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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire May Be Messy, But It Made Us Feel Good
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire feels like the first real Ghostbusters sequel since 1989’s Ghostbusters II, even though it isn’t. In between, we had 2016’s Answer the Call, a controversial, largely unrelated entry. There was also 2021’s Afterlife, a valiant, well-intentioned effort that had to simultaneously lay the groundwork for a new generation of Ghostbusters while also…
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Netflix’s New Sandman Teaser Is a Dreamy Delight
Netflix’s Geeked Week is here and with it a deeper look at The Sandman, the streamer’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s moody goth comic series published by DC. The Sandman has long been due for a screen adaptation but for one reason or another didn’t come to fruition until development for this take took root at Netflix…
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These Stranger Things Toys Are Scary for the Wrong Reason
What’s the line between making a retro action figure and one that just looks like crap? I don’t know, but Bandai certainly seemed to have crossed it with this new line of “Stranger Things Feature Figures.” These toys of the Netflix series’ five main kids — Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin, and Eleven — are supposed…
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Sideshow’s New Dracula and Van Helsing Figures Are Delightfully Frightful
Hammer Horror’s 1958 classic Dracula, also known as Horror of Dracula, has inspired a pair of strikingly realistic, highly detailed figures soon to join Sideshow’s Horror Collectibles line. Which dynamic duo? Creature of the night Count Dracula and his greatest foe, Doctor Van Helsing, of course. Gizmodo is thrilled to share an exclusive first look…