Star Trek: Picard’s Homage to ‘Return of the Jedi’
After two middling seasons, Star Trek: Picard finally hit its stride in season 3. The final season was a fitting send-off and proved that Jean-Luc Picard…
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The Bizarre Similarities Between ‘Batman & Robin’ And ‘Die Another Day’
Is it a coincidence that the worst Batman movie shares similarities with the worst James Bond movie? Probably, because EON Productions, the production company behind…
THE LIGHTNING: Exploring Darth Vader’s Origin In The Serial ‘The Fighting Devil Dogs’
Ever since the release of Star Wars in 1977, George Lucas routinely expressed his love for movie serials and their influence on his two major film series….
Short Round’s Machine Gun Battle With Biplanes Was Cut From ‘Temple of Doom’
Short Round, Indy’s precocious 12-year-old aide in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was described by former LucasFilm archivist J.W. Rinzler as the real…
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Inside Superman Returns’ Canceled Sequel Featuring Darkseid? Brainiac? A New Krypton? And Why It Never Happened?
In 2006, Superman returned to the big screen after a two-decade hiatus. The film could have been great. It had the right guy playing Superman,…
New DC Slate: Gunn and Safran Share Key Insights Into The New DCU’s 10 Film & TV Projects And Beyond
The pressure is on for DC Studios’ Co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran to deliver with the brand new DCU. James Gunn dropped a six-minute…
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Goldfinger’s Laser: How Movie Serials Influenced Bond’s Near Castration–And Why It Replaced Dissection By Buzzsaw in Ian Fleming’s Novel
The third James Bond film, Goldfinger, turned agent 007 into a global phenomenon. His popularity had built over the two previous films but it had…
Will Disney Research’s AI FRAN Revolutionize Re-Aging of Actors?
Deepfakes trolled Hollywood for years. They’re cheaper, faster to use, and often better than more complex Hollywood technology. Now a new Disney AI has copied…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s New 10-Year DC Plan Will Follow Kevin Feige’s MCU Model. What Does This Mean For The Snyderverse?
The recent shakeup at Warner Brothers Discovery has resulted in the first sign of common sense. Speaking at the Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 Earnings Call,…
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‘The Living Daylights’: Old School Miniature Effects Helped Give The Hercules Cargo Plane Sequence An Epic Scale
The standout action sequence in The Living Daylights involves a Lockheed Hercules C-130 cargo plane that is certainly put through its paces, and then some….
