Babylon

It's no secret that in Hollywood, a filmmaker's creative freedom for their next project is often determined by the box office success of their previous work. This is the case with Damien Chazelle, whose last film was Babylon. If you're a fan of the bombastic flick, then you’re in good company because even Stephen King praised the picture, saying it's bound to be a cult classic. Still, unfortunately, audiences and critics areacted poorly to Chazelle's period piece, which underperformed financially. Despite the film being…

All’s fair in love, war, and sandwiches in MGMT’s “Dancing in Babylon,” the indie duo’s new song with Chris of Christine and the Queens. The new track— set to appear on Loss of Life, out Feb. 23 via Mom + Pop — is, at its core, a tender piano ballad, but with the kind of quintessentially strange undercurrents you’d expect from MGMT.  Andrew VanWyngarden and Chris combine beautifully on vocals as well, exchanging lines before hitting some sublime harmonies at the end of the bridge, “I wanna tell everyone I know/‘I…

To prepare for her role in From Hilde, With Love, a Nazi-era period drama that premieres at the Berlin film festival on Saturday, actor Liv Lisa Fries met the person she would have to cradle in her arms as a baby.In the film, by veteran German director Andreas Dresen, Fries plays Hilde Coppi, an anti-fascist resistance fighter who was arrested for treason by the Gestapo and sentenced to death along with her husband Hans. ‘It was immense, the sense of responsibility I felt’ … Liv Lisa Fries. Photograph: Tristar…

The good news keeps coming for all Babylon 5 fans: The entire series is coming to Blu-ray just a few months after sharing that an animated feature-length film is in the works. The 30th-anniversary release will include all 110 episodes of its five-season run and its pilot TV movie, The Gathering. Show creator J. Michael Straczynski shared a celebratory tweet directed at fans stating, "YOU WANTED IT, YOU ASKED FOR IT, AND IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED!" ATTENTION #BABYLON5 FANS! YOU WANTED IT, YOU ASKED FOR IT, AND IT'S FINALLY…

Image: Warner Bros.It’s been a pretty good anniversary year for Babylon 5 already even if we were only getting the brand new animated movie this summer. But there’s icing on the cake: for the first time ever, the legendary sci-fi series will be making its way to Blu-ray in its entirety.You Should Really Watch The Last of UsWarner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that all 110 episodes of the series will be available as part of a complete series collection releasing this December. Including the full five seasons of…

Posted in: Comics | Tagged: gods, jonathan hickman, Valerio SchitiMarvel Comics has issued a proper preview of Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti 's upcoming Marvel Universe series G.O.D.S.Marvel Comics has issued a proper preview of Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti 's upcoming Marvel Universe series G.O.D.S. which they state "will reinvent the cosmology of the Marvel Universe in G.O.D.S.!" "The new series will dramatically transform Marvel's classic pantheon of cosmic beings and introduce brand-new concepts and…

Image: Warner Bros.Although we first learned of plans to bring back Babylon 5 as a live-action reboot back in 2021, while we’re left waiting there’s still new surprises for fans—a return to the classic series, in a new medium, and a glimpse into what could’ve been in the legendary sci-fi series’ story.How Has Ortegas Changed and Grown Coming into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 | io9 InterviewWarner Bros. has released the first trailer for The Road Home, a brand new Babylon 5 continuation penned by series…

Babylon 5 — the mid-’90s show that told a compelling five-year story with evolving characters at a time when most reset the agenda after every single episode — is coming back as an animated movie starring several members of the original cast. Perhaps you’ve already heard? But you haven’t gotten more than a peek at what that might mean, and now the first full trailer has just dropped:It features Sheridan getting “whipsawed through multiple timelines and alternate realities,” including one where Babylon 5 lost the Shadow…

Kenneth Anger, the artist and film-maker whose work offered a distinctively radical mix of paganism and homoeroticism, has died aged 96. Art gallery Sprüth Magers confirmed his death, saying: “Through his kaleidoscopic films, which combine sumptuous visuals, popular music soundtracks, and a focus on queer themes and narratives, Anger laid the groundwork for the avant garde art scenes of the later 20th century, as well as for the visual languages of contemporary queer and youth culture.”Anger’s films, which included…

The basic synopsis, via THR: “Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe.”As Straczynski hinted, many of the original surviving cast members are returning, including Bruce Boxleitner (Sheridan), Claudia Christian (Ivanova), Peter Jurasik…