Category: NEWS
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The Science Behind the Ghostbusters’ PKE Meter
[ad_1] In 1984, the world was introduced to Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson) in the classic paranormal comedy Ghostbusters (now streaming on Peacock). A stacked cast and colorful ghostly special effects captured the imaginations of kids and adults alike, but the real stars were…
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Why “Through the Trees” Is the Perfect Song for Jennifer’s Body
[ad_1] The film Jennifer’s Body was unfairly maligned when it came out in 2009, though to be fair, that’s partly because it was advertised as something it isn’t. Titillating trailers for the Diablo Cody-penned comedy horror played up how sexy star Megan Fox was, with a lot of emphasis on a kiss she has with…
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Twilight Zone’s Anthony Fremont Was Scarier in Original Story
[ad_1] Who is the best Twilight Zone villain of all time? Is it the plane-wrecking gremlin from “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” the shadowy agitators in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” or the murderous Talky Tina of “Living Doll” fame? No? Perhaps you fancy the big-headed Kanamits of “To Serve Man” or Barney Phillips’ three-eyed…
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The Best Sci-Fi Movies on Peacock in June 2024
[ad_1] Stories are the way we talk about the things we’re not good at talking about: love, death, fear, hope… We build proxies for ourselves that are better-looking, braver, or cleverer than we are, and we put them in the situations we can only imagine in order to explore the world as it is or…
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SYFY’s Being Human Is Still a Great Supernatural Binge Watch
[ad_1] It’s not all that easy being human, but it’s a whole lot harder if you’re not actually human in the first place. That was the pitch of the supernatural drama Being Human, a SYFY original that ran from 2011-2014 for four seasons and 52 episodes. The series followed a who’s who of supernatural archetypes…
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The Tiny Island Fern with 50 Times More DNA Than Humans
[ad_1] One of the most enduring scenes from Jurassic Park (streaming now on Peacock) is toward the beginning, when Doctors Sattler (Laura Dern), Grant (Sam Neill), and Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) have just arrived at the park. They settle in for a theme-park-style tour complete with an animated introduction to the art of genetic resurrection. An anthropomorphized…
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Where to Stream Kung Fu Panda 4?
[ad_1] After enjoying a successful run in theaters, it’s already time to bring the butt-kicking magic of Kung Fu Panda 4 home for all Peacock subscribers. The streaming service will be the exclusive home to Po’s latest adventure when it drops on June 21, 2024. Kung Fu Panda 4‘s successful box office run earned it more than…
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Mike Flanagan Teases New Exorcist Movie for Blumhouse
[ad_1] While it’s still early days, writer-director Mike Flanagan recently offered up a light tease on his upcoming Exorcist movie for Universal Pictures, Blumhouse, and Morgan Creek Entertainment. Described as a “radical new” vision for the franchise, the currently-untitled project will not connect to David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer (now available to own from Universal Pictures Home…
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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Say Bad Boys Was First Written for Two 1980s SNL Stars
[ad_1] Will Smith and Martin Lawrence visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 4, to play a round of “True Confessions” — in which Smith shared one very strange ghost story — and to talk all things Bad Boys. Among the lore the actors shared: They weren’t the actors originally meant to play the “Boys” in what…
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Resident Alien Star Alan Tudyk Talks Mork & Mindy Influence
[ad_1] Before Harry Vanderspeigle, there was Mork from Ork. Spanning four seasons between 1978 and 1982, Mork & Mindy famously helped launch the acting career of a young Robin Williams, who played the titular extraterrestrial visitor known for his quirky behavior and regular exclamations of “Nanu! Nanu!” and “Shazbat!” Naturally, Alan Tudyk looked to this outer space…