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Matt Damon’s historical monsterfest, The Great Wall, doesn’t get the job done. The Great Wallis out in theaters today (Friday, February 17).

This article contains majorThe Lego Batman Moviespoilers. Holy plastic building blocks, Batman! Afterward, itll go in the below sections too. This is made obvious before even the opening titles commence. By refusing to start with anything but darkness, Arnetts Batman hisses, Every serious movie begins with blackness. At least all three of Nolans Batman movies do. In fact,The Dark Knightspecifically washes WBs logo in the same blue filter too. And does that sounds like Hans Zimmers Joker theme of rising string tension?...

A new wave of heroines emerged in these genres in 2016 and 2017 looks to be equally as impressive. Women are taking the lead and following in the footsteps forged by Ripley nearly 40 years ago. its only now that were seeing woman take the lead as heroes. The massively successfulMad MaxandStar Warsreboots owe their success to casting women as their lead protagonists. We are seeing it with superheroes also....

Yet it is entirely compelling. Slowly, she becomes engrossed in a story of stark land and even starker heroes. Theres good, theres evil, and there are the children caught in between. In fact, if shed just squint, she could see echoes of the very movie shes living in. Ad content continues below Its been an important movie to me all my life, Mangold enthusiastically says regardingShane. Its visually beautiful, but its very naturalistic....

Did any movie star make braver choices than Kevin Costner, at the peak of his powers? Mel Gibson made one or two, and there are actors and actresses who took the occasional gamble. And yet Costner whilst choosing a few commercial projects kept taking them, time after time. Ive left one or two out. Ad content continues below But these 28? Kenneth Branagh took the helm forJack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, with Chris Pine in the title role....

What was supposed to be the anniversary for Power Rangers was derailed right from the start. Megaforcewas supposed to be the biggest season ofPower Rangersever. It was the 20th anniversary, celebrating two decades ofPower Rangersheroes. It started off with a battle featuring every Power Ranger ever. What could go wrong? Well, theSentai, for starters. The former was a bland season about guardian angels that has long since been forgotten by fans....

Secret Wars led to a few months of interesting and creative minis and one-shots from various creative teams. What were the best? With so many books, its hard to tell which ones were worth reading and which ones were crap. Lucky for you, Im here. Here it is, our definitive, authoritative ranking of all theSecret Warsminis… 1. Its emotional and thrilling and just stunning to look at. And also there is a dog named Nova....

Nintendo is about to release its latest home console, the Switch. But sparse launch line-ups arent new for Nintendo consoles, nor are they necessarily harbingers of doom. In fact, some of Nintendos better console launches have involved only a handful games. Wii U-exclusive features were similarly underwhelming. And back in 2001 they received a positive, yet muted, reception. Its not a stretch to say that NES launch line-up actually saved video games in the United States....

The only thing getting dimmer in Fifty Shades Darker is the interest of anyone involved in this passionless romance. The results did not end well. We wound up with a lousy date movie that tried to make a sincere romance out of erotica filler. Fifty Shades Darkerdoesnt even try. Dont let the title fool you. This is developed and solved in a second scene in which Christian and his bodyguard save the day....

Mario Kart 64 turns 23 today. And then theresMario Kart, the most iconic and bestsellingMariospinoff of them all. For Mario and friends, go-kart racing was a perfect fit. Not bad for a days work. The mode was a welcome break from the traditional racing experience. The game was also responsible for inventing its own subgenre of racing games. (That Sonic kart racing game was calledSonic Driftand it only came out in Japan for the Game Gear....

To be concise, pirates were in the TAKING business, not the fighting business. Pirates didnt usually sail the biggest ships, of have the largest most numerous cannons. But pirate ships had huge numbers of pirates on them. And, as we saw in the very firstBlack Sailsepisode, large numbers of pirates are pretty scary. This was made easier by the fact that merchant ships ran with the smallest crews possible. This tactic was used by the pirate prince Sam Bellamy in his first piratical action....

Who would have ever thought there would even be a venue for a project like this? Weve reached double digits with the amount of superhero series we have on air. If you thoughtDoctor Strangewas trippy, hold on to your hat. Its visual eye candy with a sour twist. The performances are top notch as well. Her particular brand of comedy works wonders in Hawleys weird little world. Throughout the pilot,Legionis delightfully unhinged....

Is The Lego Batman movie the best film ever about the Caped Crusader? We find out with director Chris McKay. Den of Geek: This was fast-tracked ahead of the next Lego movie. Whats your immediate reaction? I saw a few people write online things like This is the best Batman movie ever! How challenging is that to find the heart of who this character is? I think its a hard job....