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This article contains mildOppenheimerandGodzilla Minus Onespoilers. The most terrifying sequence inChristopher NolansOppenheimeris one that never occurredat least anywhere beyond J. Robert Oppenheimers own mind. He tells the victors that he bets the Japanese didnt like being thrust into a nuclear holocaust! Look out, here comesGodzilla. Although he is definitely that too. IfGodzilla Minus Ones titular monster is any kind of deity, it is of a demonic and Lovecraftian variety. He isnt sickly though....

Jonathan Hickman talks getting lost in the breadth of Marvel’s cosmology with G.O.D.S. Jonathan Hickmanis the most rock-solid superstar working in comics today. He is the mastermind behind arguably the bestMarvelcrossover of all time inSecret Wars. We talked with Hickman about his big idea and just how small it can be. What can you share about the heart at the core ofG.O.D.S.? G.O.D.S.is constructed on the spine of a traditional romantic drama, so I guess its built in there....

Traditionally Quantum Leap has featured one leaper and one hologram but that needs to change. This article contains spoilers for Quantum Leap season 2 episode 7. This increased in season two, with Ben not comfortable having Addison around after their time travel induced breakup. But up to now its mostly been one person taking on the role of hologram per episode. She has to rush into hologram duty because there isnt time to explain....

Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge introduces some new games alongside the Squid Game classics. This article contains spoilers forSquid Game: The Challengethrough episode 10. But perhaps the most underrated reason is the most obvious: its games. Never before has thesurvival horror genredepicted lovingly-crafted high stakes versions of childrens games quite likeSquid Game. It could, however, include those games. Squid Game: The Challengeis full of contests that should be familiar to dedicatedSquid Gamefans....

This article contains spoilers forSQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGEthrough episode 10. NetflixsSquid Game: The Challengeis as tense and difficult a reality competition as youre ever likely to see. What they got instead was rock paper scissors. Needless to say, some folks were disappointed. They could’ve kept this#SquidGamesTheChallengefinale episode. That rock paper scissor shit was hella anticlimactic. After alla that drama this is where y’all land? What were those last 2 games?...

Matthew Vaughnis no stranger to spy movies. Youre a connoisseur of espionage and spy films. So what aboutArgylleappealed to you after doing threeKingsmanmovies? First of all, lockdown made me catch my kids. Now I could make them watch lots of films from my childhood, which theyd refused to watch. And one of the movies that really stuck with them wasRomancing the Stone. They were like, Wow! Dad, why dont they make movies like that?...

Nicolas Cagedoes not use the word masterpiece lightly. The reason why I say its a masterpiece is because of its originality, Cage explains. I think Kristoffer did something here which is extremely unlike anything else that Ive ever seen…. [Those movies] became the arbiter for that which is considered to be good, Cage says. It also recently came to mind when the actor watched David Finchers latest film. He falls in love and I liked these emotions that start to grow....

Warning: contains spoilers for theShetlandseries eight finale. Who Killed Ellen Quinn? What Happened Between Stella and Bobby Quinn? When Stella discovered she was pregnant, she sought help from Rev. Calder at the local church. Why Did Bobby Tell Ellen the Truth? (I was 45 years old and I had nothing to show for it. All I had was Ellen. She was the only thing in my life I was proud of....

From long-awaited sequels to new ideas nobody saw coming, these are the very best games of 2023. Largely unchecked greed robbed many of their dream careers and more of their dream games. Yet, its nearly impossible to not be impressed by the quality of 2023s greatest games. Though I stand by that description, it also feels painfully inadequate in some ways. Darkest Dungeon 2 Its remarkable to look at all of the ways thatDarkest Dungeon 2deviates from its predecessor....

WhenStar Trekreturned to television screens after two decades in 1987, it looked very different from its predecessor. He played John le Carres Russian intelligence agent Karla onTinker Tailor Soldier SpyandSmileys People, V.I. Lenin on the BBC historical seriesFall of Eagles, and numerous parts in Shakespeare productions. Also, he voiced a Poop Emoji inThe Emoji Movie. However, Stewarts most impressive performance came as an aging and confused Charles Xavier in the thirdWolverinesolo movieLogan....

This is also Fargo season 5’s obsession with a stop-motion animated classic. This article contains spoilers forFARGOseason 5 episode 4. Punches are being thrown at a meeting of the Fall Festival Planning Committee in Scandia Middle School. Look past the melee of writhing white Midwesterners towards to stage and what do you see? Thats right: crude plywood renderings of the iconic landscapes from the 1993 animated filmThe Nightmare Before Christmas....

What if I get rejected? Its about an internal identity crisis. Ramanans storytelling inAvatar: Frontiers of Pandorareflects the kind of work shes dedicated her career to. The games Ikran scene is the kind of real-world-inspired storytelling Ramanan has worked hard to propagate for so long. You have to wrestle with who you are and who societythinksyou are. I tried to draw from this struggle in my approach to telling the games story....

The minotaur is a crucial part of the Percy Jackson story. Here is how the Disney+ series crafted its version. But that all changes at the end of episode one of theDisney+series. All at once, Percy Jackson discovers that everything he suspected, and more, is true. That discovery takes the form of an angry nine-foot-tall minotaur. Its a gear to catapult you into the world youre about to inhabit. It is a game-changing moment for Percy, for the audience, and for the show itself....