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X-Men Apocalypse: The Retro FAQ
As you are no doubt aware, Movies Have (Basically) Stopped. Almost all the movies that used to be being made are no longer being made and those of us who depend on making fun of the summer’s crappy nerdy blockbusters for their livelihoods are in a pickle. How can I, as someone who has professionally … Continued
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Genre Films Swept the Razzies Nominations, for Better or Worse
As we prepare for the Oscars tonight, we know that genre films could win big, with Joker having a real chance of taking home a healthy amount of awards tonight. But even if genre doesn’t sweep the Oscars tonight, horror, scifi, and superhero films are almost certain to sweep the Razzies. The Razzies, the awards … Continued
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The 9 Best (and 7 Worst) Movies of 2019
So many movies are just “fine.” Movies you sit down, watch, enjoy, and subsequently forget about. You don’t hate them, you don’t love them, they’re just OK. That’s the majority of movies. These are not those movies. Below you’ll find our choices for the best genre films of 2019. The precious few films that stood … Continued
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The 12 Best (and 5 Worst) Movie Moments of 2019
So many great (and occasionally terrible) movies came out this year (more on them as a whole later this week), but within the genre films of 2019, there were individual moments that delighted or disappointed us. Allow us to share them with you. Obviously, there’s going to be spoilers in this piece, so be warned: … Continued
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Dark Phoenix‘s Concept Art Is Better Than Anything in the Movie, Shocking No One
To listen to people who worked closely on Dark Phoenix, like writer/director Simon Kinberg and VFX supervisor Greg Butler, there was a point during the film’s production when the vision for the final product included all of the cosmic pyrotechnics and epic space battles people associate with the “Dark Phoenix Saga” from Marvel’s comics. By … Continued
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Dark Phoenix and Galaxy’s Edge Hit Disney’s Bottom Line, But Disney + and Many Remakes Are on the Way
We’re not even through with summer and Walt Disney Studios has already grossed a record-breaking $8 billion at the international box office. And yet, even with that, 2019 hasn’t been a total win for one of the largest media brands in the world. Disney CEO Bob Iger had an earnings call today and detailed a … Continued
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Dark Phoenix‘s VFX Supervisor Opens Up About the Astonishing Jean Grey That Could Have Been
Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix will go down in history as one of the most perplexing of Fox’s X-Men films. It was a movie that didn’t seem to know what it wanted to be—or even who the X-Men are, frankly. One minute, the X-Men are jetting off into space to have a literally out-of-this-world adventure that … Continued
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Dark Phoenix Didn’t Understand Who the X-Men Are
All you have to do is take one look at the box office totals for Fox’s X-Men films to see that, even when the movies weren’t particularly good (see: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Apocalypse), people were still clamoring to see them. So where did Dark Phoenix go wrong? While it’s difficult to succinctly … Continued
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Blood Feasts, Cashless Stores, and Quantum Computing: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Excellent news here at Gizmodo, where I presume what’s left of our blogger-chewed Forbidden Sandwich is still festering in the back of a fridge. We have discovered yet more ingredients to add to the mix, including head cheese from an ancient species of Pleistocene wolf found preserved in Siberia, cannabis residue scraped from a brazier … Continued
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A Crazed Attempt to Discern the X-Men Movie Timeline in Its Entirety After Dark Phoenix
Nineteen years after it all began, and helped usher in the early waves of the superheroic cinema dominance we see today, Fox’s X-Men saga is at an end with the release of Dark Phoenix. It may have gone out in a damp squib rather than truly fiery flames, but it now means we have a … Continued
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Dark Phoenix‘s Simon Kinberg Took Inspiration From Nolan’s Batman to Bring the X-Men Down to Earth
There’s an unsteady, chaotic energy coursing through much of Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix. It almost feels like an extension of the existential crisis its titular hero finds herself in as she becomes the most powerful mutant to ever walk the Earth. That feeling, according to Kinberg, was a wholly intentional part of his directorial debut. … Continued
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A Brief Explanation of Dark Phoenix‘s Confusing Alien Villain
While Fox was perfectly fine spoiling Dark Phoenix’s major death in early advertisements, the true identity of Jessica Chastain’s alien character was kept conspicuously hush in the weeks leading up to the film’s premiere. Though an explanation for the codename she was referred to by the studio (“Smith”) is never explained in the film itself, … Continued
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Part of Dark Phoenix‘s Box Office Failure Might Be Thanks to…Alita: Battle Angel?
In the sort of nerdy debate over who would win between the cosmic fury of the Phoenix Force and a cyborg warrior from Mars, you never thought the answer “whichever was backed by James Cameron” would be the deciding factor. And yet, here we potentially are? The aggressively mediocre Dark Phoenix only did half of … Continued
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Simon Kinberg Likens Dark Phoenix‘s Original Ending to Captain America: Civil War and Captain Marvel
While the cast of Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix has spoken about the similarities between the film’s original ending and the ending of another recent big superhero film—similarities that were so extensive they required the final X-Men installment to undergo extensive reshoots—everyone has been coy about what that other superhero film was, as well as how … Continued
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Tom Holland Teases an Intriguing Detail About Far From Home‘s Gigantic Villains
Jason Blum drops some cheeky hints about Halloween’s future. Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain discuss the fluidity of Dark Phoenix’s script. The Halo TV show, like every other TV show, wants to be the next Game of Thrones. Plus, new footage from Men in Black: International, and what’s to come on The Handmaid’s Tale. Spoilers … Continued
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More Hints for What to Expect From Robert Pattinson’s Batman
Benedict Wong offers a Doctor Strange 2 update. Mystique raises a good point about the X-Men in new Dark Phoenix footage. See Peter Parker build his new Far From Home suit. Plus, a new clip from Toy Story 4, teases for The Good Place’s return, and sad news for Happy! and Deadly Class. To me, … Continued
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Dark Phoenix Is a Bittersweet Goodbye to Fox’s X-Men
Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix became one of the most significant of Fox’s X-Men films the moment it became clear it would be the last installment in the franchise that set the stage for the modern comic book movie boom. Not only was the film going to bring the story of Charles Xavier’s mutant heroes to … Continued
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Wolverine Isn’t in Dark Phoenix for a Good Reason
Wolverine could have been in Dark Phoenix, but he’s not. That’s probably for the best. Wolverine’s brief cameo in X-Men: Apocalypse was one of the more eyebrow-raising things about the film, because it opened up the possibility for more elements of the original X-films to begin filtering into the newer, younger generation of stories. When … Continued
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Marvel’s Eternals Film Could Add Another Interesting Star
There are more rumors for Idris Elba’s The Suicide Squad role. Phoebe Waller-Bridge discusses writing women in Bond 25. Simon Kinberg reveals why he left out some major comics characters from Dark Phoenix. Plus, what’s to come on Swamp Thing, and more footage from Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spoilers now! The Eternals Salt shakers at … Continued
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It Looks Like a Big Dark Phoenix Surprise Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
Remember when it was common for big-budget action films to be marketed with the help of strategically-produced songs and music videos that featured footage from the movie itself? Dark Phoenix remembers. In the days leading up to Dark Phoenix’s release next Friday, what remains of 20th Century Fox has been churning out a surprisingly large … Continued