Movies & TV
New Escapist Podcast Premieres on Monday June 10
That’s right. We’re back. The New Escapist Podcast is a weekly talk show bringing together the editors, contributors, and personalities behind the site ...
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Dark Phoenix
There’s a temptation to lament the idea that the reason “everybody knows” that Dark Phoenix is the most pointless, disposable, nobody-needs-to-bother major release ...
Movies & TV
The Dork Knight Rises
There’s a new Batman and people are taking it about as well as they always do.
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Brightburn
The basic outlines of the superhero genre are now so familiar to movie audiences that it was probably inevitable that we’d start seeing ...
Flixist
The Multiverse Will Ruin the MCU
A version of this article previously appeared on Flixist. I love the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I sat through all of Inhumans — that’s ...
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a sequel to both the 2014 reboot of Godzilla and 2017’s Vietnam-era King Kong reimagining Kong: Skull ...
Movies & TV
Know Know Godzilla
Godzilla has always been a metaphor – in fact, he’s been several of them. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t also supposed to ...
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Aladdin
At this point we’re just going to have to get used to the idea that these live-action Disney remakes exist and process them ...
Flixist
Good Trailer, Bad Movie
A version of this article originally appeared on Flixist. Nothing is better than a great trailer. The mystery! The hype! And when a ...
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John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
The appeal of John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, and the John Wick movies, seems niche but is actually fairly broad: The pitch: Have ...







