It’s Will Smith vs. Will Smith in First Gemini Man Trailer

Is there anyone who gives you a harder time than yourself? Are you not your own biggest enemy? These questions and more might spring to mind when you check out the first trailer for Ang Lee‘s Gemini Man. The film features two Will Smith’s for the price of one. A younger version of Smith, de-aged, is sent after the older version to take him out. The de-aging process has been growing in leaps and bounds lately,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 23, 2019
First Reactions to Avengers: Endgame Hype Epic, Emotional Powerhouse

We’ve waited a year for the surviving members of the Avengers to have another crack at Thanos after the events in Infinity War. That time has finally come. Avengers: Endgame has already had its world premiere, and the early reactions are pouring in. It turns out that the hugely emotional final trailer was a solid indicator of how the whole film feels. After a decade and 21 films worth of build-up,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 23, 2019
Watch the 21 Most Important Post-Credits Scenes Leading to Avengers: Endgame

Finally, you’ve got every important post-credits scene from the 21 films that comprise the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one place. And this isn’t a supercut cobbled together by some random Marvel-head, or even a film site, but by Marvel themselves. With Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters this Friday, the studio has released the 21 most important post-credits scenes, and we’ve embedded them here for your viewing pleasure.

This is the first time Marvel has made all of these post-credits scenes available in one place.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 22, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home Will end Marvel’s Phase 3

You’d be forgiven for assuming that Avengers: Endgame would be the official end to Marvel’s Phase 3. The upcoming epic conclusion to the Avengers’ years-in-the-making battle with Thanos seems like the obvious capper to this Marvel phase. Yet, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has revealed this isn’t the case. The final film in Phase 3 is Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Newsweek reported that Feige revealed the news at a press event for Endgame in Shanghai.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 22, 2019
Death Arrives in Game of Thrones Episode 3 Trailer

The Night King and his army of the dead arrived at Winterfell at the end of the second episode. All of the build-up to this epic clash—including the macabre messages and various skirmishes—is finally about to pay off. The first two episodes of season eight gave us a chance to breathe. We spent time with these characters we’ve spent nearly a decade getting to know. We laughed. We cried. We cringed anytime Bran made some bizarre remark.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 22, 2019
“The Things we do for Love”: Game of Thrones Episode 2 Recap

One way we can look at the first two episodes of Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season is as the staging of a funeral. In the premiere episode, “Winterfell,” the beloved sons and daughters of the Seven Kingdom were gathering in the titular northern kingdom to pay their respects a world they once knew. There was awkward small talk (Sansa and Daenerys), uncomfortable reunions (Bran and Jon, Bran and Jaime Lannister,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 22, 2019
A Gruesome Theory Behind the Night King’s Spiral of Death

We were treated to a gruesome sight towards the end of Game of Thronesseason 8 premiere. Little Lord Ned of House of Umber was staked to a wall, encircled by severed arms. It was a message from the Night King. This macabre calling card was made all the more brutal when the undead Ned began screaming. Beric put him out of his misery, stabbing him through the chest with his flaming sword.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 19, 2019
These 15 New Avengers: Endgame Photos Sizzle

We are now officially a week away from Avengers: Endgame. Marvel has just released a big old batch of new photos, highlighting our survivors’ new suits, new alliances, and old bonds. Nebula (Karen Gillan) and War Machine (Don Cheadle)? Yeah, we’ll take it. Especially Rhodey’s cool camo-suit. Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) with a fresh new haircut and that full sleeve tattoo? You do you, Clint!

The marketing campaign for the epic conclusion to a decade’s worth of MCU films has picked up speed.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 19, 2019
New Avengers: Endgame Spot Reveals a Possible Mistake by Thanos

Stop reading right now if you want to know as little as possible about Avengers: Endgame. We are well aware that every new trailer and TV spot could potentially give you more information than you really want. Then again, Marvel is expert at giving you bits and pieces to satisfy your craving without really telling you much of anything.

Still here? Great, let’s take a look at the new TV spot,

By The Credits  |  April 18, 2019
Jaime Lannister’s Coming Troubles Highlight Game of Thrones Episode 2 Images

We’ve got a fresh batch of images from the next episode of Game of Thrones. It’s still incredible we’ve got only five more of these things left. The new photos are all set in and around Winterfell, where the majority of the action in the season 8 premiere took place.

The last shot in the premiere was, for our money, the most potent of the entire episode.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 18, 2019
Idris Elba is Black Superman in new Hobbs & Shaw Trailer

A brand new trailer for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is here to fire you up on a Thursday morning. The new look is as joyously super-charged as you could hope for. Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are back as the stacked and jacked member of America’s Diplomatic Security Service and the former British military elite operative respectively. These iconic frenemies are forced to team up when a villain comes along who might be tougher than both of them.

By The Credits  |  April 18, 2019
John Cena up for Role in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad

The cast for James Gunn‘s The Suicide Squad is starting to shape up. When news broke that Will Smith wouldn’t be reprising his role as Deadshot, Suicide Squad fans were understandably concerned. Then we found out that Idris Elba would be taking over the role, and all seemed right in the world. What’s more, Elba’s version of Deadshot would be a more conflicted sort,

By The Credits  |  April 17, 2019
Star Wars Video Game Knights of the Old Republic to be Adapted

Oh, the bounty the Star Wars Celebration brings each year. We were as parched as the desert biome of Jakku for any information surrounding J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX until the celebration kicked off in Chicago on April 11. In short order, we found out a bunch. First, that title is The Rise of Skywalker (!!). Then we got our first look at the film,

By The Credits  |  April 17, 2019
The Final Trailer for Dark Phoenix Gets Cosmic

“Ladies and gentleman of NASA, this is Charles Xavier. Help is on the way.”

While the X-Men have always done their level best to help humanity, the results rarely work in their favor. They’re still mistrusted, loathed and feared by millions. They’re forever battling a war of perceptions, if not actual wars —often against fellow mutants led by Magneto (Michael Fassbender). And now, in the case of Dark Phoenix, their best-laid plans to help save a crew of astronauts results in a game-changing metamorphosis for one of their own.

By The Credits  |  April 17, 2019

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How Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s Production Designer Creates the Occult

Based on the “Archie” comic book series “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa cast another spell with Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The series takes the source material from the comics and infuses them with equal parts horror and humor. Here Sabrina (played by Mad Men‘s Kiernan Shipka) struggles with trying to reconcile her two very distinct natures—she is half mortal,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 17, 2019
Rey’s Parents Will be Revealed in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The reveal that Rey (Daisy Ridley)’s parents were nobodies in Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi was astonishing. Some fans were apocalyptic (for muddled reasons, if you ask me), while we found the twist satisfying in all the right ways. It meant that her uniqueness and abilities weren’t born from some royal, Jedi lineage. The film positioned her strength of character and emerging abilities as a product of who she was,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 16, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Ending Tweaked During Production

We waited a long time to find out anything about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We were parsing comments made by J.J. Abrams around his initial hesitation about rejoining the franchise looking for clues. Then, tanks to the Star Wars Celebration, we now have a bounty of details to sift through. There is, of course, that enigmatic title. And all the juicy details revealed during that thrilling teaser.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 16, 2019
The Final Avengers: Endgame Trailer is Emotional & Epic

“Heroes. It’s an old fashioned notion.”

These words come from the late Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), who perished in the post-credits scene in Avengers: Infinity War in the midst of sending one very important message. The final trailer for Avengers: Endgame is a chills-inducing epic for any fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It connects the marquee films in the MCU’s decade-long, 22-film arc,

By The Credits  |  April 16, 2019
Samwell Tarly vs. Daenerys Targaryen is Game of Thrones Most Intriguing Battle

Game of Thrones is, among many other things, a show about the price of intolerance. Most of the show’s characters and the majority of those who want to rule the Seven Kingdoms are more or less intolerant. They see an unbending will as strength and punishing would-be usurpers and run-of-the-mill rebels as a necessity of good governance. The Stark’s high moral codes, so infamously self-defeating, also required a level of intolerance,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 16, 2019
Emperor Palpatine’s Mysterious Return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The most shocking revelation in the trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker came at the very end. While we were in the midst of digesting the title (!!) and the shots of Rey flipping backward over Kylo Ren’s customized TIE-Fighter, the trailer ended with a very familiar laugh—that of Emperor Palpatine. The long-dead–or so we thought—Palpatine was last seen, chronologically speaking, getting thrown down a shaft to his by Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi. 

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 15, 2019