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Mad Max: Fury RoadImage: Warner Bros.If you subscribe to Apple TV+ for its outstanding line-up of sci-fi TV shows (For All Mankind, Foundation, Severance, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the just-announced Neuromancer), there’s a bonus waiting for you next time you sign on. While you’ll still find mostly Apple-produced projects, there’s now a category marked “Limited Time: Great Movies on Apple TV+” filled with licensed titles.While the selection isn’t huge, and it doesn’t dig very deep into the genre realm—sorry, horror…

Gwyneth Paltrow has a tenuous relationship with the MCU despite playing Pepper Potts in numerous Marvel films. During an appearance at the Red Sea Film Festival, Paltrow confirmed that she “stopped watching them at some point.” “I’ve never seen Endgame,” the actress told the audience during a career retrospective event. “I’ve never seen any of these. I can’t keep track. I probably should at some point.” She explained that she only did Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr. after receiving assurances from the studio…

Winter is fast approaching, but that's never going to put a dent in the streaming content output that's governed by a revolving slate that switches trends so fast. It can be hard to find time to watch something, even during the weekend, so we've returned to make selections easy for you. David Fincher's The Killer is the top release on Netflix this week, as we follow a nameless hitman on a globe-trotting path of revenge against his employers in a killing spree he insists isn't personal. On the same platform, we've got The…

Does the world need a meticulous deep dive into the mind of a nameless assassin in the form a film? Don't ask David Fincher, whose cold-blooded and ruthless portraits of modern day evil in Se7en and Zodiac never misses a mark. But the blatantly self-aware, nameless hitman (played by Michael Fassbender) in Fincher's new film, The Killer, certainly does. He misses the mark early on, after an indulgent monologue about how he prepares himself for the endless waiting, before he takes that aim. He thinks he has it under his…

What are the biggest movies releasing in November 2023? The Marvels is poised to continue the erratic Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in style, transporting us to a destabilising universe where Carol Danvers' (Brie Larson) powers get entangled with other intergalactic heroes. It is the shortest film in the franchise — running at 105 minutes — and is slated to hit theatres worldwide on November 10. Chase that down with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which serves as an origin story for…

Image: Dark Horse ComicsScream 6 co-director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin teases how the movie’s easter eggs tie into its murderous villain’s plot. Helen Mirren teases her fury of the gods in the new Shazam. Plus, meet Jack Crusher in a new clip from Star Trek: Picard. To me, my spoilers!Hellboy: The Crooked ManDuring a recent interview with Collider, director Brian Taylor described Hellboy: The Crooked Man as an R-rated “creepy folk horror movie” set in rural Appalachia. So first of all, I love the character of Hellboy and my…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosSoon, Werewolf by Night won’t be the only monster in the MCU. The animated Ghostbusters movie is taking shape, while the ARK animated series has a gorgeous new trailer and an unbelievably stacked voice cast. Plus, Guillermo del Toro’s back at work, Charlie Cox keeps talking Daredevil: Born Again, and more. Spoilers, ho!Ghostbusters: The Animated MovieIn conversation with The Wrap, director Jennifer Kluska revealed Sony’s animated Ghostbusters film will enjoy a unique visual and tonal style in…

Heavy Metal is leaning heavily into its old IPs for its upcoming plans for licensed movies and TV shows.Screenshot: Heavy Metal/YouTubeInstead of doing any one thing to bring themselves back into the sci-fi cultural limelight, the heads behind the storied counterculture comic magazine Heavy Metal are taking a shotgun approach to regaining their legacy, including movies, a revamped launch schedule and—because why the hell not—NFTs.During a Thursday New York Comic-Con panel, the storied magazine announced it was looking to…

Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/YouTubeIn 1993, telecom giant AT&T launched an advertising campaign that somehow predicted quite a lot of aspects of how we work and live today. The “You Will” ad series, directed by now-famed thrill-master David Fincher, was an eerily accurate look at what life in the mid to late 2000s would look like. The ads, narrated by former Magnum P.I. star and professional mustache-haver Tom Selleck, imagined a series of scenarios involving gadgets and technology that didn’t yet exist. “Have you ever…

Love, Death & Robots season 3 trailer has been released, with just 10 days to go for the arrival of the latest season in the Emmy award-winning animated Netflix series. You will get access to nine short films on Love, Death & Robots season 3, with stories ranging from a ship's crew facing an attack from a massive crustacean to evolved warmongering rats doing battle with a Scottish farmer, according to Netflix. Meanwhile, Love, Death & Robots executive producer David Fincher is set to direct an episode this…