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The first outing ofDoom Patrolwas that rare season of television that felt like no idea in the writers room was strange enough to get turned down, and boy do I mean that as a compliment. If anything, the biggest worry going into season 2 is whether the show could capture that feeling of wild abandon with such razor-sharp energy a second time. After all, how can you keep heading upward when you started out with an interdimensional farting goat, introduced a sentient street who comes out as genderqueer, pivoted into a swarm of bloodthirsty butts, thenendedwith a Kaiju-sized rat and cockroach vigorously swapping spit....

Video game protagonists aren’t known for having great luck, but Sebastian Castellanos surely trumps most of his peers in the category of misfortune. Over the course of two games, 2014’sThe Evil Withinand 2017’sThe Evil Within 2,our poor hero has been hunted through haunted hospitals, forests and other dreary locales by a madman’s menagerie of mutated monsters. That’s in addition to losing his daughter in a house fire and the subsequent implosion of his marriage....

The dog days are over for everyone who has been impatiently waiting for a newFlorence + The Machinealbum. On August 20, Florence + The Machine releasedtheir brand new single, “Everybody Scream”, which is alsothe title of their sixth studio album, set for release this Halloween. The band’s frontwoman,Florence Welch, excitedly announced the brand new single and album on her social media a few days before, andthe single was released yesterday....

If you’re like me and watchGame of Throneswith a mix of excitement, disappointment, and confusion, then this new all-encompassing recap of the series thus far is a must-watch. Not only does thisGame of Thronesrecap cover everything that’s happened in the show since the first episode in a succinct manner, it’s alsoinsanelyenjoyable thanks to narrator extraordinaireSamuel L. Jackson. Indeed, HBO enlisted Jackson’s talents to run down all the major events ofGame of Thronesin less than eight minutes, complete with NSFW language....

There’s plenty to be anticipating about television in 2016, from AMC’sPreacherto HBO’sVinyl, but for many, the only thing that really matters is the return ofGame of Thrones, which will debut its sixth season this April. The long-awaited revalation of what has become of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) in season 6 ofDavid BenioffandD.B. Weiss' juggernaut of a fantasy series was meant to coincide with the release of The Winds of Winter,George R....

Roadside Attraction’s hopeful dramaGigi & Natehas released a new trailer. The film based on true events follows 18-year-old Nate Gibson whose life is turned upside down after he suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic. A year after the unfortunate events, his mother gets him an unusual service animal, Gigi, a monkey. The over two-minute clip sees Nate and Gigi’s first meeting interspersed with moments of their bonding, while the world frowns upon the atypical duo....

Almost eight years after its initial release,Grand Theft Auto Vwill be released in the third consecutive console generation when it hits the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S this November. The standalone version ofGTA Onlineis also coming to the new generation consoles, with a lot of special bonus for PlayStation players. More intriguing, though, is Rockstar’s promise that “surprises” related toGrand Theft Auto III’s 20th anniversary will be revealed later this year....

WithJames Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2now playing around the world and opening in North America on May 5th, a few days ago I sat down withKaren GillanandPomKlementiefffor an exclusive video interview. During the few minutes I had with them, we talked about how people might be surprised at how emotional the sequel is, memorable moments from filming, what surprised them about the finished film, what it was like working onAvengers: Infinity Warwithout James Gunn on set, and when they found out Gunn would be writing and directingGuardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Where to even start withThe Forbidden Room? The latest film from cinematic maniacGuy Maddin(MyWinnipeg)is his most colorful, most insane visual orgy yet, marking what is possibly the Canadian auteur’s magnum opus. As an off-shoot of his interactiveSéancesproject, the 59-year-old director enlisted his former studentEvan Johnsonto co-direct his latest feature film, stitching together vignettes inspired by lost films of the past. With a cast of familiar faces that includesCharlotte Rampling,Mathieu Amalric,Udo Kier,Caroline Dhavernas, and Maddin regularLouis Negin, Maddin and Johnson used styles from the silent cinema era (a common thread in Maddin films) to tell stories of submarine crews relying on flapjacks for air, evil banana boyfriends, a woman whose bones are broken and reset, and a man with an ass fetish, inspiring a hysterical musical number about a derrière, composed bySparks....

Netflix has revealed the firstHold the Darktrailer for acclaimed filmmakerJeremy Saulnier’s upcoming thriller. Saulnier first broke out with the 2013 thrillerBlue Ruin, then hit another level with the 2015 neo-nazi thrillerGreen Room, so anticipation has been mighty high for his next project.Hold the Darktakes place in northern Alaska and starsJeffrey Wrightas a retired naturalist and wolf expert who teams up with a young mother (Riley Keough) to search the wilderness for the pack of wolves that killed her young son....

Inherent to the concept ofreality televisionis a viewer being able to look at the screen, see the challenges contestants are fighting through, and tell themselves, “I can do that!” It’s a sentiment at the heart of many shows, though in a medium filled with premises that rely on a person finding their inner strength to succeed, the newestFoxreality series,Extracted,does something different. Created bySylvester Stallone, this series, at first, seems like something audiences have seen before....

Sorry Tumblr,Jay Baruchelis taken. The star of theHow to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden Worldmay be an unlikely sex symbol, having started out as a geeky Canadian inJudd Apatow’sUndeclared, but he’s grown up a lot…especially in animated form. We began the films with Hiccup (voiced by Baruchel) as a gawky teen in a Viking village whose fondness for dragons make him a reluctant heir to his father, the village Chieftain, Stoick (Gerald Butler)....

Nearly a decade sinceIron Mankicked off the MCU and (for better or worse) caused a seismic shift in the movie industry, superhero movies have become more imaginative and pervasive than ever. DC continues to shape their movie universe, and superheroes have invaded the television landscape, taking on the mystery and horror genres with shows likeJessica JonesandLegion. It’s gotten so pervasive it’s difficult to name an actor who hasn’t popped up in a superhero movie or series, but there is a franchise leader who’s yet to make an appearance:John Boyega....