Month: April 2021

Tackling a new adaptation of a beloved video game franchise still going strong since 1992 sounds like a Herculean task. With a little over twenty games across platforms, nearly one hundred characters, decades of mythology, and a cherished 1995 feature adaptation, the intersection to appease both longtime fans and brand new gets blurred quickly. Mortal
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On April 21, a group of authors released an official response on the PEN American website to the banning of their books by the Leander Independent School District in Texas. On March 8, KVUE-ABC reported that Leander ISD had removed six books from its book club lists in response to parent complaints about the content of
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The original Ghostbusters is getting an official picture book adaptation for kids with Ghostbusters: A Paranormal Picture Book, headed our way this year via Running Press Books. The 32-page Paranormal Picture Book will be releasing on September 7! “Join the Ghostbusters as they fight some ghoulish creatures in this kid-friendly official picture book adaptation of
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Life is full of tiny, inconsequential slights and disappointments. They pass by in the blink of an eye and are forgotten just as quickly – for most people, that is. A tiny minority take such things to heart and let them fester into something out of all proportion, using such setbacks as the foundation to
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David Najjab giving testimony. (Texas House of Representatives) An exec at gaming giant Gearbox has stated the developer may move outside of Texas if the state continues with legislation targeting the trans community. David Najjab, the director of institutional partnerships at the Borderlands 3 developer, said in testimony before the Texas House of Representatives that
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Jess Glynne. (John Phillips/Getty Images) Jess Glynne has deleted her social media due to “trolling” after she said a transphobic slur, sources have claimed. The flame-haired British singer sparked fury for a wildly offensive anecdote about a trans strip club during an episode of The Mo Gilligan Podcast earlier this year. Detractors quickly tore through her
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A big time deal was inked by Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment earlier this month, which will give Netflix exclusive streaming rights to Sony titles *after* theatrical and home entertainment releases. This pact begins next year, which kicks off with Sony’s release of the Jared Leto-starring Marvel vampire movie Morbius, currently dated for January 21, 2022. The partnership
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We first told you about the Neil Burger-directed thriller The Marsh King’s Daughter, starring Daisy Ridley, which Black Bear Pictures, Anonymous Content and STX International were selling at EFM. Today, STXfilms is taking U.S. rights to the feature, putting them back in business with Burger who directed the $100M-plus B.O. hit for them, The Upside, which the studio
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Siri, Who Am I? by Sam Tschida for $2.99 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd for $2.99 Wisdom from a Humble Jellyfish: And Other Self-Care Rituals from Nature by Rani Shah for $1.99 Pines by Blake Crouch for $1.99
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Lycanthropy often represents repression or a struggle with duality in horror. Transforming into a feral werewolf tends to serve as a heightened metaphor for something else; puberty, sexual awakenings, generational trauma, religious persecution, or ruminations on mortality. In Bloodthirsty, unleashing an inner wolf mirrors a musician’s thirst for success and demonstrates how wolves lurk within the
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News Wiki and NAH Announce Telephonebooth, Share Video for New Song “Hip Hop”: Watch The New York rapper and Philadelphia-born, Antwerp-based producer’s full-length collaboration is out May 7 By Matthew Strauss April 21, 2021 Facebook Twitter Wiki, photo by Ryosuke Tanzawa Facebook Twitter New York rapper Wiki and Philadelphia-born, Antwerp-based producer NAH are teaming up
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