How Joker Recast Thomas Wayne as Gotham’s Villain
Full spoilers follow for Joker.
You smell ’80s Gotham before you see it. The Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie opens with a radio report of streets piled high with waste, the result of a garbage strike that has affected everyone in the city. Some, though, are hit by the stink sooner than others.
The rarefied air up in the balcony of Wayne Hall must be cleaner. In the television interviews that punctuate his mayoral campaign, Thomas Wayne draws a hard line between those who make something of themselves, and those he dubs “clowns.” It’s a comforting perspective for the privileged of Gotham - the idea that there’s a karmic reason for the suffering endured by those they step over in the street.
Fractured Ending Explained: Why the Netflix Movie Has Viewers Upset
Full spoilers for the ending of Netflix's Fractured below!
Social media is abuzz with talk of director Brad Anderson's new film Fractured, which is pretty impressive considering it debuted on Netflix the same day as El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story. But between its suspenseful premise and dramatic ending, Fractured is basically 2019's answer to Bird Box.
Read on for a breakdown of what exactly happens at the end of Fractured and why viewers are feeling so taken aback by its ending.
Fractured Ending Explained
Blizzard Bans College Hearthstone Team Who Supported Hong Kong For Six Months
Update:
IGN reached out to Blizzard for further clarification on American University’s ban. We asked why it took a week for Blizzard to announce a punishment for the college team for breaking a rule, whereas Blitzchung was punished almost immediately afterward.
While Blizzard didn’t directly address this question, a spokesperson sent over the following response:
"Thanks for reaching out. We strongly encourage everyone in our community to share their viewpoints in the many places available to express themselves. However, our official broadcast needs to be about the game and the competition, and to be a place where all are welcome. If we allow the introduction of personal views about sensitive issues into the channel, it ceases to be what it’s meant for – esports. We have rules in place to support this, to which these competitors, as well as others at all levels, have agreed. They knowingly broke those rules and we’ve suspended them from Hearthstone esports for six months. The ruling is available here."
6 Things You May Have Forgotten About Zombieland
When Zombieland: Double Tap hits theaters on Friday, October 18, it'll be almost exactly 10 years since the original horror comedy made its debut. That's a long time between sequels. And while you may think you remember the original Zombieland pretty well, there's more to the movie than wisecracks, gore and Twinkies.
From the surprisingly violent zombie carnage to a celebrity cameo to that other celebrity cameo, here are six things you may have forgotten about Zombieland.
Watch our review of Zombieland: Double Tap below:
There's an Amber Heard Cameo
Zombieland has a surprisingly small cast for a zombie movie. There are the four main characters - Woody Harrelson's Tallahassee, Jesse Eisenberg's Columbus, Emma Stone's Wichita and Abigail Breslin's Little Rock - and a whole bunch of extras in zombie makeup. And let's not forget that incredible Bill Murray cameo, easily one of the greatest movie shockers of the past decade.
Check Out What’s New to Amazon Video This November
Amazon Prime Video is dropping four original series in the month of November, including Season 2 of Jack Ryan, the final season of The Man in the High Castle, and sci-fi newcomer The Feed, starring Game of Thrones' Michelle Fairley and Harry Potter's David Thewlis. According to the streamer, "The Feed follows the family of Lawrence Hatfield, the man who invented an omnipresent technology called The Feed. Implanted into nearly everyone’s brain, The Feed enables people to share information, emotions, and memories instantly. But when things start to go wrong and users become murderous, the family is driven apart as they struggle to control the monster they have unleashed."
On the movie front, Amazon is adding Creed 2, the new Adam Driver political thriller The Report, and every James Bond movie before Daniel Craig took over the role, from Connery to Brosnan, aside from the 1967 Casino Royale.
Taika Waititi and Kevin Smith Respond to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel Comments
Taika Waititi and Kevin Smith have spoken up in response to Martin Scorsese saying that Marvel films are "not cinema," and both are in agreement that they are, in fact, cinema.
Scorsese's comments came from an interview with Empire Magazine where he was asked about the superhero genre and the MCU. He said "I don't see them. I tried, you know? But that's not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isn't the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being."
Korg Will Return For Thor: Love And Thunder, Confirms Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi, director of Thor: Ragnarok and the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder, has confirmed that his character, Korg, will be returning for Thor's next adventure.
As reported by EW, Waititi revealed the good news on Jimmy Kimmel Live! while he was promoting his newest film, Jojo Rabbit.
"My character is coming back, Korg," Waititi said. The crowd burst into applause and Waititi responded, in Korg's voice, "Thank you. Thank you so much for that reaction."
While there is no word, as of yet, if Korg's sidekick Miek will be returning or if they will once again be playing Fortnite against NoobMaster69 as they did in Avengers: Endgame, this news is welcome nonetheless.
Analogue Pocket Announced: Stylish Handheld Will Play All Game Boy Games, Ever
Analogue has announced the Analogue Pocket, a stylish third-party handheld that will play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games. It will be available in 2020 for $199.99 (other regions' pricing not confirmed at time of writing).
Designed by the same team that released the excellent Super Nt and Mega Sg consoles, the Analogue Pocket has a similar philosophy - to allow you to play cartridge-based retro games in the best possible quality, without any emulation. In this case, Analogue promises that the Pocket will play every Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance game out of the box. Cartridge adapters will apparently allow the Pocket to play the likes of Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx games too.
Pokemon Sword and Shield Trailer Unveils Chonky Gigantamax Pikachu
A new trailer for Pokemon Sword and Shield has given us our first look at iconic 90s Pokémon - Pikachu, Charizard, Eevee, Meowth, and Butterfree - in their supersized Gigantamax forms.
One of the new features coming to Pokemon's eighth generation of games is the ability to "Dynamax." Pokemon who do this will transform to huge sizes and buff their stats. Gigantamax is a specialised version of this that goes one step further by also altering the Pokemon's appearance and introducing new moves to use in battle.
Only certain Pokemon have been announced as being able to pull it off. This latest trailer reveals smol mouse Pikachu will be able to transform into the heftier 90s version of itself and gaining the G-Max move, Volt Crash, which damages and paralyses puny enemies. Meanwhile, Meowth supersizes from 0.4m to 33m tall when it Gigantamaxes - creating something that looks a lot like the old longcat meme - and learns the G-Max move Gold Rush.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Delayed By Months
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed from its original Q1 2020 launch window. It will now release sometime later in the year.
Announced by developer Hardsuit Labs’ CEO Andy Kipling and Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 1 and 2 scribe Brian Mitsoda, the delay was detailed in a blog post on the Vampire website. “Today, we have to tell you that we need some more time to get you the game you’ve been waiting for,” the post says. “Although Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will still launch in 2020, we have decided to value quality over making the Q1 launch window.”
The post notes that the extra time will ensure that the game lives up to the legacy of the original Bloodlines game. That includes branching storylines and both character and world building. There’s also a nod to the original’s games infamous buggy state - “there’s the responsibility to avoid some of the issues that plagued the first game, which was famously launched too early,” explains the post.