Top 30 Best Picture Winners
Oscar fever is in the air, with the 88th Academy Awards being held this Sunday, February 28. For 88 years, the Oscars have rewarded the best films with golden statues that immortalize their quality and importance to the history of cinema. While there are certainly some Best Picture recipients that plenty of people would take issue with, there are even more movies that are undeniably deserving of the Academy’s highest honor.
To celebrate our excitement for Oscar Sunday, we thought we’d take a look at the Top 30 Best Picture Winners of all-time.
In an era when Hollywood was still blossoming, All Quiet on the Western Front showcased the artistic and historical possibilities of the cinema, creating one of the most realistic depictions of war on film at the time. The movie has been immeasurably influential on the works of later filmmakers (Steven Spielberg has credited the movie as an inspiration for Saving Private Ryan) let alone the genre of war films itself. It caused some controversy internationally, but domestically, the movie was rewarded with Best Picture and Best Director Oscars.
Rocket League Gets the Batmobile in March
Rocket League will introduce another new vehicle next month. Paying homage to DC Comics' upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice film, the soccer-with-cars game is getting the Dark Knight's iconic Batmobile. Check out the trailer below.
Batman's battle-car will be available in-game on March 8, and it looks awesome. The trailer shows the Batmobile tearing up the field, with a massive Bat Symbol explosion after scoring. Rocket League's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice car pack will also include three exclusive antenna flags—one each for Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
On its official Twitter account, Psyonix announced the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice car pack will cost $2 USD. Rocket League's new content is expected to release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
New Trademark Spotted for Alan Wake
A new trademark has been spotted for Alan Wake.
Via a post on NeoGAF, the trademark in question was for “Alan Wake’s Return,” and was filed on February 23.
This isn’t the first time Remedy has discussed a follow-up. Back in April, the studio's creative director Sam Lake said the following:
"For Alan Wake, from the get-go, we assumed there was going to be a sequel and we mapped things further out when it came to character, story, details and focus changes," said Lake. "We knew we would have to iterate and refine, but there was always a rough road map there.”
The Next Pokemon Games Could Be Called Sun and Moon
A couple of trademarks have been spotted that could very well be the names of Nintendo's next Pokemon games.
Two trademark registrations, one for Pokemon Moon, and one for Pokemon Sun, have appeared on the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market's website (spotted by Nerdleaks). The trademarks are also accompanied by logos which you can see below.
Possible Pokemon Moon logo
Comic Book Reviews for February 24, 2016
This week's comic book lineup included a new chapter in DC's epic Darkseid War saga, the debut of a new Hellboy mini-series, another issue of the always-dependable Saga and an all-out brawl between the heroes of Street Fighter and G.I. Joe. Check out our reviews for these and many other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar Officially Joins Cruel Intentions TV Pilot
Sarah Michelle Gellar is reprising her role as Kathryn Merteuil in NBC's Cruel Intentions pilot.
It was reported earlier on in the month that the Buffy actress had been approached by the network, but Gellar officially confirmed her involvement today on her Instagram account.
Gellar in 1999's Cruel Intentions.
Tye Sheridan Cast in Spielberg’s Ready Player One
X-Men: Apocalypse actor Tye Sheridan has won the starring role in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ready Player One.
Per Deadline, Sheridan has been cast as protagonist Wade in the adaptation of Ernest Cline's sci-fi novel. He will play against Olivia Cooke and Ben Mendelsohn, who star as Art3mis and the villainous Nolan Sorrento, respectively.
Sheridan will also flex his genre film muscles as young Cyclops in Bryan Singer's upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse.
Last year, Spielberg described Ready Player One as "a crystal ball into exactly what is going to be happening not in 30 or 40 years but in between 5 and 10 years from now, where a virtual world becomes almost like a drug of choice and where we are spending more time in a nonorganic space than we are breathing and eating and interacting in real life."
What to Expect from Legends of Tomorrow’s Older Green Arrow
In the second part of my new Stephen Amell interview – click here for what he had to say about the current storylines on Arrow in part one – we turn to the actor’s big guest role on Legends of Tomorrow this week. While Amell has already guest starred as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on Legends, he’ll be doing so in a very different manner this time out – playing the Oliver of 2046.
Amell discussed this version of Oliver, which sports both the classic Oliver Queen comic book goatee and is missing an arm, much like the older version of Green Arrow seen in The Dark Knight Returns. We also discussed 2046’s Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones), the possibility of Green Arrow ever meeting Supergirl (now that The Flash is doing a crossover) and much more.
Supergirl: First Photos of Laura Vandervoort as Indigo
A batch of new photos for next week's episode of Supergirl provide fans with their first look at Laura Vandervoort as Indigo.
In the episode—aptly titled "Solitude"—Kara (Melissa Benoist) travels to Superman's iconic fortress in the hopes of learning how to take down the dangerous villain who can transport via the Internet. For a sneak peek at what's to come, check out the gallery below.
In addition to Indigo, Kara faces another formidable adversary in Italia Ricci's Siobhan Smythe (aka Silver Banshee), who made her Supergirl debut during this week's episode. Find out what we thought of her introduction by reading IGN's review of "Truth, Justice and the American Way."
Anti-Monitor Claims Another Victory in Justice League
In today's Justice League #48 by Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok, the all-new, all-different Anti-Monitor has toppled yet another powerful threat in The Darkseid War.
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Justice League #48!
Having killed Darkseid in Act I, the Anti-Monitor is laying siege to the Earth. The Justice League has banded together with the remnants of the Crime Syndicate in order to stop the Anti-Monitor, going so far as to give Ultraman some Kryptonite to munch on to restore his many superpowers. Being an evil analogue of Superman, he’s got a lot.