based powers. But then it was revealed that because of Kamala’s ties to the Clandestine, and their connection to the Noor Dimension, that it was her lineage that allowed her to channel that power via the bangle....

The end of Neighbours has prompted the return of its prodigal children. Not just the on-screen ones journeying to Ramsay Street to reunite with lost loves/burn down Lassiters/marry Paul Robinson, but also us – the Aussie soap’s lapsed viewers. We’re back too, sticking one last hopeful hand into the cookie jar of nostalgia, hoping to feel… well, anything. The only problem: Neighbours is unrecognisable now. There’s no Helen Daniels and Bouncer has long retired to the big farm in the sky....

Over a million people are watching Neighbours in the UK (only a fraction of the 20 million who tuned in for Scott and Charlene’s 1988 wedding, but that’s like comparing apples to massively diversified, digital, globally on-demand oranges). Over a million TV commuters are still travelling daily between here and Ramsay Street. What, I wondered, has changed in the two decades since I last numbered among them? Let’s find out....

“Knowing that we did Dark, everyone can be assured that [1899] is going to be something weird and wild and crazy,” Friese promised Deadline about her and Odar’s new Netflix series. The writer-directors vowed not to repeat themselves with the new eight-episode period drama, but still to give their audience a fun puzzle that returns to the pair’s mystery roots. Job done. 1899 is an addictive game for viewers to play....

The anime, which comes from Qubic Pictures and was produced and created by Justin Leach, is much more plot-driven than its trailer suggests, quickly intensifying from a slice-of-life science fiction to a climate apocalypse story about the value (or not) of humanity. Because this story is only two hours in total (and really can and probably should be watched as a feature film), there isn’t much time to linger. If you’re going into Eden hoping for a chill, low-stakes story about two farming robots raising their human daughter in an apple orchard, then this show probably isn’t for you....

If you are reading this article, it is most likely that you already have hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs taken on your own smartphone or digital camera. If you have been wondering whether there is any way to make money with your photographs, look no further! NFTs or Non-fungible tokens may be the answer to this. If you are a professional photographer, having invested thousands of dollars in Canon, Nikon, Sony, or other leading camera equipment, this may be another way to recoup your investment....

Got a video game fan in your life and want to treat them to something special? Luckily, with the holidays just around the corner and the 35th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. is currently in full swing, there are plenty of Nintendo-themed gifts to choose from. But if you need some guidance on the latest and greatest from the House of Mario, we’ve created a helpful guide for you! The following is a curated list of products we think would be ideal for both dedicated Nintendo players and those ready to have their first Nintendo experience....

No Time to Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga would seem to think so. In a new profile interview he did with The Hollywood Reporter, the True Detective and Maniac director reflected on the shadier side of 007 in two of Sean Connery’s most popular Bond movies: Goldfinger (1964) and Thunderball (1965). “Is it Thunderball or Goldfinger where, like, basically Sean Connery’s character rapes a woman?” Fukunaga said. “She’s like, ‘No, no, no,’ and he’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes....

Yes, in celebration of the game’s 20th anniversary (as well as the official announcement that a new Mafia game is on the way), 2K Games has decided to make 2002’s Mafia free on Steam from September 1st through September 5th. That obviously good news for fans of the franchise as well as anyone looking for something to play over the long Labor Day weekend. Truth be told, my heart skipped a beat when I heard the news that Mafia will be free on Steam....

Hulu comedy Only Murders in the Building didn’t even have to take its central murder mystery that seriously to begin with. As a satire of America’s true crime podcast obsession, the series could have gotten away with yada yada yada-ing the details of the murder its characters were solving. Charles Haden-Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) are all amateurs, after all, so who could reasonably expect them to actually solve a murder?...

Part of the charm of Only Murders in the Building is the sheer rewatchabilty of the show. Like any good mystery with twists and turns, going back to watch from the beginning and seeing how the writers misdirected you, or what clues they left, is just as enjoyable as trying to figure it out the first time you watched. The creators of Only Murders went one step further, giving you one more little clue each episode that you can look out for even before the action has started....

Indeed, the most remarkable moment was when Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell were both nominated for Best Director due to their work on Nomadland and Promising Young Woman, respectively. As directors of two of the most talked about films of 2020—one a poignant mixture of documentarian and narrative filmmaking, and the other a dark comedy of blood red lipstick smeared across the zeitgeist—their nominations were not a surprise. And yet, seeing two women hold nominations in that category was still cathartic; the Academy recognized some of the best filmmaking of the year is from women....

Outlander Season 5, Episode 11 The penultimate episode of Outlander Season 5 begins to answer the questions raised earlier in the season: Will the Regulators and Browns come back? Will a new villain replace Bonnet? Although, on the one hand, novel writer Diana Gabaldon uses the script to flesh out character development and fan-favorite moments from the novel, the plotting designed to bring the main story arcs of a season to a close feels somewhat rushed....

“Mother. Hero. Liar. Killer” reads the caption above a picture of Toni Collette on the TV tie-in cover for the Pieces of Her novel. Colette’s character in the Netflix series is all of those things and more. We first meet her as Laura Oliver, a speech therapist, cancer survivor, divorcee and mother to 30-year-old Andy – a woman yet to find her feet in the world. When Laura’s act of bravery at a mass shooting thrusts her into the public eye, Andy starts to piece together the truth about her mother’s past....

Luca is the charming story of two young friends, Luca and Alberto (voiced by Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer respectively), who spend a delightful, seemingly carefree summer in a small town named Portorosso on the Italian Riviera, doing the kinds of things young boys in Italy do: riding Vespas, eating pasta, and seeing what kind of mischief they can get up to. But Luca and Alberto are not your run-of-the-mill boys....

Poldark Season 5, Episode 4 Cornwall is changing. Modern infrastructure is sprouting up like barley stalks. Children now learn their letters in a school instead of sounding out the Cornish vowels (of which there are nine – a, ay, e, ee, eee, eeee, eeeee, o, and ‘oh, Ross’) at the hoof of the village learning goat. There’s the Truro Infirmary for medical treatment, not just a man with a hammer who’ll hasten the meeting betwixt the ailing and their God for a jug of mead and a sixpenny bit....

A lot is going on in the competitive VPN market. Privacy people are shouting at you to get a VPN from their rooftops. While suggesting a VPN is easy, only a few understand what actually happens behind the scenes. Stay tuned for my breakdown of HMA VPN with some testing for you to see it through. But you should start from here if you don’t know… What is a VPN?...

“We’re contacting you about your order of PlayStation 5 Console to let you know in advance that you may not receive this item on the day it is released due to high demand,” reads a copy of the email. “We’ll make every effort to get the item to you as soon as possible once released.”