Tasha Robinson
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The Saw franchise just won the Nicole Kidman AMC parody wars
Nicole Kidman’s AMC ad has become an in-joke for theater fans, with its own lore, cosplay, parodies, and rituals. The Saw horror movies have joined in. → Read More
There’s one good reason to watch the chilling sci-fi oddity The Pod Generation
The best science fiction movies comment on humanity, but this one just says that Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor are strong actors. Available on digital now. → Read More
The Blackening’s big twist is just being kind to its horror-movie victims
Director Tim Story assembles a cast of old and new Black stars for a Juneteenth horror movie that’s hard to review without spoilers. Now available on digital. → Read More
Netflix’s Chicken Run sequel is really pushing to be a Mission: Impossible movie
The Chicken Run sequel, coming to Netflix Dec. 15, brings back some cast members, but not Mel Gibson or original star Julia Sawalha. Here’s why. → Read More
Invincible’s creator previews season 2: ‘We know what you want, and we’re going to give it to you’
Invincible returns in November, with Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, and Gillian Jacobs. Tim Robinson and others play new characters. Here’s Robert Kirkman’s preview. → Read More
The biggest new movies to watch out for this fall
The best movies to look forward to in the upcoming 2023 movie schedule, like The Marvels, Killers of the Flower Moon, Netflix’s The Killer, and much more. → Read More
If video games taught real-life skills like in Gran Turismo and TMNT: Mutant Mayhem…
Gran Turismo made Jann Mardenborough a real racer. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles says Forza Horizon is driver’s ed. So we should be experts in all these skills: → Read More
Blue Beetle’s post-credits scene is a treat for Latin American fans
El Chapulín Colorado gets an animated cameo in DC Comics’ Blue Beetle movie, with more in a post-credits scene. And a mid-credits scene teases Blue Beetle 2. → Read More
Invincible creator Robert Kirkman cried over working with animation legend Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers, has a role in Invincible season 2. Here’s who he plays, and why it moved Robert Kirkman to tears. → Read More
How Dan Harmon kept Rick & Morty’s cynicism out of Strange Planet
Webcomic creator Nathan W. Pyle explains the series Strange Planet, based on his webcomic, and discusses working with Community creator Dan Harmon. → Read More
See James Gunn do one final dance as Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Gunn did the dance moves for Baby Groot, and he returned for Guardians 3, which is now streaming on Disney Plus. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look. → Read More
Barbie takes the perfect path through its complicated fantasy elements
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling navigate a magic world in Barbie, one with no clear rules. Greta Gerwig did that on purpose — and it’s awesome. → Read More
The viral ‘Harry Potter in Star Wars’ AI images are just the start of a global competition
Competitors in a worldwide AI art contest put Harry Potter characters into The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead, Dragon Ball Z and other anime series, and a lot more. → Read More
The ‘Wes Anderson directs Star Wars’ AI art fad has its first full movie trailer
The Galactic Menagerie: A Star Wars Story is dividing fans. A creative collective’s Midjourney trailer for an imaginary Star Wars movie from Wes Anderson has renewed the arguments over AI art. → Read More
The big new movies coming out in summer 2023
There are a lot of exciting new movies coming out in summer 2023. This preview lays out the biggest and best, from Across the Spider-verse and The Flash to Barbie and Oppenheimer. → Read More
The Full Monty is getting a TV spinoff — and that matters more than you’d think
Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, and the cast of 1997’s worldwide Oscar-winning comedy hit The Full Monty are reuniting for a TV spinoff of a movie that was ahead of its time when it came to blue-collar comedy, women’s perspectives, and gay romance. Premiering on FX in June. → Read More
Netflix reveals every original animated movie set for release in the next two years
Netflix’s new movie release calendar for kids is now loaded with Chicken Run 2, a new SpongeBob SquarePants movie, Adam Sandler’s Lou, Nimona, and a new Ultraman movie. Here are first looks. → Read More
There’s only one right way to watch Apple’s Ghosted
Knives Out and The Grey Man co-stars reunited for a good-enough new-release movie to watch on a lazy Friday night. Chris Evans stretches a long way from his run as Captain America in the MCU. Streaming now on Apple TV Plus. → Read More
There’s only one right way to watch Apple’s Ghosted
Knives Out and The Grey Man co-stars reunited for a good-enough new-release movie to watch on a lazy Friday night. Chris Evans stretches a long way from his run as Captain America in the MCU. Streaming now on Apple TV Plus. → Read More
Spirited Away’s stage director says Hayao Miyazaki is a sweetheart — and a songwriter
Spirited Away: Live on Stage captures the lush theatrical stage play based on Studio Ghibli’s Oscar winner Spirited Away, starring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro. Here’s what director John Caird says about adding songs written by Hayao Miyazaki, and the hardest puppet to get right. → Read More