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Gremlins 3 Is the Only Thing That Makes Sense Right Now

Gremlins star Zach Galligan said a new, live-action Gremlins film is the only thing that makes sense and we don’t disagree. Saw XI has found its director and James Cameron says the next Avatar will be a “rougher ride.” Spoilers, activate!Spoilers of the Week: July 22ndGremlins 3Gremlins star Zach Galligan suggested Warner Bros. is now planning a live-action third film in a recent interview with Screen Rant. I do. I can’t really figure out why Warner Bros. would do two seasons — not one, but two seasons — of the animated…

Amazon Prime Video Ads Start Today

Ad-free streaming services are officially a thing of the past. Amazon injected Prime Video’s movies and TV shows with ads on Monday. The company is asking users to pay an additional $3 a month to keep Prime Video ad-free, on top of the $139 a year members already pay for Amazon Prime.Top 5 Shopping Tips for Amazon Prime Day“Starting Jan. 29, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements,” said Amazon in an email to Prime members last month.With the fall of Prime Video, that means the five largest…

All the Star Wars Lore Behind Asajj Ventress’ Return

Screenshot: Lucasfilm, Zentropa/Peacock, Image: 20th Century Studios, Hasbro, WWE, Playmates, Harper Voyager, BBC, Robert Gill and Guru-eFX/Marvel Comics, AMCThis week on io9 The Bad Batch got us thinking about Dark Disciple, the Battle of Boz Pity, and so much Nightsister magic with the reveal that Asajj Ventress is the latest Star Wars character to cheat death. Read on for more on that, plus even more of our most-read stories of the week! —James Whitbrook Screenshot: Lucasfilm, Zentropa/Peacock, Image: 20th Century

The Moogai Puts a Monstrous Spin on Generational Trauma

A modern folk horror tale that draws upon Australia’s troubled history to enhance its monstrous elements, The Moogai also includes an exploration of postpartum depression. Unfortunately, its one-dimensional plot ultimately detracts from the elements that make it an otherwise unique story.Alex Winter on the Most Important Modern Horror Movie It’s rare to see a horror film that centers contemporary Aboriginal characters. The Moogai, which writer-director Jon Bell expanded from his award-winning short, follows Sarah (Shari…

Doctor Who Set Pictures Reveal Its Newest Companion

Get a teeny new glimpse of Godzilla x Kong in more international footage. Apple TV+’s Constellation puts Noomi Rapace through a sci-fi horror. Terry Matalas has more ideas if Star Trek: Legacy ever happens. Plus, get a new look at Kung Fu Panda 4. Spoilers, away!Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewMortal Kombat 2Filming has officially wrapped on Mortal Kombat 2 according to director Todd Garner on Twitter.Lisa FrankensteinBloody-Disgusting has a new poster for Lisa Frankenstein, a…

Ubisoft Says Gamers Should Get More Comfortable Not Owning Their Games

Players will need to feel a fair bit more “comfortable” with the idea of subscription models and, to a greater extent, not actually owning anything they buy. This week, Ubisoft rejiggered its entire subscription model, but to sell players and the industry on its new move, one company exec misconstrued why gamers and developers might not be so keen to pony up monthly for their games.Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation Portal Hands OnUbisoft’s head of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, offered a fair few innocuous…

Star Trek Is Quite Different in the World of For All Mankind

In a certain way, the incredible Apple TV+ show For All Mankind can be looked at as an unofficial precursor to Star Trek. Both shows imagine an alternate reality where events in the past made it so technology and space travel continued to develop throughout our lifetimes. But while Star Trek starts in the future, on For All Mankind, we see that past. We took the moon, we took Mars, and we’re still going. If you shift that story a few hundred years into the future, you can easily imagine a Starfleet made up of ships with…

Updates From Madame Web, The Last of Us, and More

Jason Momoa hypes up the chance he might play DC’s Lobo. Get a new look at Lionsgate’s creepy killer teddy bear movie Imaginary. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters showrunner Chris Black has high hopes the show will return for season 2. Plus, Netflix teases a new German sci-fi series. Spoilers get!Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksThe Chronicles of NarniaIn conversation with BBC Radio 4 Today, Greta Gerwig admitted she’s “intimidated” and “in the place of terror” by the thought of…

The Last of Us Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023

Piracy is a fact of life in the entertainment industry, no matter how much studios try to fight it—and in an age where the streaming industry is feeling more and more like cable television by the day—it’s going to remain that way for the foreseeable future. But that doesn’t mean it’s not interesting to see what audiences were looking for on the high seas... and how a lot of that hasn’t really changed.Johnny Knoxville Loved Collectibles | First FandomsTorrent Freak’s annual look at piracy in 2023 saw the top 10 shows once…

The Best Movies You May Have Missed in 2023, and Where to Stream Them

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