When The Iron Giant arrived in theaters in 1999, it was hailed as an “instant classic” by Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal, and the world soon learned that another “giant” had arrived as well: filmmaker Brad Bird, who made his stunning directorial debut with this film and has gone on to win two Read the full article…

An ancient legacy of terror is unleashed when the cursed mummy, Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), is resurrected once again in The Mummy Returns — along with a force even more powerful: the Scorpion King (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson). Now, as the fate of all mankind hangs in the balance, Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Read the full article…

Adventure rules! As the spectacular Mummy series explodes into a new realm of breathtaking, non-stop action in The Scorpion King! Unleashing WWE superstar The Rock as the most feared warrior of the ancient world, The Scorpion King plunges you into a sweeping tale filled with stunning fight sequences, awe-inspiring battles and pulse-pounding thrills. It’s the Read the full article…

Brendan Fraser and Jet Li star in the action-packed adventure The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor! When a 2,000-year-old curse is broken, a ruthless dragon emperor (Li) comes back to life with a diabolical plan to enslave the world. Mankind’s only hope against him and his legions of undead warriors lies with the courageous Read the full article…

A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country. from Movies – 2Queue

Deep in the Egyptian desert, a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3,000 year old legacy of terror. Two reviews here, one for the movie (which is excellent and still holds up very well) and one for the Universal Home Media Entertainment digital redemption system. The movie first: Brendan Read the full article…

BoldyGo has posted a new review for Star Trek: the Next Generation: Q&A That said, DeCandido set a monumental task before himself with this novel, and he 100% delivers upon it. The plot device he uses is both large enough to justify its existence, and delicate enough to not encroach on the episodes it references. Read the full article…

The Star Wars saga continues in The Last Jedi as the heroes and galactic legends go on an epic adventure unlocking mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past. This is an enjoyable movie, just as long as you know next to nothing about the Star Wars universe. If you do, boy howdy Read the full article…

When it comes to raising their kids, Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) and Brad (Will Ferrell) finally have this co-parenting thing down. That is, until their dads come to town, putting their newfound partnership to the ultimate test in this hilarious comedy. This scene came across reddit the other week and man that blew me away. Turns Read the full article…

Escape into the enchanted world of chivalry and romance in Stardust, an epic tale starring Claire Danes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. Michelle Pfeiffer absolutely killed it as a dark witch hunting a fallen star, I absolutely loved her performance here, along with the makeup and special effects that were used to age Read the full article…

Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts. It’s been years and years since I’ve seen this movie and despite it’s release date being firmly in 2001, it has a distinct 90’s flair to it. I only went back to Read the full article…

Kirk Hamilton is the Editor-At-Large for Kotaku.com, and he’s always been a huge fan of music in games. He studied jazz at the University of Miami, and ended up out in the Bay Area being a saxophonist for a while and teaching music. I’ve always enjoyed talking with Kirk about game music, so I asked him on Read the full article…

This is a monthly message to help keep MCS afloat! Over the past 10 years, what began as a personal image blog has turned into viable community of many contributors with new posts going up every hour, every day. I’d like to reduce and remove all the advertising on the site, dedicate more time to Read the full article…

HITS is a dark comedy exploring the nature of fame in 21st Century YouTube America. The film takes place in a small town in upstate New York populated by people who trade in unrealistic expectations. It’s a story in which fame, delusion, earnestness, and recklessness meet, shake hands, and disrupt the lives around them A Read the full article…

A sexy black woman, Foxy Brown, seeks revenge when her government agent boyfriend Michael is killed. Utterly enjoyable blaxploitation film starring Pam Grier, it went places I didn’t think it would and she ended up being much more of a hero character than I initially thought.

From Academy Award® -winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and Read the full article…

Sam Bell is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth’s primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base’s vigilant computer Gerty as his sole companion, Bell’s extended isolation has taken its toll. He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on Read the full article…

I’ve had a couple personal setbacks recently that have ranked up near the top of the list of things that I’m disappointed in and would like to hear about yours. Mine biggest one isn’t mine to share, so I’ll refrain from that, the second largest though is that I’ve never been able to get a Read the full article…

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. I had fun watching Tomb Raider, but man the plot was stupid and some of the special effects were straight up confusing (primarily the cave / beach that Read the full article…

IGN has the exclusive reveal for the first new Star Trek related book announcement in a very long time, another entry of the “in universe” autobiographies, this time for Mr Spock. from www.startrekbookclub.com/4686/mr-spock-autobiography-coming-in-october/

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Gael Monfils says celebrating his victories by doing Black Panther’s “Wakanda forever” salute is his way of showing support to his community and the blockbuster film’s message. Peter David asks a great question, www.peterdavid.net/2018/03/14/black-panther-in-sports/ is it cultural appropriation if a white guy does this?

Two young men are in Amazonia filming a documentary. They are captured by the natives and their situation seems hopeless. The landing of a seaplane instills their trust, but they fall from the frying pan into the fire. The newly arrived are adventurers who came to look for rubies using the natives as slaves and Read the full article…

Hidden in an underground fortress, the insane U.S. president and his elite corps of stormtroopers, survivors of the nuclear holocaust that has left the world in ruins, make plans to enslave what remains of the human race. Original. This is it, the final book in the Omega Sub series. The series concept was pretty great, Read the full article…

Mini Metro is a game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. Keep your routes efficient by redrawing them as new stations open. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving? I was able to snag this Read the full article…

The second installment of the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” franchise which follows the adventures of Newt Scamander. from Movies – 2Queue

This series had a very rough first season, the only saving graces being the supporting characters (Mike Colter and David Tennant specifically) and unfortunately season two just doubles down on the angst and alcoholism and leaves out character development, much to my chagrin. Unless there’s something that directly leads into The Defenders season 2 (if Read the full article…

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe. from Movies – 2Queue

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They’ve secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon’s toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to Read the full article…

This 2015 Sundance Film Festival breakout documentary from producer Rashida Jones spotlights the “amateur” porn industry and the women it exploits. Follows a young woman as she gets into, then quickly out of, video pornography. It’s a good look at her journey and points out some inconsistencies in America’s moral compass.

In an all-new series, five unlikely heroes and their flying robot lions unite to form the megapowerful Voltron and defend the universe from evil. Voltron: Legendary Defender continues to be the best version of Voltron and among the best scripted animation I’ve seen since Avatar: The Last Airbender.

In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with mental health issues and zero powers comes to suspect his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover the conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero. They launch into an adventure brimming Read the full article…

Kenny Young‘s music for WonderWorlds is fabulous. Don’t be fooled by the first track, though; there are a handful of worlds in which you can build your games. WonderWorlds has thousands of user-created levels, it’s an iOS game, it’s adorable, free-to-play, etc. But we’re here to talk about the music, and I hope you enjoy Read the full article…

In 1990s Oregon, members of a high school A/V club clash with the drama club. Oddly enough, this goes out of it’s way to show that not everything sucks. I enjoyed the first season and look forward to seeing more.

In the heartwarming live action adventure “Disney’s Christopher Robin,” the young boy who embarked on countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with his band of spirited and lovable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin Read the full article…

Amazon.com is having an absolutely fantastic sale on the Star Trek: Vanguard series, each book is 99 cents each and I’m told that the story wraps up in the final books, so there’s no annoying loose threads. Harbinger Summon the Thunder Reap the Whirlwind Open Secrets Precipice Declassified What Judgments Come Storming Heaven In Tempest’s Read the full article…

Six years after the events of “Wreck-It Ralph,” Ralph and Vanellope, now friends, discover a wi-fi router in their arcade, leading them into a new adventure. from Movies – 2Queue

The Crossover you’ve been dreading! I remember when this was originally sold, I think I bought both covers as I was impressed with how ludicrous the audacity of Marvel and Archie comics creating such a thing. The story is still delightfully cheesy, with over the top references to various Archie and Marvel properties and they Read the full article…

When a proud general is tasked with winning an unpopular war, he takes the challenge head-on, not knowing that hubris may be his own worst enemy. I have to imagine that Brad Pitt was deliberately playing an over the top caricature of a four star general*. The movie itself is based on a book, The Read the full article…

When his girlfriend vanishes, a mute man ventures into a near-future Berlin’s seamy underworld, where his actions speak louder than words. Made by the same guy that directed the absolutely fantastic Moon, the trailers for Mute feel like this series could take place in the same universe as Altered Carbon or some of the far Read the full article…

He’s-s-smokin’! Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz star in this story of a sweet, socially inept bank teller who discovers a magical mask that brings his innermost desires to screaming life. I found this movie to have aged like a fine wine, Jim Carrey’s performance still delivers the emotional punch and the special effects are for Read the full article…

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. Absolutely fantastic slow burn science fiction with an absolutely fantastic cast. This movie isn’t for everyone and I strongly feel that if you can’t figure out how to not eat pop corn like a cow and have to ask Read the full article…

An unlikely group of former ’80s video game champions step up to save the world from an alien invasion in this visually spectacular action-adventure. Exactly what I needed after watching a World War 1 film, some nice Adam Sandler safe comedy. I remember this movie being maligned by the critics at the time, and as Read the full article…

Daniel Craig stars in this riveting drama that follows a group of young British soldiers stationed on the Western Front during World War I. Directed by novelist William Boyd and featuring an outstanding supporting cast including James D’Arcy (Agent Carter) and Ben Whishaw (The Danish Girl), The Trench is set on the eve of the Read the full article…

The Omega Sub fights whales and a pack of dogs! This was much easier to read than the last few books in this series, but it was all ruined with some anti-science diatribes from the main Mary Sue character. There’s still no answers for the zombie like White Shirts, and no real answer for any Read the full article…

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