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Abrams' Bad Robot Productions (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lost), best-selling author Stephen King and executive producers/writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason, Castle Rock stars André Holland (Moonlight), Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness), Bill Skarsgård (IT), Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Sissy Spacek (Carrie), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Chosen Jacobs (It). Here's a look at[...]

Unfortunately now that the meg has surfaced, it turns out that what was promised in the trailers translated to something more toothless than we would have ever expected. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Based on the series of books by author Steve Alten and adapted by the sibling screenwriting team of Jon and Erich Hoeber (authors of Red and Red 2),[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] BlacKkKlansman is funny in a way that proves to be absolutely terrifying as the reality of the situation, past and present, comes to light. Director: Spike Lee Summary:Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter. The idea that truth is[...]

Hulu Welcome to Bleeding Cool's first-season review series for Hulu's Castle Rock, the 10-episode horror-drama anthology series spearheaded by J.J Abrams, Stephen King, Sam Shaw, and Dustin Thomason Combining elements from a number of King's works into a shared universe narrative based around the famed (and infamous) fictional town, Castle Rock stars Andre Holland, Bill Skarsgard,[...]

The Meg is advertised as a fun and silly shark movie, but it has long, boring stretches and takes its 70-foot shark way too seriously. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Director: Jon Turteltaub Summary: After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. "A giant shark[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Christopher Robin takes a little while to get going and might have trouble finding an audience, but it's a sweet family movie nonetheless. Director: Marc Forster Summary: A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life. Disney continues its trend toward world domination remaking all of[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Mission: Impossible – Fallout continues the upward trend of the Mission: Impossible movies by featuring stunning action set pieces and an excellent story. Director: Christopher McQuarrie Summary: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. The Mission: Impossible TV series always had a strong focus on[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Spy Who Dumped Me has a few winning jokes, but it falls short of being anything more than a mediocre spy movie. Director: Susanna Fogel Summary: Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy. There[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Darkest Minds might appeal to its target demographic, but they deserve something that isn't this poorly paced or this unoriginal. Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Summary: Imprisoned by an adult world that now fears everyone under 18, a group of teens form a resistance group to fight back and reclaim control of their future. Giving teenagers superpowers[...]

Credit: Hulu Welcome to Bleeding Cool's first-season review series for Hulu's Castle Rock, the 10-episode horror-drama anthology series spearheaded by J.J Abrams, Stephen King, Sam Shaw, and Dustin Thomason Combining elements from a number of King's works into a shared universe narrative based around the famed (and infamous) fictional town, Castle Rock stars Andre Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Sissy Spacek, Jane Levy, Scott Glenn, Terry O'Quinn, Chosen[...]

With Hulu's Castle Rock unleashing its first three episodes last week (check out our review below) and next episode 'The Box' dropping today, author Stephen King has some friendly advice for his fans as they continue watching: less time easter egg hunting, more time enjoying the story's journey. Since the premiere, posting online King-related sightings from the series has[...]

Sure there are some sequels that are better than the originals, but to do so over six films in a row? [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt with his IMF crew of ghost agents, including Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin, and Rebecca Ferguson It hits the ground quick and hard, nearly giving Mad Max: Fury Road[...]

Following that, we have Bleeding Cool's official review of the series' first three episodes that's definitely worth checking out Wrapping up, we take you back in time through our past Castle Rock coverage – and all of that starts now! https://youtu.be/gXsKCQenpt0 A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Rachel Summers, aka Prestige and formerly known as the Phoenix, has been driven into a frenzy by Mesmero She has already downed Colossus and Kitty Pryde, and Magik and Storm follow soon after Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Iceman, and Pyro are the only ones left to calm Rachel down, but, after Prestige so easily incapacitated the[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Cassandra Nova has recruited an unwilling Forge to her cause, and we see the youth of Gentle and why his powers hurt Jean Grey tries to help him, and we also see the construction of Jean's undersea Cerebro unit (Searebro) The X-Men need to find the dead ambassador's cell phone so that Trinary can[...]

Unfriended: Dark Web, however, is handled about as well as one could readily hope for. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ostensibly a sequel to the 2015 Unfriended, the two films have nothing really in common other than the whole film is shot from camera phones and laptops Skype, FaceTime, Facebook video calls, and others all serve as the lens through[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Skyscraper wants to be the next Die Hard, but it misses the point in favor of meaningless, over-the-top action scenes. Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Summary: A father goes to great lengths to save his family from a burning skyscraper. Every other action movie wants to be the next Die Hard That's not a bad movie to aspire[...]

At least it elevates it to the level of popcorn-fun. [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Unfortunately, somehow, writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber (who previously served the same role in such cinematic classics as Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Central Intelligence) manages to suck all the life out of the film, and it lays there like a dead fish. Also starring are Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Ng[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's first-season review series for Hulu's Castle Rock, the 10-episode horror-drama anthology series spearheaded by J.J Abrams, Stephen King, Sam Shaw, and Dustin Thomason Combining elements from a number of King's works into a shared universe narrative based around the famed (and infamous) fictional town, Castle Rock stars Andre Holland, Bill Skarsgård,[...]

A lot of the boxes we were expecting came in late, so while we may be writing this up well into July, the next couple reviews you see from us on their gear is from June The latest short we got from Loot Tees is this wonderful Hulk shirt. This is classic green Hulk The Incredible[...]

The New York Asian Film Festival is often defined by the presence of crime and action thrillers from Asia, and the opening two days delivers in spades.

The New York Asian Film Festival opened with a literal bang in an epic biopic about infamous Japanese porn magnate Akira Suei.

From a flashback that gives a ton of backstory to Jesse's mother's time at Angelville with Madame L'Angelle (Betty Buckley), Jody (Jeremy Childs), and TC (Colin Cunnigham), and Jesse's (Dominic Cooper) throwdown "for old times" with Jody; to Tulip's (Ruth Negga) "sitcom-starring" time in Purgatory and creepy instructions from doG (yup) to "Get those…," the[...]

So the rest of the review will focus on how Xidax's XMT-7 performs when put to the test. First off, the unit weight 5.5 lbs It's not the lightest laptop, but it's not so heavy that it's going to weigh your bag down While the chassis is sound, it is not by any means able to[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Ant-Man and The Wasp is a fun little movie that is much more focused on the lives of its characters than world-ending events, and it's better for it. Director: Peyton Reed Summary: As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr Hank Pym present an urgent new mission[...]

Everything about it gives off this classic/modern design, just like the keyboard we reviewed before. credit//AZIO The DPI settings are pretty cool as you can get up to 6400 with the leading pixart 3360 optical sensors One of the cool little features is that the DPI settings will change with the color, so as you cycle through[...]

A lot of the companies we review gear from send us the product as-is in the box but there's little to protect them beyond the occasional dust bag This is a solid case that we basically smacked with a dozen objects and carried around in a backpack for a weekend and it protected everything inside[...]

Credit: AMC With Jesse (Dominic Cooper), Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) and Tulip's (Ruth Negga) mission to drag a still-missing God back to Heaven being sidetracked by the small matter of Tulip being dead, AMC's adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's comic book series Preacher slams head-first into Season 3  – and Bleeding Cool's here to tell[...]

It's not every day you wake up to a FedEx guy delivering you a new lighting system for review, but that's what we got a few weeks back from Nanoleaf You may have seen these lovely Light Panels show up in the background of some of your favorite Youtube and Twitch feeds and not know[...]

When WizKids recently sent us a series of figures to review, we were pretty stoked to find the complete set of Wardlings in the mix If you haven't seen these figures, they're worth paying attention to for a couple of reasons beyond being pre-painted As we review them, we're going to take a look at[...]