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The Long Comics History Behind X-Men’s Sentinel Program
For almost as long as they have been in the comics, the X-Men and mutantkind at large have been stalked by a world that hates and fears them—a world that manifested that hate in the metallic, unflinching face of the Sentinel Program. Just as the X-Men have grown and changed wildly since those early days,…
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The Umbrella Academy Adds Nick Offerman to Its Final Season Cast
When Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy returns for its fourth and final season, it won’t just have a new timeline, it’ll also bring some new blood to the cast.
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Netflix’s True Story Went Hard on the Ugly Side of Obsessive Fandom
In Netflix’s new limited series True Story — created by Narcos: Mexico executive producer Eric Newman — Kevin Hart stars as Kid, a barely-fictionalized version of himself who’s at the top of his comedic game and in the thick of promoting a new superhero movie that’s poised to rake in a cool $US1 (A$1.4`) billion…
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What Is the Most Important Scientific Development of the Last 50 Years?
There are people who argue, persuasively, that Hollywood films are worse than they used to be. Or that novels have turned inward, away from the form-breaking gestures of decades past. In fact, almost anything can be slotted into a narrative of decline — the planet, most obviously, but also (per our former president) toilets and…