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Category: Technology
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The trailer for the final season of Game of Thrones has landed
HBO just released the official trailer for the final season of Game of Thrones and it does what all good trailers should do: gets you hyped without giving away too much. There are dragons, there are emotional moments, and there’s the impending threat of almost certain doom from the White Walkers. We can’t freaking wait…
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‘The Umbrella Academy’ saves the day for TV comic adaptations
‘The Umbrella Academy’ is a character-driven family drama about superheroes in a sea of action-driven epics, and that makes it a tremendously satisfying watch that hooks you from the start and keeps you engaged through the end credits of the final episode.
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The trailer for ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ is here
Everyone favorite teenage web-slinger is back in Spider-Man: Far From Home, which hits theaters July 5.
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Check out the trailer for Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
Jordan Peele has proven he can write and direct the hell out of a horror movie with Get Out, which earned him an Academy Award, so we can’t wait to see his latest film, Us. From the atmospheric remix of “I Got 5 on It” to the eerie feel of each shot, this thing looks…
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Fans are why we can’t have nice things
This year, we saw some pretty crappy “fan” behavior, from Rick and Morty fans storming McDonald’s for dipping sauce to Star Wars fans claiming The Last Jedi ruined their childhoods. Was it always like this, or were fans of 2017 just way, way too passionate about pop culture?
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‘Mr. Robot’ has really grown on me
Mr. Robot is one of those shows that everybody’s talking about. It’s being praised by practically every TV critic in the land, has amassed a huge legion of fans, and seems to have tapped into both our love of technology and our paranoia about the huge corporations who run that technology. Everybody seems to love…
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Everybody needs to stop complaining about Jon Snow spoilers
If you’ve been on Twitter and Facebook for even a couple weeks, you know that people post about movies and TV shows, and those posts sometimes include spoilers. If you truly believe that knowing what happens on a show will destroy your entire life, perhaps it’s best for you to avoid social media (and probably…
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Story and science make ‘The Martian’ compelling sci-fi
Great sci-fi films combine visual effects, plausible science, and engaging characters who feel like real people. It’s a difficult balancing act between explosions and action, math and engineering, and an engrossing emotional journey. This is why great sci-fi films are so few and far between, and why The Martian gives me hope that this kind…
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‘Jurassic World’ flawed but still fun
It’s never corny the first time. That’s the problem facing so many of today’s remakes and long-awaited sequels: our collective sense of nostalgia tends to gloss over any less-than-stellar moments in our most beloved movies. That’s doubly true for action movies, which tend to age like a bartlett pear. Revisit a 1990s blockbuster today and…
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First look at ‘Steve Jobs’
Here’s your first look at the new Steve Jobs biopic, aptly titled Steve Jobs. Michael Fassbender stars as the original Apple genius, and I must say, judging by this little teaser, I have high hopes for this one. He’s even got that distinct Jobs voice down. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the film is…
