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io9The 14 Best (and 9 Worst) Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Superhero Movies of 2021
It's time to take a look back at the cinematic highs and lows of the year.
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io9Movies10 Disney Villains Who Need Cruella-Style Spin-Off Movies
Cruella arrives today, Maleficent is two movies deep, and considering how much Disney loves to plunder its own works—is that Gaston show still happening?—this surely won’t be the end of the studio’s stable of villains getting their own moments in the spotlight. With that in mind, we have some suggestions of which notorious animated antagonists … Continued
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io9MoviesEveryone Involved With Thunder Force Deserved Better
Love or hate her brand of comedy, there’s no denying Melissa McCarthy is one of the most energetic, fearless actresses working today. The same goes for Octavia Spencer, an Oscar winner who can just as easily, and skillfully, jump between playing a serial killer or a rocket scientist. Put them together in a superhero comedy—Netflix’s … Continued
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io9MoviesThor: Love and Thunder Has Added Another Oscar-winner for a Cameo
Beware the paparazzi around a highly anticipated film set. They’re bound to ruin some fun surprises. Which is exactlywhat’s been happening on the Australian set of Thor: Love and Thunder. Writer-director Taika Waititi has been filming his Phase 4 Thor: Ragnarok follow-up for a while now and, while the cast is already filled with very famous, … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in April
Though we may have begun turning a corner in the fight against covid-19, viewers are still turning to streaming entertainment more than ever and thankfully, companies are happy to oblige with tons of new content. At the start of each month, most streamers—such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—do a little shuffle, adding … Continued
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io9TrailersMelissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer’s Superheroes vs. Jason Bateman With Crab Arms
Your mom’s soon-to-be-favorite superhero movie is coming to Netflix. It’s called Thunder Force and stars Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer as former best friends who reunite and gain superpowers. That may sound like basic comic book fare until you realize those best friends are middle-aged women, a distinction that’s sorely underrepresented when it comes to … Continued
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io9TelevisionNew Thor: Love and Thunder Set Pictures Reveal Some Big Cameos
The Little Mermaid remake continues to grow its cast. Hugh Grant will menace the Dungeons & Dragons movie. Sanrio’s Hello Kitty movie finds a director. Plus, what’s to come on Superman & Lois and The Flash, and new Godzilla vs. Kong pictures. Spoilers get! Dungeons & Dragons Hugh Grant has been cast as the currently … Continued
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io9MoviesNew Superintelligence Featurette Has a Refreshingly Nihilistic View of Humanity
In director Brad Falcone’s upcoming HBO Max feature Superintelligence, Melissa McCarthy’s Carol Peters, a genuinely good-hearted woman, is tasked with proving that the human race deserves not to be annihilated by an all-seeing artificial intelligence that understandably has its doubts whether humanity’s past the point of saving. Carol is, of course, alarmed. Rather than following … Continued
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io9TrailersIn Superintelligence, Melissa McCarthy Must Save the World From an AI James Corden
If the plot of Superintelligence was real, we’d all be dead. The new comedy stars Melissa McCarthy as a woman selected by an all-encompassing artificial intelligence (voiced by James Corden) to complete a single task: convince the AI humanity is worth saving. If she doesn’t, it’ll destroy the world. You have imagine when the film … Continued
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io9MoviesDisney’s Live Action Little Mermaid May Have Found Its Ursula
With Dumbo, Aladdin, and The Lion King all being released this year, you might think Disney would slow down with its modern remakes of classic animated films. You’d be wrong. The Little Mermaid, which has long been rumored, is reportedly started to speed up—and none other than Melissa McCarthy may be playing Ursula. Variety reports … Continued
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io9MoviesOctavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy Will Star In Superhero Movie Thunder Force
The superhero film train never ends. Now, Netflix is getting on board with a new superhero film that seems very close to having its stars: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer. The actresses, famous for films like Ghostbusters and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (McCarthy) and Hidden Figures and The Shape of Water (Spencer), will star … Continued
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