Last I checked in on the Yu-Gi-Oh universe there was some new kid throwing dice and riding a motorcycle. Somewhere between then and now, Yugi and the gang are back to face someone who I think is trying to banish the world to the Shadow Realm? Without giving out spoilers, I can say that essentially...yes this is what Yu-Gi-Oh: The Dark Side Of Dimensions is about. The film was released last year in Japan and was meant to be a one-off reunion of sorts for the fans to see their beloved characters once again. 

Visually it looks like the series was given an upgrade, and even though it sounds like the same story as always, I have to admit the trailer got me a little excited. 

For those that haven't seen it yet, everyone you love from the original series looks to be back in tow! Check out the English trailer below and look for a showtime in your area when it comes to the states January 27th through February 9th!

Can you believe that action figure is officially licensed by Marvel? I suppose I would if you told me it was part of a "what if" storyline where Peter Parker's sweet old Aunt May was transformed to Gary Busey! Other than that, however, I have no idea how anyone can sign off on this horrid merchandise! Toy reviewer Ashens seems to have the same thought process as he tears into this horrendous Spider-Man series action figure in the video below! 

Sylvester Stallone is getting back into the director's chair for a project starring Adam Driver (The Force Awakens) called Tough as They Come. Stallone will also star alongside Driver in the film. 

The movie is based on a best-selling Travis Mills memoir. This is an intense true story of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mills, "one of only five soldiers to survive a quadruple amputation from a battlefield injury. At the heart of the story is the soldier’s relationship with his father-in-law, who stood by his side from the day he got home from the hospital." 

Driver will play Mills, and Stallone will take on the role of his father-in-law. This is a powerful story that is sure to make a great film, and I love that Stallone is directing and starring in it with Driver. There's no doubt we are going to see some incredible performances from them. 

I imagine this will be a personal project for Driver, as he served in the military before he became the popular actor that he is today. Here's a detailed description from the book:

Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story. 
 
Thousands of soldiers die year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. 
 
Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, stroke his fingers against his wife’s cheek, or pick up his infant daughter.
  
Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest.  With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school.  
 
Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as wounded.  “I'm just a man with scars,” he says, “living life to the fullest and best I know how.”  

Via: Deadline

HBO has released the trailer for their Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds documentary, Brights Lights. It offers a glimpse of what their lives were like together and gives us a real sense how close they were. We've heard time and time again that they were best friends, and this documentary will put a focus on the relationship. It looks like a fantastically charming film that fans of the actresses won't want to miss. 

Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, live in the same Beverly Hills compound. The 83-year-old grand dame still has a Las Vegas act, but performing is taking its toll. Carrie’s response is both hilarious and heart-rending. Featuring vintage family films that bring iconic old-world Hollywood to life, as well as extensive vérité footage,

The film was directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, and it's set to debut on Saturday, January 7 at 8:00 p.m. exclusively on HBO. 

This one's pretty simple: YouTuber Jim Casey has edited together some of the coolest and most iconic slow motion shots in movies (mostly from this century). I'm glad he included some shots from Dredd in there, because while that film is beloved by a small selection of hardcore fans, it should be seen by a larger audience. Hopefully this tiny introduction will cause some more people to seek it out. For me, this video reminded me that it's time to reassess Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, which I haven't seen since it hit theaters.

Via: Sploid

An awesome trailer has been released for a new film called The Girl With All The Gifts. This is a zombie thriller that looks unlike any other zombie movie that I've seen before. On top of it being a unique take on the zombie genre, it's also been getting positive reviews from people who got to see it at Fantastic Fest last year.  

The Colm McCarthy-directed film is based on the novel of the same name written by M.R. Carey. The story is set in a zombie apocalypse in which society has collapsed, and the humans who survived are looking for a cure to the zombie plague. One of the main characters is a young girl who has the zombie virus, but has also managed to basically stay human, save for the craving of human flesh. 

The movie has an impressive cast that includes Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Condidine, and Sennia Nanua as the zombie girl. Here's the full detailed synopsis:

The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating “hungries.” Only a small group of children seem immune to its effects.

At an army base in rural England, this group of unique children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell. Despite having been infected with the zombie pathogen that has decimated the world, these children retain normal thoughts and emotions. And while still being subject to the craving for human flesh that marks the disease these second- generation “hungries” are able to think and feel making them a vital resource in the search for a cure.

The children attend school lessons daily, guarded by the ever watchful Sergeant Parks. But one little girl, Melanie, stands out from the rest. Melanie is special. She excels in the classroom, is inquisitive, imaginative and loves her favorite teacher Miss Justineau.

When the base falls, Melanie escapes along with Miss Justineau, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell. Against the backdrop of a blighted Britain, Melanie must discover what she is and ultimately decide both her own future and that of the human race.

The Girl With the All the Gifts will be available to watch on DirecTV on January 26th. It will then be released in theaters and VOD platforms on February 24th.

You can see all your favorite Star Trek ships in one short but very cool VR video! If you don't have a VR headset, you can still navigate the video 360 degrees with your mouse. Check out the video (which is surprisingly an official CBS upload) below! It's not the best quality by any means, but it's at least worth a minute of your time.

There is still so much that we don’t know about Guillermo del Toro’s next film, The Shape of Water. What we do know is that it’s an “other-worldly love story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963.” It’s also said to be a “mysterious and magical journey.”

It was later rumored that the story follows a “mute janitor named Elisa (Sally Hawkins) who falls for an amphibious man who's being kept at the lab where she works. She tries to break him out with the help of her neighbor (probably played by Richard Jenkins), but ‘the world outside of the lab, however, may prove to be more dangerous for the amphibious man than Elisa could have anticipated.’”

We now have some additional information on the film thanks to Doug Jones, who will be playing the amphibious man in the story. While talking to Collider he thought it'd be cool to let some interesting new details slide out about the plot:

“It’s not a sci-fi [film], it’s not a genre film, but I am a creature in it. I’m a fish man that’s kind of a one-off. I’m an enigma, nobody knows where I came from; I’m the last of my species so I’m like a natural anomaly. And I’m being studied and tested in a U.S. government facility in 1963, so the Russian Cold War is on, the race for space is on, so there’s all that backdrop and that undercurrent. I’m being tested for how can they use me for advantages in military or space travel, or my technology—can we make this usable for humans? So they’re trying to keep me a secret from the Russians.”

This really sounds like an interesting love story between an amphibious creature and a cleaning lady, who will be played by Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine, Happy-Go-Lucky). The rest of the cast includes Michael Shannon (Midnight Special), Richard Jenkins (Bone Tomahawk), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man, Steve Jobs), and Octavia Spencer (The Help, Gifted). 

I love it when Del Toro makes original film projects. The guy is a great storyteller, and I love when he just lets his imagination loose. I can’t wait to see how this film turns out. 

It's gotta be aliens, right? The honest answer is, no one knows. Gizmodo reports that we finally do know the location of a galaxy that has been emitting repeated radio waves! While it's not uncommon for our satellites to pick up the occasional radio wave from space, this is the only instance of a rapid repeated signal coming from the same location. Astronomers have now dubbed this galaxy FRB 121102.

Don't worry about memorizing that name, because that galaxy is over 20 billion light years from Earth. Even if there is something there, we aren't reaching it any time in the next millennia. That might be for the best, as the thing that amazes astronomers the most is the strength of the radio signal despite its immense range from Earth. Is it possible we're receiving contact from a highly advanced race?

I really hope not. The last thing I want is for our first discovery of an alien species to be a species far more advanced than we are! Those scenarios don't often play out well. Let's hope it's just some weird stuff we don't understand yet.

Things aren't going well for Jimmy in the season three promo of Better Call Saul. It looks like Chuck did something with that tape recording at the end of season two! Isn't that guy just an asshole? If he were my brother, I would stay as far away from him as possible!

Check out the first promo for the series below, and get ready for more Better Call Saul in spring of 2017.

A "leaker" who has released information on Apple products in the past is now reporting that the company is looking to update its phones with a potentially controversial feature. Sony Dickson (via Collider) alleges that an update that will be available in iOS 10.3 will have a "theater mode."

While no concrete details on the rumor have been leaked, an Apple patent from 2012 had a very similar concept. Here's a description...

"This policy enforcement capability is useful for a variety of reasons, including for example to disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater), for preventing wireless devices from communicating with other wireless devices (such as in academic settings), and for forcing certain electronic devices to enter “sleep mode” when entering a sensitive area."

Provided this is the technology that's coming to the update, how do we feel about this? Personally, I don't think we need technology to further allow people to be disruptive during a movie. I also don't know how I feel about a mode for my phone that doesn't allow people to reach me for an event as trivial for a movie. What if there's an emergency I need to be contacted for?

I see good and bad in this product, but then, ultimately, can we really force anyone to use it? Do you think if a feature like this gets added people will adopt it and use it at a movie? I know we all have that one story of someone being a dick with their phone, but is it such a problem we need tech that allows us to use phones inside the theater? I'm really curious to hear your opinion.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was an incredible series that helped define a generation. I loved that show, there was a magic to it that could never be recaptured. During a recent interview with THR, series star Sarah Michelle Gellar reflected on the series, what it taught her, and where she thinks Buffy would be today.

"The most formidable years of my life — transition from teenager to adult — were spent filming Buffy. I learned every day from the experience and from her. She taught me it wasn't about being perfect; it was about trying the hardest to be the best you you can be. I also loved how hard Buffy worked, as she had no typical powers most superheroes have. She had to train and work hard at her craft. Buffy reminded us that being different was not only OK but really cool — and at a time when most kids are trying to desperately fit in." 

With all of the series revivals we are seeing produced today, some fans are hoping to see one for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Yeah, it would be really cool to see, but I think Buffy should just be left alone. The series had a great, satisfying ending. When asked about the possibility of a revival, Gellar said:

"I have always believed that what was so unique about the show was the use of horrors of those formative years. With high school and college as a backdrop, we were able to address racism, identity, bullying, guilt, death, first love and heartbreak using the demons as metaphors for the demons we all experience. I am not sure how that translates into adulthood, although I am sure it could. The burden of saving the world a lot always weighed heavily on her, so for her sake.”

She then said she hopes Buffy is today:

“I hope she is somewhere on a beautiful beach located far away from any Hellmouth." 

That would certainly be an unexpected yet fitting place for Buffy. I hope that’s where she is, but I can’t help but think Buffy is still out there protecting the world from vampire and demon scum. 

BABY GROOT FUNKO POPS ARE COMING IN FEBRUARY! The rest of the characters from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 are being released as well, but we all know who the star is going to be this time around! Funko Pop seems to be sure of that fact as well, as they've made four different mini Groots for you to collect ahead of the movie's release in the spring! Check out some pictures of the toys below and more of their gear here.

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are set to reteam for a new action thriller called Black Water. The two action stars previously worked together on the Universal Soldier sci-fi action movies as well as The Expendables 2.

The two have fought against each other in both of those film franchises, but Black Water will show them team up as allies for the first time in a feature film, so that's kind of a big deal!

The film has an interesting story that centers on "a deep cover operative (Van Damme) who awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine." There's no information on the film other than that. We also don't know who Lundgren will play, but if they are teaming up, he could be another prisoner on the submarine.

It'll be awesome to see these two actors finally fighting alongside each other in a movie, and this actually is a great concept that could make a fun film. There's no director attached to it yet, but I can't wait to see it!

Source: THR

A trailer for an upcoming comedy called All Nighter just popped up online, and it looks like it could be a funny flick! The movie stars J.K. Simmons as a workaholic father who travels to Los Angeles to visit his daughter. When he gets there he discovers that she's disappeared. So what does he do? He is forced to awkwardly team up with her goofy banjo-playing ex-boyfriend to help him find her over the course of one transformative night. Her ex is played by Emile Hirsch.

Simmons and Hirsch are both talented actors, and it's fun to see them team up for a comedy like this. All Nighter was directed by Gavin Wiesen, and I hope that it actually turns out to be a decent comedy! The movie is set to be released in select theaters and on VOD on March 17th.

I recently had the chance to take a vacation to New Zealand, and while I was there, I visited Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop and took a tour of the place. It was incredible (as you might imagine), but unfortunately, they wouldn't allow me to take any photos or video inside the space. Adam Savage and his Tested team recently went to Wellington and visited as well, but it looks like they didn't have the same restrictions I did. While they apparently weren't able to give everyone a look at the main floor of the workshop (yet, anyway), they did manage to get a bunch of access to some side areas and talk to its employees about sculpting, prosthetics, model painting, and more. This may be the closest you get without flying across the world and visiting Weta yourself!

A new teaser trailer has been released for Cars 3, and it introduces us to two new race car characters. The first character is Jackson Storm, who is voiced by Armie Hammer, and the second character is Cruz Ramirez, who is voiced by Cristela Alonzo. There's also a reintroduction promo with Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) in the teaser, which is obviously before his big accident featured in the first teaser for the film.

I also included some character photos that were released by EW, and they come along with some additional information on the characters thanks to first time Pixar director Brian Fee, who says:

“McQueen is not the young hotshot anymore, the kid he was back then in Cars 1. He’s in the middle of his life, and as an athlete, that’s getting up there. You have your whole life ahead of you, yet your career is starting to show its age. He’s looking in the mirror and realizing, ‘I’m 40 years old,’ and dealing with the fact that the thing that you love more than anything else, you might not be able to do forever.”

The first new character introduced is Jackson Storm. When it comes to him, Fee exp;lains:

“Jackson was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Everything comes easy to him, and everything about him says he’s faster, so much so that we’ve designed him so that even when he’s standing next to McQueen, McQueen looks old.”

“He thinks the world is his. He’s taking over. He’s owed it. In a very broad term, I think of old football players with those little leather skull caps, and you think of football players now with all their armor, hitting so hard. It’s not the same game. What they did was not anything like what we do now. And that’s Jackson: He thinks the future of racing and the high-tech ways they train and what they can do means they’re taking the sport to a new level, and the older guys had their day, and it’s done, and they have no place in the future of racing.”

The other character is Cruz Ramirez, who is McQueen's optimistic, friendly, and fierce new coach. When talking about her, Fee says:

"Whereas others like Jackson would look at McQueen and dump him, Cruz isn’t like that at all. She’s the most optimistic person in the world and wants to do anything to help. 

The director goes on to say that Cars 3 will be the most human film in the franchise and says it "very emotional."

“Where the franchise goes from here, I have no idea what may be down the road, but I can tell you that for Lightning McQueen, as a character, I think by the end of the movie it’s safe to say that this is only the beginning for him.”

Cars 3 races into theaters on June 16th, and it will be interesting to see how this story plays out. Here's the new teaser:

The Cinefix gang is back with a new video, and this time they're counting down what they believe to be the top five end credits scenes of all time. (Not to be confused with post-credit scenes.) As usual, the team mentions a bunch of different ways for filmmakers to achieve their goals before choosing an option they feel represents that particular method, so there are a lot more movies listed here than just five.

In case anyone was wondering, my personal number one pick if I were making this list would be 22 Jump Street. Cracks me up every time.

As in reality, it's always hard to say goodbye to people and things we love. Sometimes, even more so with films that touch our hearts. Storytellers understand this struggle more than the rest of us and find meaningful ways to help us cope with departure to the worlds we encounter in cinema. These are the best closing title sequences in movie history.

Via: Sploid

Smite has a new God, Pantheon, and grand plans for their 4th season! The announcements kick off with a brand new God added to the game, the Celtic Phantom Queen The Morrigan....read more GameTyrant

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A new trailer has been released for Rings, and it features Samara giving us a brief history of her life and why she is on her journey of death. As much of a fan I am of the franchise, this trailer did nothing for me. There is nothing of interesting about it, nothing that sticks out, and nothing that sets the movie apart from anything else we've already seen. It pretty much looks like it will be a crappy remake of the original film, which is a bloody shame. 

A new chapter in the beloved RING horror franchise.  A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…

Rings will be released in theater on February 3rd. Hopefully, it turns out better than it looks, but I won't be holding my breath.