Month: October 2024

Some five years after 2019’s Joker became a breakout success with over $1 billion at the box office and an Oscar win for star Joaquin Phoenix, the long-awaited sequel is nearing its October 4 release. The movie premiered this week at the Venice Film Festival, and reviews are now appearing online.The first Joker movie was controversial and elicited a number of strong reactions from critics and fans alike, and it appears the sequel is keeping with that tradition. Joker: Folie a Deux brings back Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker, who is now on trial for murder stemming back to events from the first film. Lady Gaga joins the cast as Harley, while Brendan Gleeson, Steve Coogan, and Catherine Keener also have roles. Zazie Beetz returns from the original Joker movie as well.Music plays a maj…

If you’d like to read a Studio Ghibli film, the All-In-One Edition of My Neighbor Totoro’s Film Comic series is now available. Priced at $27 (was $30) at Amazon, this 584-page hardcover omnibus collects all six My Neighbor Totoro trade paperback comic books–some of which are difficult to find for remotely reasonable prices nowadays. Even if you managed to find all six through an official retailer at list price ($10 each), you’d still be spending more than double the cost of My Neighbor Totoro All-In-One Edition. See at Amazon

• My Neighbor Totoro Film Comic: All-In-One Edition (Released August 27)— $27 ($30)
• Kiki’s Delivery Service All-In-One Edition (Releases October 22) — $28 ($30)
• Spirited Away All-In-O…
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Later this fall, BioWare and EA’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard will finally give gamers a look at how the world of Thedas has changed in the decade since Dragon Age: Inquisition took place. But if the latest extended gameplay preview is any indication, Thedas hasn’t been changed for the better. However, the storytelling of the game itself appears to be more refined.Via IGN, The Veilguard co-directors Corinne Busche and John Epler hosted a 22-minute gameplay video that takes place deep into the story. In this side quest, the player character, Rook, agrees to help his companion, Davrin, complete a personal mission of revenge. The directors also pick up two additional side quests to procure medical supplies for the Grey Wardens and to locate a few of their missing members. This was meant to illu…

When the cast for Agatha All Along was first announced, it was believed that Joe Locke would portray Billy Kaplan, the teenage incarnation of one of Wanda Maximoff and Vision’s sons. However, the identity of Locke’s character has yet to be revealed and he is only addressed as “Teen” within the show. But a new trailer for Agatha All Along suggests that Teen’s real name may be less important than the power he already has. In the video, Teen claims credit for breaking Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) out of the Scarlet Witch-infused spell she was placed under during the finale of WandaVision in 2021. The reason why Teen sought Agatha out is that she’s the only witch who has survived the Witches Road. And Teen wants her help repeating the feat so he can claim some power of his own. It a…

Bandai Namco will release a Tamagotchi Original next year that not only looks like an egg, but actually contains recycled eggshells. That’s not all, either. The packaging for the device–featuring the programming from the 1990s–will be made with recycled paper when it comes out February 5, 2025.

Tamagotchi Original – Celebration Egg (Amazon Exclusive)

$30

The Cel…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has entirely new maps alongside a mix of old and new modes, and a selection of them will be available in the incoming beta. The game’s multiplayer features were detailed in August 28’s Call of Duty Next Showcase.Black Ops 6’s multiplayer will have a total of 16 maps at launch. Twelve of these maps will be core 6v6 alongside four Strike maps that can be played with 6v6 or 2v2.The 16 brand-new maps announced for Black Ops 6 at launch are:

• Protocol
• Rewind
• Skyline
• Lowtown
• Subsonic
• Scud
• Redcard
• Babylon
• Derelict
• Vorkuta
• Vault
• Sandhouse
• Stakeout
• Gala
• Pit
• Payback

The 8 maps for the multiplayer beta are:

• Skyline
• Scud
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At this weekend’s domestic box office, Alien: Romulus fell to No. 2 behind Deadpool & Wolverine. The Marvel flick reclaimed the No. 1 slot with $18.3 million and a new $577.2 million domestic total. By comparison, Romulus came up just a little short with $16.2 million, which raised its domestic total to $72.5 million. But when combined with its $152.8 million international take, Alien: Romulus’ cumulative $225.4 million worldwide total makes it the third highest-grossing film in the Alien franchise.The only two Alien films that made more money were Prometheus–which earned $403,354,469 worldwide in 2012–and its sequel, Alien: Covenant, which finished with $240.9 million in 2017. It should be noted that the earlier Alien movies were released from 1979 to 1997, when ticket prices were c…

Lego Horizon Adventures, described as a “playful and light-hearted” re-telling of Sony’s Horizon: Zero Dawn franchise, will launch on November 14, according to a leak. The game showed up during the Nintendo Direct on August 27, but Nintendo only reiterated the “Holiday 2024” date and did not provide a specific date.Gematsu reported that the PlayStation website’s homepage briefly listed a November 14 release date for Lego Horizon Adventures, though it’s since been updated to remove it. There is said to be a PlayStation State of Play event in September, and some believe Sony could announce the release date for Lego Horizon Adventures then.

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