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Madame Web is a two-hour trailer for the movie you think you’re watching, but actually aren’t. If that’s confusing, welcome to the world of Madame Web, where everyone—the characters, the actors, the audience, and everyone in between—is confused about basically everything, all of the time. It’s a film that sets specific expectations in terms of story and payoff, proceeds to seed and tease those payoffs throughout the movie, and then never delivers on them. When a film has to pretend to be something it’s not to keep you…

Trailers are designed to stir up excitement, the amuse-bouche that whets your appetite for the three-course meal. Occasionally, the oldest marketing trick in the book backfires. When Sony dropped a sneak peek at Madame Web, the newest addition to the company’s roster of Spider-Man–related films and another of their corporate crossovers with the good folks at Marvel Studios, the reaction was… not exactly what they hoped for. The same fans they were hoping to get riled up about a batch of fresh Spidey-adjacent characters…

Ayo Edebiri is the latest star to leave Marvel’s Thunderbolts. New Dune Part 2 pictures tease Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen’s arrival. Duncan Jones’ Rogue Trooper movie reveals its cast. Plus, Adam Scott starts running as Severance season 2 enters production. Spoilers now!Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksRogue TrooperVariety reports Duncan Jones is attached to direct an animated Rogue Trooper movie starring the voices of Hayley Atwell, Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden Daryl McCormack,…

Image: Sony Pictures/MarvelEver since Sony revealed it was working on a solo movie for Madame Web, folks have had questions. Why her? How is this going to connect to whichever Spider-Man is swinging around now?io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightIf you’ve watched the trailer, one of the questions may be when this movie is set. Superhero movies typically keep things in the relative present, but Entertainment Weekly’s recent preview notes that Madame Web is set in 2003. That effectively makes it the first…

Argylle (February 2)Director Matthew Vaughn has made a name for himself making off-the-wall spy films like Kingsman, but Argylle is something new entirely. Or so we think. The film, following an spy author whose work is happening in real life, has been marketed with an odd mystery at its center. The only mystery we’re worried about is whether it’ll be as good as most of Vaughn’s previous films.She Is Conann (February 2, limited)A queer, surrealist take on the legend of Conan the Barbarian.Skin Deep (February 2,…

From the fourth and final season of Succession to a bloody samurai anime, our TV critic Alan Sepinwall’s picks for the best shows of the year There was a week in late May when Ted Lasso, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Succession, and Barry all released their final episodes. These are shows that dominated awards nights and year-end best-of lists like this one over the past few years, and all of them were gone within five days of one another. Between that busy farewell weekend…

Anna and the Apocalypse, Spirited, and Violent Night are on the list.Image: Shudder, Apple, UniversalEvery holiday season, I sit down and watch the classics. Films that fill me with joy and bring together friends and family. Films like It’s a Wonderful Life, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Home Alone, A Christmas Story, and Die Hard.Make no mistake, the world is not at a loss for holiday classics, nor is it lacking in lists that include all the same movies. However, every single year brings us more and…

The scene at 33rd and 10th was anticipatory; everyone was ready for this. Earlier this week, in “the canyon” between the HBO offices and Amazon headquarters in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, a massive group of marchers picketed for nearly four hours in support of the Writers Guild of America. io9 was there talking to union members on the front lines.A Transformer Is Headed to the MoonThe WGA is currently involved in negotiations with the AMPTP—the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, whose members include…

io9 inhaled a lot of TV this year. We do it for work, we do it for fun, we do it when we really should be sleeping. We’ll be getting into our favorite shows of the year next week, but today we’re celebrating the individual moments that stood out: big twists, shocking reveals, notable brawls, character revelations, and…Read more... io9 inhaled a lot of TV this year. We do it for work, we do it for fun, we do it when we really should be sleeping. We’ll be getting into our favorite shows of the year next week, but today…

Image: A24The nominees for the 2023 Golden Globes have been announced, and the Daniels’ multiversal story of love, family, and Michelle Yeoh kicking ass is leading the charge for genre entertainment at the show next year.In terms of notable genre additions to the list, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominates the proceedings with six nominations, including Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), as well as nods for the Daniels in Directing, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis in the Best Actor in a Motion…