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Hatsune Miku’s first movie, now in theaters, requires some homework beforehand
I was barely five minutes into the new Hatsune Miku anime movie that hits theaters on April 17 when I realized I was definitely in over my head. I already knew that Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing was the first-ever movie for Hatsune Miku, the virtual idol and synthesized singing software….
‘Sinners’ review: Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan deliver a vampire movie for the ages
Fruitvale Station. Creed. Black Panther. Together, Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan have built a cinema collaboration transcending genre. They’ve leaped from heart-wrenching biographical drama to soul-warming sports drama to a politically daring superhero movie that is undoubtedly the best the MCU has produced. Now, they reunite for a vampire movie with Sinners, and not…
A Minecraft Movie Has Some Fantastic Things To Say About Toxic Masculinity
A Minecraft Movie is fine. It’s not a surprise subversive treat like The Lego Movie, nor an unwatchable dirge, but much like 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it lands firmly in the region of “fine.” My 10-year-old enjoyed it (with qualifications), as did the many other kids around us. It’s also an astonishing success,…
Moana 2, Better Man, The Electric State on Netflix, and every movie new to streaming this week
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Moana 2, the sequel to Disney’s animated splash hit starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho, finally comes to streaming (pun intended) on…
The Executive: Movie Industry Tycoon Review
If you’ve ever imagined yourself as the next Hollywood visionary but lack the actual talent and skill required to pen a script that could make Angels weep and your wallet bulge, then The Executive – Movie Industry Tycoon might be for you. By navigating menus you’ll put together movies, grow your studio and hopefully bank…
2025’s biggest movie anniversaries: ‘Jaws’ to ‘Batman Begins’ and beyond
We love a year ending in five, don’t we, folks? If nothing else, it makes it easier to calculate which great films are celebrating their 10th or 15th (or 40th or 50th) anniversaries, making them ripe for rewatching, and for reconsidering their legacies. Whether gradually or all at once, these films — from superhero movies…
Wicked, A Real Pain, Netflix’s Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, and every movie new to streaming
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home. This week, Wicked, the musical fantasy starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, sings and dances its way onto VOD. That’s not all: actor-director Jesse Eisenberg’s new…
5 famous movie scenes recreated for video games
Movies and video games have always had a somewhat tumultuous relationship. From the famous failings of video game movie adaptations to the even more famous struggle to make good movie versions of games, it’s rare that the two mediums see eye to eye. Which is why it’s so funny that there are a few rare…
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is the fourth movie we all wanted – Review
These days there are less and less things we can collectively agree upon, it seems. Even something simple like which way toilet paper should be placed on the holder seems to generate instant division. But surely the one thing we can all agree upon as a species is that there are three Indiana Jones movies,…