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Buzz Lightyear by RobosenGif: Robosen/YouTubeLet’s say you love the world of Pixar’s Toy Story but also are cool with letting a sentient robot live in your home that seems like it could, hypothetically, one day decide to kill you. If so, well, we have just the toy for you.Robosen, the robotics company behind this impressive Optimus Prime toy, is now taking pre-orders on an equally evolved Buzz Lightyear toy based on this year’s Lightyear. The company describes it as a “smart conversational, interactive, programmable, and…

Image: AMCGet new looks at Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, and Hocus Pocus 2. Netflix sets release dates for The School For Good and Evil and Troll. Plus, what’s coming on Reginald the Vampire, and Shudder’s latest horror delight sends a livestreamer into a haunted house. Spoilers, away!The Red OneAccording to Deadline, Kiernan Shipka will star alongside Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in Amazon’s mysterious The Red One, a film only describedas “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy imagining a whole new…

The Tarantula Nebula gets its name from its appearance, which is similar to that of a burrowing tarantula’s hole covered in spider silk. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScIThe latest wonder from the Webb Space Telescope is a new look at the Tarantula Nebula, a swirling mass of infantile and yet-to-be conceived stars. What looks like spider silk surrounds a hollowed-out center, where material has been blasted away by radiation, according to a NASA release. A nebula is a massive cloud of dust occupying the interstellar medium…

The SLS rocket awaiting liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: NASAIt’s finally happening: On Monday, August 29, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is set to launch for the first time, boosting an uncrewed Orion capsule on a journey to the Moon. This crucial first mission in the Artemis program is part of the preparation to send astronauts to the Moon later this decade.The Artemis 1 mission is scheduled for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center, with atwo-hour launch window that begins Monday at…

Mid-way through the two-hour run of Russo Brothers’ latest big-budget action film The Gray Man, I felt there was something missing. There were explosions, gunfights, action, and even funny dialogue but it felt incomplete. And then it hit me, for the last half hour, I had been subconsciously waiting to hear the iconic Mission: Impossible theme. For that’s essentially what The Gray Man is--MI minus the charm of Tom Cruise and any iconic moments. This thrill-a-minute ride is popcorn entertainment but a slightly muddled one…

The Gray Man — out Friday on Netflix — brings the Russo Brothers, directors of Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War, back into big-budget action filmmaking. And they have all the right ingredients at their disposal. For one, they are working with the writers behind those Avengers movies, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who have shown themselves capable of handling unwieldy material. By contrast, The Gray Man — based on Mark Greaney's 2009 eponymous novel — is thin and straightforward. In Ryan Gosling, they…

Dhanush plays the role of Avik San aka the Lone Wolf, a deadly assassin in The Gray Man, one of the most-awaited films of the year. The action thriller by Russo Brothers will released on Netflix on July 22. On Wednesday, filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo teased a sequel or spinoff featuring Dhanush’s character Lone Wolf. The Gray Man marks the Tamil actor’s Hollywood debut. Read more: Dhanush says he asked every The Gray Man crew member 'how do Russo Brothers know about me'Joe and Anthony Russo were in Mumbai to promote…

After the critical and commercial success of Star Wars: The Last Jedi nearly two years ago — a galaxy to which he will soon return with an all-new trilogy — wherein he spent years crafting a subversive take on the long-running franchise under the watchful eyes of Lucasfilm, writer-director Rian Johnson shuffles back to his pre-epic space opera roots with Knives Out. Think of it as a modern-day take on the murder mystery whodunnit genre, a homage to the works of Agatha Christie, as Johnson has readily admitted. Except he…

The Gray Man — out this week on Netflix — finds the Russo Brothers returning to mega-budget filmmaking after a sprawling stint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since they made Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Joe and Anthony Russo have been dipping their toes into experimental dramas and action flicks, first with Extraction on Netflix, and then Tom Holland-starrer Cherry on Apple TV+. The Gray Man aims to deliver a more grounded story with blockbuster action elements. Much like their previous Apple TV+…

From Captain America to Avengers Endgame, the Russo Brothers -- Anthony and Joe -- have spent the past few years spinning their magic in creating cinematic universes. Now, they have set their eyes on India. They are busy weaving a web of ‘desi’ stories backed by Indian talent as the brothers admit that working with Indian talent has turned out to be their special focus. In fact, it is proved by their collaboration with actor Dhanush in their upcoming action epic, The Gray Man, as Joe reveals that the character was…