Tag: Stranger Things
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‘Hellboy’ Review: A Bloodier, Sillier Remix of the Guillermo del Toro Films
In the sea of modern superhero movies, Hellboy has unique appeal. Mike Mignola’s Dark Horse comic-book creation, a hard-drinking demon spawn who protects innocents from supernatural threats, could have been a gothic punchline on the big screen; instead, the notion of a devilish monster with good intentions came to vivid life in Guillermo del Toro’s…
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‘Hellboy’ Battles ‘Shazam!’ at Weekend Box Office
It’s about to get crowded at multiplexes.That’s because four movies — Lionsgate’s “Hellboy” remake, Universal’s comedy “Little,” Laika’s stop-motion animation “Missing Link” and Aviron’s romantic drama “After” — are all opening nationwide. The quartet of films joins an already packed box office marquee that includes last week’s champ “Shazam!” and Paramount’s horror pic “Pet Sematary.”Unless…
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2019 Emmy Predictions: The 71st Annual Primetime Emmys Are Gonna be Wild
With the imminent arrival of many new Best Drama Series nominees, two former winners destined to face off in the Comedy Series race, and more outstanding Limited Series than the average viewer has time to watch, the 2019 Emmys are shaping up to be one wild ride. The opportunity is there, within the nominations and…
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Mahershala Ali to Star in Sci-Fi Movie ‘Sovereign’
On the heels of winning his second Oscar, Mahershala Ali has come on board the independent science-fiction movie “Sovereign.”Entertainment One will produce alongside 21 Laps Entertainment’s Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, and Dan Cohen. The trio recently produced the Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” as well as the “Arrival.”Marc Munden will direct the project from a screenplay by…
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Another ‘Stranger Things’ Tie-In Book Will Focus on the Origins of Chief Hopper
The first Stranger Things tie-in novel arrived in stores this week, and Netflix is wasting no time promoting the next book linked to their hit sci-fi series. The first book, Suspicious Minds, focused on Eleven’s mother, Terry Ives, and how she got caught up in the experiments of a secret government organization in the 1960s.…
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Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’ Is Hilarious, Raunchy, Sweet & An Utter Joy To Binge [Review]
Netflix – and its algorithm – knows the value of nostalgia. The streaming service has capitalized on it time and again with programming from the retro-infused “Stranger Things” to full-on reboots like “Fuller House,” understanding that the emotion is one of the easiest ways to get audiences quickly invested in their content. “Sex Education” takes…
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‘I Am Not Okay With This’ is a New Series About a Super-powered Girl From ‘Stranger Things’ Producers Coming To Netflix
Years ago, Netflix admitted that they use analytics to determine which shows to greenlight, and it seems as if their algorithms were working overtime to find the best fit between producers and subject matter for their newest announcement. The producers of Stranger Things are returning to the streaming service with a show called I Am…
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Episode Titles Revealed In New Teaser Trailer
Ahoy! Netflix has released a trailer for Stranger Things season 3, and while it doesn’t contain any new footage, the brief teaser did reveal all eight episode titles for the third return trip to Hawkins, Indiana. The new episode titles are: Suzie, Do You Copy? The Mall Rats The Case of the Missing Lifeguard The…
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‘Stranger Things 3’ Episode Titles Revealed, But What Do They Mean?
Stranger Things 3 interrupted everyone’s Sunday night to announce all of the episode titles for the upcoming third season hitting Netflix sometime in 2019. This is the first time that a season of Stranger Things takes place in the summer instead of during the school year, so that will certainly shake things up a bit,…
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Cool Stuff: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Gets a VHS Style Blu-ray Release
Most people who have watched Stranger Things did so by streaming through Netflix since that’s where the series was created. However, last year, the first season of the sci-fi horror series was given a special edition Blu-ray release that you could only get at Target. The case for the show made it looks like an…