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- What's New on TV, Netflix Streaming, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: December 28-January 3
- This LEGO Millennium Falcon Replica Is 'Star Wars' Perfection
- Christopher Nolan to Direct WWII Drama 'Dunkirk,' Tom Hardy May Star
- It Would Cost $900 Billion to Rescue Matt Damon in His Movies
- Oscars 2016: Will 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Rewrite History?
- 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Photo: Bran Stark Looks So Much Older Now
- Christmas Box Office: Audiences Play Santa Claus and Give Generously to All
- Here's Why 'The X-Files' Split Up Mulder and Scully (With No Romance Ahead)
- New 'Assassin's Creed' Photo: Michael Fassbender Promises 'Something Special'
- See 'Doctor Strange' in Full Costume in the Powerful First Photos
- 'Game of Thrones' Is the Most Pirated TV Show for the Fourth Year in a Row
- 'The Walking Dead' and 'Fear' 2016 New Year's Marathons: New Promos Ahead?
- 'Deadpool' Got You a New 'Extra NSFW' Red Band Trailer for Christmas
| What's New on TV, Netflix Streaming, Digital, and DVD/Blu-ray This Week: December 28-January 3 Posted:  At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.New on DVD and Blu-ray "A Walk in the Woods"  Robert Redford (Bill Bryson) and Nick Nolte (Stephen Katz) take a hike on the Appalachian Trail in "A Walk in the Woods," which is out on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD, and everything else on December 29. Some of the Blu-ray/DVD bonus features include a featurette on the film's music; the lead actors, director Ken Kwapis, and producers Chip Diggins and Bill Holderman talking about filming on The Appalachian Trail; outtakes; and "Robert Redford's Call to Action PSA," with the legend sharing why it's important to preserve The Appalachian Trail."Perfect Guy" Sanaa Lathan's Leah Vaughn recovers from a painful breakup by jumping into a rebound relationship with a charming stranger (Michael Ealy). When her ex (Morris Chestnut) returns, Leah has to figure out which guy she should trust. (Follow the "X-Files" and Trust No One!) The suspense thriller is out on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital HD December 29. Extras include a behind-the-scenes featurette, "Lust and Obsession: Making The Perfect Guy," featuring interviews with the cast, filmmakers, and crew. "Heist" Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gina Carano, Morris Chestnut, Kate Bosworth, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar star in this crime thriller out on DVD and Blu-ray this week. A single father plans a casino heist to get money to pay for his daughter's illness, but of course things fall apart and he and his co-worker are forced to flee and hijack a bus, taking the passengers hostage. (Maybe just organize a community fund-raiser next time.) Special features include commentary with director Scott Mann, actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and writer Max S. Adams; cast and crew interviews; deleted and extended scenes; and "The Making of 'Heist'" featurette. "Hitman: Agent 47" Already missing Quinn on "Homeland"? Check out Rupert Friend as the titular elite assassin in this action thriller, out on DVD and Blu-ray on December 29. The Blu-ray includes, in part, deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes featurettes on the fight and action scenes; and the "Hitman: Agent 47" comic. New Video on Demand, Rental Streaming, and Digital Only "Mozart in the Jungle" (Amazon)  Gael Garcia Bernal returns as maestro Rodrigo in the second season of Amazon's New York Symphony dramedy. "Mozart" recently picked up two Golden Globe nominations -- for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Bernal also won the Imagen Award for Best Actor on Television, so consider streaming both Season 1 and Season 2 to catch up on the buzz."Chi-Raq" Spike Lee's satire of gun violence in America was inspired by the ancient Greek play "Lysistrata," where the women of Greece protested war by withholding sexual privileges until their husbands/lovers negotiated for peace. Here, the battle of the sexes comes to the South Side of Chicago, where the death of a child by a gang member's stray bullet inspires a group of women to organize. "Chi-Raq" is out on Digital HD and On Demand December 29, with the DVD and Blu-ray to follow on January 26. Special features include "The Making of Chi–Raq" featurette; deleted and extended scenes; and a "We Gotta Do Better" music video. New on Netflix "Nurse Jackie"  There's really no better way to spend New Year's Eve than binge-watching all seven seasons of "Nurse Jackie." Seriously, it's perfect for resolutions -- after you're done watching Edie Falco's drug-addicted nurse Jackie Peyton, you'll know exactly what you SHOULDN'T do in 2016. Netflix has Seasons 1-7 as of December 31, so strap in for a bumpy ride."Meet the Parents" & "Meet the Fockers" Start your 2016 off with a Fockers double-feature. Netflix has the classic 2000 comedy -- starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro -- and its 2004 sequel -- adding Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman -- starting January 1. "Pride and Prejudice" Let Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen bewitch you -- body and soul -- in Joe Wright's lush 2005 Jane Austen adaptation. Mr. Darcy arrives on Netflix on January 1. FYI, there are a ton of other titles hitting Netflix on January 1 too, so check them all out. TV Worth Watching "Downton Abbey" (Sunday on PBS at 9 p.m.)  It's the beginning of the end. The sixth and final season of "Downton Abbey" begins in the U.S. on January 3. How will they torture poor Edith this time? You know when they say not everyone will get a happy ending they probably mean Edith -- and maybe poor Anna again. Mary will be fine, of course, even though she doesn't deserve it. #TeamEdith"Sherlock: The Abominable Bride" (Friday on PBS at 9 p.m. - then in select theaters) "Sherlock" leads Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are returning for this 1.5-hour event, but don't expect their usual modern London adaptation; this is a Victorian-era Christmas special -- you know, 19th century sleuthing, the way OG Arthur Conan Doyle intended. The special will first air on TV on January 1. (FYI, this is the first time both the U.S. and the U.K. are sharing a premiere date.) Then, according to Entertainment Weekly,the movie will be in more than 500 theaters for two days, on Tuesday, January 5 and Wednesday, January 6. If you head out to the theater to see "The Abominable Bride," the episode comes with 20 minutes of additional footage, including a guided set tour of 221B Baker Street and a short "making-of" feature with stars Cumberbatch and Freeman. It's like getting a Blu-ray copy of the episode in the theater as it airs. "Galavant" (Sunday on ABC at 8 p.m.) The very best Python-esque musical comedy on television returns for its second season this weekend. There are only 10 episodes airing over five weeks, so it's not a huge time commitment, but every loopy minute is must-see. Bonus for "Downton" fans: This show has Hugh Bonneville, too! New Year's Eve (Thursday on NBC, FOX, ABC starting at 8 p.m.) If you feel like staying home on New Year's Eve, there are several options for your viewing pleasure. Ryan Seacrest has Carrie Underwood, Jimmy Buffett, One Direction, Taylor Swift, and many others in the overly titled "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016" which starts at 8 p.m. on ABC. Over on FOX, "Pitbull's New Year's Revolution" also starts at 8 p.m. with Puff Daddy, Austin Mahone, Jordin Sparks, and more. And NBC has stars of "The Voice," of course, with Carson Daly, Gwen Stefani, and Andy Cohen getting the party started around 10 p.m. on "New Year's Eve With Carson Daly." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-349115% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| This LEGO Millennium Falcon Replica Is 'Star Wars' Perfection Posted:  "Star Wars" fans are known for their dedication to a galaxy far, far away, and one enthusiast took that devotion to another level with his uncanny LEGO replica of the Millennium Falcon, which took 7,500 bricks and a year to complete.Flickr user Marshal Banana said that he was inspired to create the model because Han Solo's iconic vehicle "is still the coolest spaceship in the galaxy." Thanks to the recent success of "The Force Awakens," a brand new generation of moviegoers is inclined to agree, and Marshal's model is a cool bit of fan art that's sure to impress "Star Wars" diehards and neophytes alike. Marshal explained that it took him about a year to finish the model, with that timeframe including both planning out the execution of the design and collecting the approximately 7,500 bricks necessary to make it all possible. That serious devotion to time and detail comes across in the finished product, which lights up throughout (notice the sweet tail lights), and features "a detailed cockpit (with 4 seats), gunner's platform and a lowering ramp." The whole thing measures approximately 33 inches wide. Check out a few shots of the impressive model below, and head over to Marshal Banana's Flickr stream to see the rest.   [via: Flickr]Photo credit: Disney; Marshal Banana/Flickr %Slideshow-346739% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Christopher Nolan to Direct WWII Drama 'Dunkirk,' Tom Hardy May Star Posted:  Christopher Nolan fans have waited several years for the director to reveal his next project, and today, studio Warner Bros. confirmed that that film will be a World War II drama.Nolan is set to direct "Dunkirk," which tells the story of the evacuation of the titular French city during the early 1940s. Last week, French newspaper La Voix du Nord first leaked the news that Nolan and his crew had been scouting locations in the city over the summer months; on Monday, Warner Bros. followed up that report with an official announcement of the project. According to Variety, Nolan is writing the screenplay, and will produce the film with his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas. Big names such as Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, and Kenneth Branagh are all reportedly in talks for supporting roles, per Variety, and producers are currently looking for unknowns to play the leads. "We are thrilled to be continuing our collaboration with Christopher Nolan, a singular filmmaker who has created some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films of all time," said Greg Silverman, president of creative development and worldwide production at Warner Bros., in a statement. "'Dunkirk' is a gripping and powerful story and we are excited to see Chris, Emma and their cast realize it on the big screen." "Dunkirk" is currently slated for release on July 21, 2017. [via: La Voix du Nord, Variety] Photo credit: Getty Images %Slideshow-192% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| It Would Cost $900 Billion to Rescue Matt Damon in His Movies Posted:  Matt Damon has had a lot of unfortunate onscreen accidents that have stranded him in far-off locales, both real and fictional, launching awe-inspiring rescue missions. But what would such daring escapes cost if they took place in the real world?A Quora user posed that question on the Q&A site, and a commenter named Kynan Eng took it upon himself to total up the hypothetical budgets of such complicated endeavors. The result, Eng discovered, was truly staggering. In an examination of eight of Damon's films -- including "The Martian," "Interstellar," "Elysium," and "Saving Private Ryan" -- Eng calculated that the rescue efforts depicted onscreen amounted to a whopping $900 billion or so in real-life money. That includes more reasonable sums like $100,000 for the search team headed by Tom Hanks in WWII flick "Saving Private Ryan," as well as astronomical numbers like $500 billion for the space ship in "Interstellar" and the $200 billion spent on the Mars mission in "The Martian." So is Saving Matt Damon really worth it when the costs are considered? It depends on how you look at it. Sure, his movies are entertaining, but his films' combined $2.7 billion gross barely scratches that $900 billion surface. As fellow Quora user Devin Jones put it in the comments section, "The real question is why after so many failed attempts do we continue to send Matt Damon into outrageous scenarios which inevitably require hundreds of millions of dollars simply to rescue him only so he can undo all our efforts by getting stuck in another equally or more absurd situation." Something to think about the next time the actor needs rescuing at the multiplex. [via: Quora] %Slideshow-270097% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Oscars 2016: Will 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Rewrite History? Posted:  It's fitting that "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has become a disruptive force in the Oscar race.After all, the Oscars aren't just about writing the current movie year into the history books. They're often about rewriting past history -- righting old wrongs, settling old scores, and dealing with unresolved old resentments and controversies that have returned with a vengeance. (Remind you of any current blockbuster space operas?) Think about last year, where the main competition between "Boyhood" and "Birdman" got pushed to the side, in favor of bitter arguments about how long-odds contenders "Selma" and "American Sniper" depicted recent historical events. Considering how many people learn their history in movie theaters, rather than classrooms, it mattered a great deal, especially to people who were directly involved, how accurate those two films were, how they interpreted controversial events, and whether the Academy would validate those interpretations with golden trophies. This year, thankfully, there are few of those controversies, at least when it comes to potential award-winning movies about real-life people. Sure, some individuals who are portrayed in an unflattering light in "Spotlight" and "Straight Outta Compton" have complained. Pundits have made similar complaints about "Steve Jobs" and "Trumbo," but since hardly anyone saw those movies, no one seems to care. There were loud gripes about "Truth," but that box office flop also fell off the awards radar. And now that "Joy" and "The Big Short" are screening widely, there may be grumbling about the wildly imaginative liberties those movies take with the historical record. But so far, at least, there hasn't been the kind of sustained screaming we heard last year over "Selma" and "Sniper," or over such recent Oscar front-runners as "Argo," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "The Social Network." Instead, the historical issues this year are strictly Hollywood-centered. Should Leonardo DiCaprio finally get a Best Actor Oscar for "The Revenant"? Most pundits seem to think he should, not just because his rugged, ragged performance as a frontiersman fighting for survival merits a prize, but because it would make up for two decades of Oscar snubs. Similarly, if Michael Keaton wins a supporting prize for "Spotlight," it'll make up for his never having won, especially for last year's "Birdman," a Best Actor trophy he was highly favored to win. If likely honoree Ridley Scott wins Best Director for "The Martian," it'll be validation for the Oscar-less 78-year-old, who didn't even win the prize for his Best Picture honoree "Gladiator" 15 years ago. And what about Harrison Ford? The 73-year-old is one of the most beloved stars in the galaxy, but he's never won an Oscar. In fact, he was nominated only once, 30 years ago, for "Witness." But thanks to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," there's now talk of a supporting actor nomination for him. It'll be an uphill battle for Ford, whose chief competition may be Keaton, "Bridge of Spies" co-star Mark Rylance, and another old-timer reprising an Iconic role he created in the 1970s. That would be Sylvester Stallone, who was nominated 39 years ago for writing "Rocky" and playing Rocky Balboa, and who is almost certain to be nominated this year for playing the character again in "Creed." The late entry of "The Force Awakens" into the Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor races has caused other upheavals. Most notably, it led to a controversy at the Critics' Choice Awards, two of whose voters quit the organization this week in protest over the group's late addition of "The Force Awakens" to its already-issued list of Best Picture nominees. When the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the group behind the Critics' Choice Awards, announced its nominees on December 14, its members hadn't even seen the new "Star Wars" yet, as Disney was keeping the film under wraps and spoiler-free until just a few days before its release. Citing the association's own history -- they made a similar exception 15 years ago for "Cast Away" when it screened late and proved a worthy addition to the list of Best Picture nominees -- the BFCA held an emergency vote and agreed to make the new "Star Wars" the 11th nominee on this year's Best Picture list. But they did not add it to any other categories. BFCA member Eric Melin (who's also the president of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle) immediately quit the group. In his resignation letter, he complained that the "Star Wars" waiver "smells like a desperate ploy to get better TV ratings." (The Critics' Choice Awards airs January 17, a week after the Golden Globes, on A&E and Lifetime.) Salt Lake City critic Scott Renshaw wrote a similar resignation letter, saying, "It is obvious to me that this decision is based more on ['The Force Awakens"'] marketing value than on making sure that the best films are included. If that were the case, the entire nomination process would have been opened up again to allow 'The Force Awakens' to be considered in all categories. Any suggestion this decision was made primarily for any reason other than to improve ratings for the awards broadcast feels disingenuous at best." (Neither Melin nor Renshaw were BFCA members in 2000 during the "Cast Away" decision.) Why does this matter? In part, it matters because the Critics' Choice Awards have historically been a highly accurate predictor of the Best Picture nominees ultimately picked by the Academy. Adding "Star Wars" to the list indicates, at the very least, increased odds that Oscar voters will nominate the film as well. The incident also shows the bind critics are in over the year's last-minute releases -- not just "Star Wars," but also such likely contenders "The Hateful Eight," "The Revenant," and "Joy" -- movies that either screened too late for many awards groups to see them or else didn't even get sent on screener DVDs to awards voters until late December. Sure the awards groups could all wait until after New Year's Eve to issue their lists, but that would mean each group's announcement would be crowded into the first nine days of January (since no one cares what the critics say after the Golden Globes ceremony and the Oscar nominations announcement in the second week of January), and none of them would stand out or get much attention. In recent years, there's been a race among critics' groups to be the first out of the gate, leading to an announcement creep that now sees some groups touting the year's best movies at the end of November. The studios, however, haven't accommodated the awards groups by screening or sending out their year-end movies any sooner; after all, they have their own marketing plans to stick to, regardless of what critics want. So the critics are forced either to bend their own rules to accommodate the studio marketers or leave potentially worthy movies off their lists. And the question raised by Melin and Renshaw -- Is it pandering to include a blockbuster like "The Force Awakens" that doesn't need awards validation to get noticed? -- is the biggest historical controversy at the heart of this year's awards race. As this column noted last week, the Academy has seldom given crowd-pleasing genre movies that are also critical favorites their due. This year, however, it has several chances to change that by recognizing such hits as "Mad Max: Fury Road," "The Martian," "Creed," "Compton," and "Inside Out." Not to mention "The Force Awakens." Remember, 38 years ago, the first "Star Wars" was nominated for Best Picture and nine other Oscars, but the top prizes that year went to "Annie Hall." If the new "Star Wars" wins big this year, will that redress a historical wrong? Or will it be a sign that the dark side of the Force is ascendant? %Slideshow-347364% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Photo: Bran Stark Looks So Much Older Now Posted:  Seven hells, Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) has grown so much! "Game of Thrones" Season 6 marks the return of young Bran The Broken, last seen in the Season 4 finale when he met the Three-Eyed Raven (who will now be played by Max von Sydow).Entertainment Weekly just shared the first look at Bran in Season 6, which premieres in April on HBO:  Look at him! Ned and Catelyn would be so proud. Sniff. The 16-year-old actor now has much shorter hair than we're used to seeing, and EW said he's around six feet tall. (!)For comparison's sake, here's the Bran of Season 4:  Now they just need to show us how Rickon Stark looks these days. We are expecting to see the youngest Stark and Osha again in Season 6. We haven't seen them since Season 3.Speaking of Season 3, here's another character last season in that season but spoiled to return in 2016. The actors just wrapped Season 6 a couple of weeks ago, and we're on standby for the first real trailer. So far, we've just seen that Jon Snow-focused teaser and three brief new shots sandwiched into HBO's 2016 preview. Are you excited to see what's ahead for Bran Stark? We're thinking he'll have some particularly insightful visions this year. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-268310% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Christmas Box Office: Audiences Play Santa Claus and Give Generously to All Posted:  Believe it or not, there was a lot more than just "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" going on at the multiplex this holiday weekend. With four new wide releases competing against each other, one art-house release expanding wide, and "Star Wars" still taking up most of the oxygen in the auditorium, the new movies should all have struggled. Instead, all of them did better than expected.As a result, this weekend was nearly as huge as last weekend, the frame that saw "Star Wars" buoy the box office and break all those records. And it may even have been big enough to help propel 2015 into the record books. Sure, "The Force Awakens" probably pulled a lot of people into the multiplex, even if they ended up seeing other movies. The seventh "Star Wars" installment continues to set records, with the biggest Christmas Day take ever ($49 million), the biggest second weekend ever (an estimated $153.5 million), and the fastest pace ever to a $500 million domestic gross (10 days). But it also helped that Christmas Day fell on a Friday, which is why six major new films opened on December 25, each expecting to take full advantage of a complete holiday weekend. On paper, no one was expecting much from any of them. Either everyone would just go see "The Force Awakens," or the new movies would simply cannibalize each other. And yet, "Daddy's Home," the new Will Ferrell comedy, earned an estimated $38.8 million, nearly twice what pundits predicted. David O. Russell's awards-hopeful "Joy," starring Jennifer Lawrence, opened in third place with an estimated $17.5 million, also on the high end of expectations. It helped that both movies played better with audiences than they did with critics (both earned a B+ from viewers at CinemaScore, despite weak-to-mixed reviews). But it also helped that there's nothing else in the marketplace like either Ferrell's live-action family comedy or Lawrence's biographical comedy-drama. Similarly, there's no other film like Will Smith's serious-minded football drama "Concussion," which opened slightly above expectations with an estimated $11.0 million, good for sixth place. And there's also nothing like "Point Break," the 3D action remake that opened at No. 8 with an estimated $10.2 million. Considering the movie's terrible reviews, its weak marketing (it's from Warner Bros., the studio that, "Creed" aside, has been releasing nothing but duds for months), and its utter superfluousness (did we really need or ask for a remake of the 1991 Keanu Reeves surfing-bank-robbers thriller?), those "Point Break" sales were also much better than expected. Between "Concussion" and "Point Break" was "The Big Short," another Oscar hopeful that expanded this weekend from eight art-house theaters to 1,585 screens and earned a strong estimated $10.5 million as a result. That's very good for a satirical movie about the 2008 financial crash starring several A-list actors in horrible wigs. Even the holdovers did well. In fourth place, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's R-rated comedy "Sisters" earned another estimated $13.9 million, losing less than half a percentage point in sales from last weekend. Fifth-place finisher "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip" earned an estimated $12.7 million, down a slight 11 percent from a week ago. According to Sunday estimates, Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" missed out on a top 10 debut by less than $70,000. Few predicted big numbers for a three-hour western opening in just 100 theaters, but "Eight" beat the predictions and scored an estimated $4.5 million. And Leonardo DiCaprio's western, "The Revenant," opened in just four theaters, but it earned an estimated $117,750 at each of them. That's a phenomenal per-screen average, the third best of any movie this year. (Only "Steve Jobs" and "American Sniper" enjoyed higher per-venue averages.) Like the other new movies this week, these were both offerings that likely succeeded because of their uniqueness. "Eight" may have received some of the weakest reviews of Tarantino's career, but the chance to see the much-hyped spectacle in a 70MM wide-screen roadshow print made the film's debut an event. And "Revenant," in which DiCaprio's frontiersman is notoriously mauled by a bear, has been touted as the film that may finally win the actor his first Oscar. It's often said that it takes a very special event-movie to lure audiences out of their living rooms and into a movie theater. "The Force Awakens" has certainly been that kind of event, but so, apparently, were many of the other movies playing this weekend. Thanks largely to the huge numbers posted this weekend and last, 2015 is on track to beat 2013 for the most lucrative year on record; it'll take only $30 million worth of tickets sold in the next four days to grab the crown. It would also take just $107 million over the next four days for 2015 to become the first year to see the North American box office crack $11 billion. For a year that saw brief but alarming slumps in the spring, summer, and fall, that's not too shabby. %Slideshow-348022% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Here's Why 'The X-Files' Split Up Mulder and Scully (With No Romance Ahead) Posted:  Many "The X-Files" fans want to believe that Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) belong together and will stay together. They even had a son together. But the truth is already out there -- they are broken up as of the show's return to Fox (starting January 24). Not only that, show creator Chris Carter told TVLine the split won't lead to a romantic reunion, they are going to stay split."I thought it was honest," Carter told TVLine of the split. "And I thought it was an interesting thing to explore, as well as a way to put tension into the idea that the X-Files would be more difficult to reopen if they were split up versus together." So not only are they split, it sounds like maybe they did not part as friends. Carter did tell TVLine the pair will "become closer" in the six episodes ahead, but he said it's due to their renewed professional partnership, not anything "romantic."  Bah!We're with the 60 percent of fans who voted "No" when asked, "Are you happy about Carter's decision to deromanticize Mulder and Scully?" About 27 percent voted "Takign a wait-and-see approach," with 12 percent voting "Yes" they are happy to see the romance gone. As one commenter put it, "We explored Scully and Mulder not-together for most of the nine seasons the show was originally on the air for. The truly creative thing would be to show how reopening the cases effected their romantic relationship. This just seems like they're hitting the reset button." Sigh. Yeah. The real challenge on TV isn't writing a will-they-or-won't-they, or having characters work through tension to build respect, it's letting characters be together in a relationship and seeing how they can make it work over time. It's not like people don't do that in real life every day, and it doesn't have to be boring. Mulder and Scully are not boring as individuals and surely they could come up with a plot that keeps them interesting as a couple. Because that's what seems most honest, from here. We want to believe it can be done! Check out the new preview, with a 21-minute look at the show's return: If they really did bring the band back together for the fans, why not give the (majority of) fans what they want? The six new "X-Files" episodes launch with a two-night event starting Sunday, January 24 at 10 p.m. ET, and continuing with its time period premiere on Monday, January 25 at 8 p.m. on Fox. Are you disappointed that Mulder and Scully are split (and, apparently, staying split)? Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-309723% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New 'Assassin's Creed' Photo: Michael Fassbender Promises 'Something Special' Posted:  Back in August, fans got a first look at Michael Fassbender as Callum Lynch in "Assassin's Creed," and now Entertainment Weekly has a new photo of Fassy in character, alongside co-star Ariane Labed."Assassin's Creed" is one of the most popular video game franchises of all time, but Fassbender told EW (while on location in Spain) that he wasn't one of the millions of fans before he was cast: He knows the pressure is on to deliver for the fans, and since he kept repeating "special," that seems to be the key emphasis. This movie is reuniting Fassbender with this "Macbeth" director Justin Kurzel, which suggests a different kind of video game adaptation (in a good way, we hope). Here's the film's official synopsis (via Collider): Here's the first photo, shared over the summer:  And here's the full new shot:  "Assassin's Creed" is scheduled for release on December 21st, 2016. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-348022% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| See 'Doctor Strange' in Full Costume in the Powerful First Photos Posted:  You're a wizard, Benedict Cumberbatch. Entertainment Weekly is teasing us with all kinds of stranger danger this week, featuring Cumby on the cover in full costume as Marvel's "Doctor Strange."Check it out: And here's a link to six more photos: That completes our first official look at Dr. Stephen Strange, although excited fans previously leaked photos from the set. As EW noted, principal photography began in November 2015, and the movie won't wrap filming until March 2016, with a November 4 release date. So this is a very early look at the surgeon-turned-sorcerer. "Stephen Strange's story requires an actor capable of great depth and sincerity," producer Kevin Feige said when Marvel released the Cumberbatch casting news. "In 2016, Benedict will show audiences what makes Doctor Strange such a unique and compelling character." "Doctor Strange" also stars Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mads Mikkelsen, and the magazine is meant to share new details on the characters as well as teases on the movie's psychedelic visual effects. As Cumby told EW, There's going to be crazy s— going on." Accio, tickets, please! Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-305415% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Game of Thrones' Is the Most Pirated TV Show for the Fourth Year in a Row Posted:  Confess: Did you pay to see Jon Snow (Kit Harington) kinda-sorta-maybe-definitely have his own Red Wedding in the "Game of Thrones" Season 5 finale, or did you illegally download that action? Something in between, perhaps? According to TorrentFreak, which tracks piracy, GoT had 14.4 million illegal downloads in 2015, which is way more than runner-up "The Walking Dead." This isn't really the kind of battle you want to win, but ... screw it, it's still a win.Overall, "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated TV show of 2015; that's the HBO series's fourth year in a row with the title. (Congrats?) Here are the top 10 most downloaded TV shows on BitTorrent for 2015: 1. "Game of Thrones": 14,400,000 2. "The Walking Dead": 6,900,000 3. "The Big Bang Theory": 4,400,000 4. "Arrow": 3,900,000 5. "The Flash": 3,600,000 6. "Mr. Robot": 3,500,000 7. "Vikings": 3,300,000 8. "Supergirl": 3,000,000 9. "The Blacklist": 2,900,000 10. "Suits": 2,600,000 As you can see, GoT had way more downloads than any other show, which may not be too surprising considering it's on a premium cable station and some people can't/won't pay for it but they refuse to live without it anyway, so they go the illegal route. TorrentFreak said more than half of the downloads happened in the first week after the show aired, so people probably wanted to get ahead of the spoilers or maybe they read something about the episodes that made them want to see for themselves right away. GoT will probably be on this list next year too, even though HBO keeps trying to find new ways to get people to watch the show legally; earlier in 2015 the show broke an all-time piracy record, TF noted, when more than 258,131 people shared the same torrent file simultaneously. Did you pirate any shows this year? If so, do your Cersei walk of shame for penance!  Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-296121% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'The Walking Dead' and 'Fear' 2016 New Year's Marathons: New Promos Ahead? Posted:  You know you want to ring in 2016 with Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride). AMC is here to enable those fantasies with another "The Walking Dead" New Year's marathon, starting tomorrow (Tuesday, December 29) with the midnight ball dropping on Thursday night, right as Daryl and Carol get "Consumed" with Season 5, Episode 6.This marathon includes "The Walking Dead" -- starting with Season 2, for whatever reason -- and the six episodes of "Fear the Walking Dead" Season 1. "The Walking Dead" Season 6 returns February 14, 2016, and the 15-episode second season of "Fear" starts this spring. AMC tends to reward our lack of lives by dropping new promos during these marathons, and we wouldn't be shocked to see new footage for both TWD Season 6 and "Fear" Season 2 hidden between the episodes. (Tip: Put them in the Grady section; we need serious incentive to rewatch that.) Here's AMC's schedule with all of the marathon episodes. No clue why they skipped the six episodes of Season 1, especially when they replay the first half of Season 6 before launching "Fear the Walking Dead" at 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 2.  FEAR THE WALKING DEADDon't forget, one of the characters from that web series "Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462" will be joining Season 2, which has 15 episodes premiering this spring. (Maybe they'll give us a premiere date during the marathon.) Season 1 left our characters overlooking the Pacific Ocean, as Strand prepares to escape to his yacht "Abigail." They just started filming this new season in early December in Mexico, but by now they may have some early footage to show off.  THE WALKING DEADThe mothership show ended the first half of Season 6 with that walker herd shuffling through Alexandria and young Sam calling out for his mom. (REAL bad timing on that, kid.) Scott Gimple talked to The Hollywood Reporter about what's ahead. Here's a portion of his full Q&A: Maybe we'll even get a "frappeing" promo with hints on the deadliness of Episode 9. Or you could use this time to catch up on the comic book, which offers several hints. Are you planning to watch the marathons, or perhaps protest the lack of TWD Season 1? Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-348587% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Deadpool' Got You a New 'Extra NSFW' Red Band Trailer for Christmas Posted:  Guess you were naughty this year -- Deadpool certainly was -- 'cause you got the NSFW "Deadpool" trailer for Christmas. Deadpool is a different kind of superhero, as he notes in the new trailer; he's a wise-ass with a smart mouth and his movie is a hard R, so the red band trailers are really the only ones worth watching.Star Ryan Reynolds, who seems to be having a blast just promoting the movie, tweeted out links to both the nice trailer (boring!) and the naughty one:  The trailer also shows Deadpool with his new buddies, Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, the latter being too busy tweeting to help out in a fight.Watch the trailer. Careful, don't swallow! "Deadpool" hits theaters February 12th, 2016. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. %Slideshow-349122% This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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