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Polite Society, Suzume, Kids vs. Aliens, They Cloned Tyrone, and When Evil Lurks are on the listImage: Amazon, Crunchroll, Shudder, NetflixNo one can see every movie that comes out in a year. Heck, no one can even see all the good movies that come out in a year. These days, even if it’s literally your job, so many movies come out from all across the world, and on so many different platforms, that even if you spent all day every day watching, you’d probably still miss a few.Even so, we know there are movies that, if you…

Get in on Gizmo’s early adventures with the young Sam Wing in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. The Max and Amblin animated series from creators Tze Chun and Brendan Hay is inspired by Joe Dante’s Gremlins films, and features the work of composer Sherri Chung, whose score elevates the show’s aspects of whimsy, action, and danger with the Wing family at its heart.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesWatch an exclusive clip of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai and check out io9's …

Photo: Universal Studios Orlando ResortExperience your own Amblin cinematic adventure at the Great Movie Escape at Universal Orlando Resort. io9 was invited to try out the new interactive escape rooms inspired by Jurassic World and Back to the Future at CityWalk and chat with Universal Creative about its collaboration with two of Universal Pictures’ biggest franchises.“We work directly with the filmmakers,” shared Nate Stevenson, show director at Universal Orlando Resort’s Creative Development Group. “All the scripting…

Screenshot: Universal Pictures/AmblinIn an upcoming special on The Drew Barrymore Show, the original cast of E.T. reunites to reminisce about the making of the Amblin classic film from director Stephen Spielberg. This year the filmcelebrates 40 years and has had a specialIMAX theatrical run in addition to a new home release to commemorate the milestone.Barrymore’s daytime talk show has played host to some incredible interviews and reunions (like for Scream) with her former cast-mates but it’s this one we’ve been waiting…

Screenshot: Universal Pictures/MonkeypawThere’s no other movie right now that has elicited multiple re-watches like Jordan Peele’s Nope. It’s the kind of film where you leave the theater with a lingering buzz about what you just saw, questions about some of the reveals, and curiosity for anything you might have missed—the meaning of the shoe, for instance, has gone viral.io9 recently got a chance to discuss the making of Nope with its editor, Nicholas Monsour, a key collaborator of Jordan Peele’s going back to his Key…

Speaking of Taika Waititi, to me, he’s the Spielberg of today, with a particular strength in sharing stories about found families. (Every time he makes a movie or produces a show by uplifting creatives we need and breaks barriers for the marginalized, I turn into the Jeff Goldblum “you did it” meme.) Boy, released in 2010, is about a kid growing up in New Zealand during the ‘80s (much like Waititi did), and in 2014's What We Do in the Shadows, with its coven of vampire forever flatmates, you really saw how even on the…