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15 Sep

Host Director’s Dashcam Takes Pandemic Horror to Scarier Place

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Creating an interesting protagonist in a horror movie is a difficult thing. Conventional wisdom suggests they should be blandly appealing, and thereby a surrogate for any viewer to insert themselves into the nightmare. More often than not though, they are treated as disposable. Interchangeable faces who eventually become pieces of meat, lambs to the slaughter. Whether by fluke or design, the “heroes” of entire popular movements in the genre—slasher flicks in the ‘80s, torture porn in the 2000s—eventually devolved into figures of ridicule: victims who the audience would root against, sometimes uncomfortably so. All of which is a long way…
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03 Jun

Will A Quiet Place Part 3 Happen?

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This article contains spoilers for A Quiet Place Part II. At the end of A Quiet Place Part II, things are flipped from how the first movie resolved its terror. A Quiet Place was all about parents protecting their children, even—in the case of alpha male dad John Krasinski—at the cost of their own life. In the sequel, however, we close on the sight of the two oldest children of the Abbott family—deaf and resourceful Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and her dopey younger brother Marcus (Noah Jupe)—finding their courage to step up to protect their mom (Emily Blunt), their new baby…
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31 May

A Quiet Place Part II Box Office (Plus Cruella) Roars That Movie Theaters Are Back

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It appears reports of movie theaters’ demise were greatly exaggerated. Thank the boffo gods. After more than a year of bad headlines and even worse forecasts for cinema exhibitors, Memorial Day weekend has been a defiant roar for movie theaters across the United States, led chiefly by the stunning success of A Quiet Place Part II and the more complicated (probable) success of Cruella. Both films were prized assets for their studios—Paramount Pictures and Disney, respectively—and both were delayed from their original 2020 start dates. Indeed, A Quiet Place Part II was the first major studio tentpole displaced in March…
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30 May

How Cruella’s Director Took Disney to a Darker Place

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One of the most infamous villains in Disney’s storied history is Cruella de Vil, the wickedly evil heiress and socialite who obsessively wanted to make a coat from the fur of puppies in 1961’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Based on a novel by Dodie Smith, the animated classic introduced Cruella as a fully formed monster, intent on skinning all 101 of the title Dalmatians for her own personal luxury. Cruella became such an instant symbol of vanity, greed, and malevolence that she has appeared in the decades since in a number of animated and live-action sequels and spin-offs, with…
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29 May

John Krasinski Calls Jaws a Major Influence on A Quiet Place Part II

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Once upon a time, John Krasinski was not a huge fan of horror. He made that clear when the first A Quiet Place came out, saying that only while writing and directing the soon-to-be horror touchstone that he developed a passion for the genre. Now he obsesses over watching everything in it, with certain classics drawing him back time and again. And for A Quiet Place Part II, he had a killer shark of an inspiration. “This movie I really want to feel like a throwback,” Krasinski says about A Quiet Place Part II. “So it was definitely all the…
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29 May

A Quiet Place II Ending Explained

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Contains major spoilers for A Quiet Place Part II. John Krasinski’s follow up to his breakout horror hit A Quiet Place was due to hit cinemas in March last year, before COVID hit and took out the cinemas with it. But now A Quiet Place Part II has finally arrived on the big screen and it’s a noisier, more action-packed offering than the last. Picking up the morning after the first film ended, Evelyn (Emily Blunt), Regan (Millicent Simmonds), and Marcus (Noah Jupe), with the new born baby who they keep in a box, have to abandon their destroyed farmstead…
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27 May

Emily Blunt: A Quiet Place Part II Is About Humanity’s ‘Rebirth After Shutdown’

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There is a scene early on in A Quiet Place Part II where audiences are first introduced to Cillian Murphy’s gruff and despairing Emmett. Once, long ago, Emmett was a neighbor and passing friend to the Abbotts, our central family of heroes in both films. Yet when he now runs into Emily Blunt’s Evelyn Abbott and her two children, Regan and Marcus (Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe), the months of hell he’s endured in the face of apocalypse have taken their toll. They’ve taken everything. “The people that are left are not the kind of people worth saving,” Emmett glumly…
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24 May

A Quiet Place Part II

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Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.Rated: PG-13Release Date: May 28, 2021
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19 May

Resident Evil Infinite Darkness: When Does the Netflix Series Take Place?

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The latest trailer for the Netflix original animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness reveals even more of the upcoming adaptation, but it doesn’t really help to answer the question that’s on many Resident Evil fans’ minds: “When does Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness take place?” While even a quick dive into the Resident Evil timeline can give you a headache (just take a look at this), more people than ever seem to be interested in the Resident Evil chronology after Resident Evil Village‘s ending clearly referenced key events in the RE franchise and arguably positioned the series to “return” to that…
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19 May

A Quiet Place Part II Review: John Krasinski Brings More Sound and Fury

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Does anyone else think the first A Quiet Place was overrated? Upon its release in 2018, the John Krasinski and Emily Blunt-led movie was greeted warmly by critics and audiences, but when you stripped aside the fact that Jim Halpert from The Office directed it (and starred too as an extremely competent alpha survivalist dad, doing his damnedest to erase poor, mild Jim from our memory), it was a pretty conventional B-horror movie. Based around a single gimmick—blind aliens who hunt their human prey by sound, thus making staying quiet essential—the film was full of contrivances designed to get its…
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27 Apr

How John Krasinski Convinced Emily Blunt to Do A Quiet Place Part II

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Emily Blunt was in a different place three years ago. That, of course, applies to most people. But back then, in the lush jungles of Hawaii and filming opposite Dwayne Johnson, she was a million miles from the hushed hell endured by the Abbott family in A Quiet Place, which was just becoming the surprise horror hit of 2018. She had no intention of going back. The sentiment is understandable. In fact, it was initially shared by her husband, writer-director-actor John Krasinski, who, like his wife, was skeptical about the prospect of making a follow-up, even in our modern era…
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20 Feb

Where Does Dino Fury Take Place in Power Rangers Continuity?

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Warning: This article contains Power Rangers Dino Fury premiere spoilers. For years Power Rangers basically had one continuity. Sure it was a little wonky and things didn’t quite all fit together but all the seasons basically took place in one universe. Then Power Rangers RPM happened. At first it was assumed to be a series set far in the future but was confirmed in its team-up with Power Rangers Samurai that no, RPM’s post apocalyptic world was its own continuity. Then Dino Charge ended with dinosaurs alive again so it was in its own universe. Ever since Power Rangers fans…
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05 Jan

Why The Elder Scrolls 6 Could Take Place in Hammerfell

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The long wait for The Elder Scrolls 6 (and confirmation of its console exclusivity) was recently broken up by this tweet from the Elder Scrolls team which many fans believe is somehow related to the upcoming sequel: Transcribe the past and map the future. 📖Here's to a Happy New Year!🕯 pic.twitter.com/bL44CzLDIE— The Elder Scrolls (@ElderScrolls) December 31, 2020 The meaning of that tweet is very much open to interpretation, but the placement of the lights, the wording of the text, and, admittedly, a few leaps in logic have led many fans to believe that the Hammerfell region featured at the…
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12 Nov

When Does Spider-Man: Miles Morales Take Place?

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Miles Morales takes center stage in Insomniac’s latest Spider-Man adventure on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. After beginning his training with Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man, Miles is ready for his final test. With Peter off on vacation in Europe, it’s up to Miles to protect NYC from a whole new threat that could destroy Harlem, Miles’ new home. The hero finds himself in the middle of a war between the sinister Roxxon Energy corporation and a terrorist group known as the Underground, which is led by the villainous Tinkerer, the game’s central antagonist. If you’ve read the Marvel…
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21 Sep

When Does Marvel’s WandaVision Take Place?

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The first trailer for Marvel’s WandaVision on Disney+ has got fans talking with its eerie and unsettling approach to sitcom domestic bliss between one one of the MCU’s most powerful magic users and her synthetic husband. What makes it even more unsettling is that the husband in question has been dead since 2018, thanks to Thanos and the events of Avengers: Infinity War. When you combine this with the multiple sitcom homages that run the gamut from black and white 1950s wholesome escapades to ones that look like they would have been right at home in the ’70s, ’80s, or…
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24 Jul

A Quiet Place Part II Delayed Until April 2021

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These are dark times for movie theaters. Once upon a time, A Quiet Place Part II, the much anticipated sequel to John Krasinski’s first breakout horror movie, was supposed to be among the big hits of spring 2020. But the movie then became one of the first to move at the last minute, a week ahead of its March 20 release. Since then the film was encouragingly placed on a Sept. 4 release date, but that too is now scuttled, and Paramount Pictures is opting to delay A Quiet Place Part II until April 23, 2020. The move comes attached…
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13 Jul

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Animated Series Takes Place After The Clone Wars

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If you were left wondering what happened to our beloved Bad Batch at the end of The Clone Wars, you’ll likely get some answers very soon. Disney has announced a new Clone Wars spinoff series called Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which will explore the adventures of Wrecker, Crosshair, Echo, Hunter, and Tech after Order 66 and the Rise of the Empire. The series will hit Disney+ in 2021. Stream your Star Wars favorites right here! Does this series mean that the Bad Batch escaped the clone brain-washing involved with Order 66? Disney hasn’t confirmed as much, but the press…
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15 Jun

Oscars 2021 Officially Delayed, New Rules in Place

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The annual Academy Awards have not skipped a year once during the past nine decades… and they’re not about to start now. At least not yet. Confirming a report from earlier this morning in Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed this afternoon that the Oscars will be delayed in 2021 from February to April, which comes on the heels of new rules also being put in place by the Academy. In a new announcement, it was confirmed that next year’s Oscars will now be held on April 25, 2021, as opposed to Feb. 28. Almost two…
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