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Netflix and Marvel’s Iron Fist is not good TV. It is bad and boring TV with terrible fight scenes and a lead actor who comes from the “petulant grimace” school of acting. The only reason to watch Iron Fist is so you can be prepared for The Defenders, the epic series that will cross Iron…
The movie nearly got an R rating for male nudity 20 years ago before becoming an improbable franchise. Now all the players — Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, Michael De Luca, Seth Green and others — open up about awful test screenings, shooting at Scientology headquarters and luring Carrie Fisher. [CDATA[<p When it was released May…
Image via New Line Cinema. For decades, I have been saying that Austin Powers is one of the greatest films of all time. Now, as we approach its 20th anniversary, the world is finally beginning to agree. The first Austin Powers was released on May 2, 1997 (prepare for austinpowers.jezebel.com, baby, yeah) and, according to…
Photo credit: Getty Images Economists and geologists and everyone and their oilman has been telling us that one day, we will hit Peak Oil. One day, we will keep looking for oil, but we won’t find anymore. One day, the demand would greatly outpace the supply. But now one of the biggest oil companies in…
Marvel has been in its share of hot water over the past few months— including when a VP of sales said diverse characters were causing its sales to slump, or when artist Ardian Syaf’s contract was sacked for putting controversial messages in X-Men Gold. The latest hotbed is an image that some claim was on…
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron received congratulations from around the world — including Moscow — on Monday after French voters made the centrist political neophyte their new president and rejected anti-E. U. firebrand Marine Le Pen. But the raucous celebration among Macron supporters Sunday night — which also served as pep rally for the European Union…
Marvel Mjolnir, Thor’s magical hammer forged by dwarven blacksmiths out of the enchanted metal uru, has a history of being picky about who can pick it up. If the hammer thinks a person is worthy of its power, hefting it’s no big deal. So how the hell the Hydra fascist formerly known as Captain America,…
Start Article Post Content UPDATED: Oculus Story Studio, the award-winning studio behind virtual reality (VR) short films like “Dear Angelica” and “Henry,” is being shut down, Facebook announced Thursday afternoon. The studio’s 50 staffers are encouraged to apply for new jobs within Oculus, but all ongoing projects of the studio are being cancelled. “We’ve been looking at the…
After all that was made about the rise of Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front, and after an eleventh-hour campaign hacking that bears the hallmarks of Russian meddling in Western elections, France has chosen the 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron to succeed the 62-year-old François Hollande as president. So, what have you been doing with…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” His idea that the country’s interests and its values are two separate things—the first mandatory, the second optional—reflects a misreading of the past. Google Metadata Yuri Gripas / Reuters On May 3rd Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave his first big speech about American foreign policy to the…