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Game Of Thrones Episode 5 Smashes More Viewing Records
As Game of Thrones reaches its very end, the show continues to break records. The most recent, penultimate Episode 5 has set a new audience record for the show and was watched by a massive 18.4 million viewers. The episode, titled "The Bells," is the most-watched episode in the show's history. This figure includes replays and streaming; in terms of on-air viewing, the episode drew an audience of 12.5 million across two airings on Sunday night.
Amazon's Lord Of The Rings Show: New Details Reveal Exactly When It Takes Place
While few details about Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show have been released so far, the company is starting to tease the upcoming production. Following the map and poem released last month, we now know when the series will be set. The setting for the series has been confirmed via two tweets. They show the map once more, but this time zoomed out to reveal the island of Númenor, which fans of JRR Tolkien's books will know was destroyed thousands of years before the events of Lord of the Rings.
19 Horror Movie Sequels So Incredibly Bad That They Make The Original Look Perfect
By and on October 27, 2022 at 9:20AM PDT Even the best horror movies of all time can be dragged through the dirt by a poor sequel. We all love the original Halloween movie, but by the time it got to the Cult of Thorn, the franchise had obviously lost its way. Freddy Krueger was a menacing killer in A Nightmare on Elm Street, but he eventually evolved into a bad stand-up comedian delivering jokes about using a Nintendo Power Glove while taunting teenagers.
24 Must-Watch Horror Classics And Where To Stream Them On Halloween
By and on October 17, 2022 at 1:30PM PDT Halloween season is upon us, and that means it's time to curl up on the couch and watch some scary movies. Every year, there are plenty of horror movies that come out every year, and within the hundreds that exist, there are some major standouts. But in the age of streaming, where do you go to watch some of the most notable horror movies? Don't worry, as GameSpot has all the answers you need.
20 Horror Anime That Will Make You Wish You'd Never Watched Them
By and on October 14, 2022 at 1:48PM PDT When most people think of horror and Japan, they think of movies like The Ring or The Grudge--primarily something with a vengeful spirit haunting someone. However, for years, anime has also dipped its toes into the genre as well. While horror isn't as popular as the other sub-genres of the anime, it's a large, growing market that keeps getting better and better. And even more recently, there's a larger appreciation for it in the West.
The 20 Best Anime Shows And Movies To Watch On Hulu Right Now (May 2021) - GameSpot
Ads Hulu is packed with new and classic anime, and we've picked the best to watch today. By on May 21, 2021 at 5:44PM PDT While anime has been popular in the US for a long time, the explosion in streaming services has really helped push the genre even further into the mainstream. Specialist platforms such as Crunchyroll and Funimation host many of the best new and classic titles, while Netflix is increasingly becoming a destination for exciting original series.
Marvel's Thor Love and Thunder--Everything We Know About The Next Thor Movie
While several of the original Avengers have now exited the Marvel Cinematic Universe--including Iron Man, Captain America, and Black Widow--Thor continues to play a major part in the MCU. After three standalone films and four Avengers movies, Chris Hemsworth is set to return as the Asgardian God in Thor: Love and Thunder. The first Thor movie was released way back in 2011, when the MCU was still finding its feet.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Part One: Everything We Know About The Spidey Sequel
Throughout the huge explosion in popularity of superhero movies over the past two decades, it's live-action comic book adventures that have dominated. Animated superheroes have largely continued to exist in TV shows or made-for-TV movies such as DC's recent Batman films, with Pixar's The Incredibles and its sequel the closest we've had to a major superhero big-screen adventure. That is, until the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
Best TV Shows Of 2021
By Dan Auty , Mat Elfring , Chris E. Hayner , and Mason Downey on December 28, 2021 at 7:00AM PST Between network TV, cable, and streaming services, there is a cornucopia of content launching every single month. It's hard to keep up with what's good outside of things like Netflix's daily Top 10 list. It's a golden age for television, but at the same time, it all becomes white noise. Luckily, GameSpot has come together to make a list of the 10 best TV shows of 2021.
Movie Of The Year 2021 - Dune: Part One
There were a lot of great movies released in 2021, but Denis Villeneuve's Dune was GameSpot's favorite. By Dan Auty on December 27, 2021 at 7:00AM PST 2021 was the year that we finally got to see most of the blockbuster movies that should've been released a year earlier. The pandemic led to dozens of films shifting back an entire year, and even when they did finally arrive, there was no guarantee that they would find the audience they would've done in any other year.
Best Movies Of 2021
By , , , , and on December 27, 2021 at 7:00AM PST 2020 was practically the year without a movie release, but 2021 more than made up for it. There were films sent to theaters (and digital release) by leaps and bounds. Some even debuted in theaters and on streaming services on the exact same day. We got a number of Marvel films, several highly-anticipated sequels, and even a bunch of wonderful movies based on original ideas (including horror and animated movies).
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever--Everything We Know About The MCU Sequel
Despite the massive worldwide success of Marvel's Black Panther, the tragic death of star Chadwick Boseman in August 2020 cast huge uncertainty over the fate of the sequel. How could the film continue without its hugely talented leading man? But in May 2021 it was confirmed that the film was moving ahead with the title Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Obviously, the movie we will see in 2022 will be a different one to what would've been released if Boseman was still with us to play T'Challa.
The Flash: Everything We Know About The Upcoming DC Movie
For someone who runs so quickly, The Flash really has been a long time coming. The DC movie, which is set to star Ezra Miller as swift-footed superhero Barry Allen, was first announced way back in 2015, with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith set to direct from a script co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. At that point, the movie had a March 2018 release date.
The Northman Trailer Delivers Bloody Viking Revenge
The first trailer for The Northman has been released. The latest movie from The Witch and The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers stars Alexander Skarsgård and hits theaters in April. The movie is set in Iceland during the 10th Century and focuses on a Viking prince named Amleth. The first half of the trailer focuses on Amleth as a boy, living with his parents in a small community. But when his people are attacked by a rival tribe, his father is murdered.
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom: Everything We Know About The DC Sequel
The 2018 movie Aquaman came at the right time for DC. Despite the box office success of films such as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, they were critically panned, with the subsequent team-up movie Justice League both a critical and commercial failure. Wonder Woman, released in summer 2017, was well received, but there were still questions about whether DC's superhero universe would ever reach the heights of Marvel's.
John Wick 4: Everything We Know About The Action Sequel
The John Wick series is one of the most successful action franchises of recent years, but unlike many big movie franchises, it had a relatively modest beginning. 2014's John Wick, which starred Keanu Reeves as a former hitman reluctantly brought out of retirement, was not a massive commercial success. It grossed $86 million worldwide--a respectable figure for a movie with a $30 million production budget, but hardly the sort of numbers that suggests the start of a big ongoing series.
New Scream TV Spot Delivers Jumps, Shocks, And Ghostface
A new TV spot for Scream has been released. The fifth movie in the hit horror franchise releases on January 14. The new promo is short but very quickly cut, delivering a quick barrage of scary moments from the upcoming film.
The Biggest Movies To Watch In 2022
By Dan Auty on December 9, 2021 at 7:28AM PST The last two years of movie releases have been like nothing else in recent decades. From March 2020 on, the COVID-19 pandemic caused havoc with release dates, as films were continuously delayed and many sent straight to streaming and digital platforms. While 2021 saw a lot more theatrical releases than 2020, there are still movies that are yet to be released and the industry has changed forever as a result of the upheaval.
Halloween Ends: Everything We Know About The Slasher Sequel
For a horror franchise with such a simple concept, the ongoing popularity of the Halloween series over so many years is quite remarkable. While slasher rivals such as Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street have been absent from screens for more than a decade, the Halloween series remains a huge commercial draw, with new generations of horror fans lapping up the gory antics of Michael Myers.
Fear Of The Walking Dead Renewed For Season 8
Fear of the Walking Dead has been renewed for Season 8. The Walking Dead spin-off show's renewal comes ahead of the second half of Season 7's premiere in April next year. As reported by Variety, Fear of the Walking Dead Season 8 will feature the show's former star Kim Dickens in a regular role. Dickens played the character of Madison Clark from Season 1 to Season 4, before seemingly dying at the end of that season.
Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre Reboot Trailer Takes Series Back To Scary Origins
The trailer for the latest movie in the long-running Texas Chainsaw Massacre series has been released. The film--simply titled Texas Chainsaw Massacre--arrives on Netflix on February 18. The trailer opens with a series of shots of the now-deserted farmhouse from Tobe Hooper's original 1974 movie. The caption reads, "In 1974 a horror legend was born...
Hulu Review: Is It Worth Subscribing To?
The last two years have seen a huge growth in the number of streaming services available, as many of the major studios launched their own platforms to compete with Netflix and Amazon. But alongside Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and Paramount Plus, there is a major streaming service that has been around longer than most--Hulu. Hulu launched to the public way back in March 2008.
New Spider-Man: No Way Home Posters Feature Three Big Multiverse Villains
New posters have been released for Spider-Man: No Way Home. The posters show three of the big bad guys that Spidey will face in the new movie, which hits theaters on December 16. The villains are Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, and Elektro, played by Alfred Molina, Willem Defoe, and Jamie Foxx respectively.
Scream Stars Look Scared In Posters For Slasher Sequel
New posters have been released for the next Scream movie. The fifth film in the hugely successful horror series--simply titled Scream--hits theaters on January 14. The posters show the three long-time stars of the franchise--Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, and David Arquette as Dewey Riley. On each poster, the character is holding the series's iconic Ghostface mask. The tagline reads "It's always someone you know"--could one of them be the killer this time?
George R.R. Martin Was Unhappy With Game Of Thrones' Final Three Seasons
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin was not happy with the direction that hugely popular HBO series took the story in its final three seasons. A new book about HBO has revealed that Martin felt that the outline he gave to the showrunners was ignored. While the first five seasons of Game of Thrones were reasonably faithful adaptations of Martin's hugely popular novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, the next book had not been published by the time work started on Season 6.
The Book Of Boba Fett Gets New Trailer And Character Posters
A new teaser for The Book of Boba Fett has been released. The latest Star Wars series stars Temuera Morrison as the legendary bounty hunter and premieres Disney+ on December 29. The teaser opens with the words "I am Boba Fett... left for dead on the sands of Tatooine," a reference of course to his apparent demise in Return of the Jedi. But as we know, he survived, and in this new show returns to take control of the criminal organization once run by Jabba the Hutt.
Celebrate Awkward Thanksgiving Dinners With The 12 Messiest Movie Food Fights
By Dan Auty on November 23, 2021 at 1:22PM PST It's Thanksgiving week in the United States, and that means one thing: food. OK, there's also getting together with your friends and family and giving thanks, but let's face it: a lot of this revolves around food. To celebrate, we've rounded up some great food scenes in movies--or to be specific, great food fight scenes.
Jurassic Park: Dominion Gets Dino-Packed Five Minute Prologue
The prologue to Jurassic Park: Dominion has been released. The latest movie in the blockbuster dinosaur franchise hits theaters on June 10, 2022. The prologue is five minutes long. It starts 65 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled the earth. We see a variety of land-based and airborne dinosaurs doing their thing, ending in a violent confrontation between two large, toothy beasts.
Blade Runner TV Show Is In Development, Ridley Scott Confirms
Director Ridley Scott has announced that a Blade Runner TV series is in development. The filmmaker has revealed that a pilot has been written for the show based on the classic sci-fi movie. In an interview with the BBC, Scott suggested that the potential Blade Runner show would be a 10-episode series. "We [have] written the pilot for Blade Runner and the bible," he said.
New On Shudder In December 2021: Holiday Horror Season, Joe Bob Briggs Christmas Special
December is almost here, and that of course means weeks of Holiday-themed viewing. But for many of us, there are only so many happy festive movies and shows that we can stand before we crave something a little darker. Luckily, the horror streaming specialists at Shudder have a month of scary festive treats to look forward to. An entire season titled the "Unhappy Holidays Collection" will be available, mixing movies that are new to the service with some great existing catalog titles.
Netflix Is Making A New Comedy About Blockbuster Starring Randall Park
Randall Park, who appeared in WandaVision earlier this year, is set to star in the Netflix comedy series Blockbuster. As reported by Deadline, the show will be set in the last remaining Blockbuster video rental store. Blockbuster will be a 10-episode series and is created by Vanessa Ramos, who previously worked on shows such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore. Deadline notes that the producers have acquired the rights to use the Blockbuster name, branding, and uniforms in the series.
Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley Gets Dark And Stylish Final Trailer
The final trailer for Nightmare Alley is here. The dark thriller is directed by Guillermo del Toro and it hits theaters on December 17. The movie stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle, a 1940s conman who claims to be a medium, making money working at a carnival. The trailer sees Stanton being given a lie-detector test by a group of men in a big house and intercuts scenes of him getting into trouble with a variety of characters, including Cate Blanchett's seductive psychiatrist.
Netflix's Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Show Has Started Filming
Production has started on Netflix's live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's much-loved animated fantasy series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The streaming giant confirmed that filming is underway in Vancouver, in what is described as "a virtual production stage which allows for visual effects to be done in real time in camera, combining multiple environments on a single stage." Three new cast members have also been announced.
Disney Plus Review: Is It Worth Subscribing To?
The launch of Disney+ in 2019 was a major moment in the development of streaming. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video had dominated streaming for the best part of a decade, and while a few companies--most notably CBSViacom, with CBS All-Access--had launched their own services, at that point there was no real competition to these two digital giants. This changed when Disney+ debuted exactly two years ago, on November 12, 2019.
MoviePass Co-Founder Buys Back Company, Plans a Relaunch
MoviePass, the failed theater ticket subscription service, could be making a comeback. It's been reported that co-founder Stacy Spikes has been granted ownership of the company once more. According to Business Insider, a Southern District of New York bankruptcy court judge has approved the sale of MoviePass to Spikes. It was previously owned by parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., which closed the service down in September 2019 and itself filed for bankruptcy in January 2020.
14 Terrifying Movie Road Trips
By Dan Auty on November 10, 2021 at 1:22PM PST Thanksgiving is only a couple of weeks away, and many people will be planning road trips to see their friends and family in different parts of the country. In real life, road trips can be long and boring, but the vast majority are extremely uneventful. But of course, this isn't the case in movies, where lengthy car journeys are often turned into something dramatic, funny--or terrifying.
Dune: Part Two Will Start Filming In 2022
Dune: Part Two will start production on July 18, 2022. The news that cameras will roll on the second part of Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi adaptation next summer was confirmed by producer Mary Parent. As reported by The Film Stage's Josh Encinias, Parent revealed the Dune: Part Two production start date during a screening of Dune in Los Angeles. The second film was officially announced late last month, following the impressive box office results for the first movie.
No Time To Die Is Available To Rent At Home Right Now
No Time To Die is now available to rent at home. The latest James Bond movie can be rented via on demand platforms in the US for $20. The film has arrived digitally only four weeks after it hit theaters. No Time To Die was released on October 8 in the US and has made $143 million at the domestic box office since then. Worldwide, it has grossed $667 million and stands as the fifth biggest movie of the year.
Vin Diesel Pleads With Dwayne Johnson To Return For Fast 10
Fast & Furious star and producer Vin Diesel wants Dwayne Johnson to return to the series. Diesel made the appeal to Johnson, who plays FBI agent Hobbs in the franchise, on Instagram. Diesel and Johnson have had something of a troubled working relationship since the pair fell out during the production of The Fate of the Furious in 2016, and recent comments by Johnson suggested that he wouldn't be returning to the franchise.
Spider-Man: No Way Home Poster Teases Spidey Multiverse
The new poster for Spider-Man: No Way Home has been revealed. The latest Spider-Man movie hits theaters on December 17. The poster was released via a tweet from the film's official account that states "the Multiverse unleashed." As we know from August's first No Way Home trailer, the movie will see Peter Parker find himself in a multiverse accidentally created by Doctor Strange.
Stranger Things Season 4's New Trailer Teases Spring Break Mayhem
A new trailer for Stranger Things Season 4 has been released. The teaser has been revealed as part of Netflix's Stranger Things Day event. The trailer focuses on Eleven and the Byers family who have moved to California to start new lives. We see Will painting, Jonathan smoking weed, and Eleven trying to fit in at her new school.
New Scream 5 Teaser Sets Up Ghostface's "Shocking" Return
A new featurette for the upcoming slasher sequel Scream has been released. The fifth movie in the hit horror series arrives in theaters on January 14. The latest promo mixes short soundbites from the cast and crew with clips from the movie. Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first four movies and is a producer on this one, describes how the new film connects the new cast with the older actors.
Blade Runner: Black Lotus Review - Stylish But Familiar Return To Futuristic LA
The Blade Runner anime show premieres on Adult Swim and Crunchyroll. By Dan Auty on November 3, 2021 at 2:53PM PDT For a sci-fi franchise as beloved and influential as Blade Runner, it's notable just how commercially unsuccessful it has been. Ridley Scott's groundbreaking 1982 adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick novel was a notorious box office failure at the time, and only found success years later when the Director's Cut was finally released.
New Morbius Video Released, Full Trailer Arrives Tomorrow
The new trailer for Morbius will be with us tomorrow, November 2. Ahead of that, a short featurette for the movie, which is the latest Sony-produced Spider-Man spin-off, has been released. The featurette doesn't contain any new footage, but it is a good reminder of exactly who the main character of this much-delayed film is.
Moonfall's Epic New Trailer Delivers Worldwide Disaster Thrills
The full trailer for Moonfall has been released. The new disaster movie from Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) releases on February 4, 2022. While September's first teaser suggested that the terrible disaster about to hit the Earth was literally the moon falling from the sky for some reason, this full promo reveals there's more to the plot than that.
Why Modern Horror Movies Trailers Got So Bad
Movie trailers have been with us for more than a century. The first promos for upcoming films appeared in the mid-1910s, taking their name from the fact they followed the main feature (ie. trailed), rather than screening before. In the 1960s, the format shifted from being text and voiceover heavy to the faster clip montage style that has continued to develop ever since.
Tiger King 2 Trailer Teases Glory, Guns, And Revenge
The trailer for Tiger King 2 has been released. The follow-up to the hugely popular documentary true crime series hits Netflix on November 17. The Tiger King 2 trailer reveals that the show will deal with not only the aftermath of the events of the first series but also the impact the show has had on the characters involved.
Pixar's Toy Story Spin-Off Lightyear Gets Cosmic First Trailer
The first trailer for Lightyear is here. Pixar's spin-off from the Toy Story series hits theaters on June 17, 2022. The Lightyear trailer contains very little dialogue and doesn't give too much away about the plot, but it definitely sets the tone for this interstellar adventure. The movie focuses on the "real" Buzz Lightyear--as opposed to the doll version from the Toy Story films.
New On Shudder In November 2021: Prisoners of the Ghostland, Boulet Brothers Dragula, New Exclusive, And Classic Horror
The arrival of November might mean an entire year until the next Halloween, but for fright fans getting withdrawal symptoms, Shudder has plenty of spooky content to keep the party going. Next month is packed with movie exclusives, great TV shows, and classic catalog horror. Shudder's latest batch of new movies kicks off on November 4 with Dead & Beautiful, a stylish vampire film about five rich Taiwanese girls who develop a taste for blood after a wild night out.
30 Best TV Shows To Watch On Hulu Right Now
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