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Does Hawkeye’s Echo Reveal Tease Daredevil and Kingpin?

The trailer for Marvel series Hawkeye has the Avengers archer in the midst of Christmastime chaos tonally evocative of Die Hard—except, you know, in the streets of New York City and not a high-tech L.A. skyscraper. However, while the show’s long-teased idea of a reluctant Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) taking on a scrappy protégé in Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) comes to fruition before our eyes, the trailer also quickly flashes to another potentially important character, Echo, a deadly assassin who happens to have direct connections to Daredevil and Kingpin. Consequently, we could finally have a Marvel Cinematic Universe bridge to…
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The Matrix 4 Trailer Teasers Reveal a Big Morpheus Mystery

What the hell is going on with Morpheus? That’s the question on fans’ minds after spending the last day trying to decipher all of the new Matrix Resurrections teasers released by Warner Bros. If you go to WhatIsTheMatrix.com right now, you’ll be asked to make a choice: the red pill or the blue pill. Choosing the red pill freed Neo from the simulation in 1999, and if you make the same choice on the fan site, you’ll be treated to one of several teasers depending on the time of the day. According to EW, there are 180,000 variations of the…
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Cruella Meme Reactions Reveal Problem with Streaming Blockbusters

The following contains Cruella spoilers (but only what you already know from Twitter and Instagram). Cruella de Vil’s mother was killed by a vicious pack of Dalmatians. It sounds goofy to read that in print, but for many social media users who didn’t go to the theater opening weekend or shell out a steep $30 for Cruella on Disney+, this is likely all they’ve heard. And it’s true, early on in the Emma Stone-led film, a pack of Dalmatians really push mama off a cliff. However, there is a lot more to the movie than this questionable plot point, not…
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Thor: Love and Thunder Set Photos Reveal a New Look for God of Thunder

The events of Avengers: Endgame sure took Thor on a journey. Holding himself responsible for the catastrophic ending to Avengers: Infinity War, and still reeling from the catastrophic events of Thor: Ragnarok, the God of Thunder took it upon himself to behead Thanos in Endgame‘s opening moments. And when the death of the MCU’s most powerful villain failed to make things better, Thor slipped into a deep depression, retreating into isolation, video games, and comfort eating (something we all can relate to after a year of lockdown, right?). Despite the pathos that came with the angry and depressed Thor we…
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Thor: Love and Thunder Set Images Reveal Matt Damon in Familiar Costume

This article contains spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok Another week, another joyous set of behind the scenes images from Taika Waititi’s highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe fourquel, Thor: Love and Thunder! Having already seen Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on set in their new costumes last month, filming on Thor 4 continues over in Australia, with Waititi getting more of his Thor: Ragnarok gang back together for another dramatic retelling of Thor’s recent past. Matt Damon, Luke Hemsworth and Sam Neill have all been spotted on the set of Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder performing yet another play as…
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Cover Reveal: Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward‘s The Last House on Needless Street is one of the most anticipated books of the year, with Stephen King himself singing its praises. King said of the gothic tale: “The buzz building around Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street is real. I’ve read it and was blown away. It’s a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end. Haven’t read anything this exciting since Gone Girl.” Marketed as a cross between Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House, the psychological horror tells the tale of “a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge…
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Thor: Love and Thunder Set Photos Reveal Chris Hemsworth in New Costume

WandaVision may be the MCU show on everyone’s mind right now, but that doesn’t make next year’s Thor: Love and Thunder any less anticipated. After Taika Waititi breathed new life into the Thor franchise with Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel wisely chose to bring the director back for another sequel, one that appears to be leaning in to the quirky, cosmic, space opera vibe that brought Ragnarok so much success. Just how cosmic are we talking? Well, picking up on threads from Avengers: Endgame, where Thor and Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill were quickly becoming best frenemies, it looks like Star-Lord and the…
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How Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown Reveal Changes Everything

This Bridgerton article contains MAJOR spoilers for the end of the first season and spoilers for the fourth book in the series. You can read our spoiler-free review here. Even before Bridgerton dropped on Netflix on Christmas Day, the adaptation of the Julia Quinn period romance series was already inspiring curiosity around its central plot mystery: Who is Lady Whistledown? Unlike Gossip Girl, that other contemporary classic that so many compared Bridgerton to after the first trailer dropped, Bridgerton doesn’t wait until its final episode ever to reveal the identity of the person who disrupts (read: makes more interesting) the…
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Zack Snyder Weighs in on “Knee Jerk” Warner Bros. 2021 Release Reveal

A couple of weeks back, Warner Bros. rocked the movie industry by unexpectedly announcing that they planned to stream all their big forthcoming releases on HBO Max on the same day the films debuted in theaters, starting with DC’s delayed blockbuster Wonder Woman 1984 on Christmas Day. With all 17 of the studio’s 2021 movies suddenly heading to HBO Max, everyone from outraged US theater owners to Tenet helmer Christopher Nolan reacted to the move, which was not mirrored by rival studio Disney during their recent Investors Day. Now, Justice League director Zack Snyder, who has recently been welcomed back…
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Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s Slow Burn Villain Reveal

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 has a narrative focus and patience that previous seasons have not. We are more than halfway through the season and, while the crew of the Discovery have encountered a variety of obstacles in their new future, they have not yet come up against a true Big Bad. “The Sanctuary” seems poised to bring them one step closer. In the exclusive clip we have from this week’s episode, Admiral Vance and Book give Michael and Saru (and, you know, us) more information on The Emerald Chain, the Andorian-Orion crime syndicate that has been causing trouble in…
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Did Star Trek: Discovery Just Reveal Season 3’s Big Mystery?

This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 2. Other than Deep Space Nine and elements of Enterprise Season 3, the Star Trek series that cracked serialized storytelling for the Final Frontier was Star Trek: Discovery. And as anyone who has watched TV since 2003 can tell you: season-long mysteries often work best when they’re not actually what you thought they were. In Discovery Season 1, two major twists hinged on secret identities, a concept which was semi-repeated in Season 2 when guessing the identity of “the Red Angel” became the focus of nearly every episode.  But,…
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The Witcher Season 2 Photos Reveal Geralt’s New Armor

Netflix has shared two photos from The Witcher Season 2’s production that focus on Geralt’s new armor and slightly updated look. These images are unofficially accompanied by a post on Geralt actor Henry Cavill’s Instagram account in which he shares this quote from the second Witcher novel, Time of Contempt, which will likely prove to be relevant to the upcoming season’s plot: “‘It may turn out,’ said the white-haired man a moment later, ‘that their comrades or cronies may ask what befell these evil men. Tell them the Wolf bit them. The White Wolf. And add that they should keep…
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Valorant Patch Notes For 1.09 Update Reveal Major Viper Changes

The full patch notes for Valorant‘s 1.09 update have been revealed, and they include notable nerfs and buffs for some of the game’s top Agents and weapons. Let’s start with the game’s Agents. Viper is arguably the biggest beneficiary of this update as she receives what essentially feels like a soft rework. She’ll now start each round with 100 fuel capacity (up from 50) and the debuff applied by her Snake Bite ability now remains for two seconds after the player leaves the field of acid. Additionally, her movement speed will be doubled when she casts her Viper’s Pit ability…
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Mortal Kombat 11 Leak May Reveal Rambo as New DLC Character

Mortal Kombat 11 is sadly reaching the end of its life cycle. But although NetherRealm has already released the secondary story mode Aftermath, various DLC characters, and few other new features, we’re still due one more DLC pack before the studio moves on to a new game. While fans wait anxiously for the big announcement, series co-creator Ed Boon has been throwing around hints on Twitter. Normally, I’d be going full-on Beautiful Mind with those hints, covering my walls with Ed Boon tweets and newspaper clippings, but Boon isn’t the kind of guy you should trust at times like this.…
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Xbox Series X Backward Compatibility Frame Rate Tests Reveal Shocking Results

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry crew got their hands on a preview version of the Xbox Series X, and the tests that they’ve run so far reveal the console’s impressive backward compatibility capabilities. There are quite a few things worth discussing in their preview, but we’d argue the most impressive results are found in the early frame-rate tests. Simply put, the Series X’s ability to produce 60 FPS gameplay in nearly every backward compatible title that was tested is, in many cases, shocking. While many of the better-optimized games available on Xbox One of course run smoother on Series X, the real…
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Game of Thrones Showrunners Reveal Why Lady Stoneheart was Cut

This article contains spoilers for George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series. For readers of George R.R. Martin’s book series, “A Song of Ice and Fire,” it was the gasping disappointment heard around the internet. During the Game of Thrones Season 4 finale, Arya Stark makes the fateful decision to leave Westeros behind and pursue a potential new life in Braavos, and Ramin Djawadi’s music swelled as her ship disappeared into the great horizon. Then… credits. To those who never read the book it was bittersweet poignancy; for book readers though, the immediate question is where…
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Leaked Ahead of Reveal

A Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been leaked ahead of its intended reveal. The leak, which comes from the Russian Uplay store, includes a brief (very blurry) clip of the remake in “action.” The clip only features snippets from cutscenes in the game and, to be honest, the footage looks awful. While this could simply be the result of a bad upload, poor conversion, or any other understandable technical issues, fans are already worried that this remake is actually going to be closer to a remaster. For what it’s worth, we’d advise holding off on all…
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Oscars Reveal Standards for Inclusion and Diversity for Best Picture Nominees

Five years. That’s how long it’s been since the social media hashtag “#OscarsSoWhite” was created. Coined by April Reign in response to all 20 of the slots available to actors and actresses going to white performers, the phrase encapsulated a basic question about our culture that has come to challenge the status quo of the entertainment industry and beyond: Who determines excellence and why do their choices look so homogenous? The Oscars have fitfully begun addressing these issues over the last few years—particularly after in 2016 all 20 acting nominations were held by white thespians again—but now for the first…
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Xbox Series S Specs Reveal Surprisingly Powerful Series X Alternative

Microsoft has finally revealed the specs for the Xbox Series S, and they are almost as surprising as the console’s incredibly low price point. For reference, here are the full Xbox Series S specs that Microsoft posted on the Xbox blog and how they compare to the specs of the Xbox Series X: The biggest difference between these two consoles from a pure power perspective is undoubtedly their GPUs. We know you’re probably pretty tired of hearing the word “Teraflops” at this point, but the difference between 12.15 Teraflops and 4 Teraflops is certainly notable. Considering that the Xbox One…
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The Mandalorian Season 2 Details Reveal Larger Story and Higher Stakes

The Mandalorian Season 2 is arriving in the Disney+ streaming star system imminently, having fortuitously dodged the blaster shot of COVID complications. Auspiciously enough, the hit Star Wars series will return in a form that’s bigger in every conceivable way—at least that’s what series creator Jon Favreau, executive producer Dave Filoni and the cast are teasing. The series, which premiered back in November 2019 while draped in mystery as the first proper live-action television series of the Star Wars franchise, became a pop culture phenomenon for a number of reasons, the most prominent of which was the “aw” inspiring presence…
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