After years of back and forth, the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts has found its future home: Los Angeles.
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George Lucas' Museum is Officially Coming to Los Angeles
Day: January 10, 2017
If You Want to See Moana in a Quiet Theater, Go Before January 27
If you’ve been looking for a place to publicly belt out your favorite song from Moana, head back to theaters on January 27. That’s the day Disney is releasing a sing-a-long version of the film on over 2,000 screens across the U.S.
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Legion Might Have Capes, Will Not Have a 'Big Fight'
It used to be—back when the easiest superhero joke was to make fun of Adam West’s Batman—that everyone fretted over making more realistic superheroes. Okay, I say “used to,” but we all know that the fear of making something campy has never, ever left most studios’ psyches. FX’s Legion, however, isn’t interested in…
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The Best Underwater Photographs of 2016 Are Out of This World
This year may have been a rough one up here on Earth’s dry surface, but beneath the waves ocean life flourished and dazzled. The world’s most prestigious underwater photography competition has just announced its winning images for 2016—and they’re absolutely spellbinding.
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A Brief History of Ben Affleck's Conflicted Feelings About Directing a Batman Movie
Ben Affleck seems slightly worried about the high expectations that come with directing a Batman movie. Since the rumors about him directing the film began, he’s been expressing the contradictory “I’m really excited to do it” and “it’s not happening” sentiments. These last two weeks have only been the latest round in…
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The James Bond Comic Has a New Mission, Courtesy of Green Arrow's Ben Percy
Warren Ellis’ time with 007 at Dynamite Comics has come to an end, but the life of Britain’s premiere special agent goes on. Green Arrow’s Benjamin Percy is sending Bond off on new missions to new locales, and we caught up with him to see whats in store for MI6's finest.
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When The Walking Dead Returns, Rick and His Crew Will Prepare for War
The Walking Dead returns on February 12 and AMC has started to pull back the curtain. The network has released three new images from the second half of the seventh season, as well as an uncharacteristically detailed plot description setting up everything that’ll happen.
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First Details on The Dark Star Trilogy, Author Marlon James' 'African Game of Thrones'
“African folklore is just as rich, and just as perverse as [Lord of the Rings],” Marlon James said in a Vulture interview more than a year ago, after winning the the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his sprawling crime opus A Brief History of Seven Killings. Today, the first few details of James’ fantasy cycle have…
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Watching Robots Stuck in Repetitive, Mundane Tasks Is Stressing Me Out
If you’re living under the assumption that your job could never be filled by a robot, think again. Your day-to-day routine might not seem as monotonous as the tasks that factory line robots perform, but as Michael Marczewski’s stressful short film Vicious Cycle asks, is it really?
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All the Fabulous New Comics Kicking Off 2017
Last year was a brilliant one for comics, but now that’s all in the past. Let’s look to the future! Thankfully, that future is already teeming with great new comics just waiting to be read. Here’s the all the stuff we’re looking forward to coming our way in the next few months.
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