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How Wonder Woman 1984’s Practical Effects Set it Apart

Going back to Themyscira is one of the most anticipated aspects of Wonder Woman 1984. For many fans, the Amazons were the highlight of the original film and an all-Amazon movie can’t come soon enough. The physical prowess and the pure joy of seeing so many women not only in combat, but engaging in fight choreography that’s developed around their physical attributes/gifts/features, is a rare and wonderful thing. The resulting actions sequences were unlike anything on screen before: highly stylized yet clearly effective.  Heading into WW84, director Patty Jenkins and her team (which now includes Gal Gadot as a producer)…
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How Wonder Woman 1984 Treats Its Villains Sets the Movie Apart

This article contains Wonder Woman 1984 spoilers. Our spoiler free review can be found here. It’s widely acknowledged that between DC and Marvel, DC has the best villains. From the volatile anarchy of the Joker to the delicious anti-heroine of Catwoman, some have even become worthy of their own spin-off movies. So it was a fascinating decision by co-writer and director Patty Jenkins to take a different route with the baddies for Wonder Woman 1984. Namely, that neither are truly villainous. Max Lord Ok, Pedro Pascal’s Max Lord is a selfish, greedy con man who doesn’t care about what he…
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Xbox Series X vs. PS5: Which Features Set Each Console Apart?

Xbox Series X vs. PS5 will be a console war unlike any other. At a time when console game libraries are becoming more homogenous and we look towards more than just console sales to determine success in this industry, you may think that the decision to buy one console over another really just comes down to a few exclusive titles and personal preferences. Even the specs of the two consoles appear to be fairly similar at a glance: However, a closer look at both consoles reveals just how different these machines truly are. Granted, neither the Xbox Series X nor…
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart Gameplay Demo Shows off the PS5’s Power

Insomniac Games released a new gameplay demo for Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart during Gamescom’s opening night ceremony, and it featured possibly our best look yet at the potential of PS5’s power potential. While the demo was described as seamless gameplay footage captured from a PS5, it should be noted that the sequence it showcased looked fairly scripted. Our best guess is that it’s taken from a segment early in the game that is meant to serve as a kind of preview for what’s to come. As such, it’s still a little hard to tell whether or not the game…
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Five Feet Apart

Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) is every bit a seventeen-year-old...she's attached to her laptop and loves her best friends. But unlike most teenagers, she spends much of her time living in a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control - all of which is put to the test when she meets an impossibly charming fellow CF patient named Will Newman (Cole Sprouse). There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the…
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