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On American Gods, Remembering the Good Old Days Only Makes the Present More Painful
Word to the wise: If you suddenly find yourself on a road trip with a celestial con man, don’t play checkers with a god who used to kill things with a sledgehammer.
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Doctor Who Is on One Hell of a Streak Lately
Doctor Who’s tenth season is only four episodes in, but I can’t remember the last time the show hit the ground running as well it has this season. We’ve had great chemistry between Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie, great fun, and now in this weekend’s episode, “Knock Knock”, we got the rest of the perfect Who formula: a…
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Today's Best Deals: Mother's Day Gifts, Anker PowerHouse, Sony Bluetooth Headphones, and More
$170 off Anker’s PowerHouse battery, Sony Bluetooth headphones, and Mother’s Day watches and bracelets lead off Monday’s best deals.
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Watch What Happens When an Algorithm Tries to Predict the Next Frame 100,000 Times in a Row
Like an athlete trying to push their body to its extreme limits, artist Damien Henry was curious what would happen if you asked a predictive algorithm to calculate the next frame of video in a sequence, again and again and again, over 100,000 times.
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Star Jennifer Morrison Is as Done With Once Upon a Time as You Probably Are
Last night Once Upon a Time, the show that’s ostensibly about fairy tales’ reconciling their myths with a darker, more nuanced reality, had its musical episode, and Lana Parilla’s Evil Queen stole the show. This morning we learned that if Once Upon a Time returns for a seventh season, main star Jennifer Morrison won’t…
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Our First Look at an Important New Ship in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
An unlikely source claims Marvel is looking to buy Spider-Man back permanently. Could Avengers: Infinity War have an interesting link back to Age of Ultron? Supergirl’s showrunner talks bringing General Zod to the show. Plus, new footage from Wonder Woman and Doctor Who. Spoilers now!
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The Latest It Trailer Shows Nobody Knows What's Lurking in the Sewers of Derry
The true horror of Stephen King’s It was always that the adults of Derry, Maine, where the primordial evil lived, seemed to understand that their children were being periodically snatched and murdered.
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The Final Wonder Woman Trailer Is Epic in Every Single Way
Huge scope, massive action, painful self-sacrifice, a story spanning generations, the final Wonder Woman trailer is epic in every way imaginable.
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Peter Parker's Secret Is Out in the First Spider-Man Homecoming Clip
In the first clip from Spider-Man Homecoming, Peter Parker’s best friend is us.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Back to Ruin More Summer Flicks With His Constant Thinking
Neil deGrasse Tyson, aka that one guy in astronomy class who’s always going on about how no movies should have sound in space, is here to tell us that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 shouldn’t have sound in space. Yeah we know, Dad, we watched Firefly too.
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Here's a Thought: Why Not Have Black Bolt Use Real Sign Language on Inhumans?
Marvel’s Inhumans is in full gear for a September IMAX release, and it’s already raising some questions— mainly, trying to figure out what the hell is going on with Medusa’s hair. But a recent comment about how Black Bolt will communicate on the show has got me thinking.
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Rick and Morty Lead Got Super Drunk for Season 3 Taping, and I Feel Tipsy Just Watching It
Adult Swim recently shared a video where Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon challenged Justin Roiland, show creator and voice actor, to go method in shooting a season 3 scene where Rick gets really, really drunk. Talk about a contact buzz.
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Edge of Tomorrow Sequel Gets Title and Return of Emily Blunt
Edge of Tomorrow is one of those movies where if you haven’t seen it, someone who has will list off at least a dozen reasons why you should. Fans of the scifi thriller have been clamoring for a sequel since 2014, along with star Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman. While things are still up in the air, the movie’s…
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Ark: Survival Evolved Gets Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams After Latest Patch
Ark: Survival Evolved mutates again with its new v257 patch released on Friday. Among other things, it adds lasers to sharks. About time honestly.
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No, Marvel Didn't Promote an Image Calling Jessica Jones an 'Evil Jew'
Marvel has been in its share of hot water over the past few months— including when a VP of sales said diverse characters were causing its sales to slump, or when artist Ardian Syaf’s contract was sacked for putting controversial messages in X-Men Gold. The latest hotbed is an image that some claim was on Marvel’s…
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Chris Pine Captains a Hilarious Saturday Night Live
The Handmaid’s Tale bros, a Shatner-esque Captain Kirk, and a pitch-perfect recreation of Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego— I mean Kellyanne Conway— made Chris Pine’s Saturday Night Live debut one of the show’s finest this season.
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Sunday's Best Deals: Amazon Mother's Day Gadget Sale, Anker SoundBuds, and More
Amazon device deals, an incredibly popular carpet cleaner, and Anker’s smallest Bluetooth headphones lead off Sunday’s best deals.
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Alien: Covenant May Be the Biggest Disappointment of the Summer
Here’s a sentence I’m just incredibly sad to type: Alien: Covenant is bad.
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How the Hell Is Steve Rogers, the Supreme Leader of Hydra, Wielding Thor's Hammer?
Mjolnir, Thor’s magical hammer forged by dwarven blacksmiths out of the enchanted metal uru, has a history of being picky about who can pick it up. If the hammer thinks a person is worthy of its power, hefting it’s no big deal. So how the hell the Hydra fascist formerly known as Captain America, waving it around?
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Knock Knock, It's the Spoiler-Filled Doctor Who Discussion Thread
This week’s Doctor Who was big on scares—a spooky setting, a spooky monster, and the most spookiest element of all: student accommodations! But no, seriously, the Doctor and Bill went on one hell of a creepy adventure tonight, and now you can discuss it all in spoilery-detail in our weekly open thread!
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