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And that is not easy to do. Gone are the days of Saturns and Dreamcasts and Neo Geos that seemed to promise something alien or otherworldly inside every box; gone is the shock of firing up “Super Mario 64” for the very first time, and feeling that whoosh of three-dimensional wonder as a quick run around Peach’s castle became enough to make even the most sacred games of the previous era feel like sprite-based cave paintings by comparison....

Can’t get enough of “Rick and Morty”? You’re not alone. Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s beloved animated creation about the sci-fi adventures of a zany and cynical scientist, Rick Sanchez, and his grandson Morty, is now in its fifth season on Adult Swim. The cable network marked its 20-year anniversary on Thursday, and fans can celebrate by streaming the entire Adult Swim library (“Rick & Morty” included) on HBO Max....

“That’s in process. We went down a route to try and reinvent the wheel with ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Covenant,’” he enthused. “Whether or not we go directly back to that is doubtful because ‘Prometheus’ woke it up very well. But you know, you’re asking fundamental questions like, ‘Has the Alien himself, the facehugger, the chestburster, have they all run out of steam? Do you have to rethink the whole bloody thing and simply use the word to franchise?...

Executive produced by Aardman head of development Sarah Cox, “Robin Robin” features the voice of Bronte Carmichael as Robin, a charmingly awkward bird with an identity crisis, who is adopted into a loving family of burglar mice and plans an ambitious heist to bag the ultimate prize: an entire sandwich. Adeel Akhtar voices the caring but cautious Dad Mouse single-handedly raising a family of five, joined by Richard E. Grant as the obsessive collector Magpie, and Gillian Anderson as the deliciously villainous Cat....

Simon Godwin, who worked alongside co-director and writer Emily Burns at the helm of the mid-lockdown film “Romeo & Juliet” starring Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley in the title roles, has long recognized not just the inherent advantages but the necessity of reshaping Shakespeare. “I find him to be a super empowering writer. We’ve both really broken free from a kind of reverence into an irreverence, which I think is more Shakespearean than than being loyal....

Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens took to Instagram Live and announced the nominees for the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday morning, honoring the best performances in film and television of the 2021 calendar year. The SAG Awards are a special accolade, voted on by the 124,000 eligible voters in SAG-AFTRA, a prize determined entirely by a performer’s peers. As far as TV goes, the nominations furthered one show’s status as the comedy everybody loves to love and finally embraced the performances on a drama series from which the organization had been withholding its affection....

“You have no idea the reasonings behind any of the decisions that are going on,” Levi said during his Instagram Live. “The amount of conjecture and rumor mill and drama and nonsense that keeps getting spun around out there on Instagram and Twitter is laughable. It is unbelievably laughable.” Levi, who is set to return as Shazam! in the March 2023 sequel “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” encouraged fans to be patient and trust Gunn and Safran’s vision, saying they’re attempting to build a universe in a way that other DC creatives like Zack Snyder failed to do, and that the two CEOs are “not just making decisions because they like someone or don’t like someone....