Rotten Tomatoes says its new “Verified Hot” badge is meant to help users find movies with high audience approval. But as Engadget points out, the whole system hinges on people using Fandango for verification that they’ve actually seen the films, which — given that both Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango are owned by Comcast — kinda makes the badges seem like a ticket-selling marketing ploy.
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Megalopolis’ latest trailer makes it even harder to get a good read of what to expect from the film, but it’s worth it just for Lionsgate’s selection of quotes about Francis Ford Coppola’s previous work.
Update: Lionsgate has removed the trailer, saying it “screwed up,” after people called out the quotes for being made up or misattributed.
Though Todd Phillips’ Joker franchise wound up being something of a hit for Warner Bros., in a recent interview with Variety the director said that after two films, “I think we’ve said what we wanted to say in this world.”




The world of Pacific Rim already includes an animated show set after the events of the films, but Variety reports that one of the first projects ouf of Legendary’s new deal with Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Bird Box) will be prequel series.
Though there will be plenty of treasure hunting in Netflix’s Tomb Raider animated series, its latest trailer puts the focus on big action set pieces and Lara Croft’s brawling chops.
Mortals will die in Netflix’s Kaos as the greek gods lash out at humanity for their lack of faith, but the series’ latest trailer kinda makes hades look more like a monochromatic drag than a tortuous hellscape.
Casual fans of the Pokémon Trading Card Game are getting a new (virtual) way to play on October 30th when Pokémon TCG Pocket finally hits the iOS and Google Play stores.

