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Godzilla vs. Kong: Comparing the 1962 and 2021 Versions

he following article contains Godzilla vs. Kong spoilers. After three movies of build-up, the battle lines are drawn. The mighty Godzilla goes toe-to-toe with the titan gorilla King Kong over who is the alpha of the MonsterVerse. While the movie doesn’t have the epic, apocalyptic feel which came with its predecessor Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong does deliver on the crazy fight scenes and makes good on a rivalry that has long had its foot in pop culture—if only because of an incredibly silly film from 1962. The original King Kong vs. Godzilla is not a movie…
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Mulan’s 2020 Soundtrack & The Many Versions of Christina Aguilera’s Reflection

Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Mulan might not be a movie musical, but that doesn’t mean it is without music. The Niki Caro-directed film, which dropped on Disney+ for “premium access” this weekend, has a score composed and conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams that makes up most of the official Mulan soundtrack. However, the film soundtrack also features two versions of “Reflection,” a tune made famous in America by Christina Aguilera for the soundtrack of the original 1998 animated feature. Twenty-two years later, Aguilera is singing another rendition of “Reflection” for the film’s soundtrack—one of two versions of the song that…
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Marvel’s Avengers: Spider-Man Coming to PS5 and PS4 Versions of the Game in 2021

Just days after Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics confirmed that Hawkeye was coming to Marvel’s Avengers as a DLC character, we now know that Spider-Man will also be joining the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in early 2021 as an exclusive character for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions of the game. PlayStation players will get the Spider-Man DLC at no additional cost. In a new post on the PlayStation blog, Crystal Dynamics associate art director Jeff Adams explained that Avengers‘ Spidey isn’t the friendly neighborhood webslinger you met in Insomniac’s critically-acclaimed action-adventure game from 2018 but the studio’s own take…
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