Новости за 22.08.2020

Traditionally, thousands of pop culture fanatics flock to San Diego every summer to, in the words of our own Sam Barsanti, “see Jason Momoa from 50 feet away.” That wasn’t possible this year, for obvious reasons, so the Geek Gods deigned to bless us with Comic-Con@Home...which was promptly deemed a disappointment…

It was revealed during a DC FanDome panel on Saturday that Academy Award winner John Ridley will helm a four-issue Batman miniseries featuring art by Nick Derington. A new Batman comic isn’t necessarily the biggest news in the world, but what Ridley had to say about his version of the Caped Crusader is what had ears…

Showtime’s Penny Dreadful has once again been consigned to the dustbin of spooky history; THR reports that the sequel series, City Of Angels—which focused on Natalie Dormer as a demon stoking racial and cultural tensions in 1930s L.A.—has now been canceled after a single season on the air.

As we mourn the “soulful” and “complex” cut of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad that never was, James Gunn’s here to distract us with his shiny pseudo-sequel to DC’s 2016 misfire. The Guardians Of The Galaxy director retained a handful of the original film’s characters for his “relaunch”—including Margot Robbie’s Harley…

Since nothing’s been filmed yet for Ezra Miller’s upcoming Flash movie, there was not a lot expected from the film’s 10-minute DC FanDome panel on Saturday. But leave it to a time-traveler movie to be ahead of the game, as director Andrés Muschietti debuted previously unseen sketches for the new Flash suit. “As you…

It’s been 5 years since Warner Bros. released Batman: Arkham Knight, the explosive, nigh-apocalyptic conclusion to its critically and commercially beloved Arkham series of Batman games. Now Warner Bros. Montreal—the studio responsible for the, uh, less critically and commercially beloved prequel game, Batman: Arkham…

It’s been a long, strange trip for Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, her follow-up to 2017's highly successful first solo outing for Gal Gadot’s Diana, princess of Themyscira. Even before the COVID-19 lockdowns, the ’80s-set sequel faced a few major delays, hopping on the schedule from late 2019 to early 2020, and…

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Few films have twinged our puzzle-deciphering instincts more thoroughly than Christopher Nolan’s upcoming, in-theaters-come-hell-or-high-viral-load Tenet. The movie’s trailers have served as a slowly unraveling mystery, as we’ve slowly worked out the basic questions underpinning the film. How does the movie’s “time…

In a year without much to look forward to, watching movies is about the only way to escape your day-to-day existence and see something new—from the confines of your living room, of course. And that promise can come with caveats: In the case of the Fantasia Film Festival, one of the handful of virtual film festivals…

There was a point in The Vampire Diaries where, whenever Katherine Pierce—doppelganger of series protagonist Elena Gilbert, played by Nina Dobrev—wasn’t in an episode, it was understandable to think, “I guess they couldn’t get the actress this week”... only to take a beat and think, “Oh, wait.” Dobrev’s portrayal of…

The new film Stage Mother tells the story of Maybelline (Jacki Weaver), a church choir director in Texas whose life gets upended when she inherits a drag club in San Francisco from her recently deceased son. Although Weaver takes the dramedy’s spotlight, she’s surrounded by a game cast, including the Independent…

There are video games that handle satire well. There’s the sprawling meta-textual commentary of a game like The Stanley Parable, for instance, or high-volume farce like Asymmetric’s West Of Loathing. We might even include games like Borderlands and Grand Theft Auto in this list, titles which take big—if not…

There are few things more bizarrely amusing in the superhero film ecosystem, to our minds, than observing the doggedness with which Sony continues to pursue its dreams of the Spider-Man-but-there’s-no-Spider-Man-in-it cinematic universe. Necessitated by its deal to split custody of Peter Parker with Marvel—and…

RuPaul’s Drag Race is as popular as ever and fans are clamoring for new ways to follow their favorite queens. The time is right for another Drag Race spin-off. Filmed in the Before Times, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Vegas Revue follows six fan-favorite queens as they head to Las Vegas to headline RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!, the…

Frankie Banali has died. As the drummer for the second incarnation of classic metal outfit Quiet Riot, Banali played on some of the band’s most iconic hits, including the million-plus-selling cover of Slade’s “Cum On Feel The Noize” that propelled 1983's Metal Health to the very top of the Billboard charts. Per …

It’s now been more than 12 years since musical superstar Britney Spears was placed under a mandatory conservatorship by the California courts, placing her considerable assets under the control of her father, James Spears, and a lawyer, Andrew Wallet. (Wallet resigned from his conservatorship in 2019, and James Spears…

Streaming libraries expand and contract. Algorithms are imperfect. Those damn thumbnail images are always changing. But you know what you can always rely on? The expert opinions and knowledgeable commentary of The A.V. Club. That’s why we’re scouring both the menus of the most popular services and our own archives to…

Megan Thee Stallion may have had an eventful Thursday night after naming rapper Tory Lanez as her shooter in last month’s incident, but the “Hot Girl Summer” rapper is already gearing up for better days ahead. She’s accomplished quite a bit this year alone: She beat her label in a legal battle over the release of her…