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This Mind-Bending Short Focuses on One Man's Greatest Fear: Symmetry
Symmetropia is a short film that starts weird, gets weirder, and then leaves you sitting there thinking, “What the hell just happened?”
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The Director of Attack the Block May Finally Have a Follow-Up
When a director bursts onto the scene like Joe Cornish did with Attack the Block, usually that director immediately gets snatched up for another movie. And another. And yet, it’s 2017, and Joe Cornish has yet to direct another movie.
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Kevin Feige Thinks That Eventually, Marvel TV and Movies Will Cross Over
In the past week, Marvel Studios released a new movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Marvel TV released trailers for three new TV shows: The Defenders, Runaways, and Inhumans. At one point, those last two were actually movie ideas themselves.
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Rocket Raccoon Wrecking Ultron in Marvel vs Capcom Infinite Is How Age of Ultron Should've Ended
I mean, sure, that forest conversation between Vision and Ultron’s last drone was pretty good. But, like most things, it could’ve been improved if it featured more giant sentient trees flinging things into the air so they could be blown the heck up.
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DC Comics Is Starting Its Own Young Readers Imprint
Comics are for everybody—but even as more and more initiatives launch to publish books aimed at young audiences, there’s a distinct lack of major efforts to cater to younger readers at some of the biggest comics publishers. DC at least wants to change that for its own comics, starting next year.
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Re-Experience the Classic Star Tours Disney Ride in This Amazing 360-Degree Video
The original Star Tours has a place in the heart of many Star Wars fans—although following its revamp back in 2011, it’s now impossible to experience Disney’s first foray into the world of Star Wars rides in person. At least this amazing fan-made project lets you rekindle a few of those memories.
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Let Glorious Jupiter Distract You From Existential Dread
Lingering sense of ennui creeping in? Concerned about our crumbling infrastructure? Allow me to temporarily assuage your problems by offering up some lovely images of Jupiter. They won’t solve anything, but they just might help you get through the day without shouting into a stranger’s face or kicking over a traffic…
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The Face of Terror Is All Too Human in the Horror-Comedy Another Evil
Ghosts are undeniably scary. But if your greatest fear is being trapped in a skin-crawlingly awkward social situation, you may be permanently scarred by Another Evil, a horror-comedy that elevates the concept of “frenemy” to alarming new heights.
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10 Real Laws Straight Out of The Handmaid's Tale
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed their version of the American Health Care Act, a bill to replace Obamacare with something that, among many other things, cracks down on women’s health and safety. There was one phrase that resonated a lot that day: “This sounds just like The Handmaid’s Tale.”
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We're About to Get a Show About Supernatural Evil Spawned by Online Hatred
Oh good, someone’s decided to make a show out of the comments section. And Twitter. And Reddit. You know what? Basically the internet itself.
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All the Comics You Need to Check Out This Free Comic Book Day
Tomorrow, May 6, is basically comic book fan Christmas—because it’s Free Comic Book Day, the annual celebration across comic stores the world over to revel in the comics we love (and get free ones, too). As ever, there are tons on offer for FCBD this year, so here’s our picks for the ones you should look out for.
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The Best Version of Princess Leia Gets an Amazing Figure, and More Wonderful Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly round-up of all the coolest new toys. This week we’ve got a truly spectacular Princess Leia figure, a double dose of Wonder with new Wonder Woman toys, some out-of-this-world cards, and a tiny version of the legendary Dragonzord from Power Rangers. Hide your wallets!
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Rick and Morty's Rick Is a Truck Now
It’s a truck! It’s a store! It’s the world’s biggest Rick! Adult Swim is hitting the road in “the Rickmobile,” a vehicle that will be hauling exclusive Rick and Morty merchandise under its lab coat. You can’t actually take a ride in the Rickmobile, but you can marvel at its magnificence.
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How the Horrific New Republican Health Care Bill Punishes Women
After a wave of public outcry, yesterday, the GOP’s controversial American Health Care Act narrowly passed in the House of Representatives. While a horde of Republicans were toasting in the Rose Garden afterward, millions of Americans struggled to make sense of the calamity they had just witnessed. For many women and…
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Let's Break Down All Five of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 End-Credits Scenes
Marvel movies are known for their teasing mid- and post-credits scenes, but with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, they up the ante with five of them after the conclusion of the movie. Some are jokes, but some have huge ramifications for future Marvel movies. Here’s how and why.
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Because It's Riverdale, Finding Jason Blossom's Murderer Wasn't the Big Reveal of the Night
We finally found out who killed Jason Blossom last night. Of course, why he was murdered is still up in the air and a whole new mystery popped up. But none of that matched the episode’s big reveal, which snatched the crown of weirdness from any other contender. And, in this show, that’s some seriously stiff…
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What Sense8 Season Two Lacks in Mind-Blowing Orgies It Makes Up for in Satisfying Answers
“I watch Sense8 for the sex” is a comment I’ve heard a lot lately. People have their favorite moments of the beautiful multicultural cast banging their connected brains out. (Perhaps I need to just hang out with fewer horndogs.) But sex, while definitely a major part of Sense8, is not all that the show or the…
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Bring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, A Lot Closer With This Star Wars Toy and Board Game Sale
Yesterday may have been May the Fourth, but the Star Wars deals seem to be like Sandpeople, walking single file to hide their numbers. Amazon has a ton of Star Wars toys and board games marked down, and you don’t need to be Force-sensitive to see that these prices aren’t ones to pass up.
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The Crew of Alien: Covenant Has Some Serious Mommy Issues
The Weyland-Yutani A.I. computer of the good ship Covenant is “MUTHUR,” which the people aboard have linguistically and naturally changed to “Mother.” It’s actually pretty creepy even before things start to go horribly, horribly wrong for the Covenant crew as this odd little trailer proves.
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Watching Wonder Woman Save Poor, Imperiled Steve Trevor Is So, So Satisfying
I’m all for Chris Pine cracking jokes and being rescued by a kickass Gal Gadot all the time in Wonder Woman, which basically means the movie just needs to be different versions of this new clip over and over again.
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