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The Coolest New Physical Media We Saw This Week

Screenshot: Eureka Entertainment/XPhysical media is the best. Maybe it’s the fact that the internet has taken over our lives and is now swiftly being enshittified. Maybe it’s the nostalgia factor. Maybe it’s the fact that streaming offers reduced quality and no actual ownership. Maybe it’s the fun and the community that comes with collecting. Or, maybe it’s just nice to have a beautifully packaged product sitting on your shelf. Whatever it is, one thing’s for sure: Whether you’re into Blu-rays, vinyl records, VHS

Jeff Goldblum Explains His Viral Super Bowl Moment on ‘Kimmel’

The actor also discussed his new film, They Shot the Piano Player, out this week Jeff Goldblum made the most of his time in the spotlight during the Super Bowl, waving and dancing when the cameras put him on the Jumbotron. The actor’s enthusiastic reaction has gone viral on social media, with many comparing his upbeat response to Leonardo DiCaprio‘s more sullen one. Last night, Goldblum explained his big moment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “I didn’t know they were going to come upon me, as that

Wicked’s First Trailer Heralds a Witchy Arrival

Screenshot: UniversalAt long last, the Super Bowl spot for Wicked: Part One finally gives us a new look at Oz. Jon M. Chu’s cinematic musical adaptation stars Ariana Grande and Cynthis Erivo in a new story behind The Wizard of Oz’s witchy feuds. How Sofia Rosinsky Landed Paper GirlsThe movie is based on the Broadway musical from Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz, which was adapted from Gregory Macguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West—itself, of course, adapted rom L. Frank Baum’s The

10 Excellently Weird Sci-Fi Movies to Stream on Peacock

Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) Original Trailer Julien Temple (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle) directed this romp about a trio of candy-colored aliens who find excitement and romance when they crash-land in Southern California. It would already be fun based on that alone, but it’s also a) a musical, and b) boasts a cast that includes Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, and Julie “Cause I’m a Blonde” Brown. Watch on Peacock. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) Original Trailer Julien Temple (The Great Rock ‘n’…

Magic The Gathering Secret Lair Secretversary 2023 Revealed

Image: Wizards of the CoastToday Wizards of the Coast is celebrating the 2023 “Secretversary,” the anniversary of its Magic: The Gathering limited promo store Secret Lair—and it’s doing so in style with an honestly distressing amount of Jeff Goldblum.Announced today, Wizards will celebrate the anniversary of Secret Lair this year with a slate of specially-themed sets released as a huge “Superdrop,” including a series of drops tied to the latest expansion to Magic, Lost Caverns of Ixalan. A trio of licensed tie-in drops

Marvel’s Show Hits Disney+ Dec. 22

What if Marvel had a holiday present for us all? Nine straight days of brand new stories set in an alternate reality to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Well, that’s not a hypothetical. It’s actually happening.The Woman Who Would Be PhotonOn December 22, the long-awaited second season of Marvel’s animated show What If...? returns to Disney+. It’ll be released one episode a day for nine straight days heading into the new year. And while we don’t have an official list of what each story will entail, we do have a trailer that…

Its Path to Finding Organics on Mars

Earlier this week, scientists announced that Perseverance found organic molecules on Mars. Not life itself—hardly—but another endorsement of the ancient habitat on Mars as having been suitable for life.Perseverance has been searching for biosignatures—that is, signs of ancient life on Mars—since it landed on the Red Planet in February 2021. But the search for that life began years before Perseverance even left Earth, with the labors of the Curiosity rover.Curiosity launched for Mars in 2011, a decade before the…

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City Review: Fun But Way Over-Stylized

Wes Anderson’s work, especially recently, has become more akin to a spectacle than a complete story, and Asteroid City is a tongue-in-cheek exploration of just how much emphasis on style Anderson can get away with. With deadpan deliveries across the board, a palette that switches between vivid desert hues and stark black and white, and a host narrating the play-within-a-play framework, Asteroid City is an overwrought and overwritten exercise in self-aggrandized creative control. I suspect this will be a divisive film,…

30 Years Later, Remains Its Own Titan

There are quite a few films or properties hitting big birthdays in 2023: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi hit the big 40 in May, as did the (now 15-year-old) Marvel Cinematic Universe. Towards the end of the year, the BBC’s Doctor Who will be 60, and is celebrating with a series of anniversary specials that brings back one of its most popular incarnations.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesAnother big film joining those ranks is Universal’s Jurassic Park. The sci-fi horror film

Marvel’s Runaways, Willow in List of Disney+ & Hulu Removals

Image: DisneyEarlier in the month, Disney revealed that it would be pulling a Warner Bros. Discovery and removing various media from its many streaming services like Disney+ and Hulu. Though the 2018 documentary on The Little Mermaid animator Howard Ashman was saved from deletion, those other shows and movies—at least 105 titles overall—weren’t so lucky. Disney only gave audiences about a week to watch what they could before these things got removed from the platform forever in the aim of cutting costs. Among that list