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The Nerd’s Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in June
Though movie theaters are starting to allow patrons these days, the safer option remains streaming. Those who choose to stay home and stream are constantly rewarded with so much new content it’s mind-boggling. At the start of each month, most streamers—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking … Continued
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Who Has the World’s Greatest Geek Acting Career?
A lot of actors have taken on multiple roles in genre projects—sci-fi, fantasy, horror—but one stands out as possibly the most prolific in this particular area. Which actor has had the most work in geekdom? io9 is here to offer evidence that it’s one Ralph Ineson. Who Has the World’s Greatest Geek Acting Career? You … Continued
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io9MoviesStar Wars
Open Channel: Let’s Celebrate This Guy’s 77th Birthday
Seventy-seven years ago a man was born who would release a movie in 1977 that would change the face of the world. He’d do a few other things too. That man’s name is George Lucas. Today, May 14, is his birthday, and we’ve love you all to celebrate. It’s almost too difficult to list all … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Google Assistant Is Getting a New Family Broadcast Feature Just in Time for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend, so to help make it just a bit easier to organize the family for a celebration, Google is giving the Google Assistant a handful of new features including Family Broadcast. While users can already use the Google Assistant’s standard Broadcast feature to send voice clips to other Google … Continued
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Penny Dreadful and His Dark Materials‘ Helen McCrory Dies at 52
Helen McCrory, the British actress best known for roles in Harry Potter and His Dark Materials, and more, has died after a long battle with cancer. Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, announced via social media to inform the public on Friday, April 16. She joined the Harry Potter franchise in Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, … Continued
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io9TelevisionReviews
Made For Love Is All About Escaping the Tangled Web of Other People’s Minds
Though HBO Max’s new series Made For Love, an adaptation of Alissa Nutting’s 2017 novel of the same name, is charged with the same foreboding dread about a technology-saturated near future that’s present in Black Mirror, the show imagines a hero who has enough sense to understand how messed up the world she lives in … Continued
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18 Genre Films We’re Totally Psyched for at South by Southwest 2021
There’s nothing like the buzz of seeing a great film at a film festival. The mystery, the excitement, the shared experience. And though the covid-19 pandemic continues to mean in-person festivals are a no-go, it also means festival films are being viewed by a more diverse audience than ever thanks to the internet. The next … Continued
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io9Fantasy
Report: Harry Potter Spinoff Series Being Considered for HBO Max
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter may be coming to streaming. The Hollywood Reporter says WarnerMedia is actively seeking out writers and ideas to bring the franchise to its HBO Max streaming service. No one has officially been attached yet so the project may not actually come to fruition but the fact it’s under consideration … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
This Working Marauder’s Map Built Using AR and GPS Brings Magic to Our World
Many of the things we see on TV or movies can often only be explained with the word “magic” (or, your know, visual effects.) What would it be like if the magical inventions we see on our screens existed in real life? Now, at least one does, and you apparently don’t have to be a … Continued
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She Still Gets Your Money
A few days ago at Sony’s splashy PlayStation 5 showcase event, a long-rumored video game made its official debut: Hogwarts Legacy, an action-RPG set in the universe created by the current celebrity face of anti-trans hate, J.K. Rowling. Approaching media created by problematic figures is always a messy prospect, but Legacy finds itself in a … Continued
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Our 25 Favorite Summer Blockbusters of the 2010s
For the first time in most of our lifetimes, your local movie theater won’t have a summer blockbuster season. The covid-19 pandemic took care of that, pushing most of the big-budget popcorn films scheduled for this year’s summer months into fall, spring, or even next summer. Since we can’t enjoy summer blockbusters in theaters this … Continued
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These Pop Culture Besties Are Ready To Fill Your Dwindling Wall Space
Great art might come from conflict, but friendship is important too. That’s why for their latest gallery show Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo have decided to focus on pop culture’s most famous BFFs. BFF is the title of the new exhibit presented by Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. It’s online right now and features over … Continued
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io9MoviesFantasy
This Is Some Meaningless Bullshit, Warner Bros.
To say that Warner Bros. released a statement about J.K. Rowling’s recent and ongoing response to accusations of transphobia would be, well, an overstatement. Because at this point I’ve read it enough times that I’m not even sure it’s words anymore. For the three days after Rowling once again stoked anger over her transphobic dog-whistling … Continued
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Eddie Redmayne Speaks Out Against J.K. Rowling’s Transphobic Comments
In the wake of J.K. Rowling’s comments this weekend defending herself against repeated accusations of transphobia, actors from across the Harry Potter universe’s film adaptations have spoken out in support of transgender rights, including the boy wizard himself, Daniel Radcliffe. Now, he’s been joined by another prominent voice in the saga: Fantastic Beasts headliner Eddie … Continued
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Daniel Radcliffe Delivers a Powerful, Heartfelt Message to Support Trans Rights
Warner Bros. might be willing to look the other way while Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling continues to support transphobic views, but Harry Potter isn’t having any of that shit. Actor Daniel Radcliffe has shared a touching statement via The Trevor Project—a nonprofit dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth—affirming his support of the trans community and offering hope … Continued