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Geek Girl Authority
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
Movie Review: OSIRIS
There's a lot to be said for nostalgia. With Osiris , writer and director William Kaufman and his team set out to transport audiences to the action-adventure sci-fi of the '80s and '90s. They ask the question, 'If aliens found and understood Voyager's Golden Record, would they come to Earth in peace?' Their answer is an emphatic 'NO.' Instead, the aliens take the message of Earth's diverse life and cultures as a 'come and get us' invitation. Osiris 's story begins when they abduct a Special Forces unit led by Max Martini's Kelly. When the unit is inexplicably released from their stasis gel on board the alien ship, the fight is on to survive and escape. Image Credit: Samuel Birdsong Osiris The film's title references the Egyptian god of the afterlife, the underworld, and the dead. He also symbolizes resurrection. Kelly and his team members are as good as dead after their abduction, but get an unexplained second chance at life. (Arguably, it's a third as they were about to call in a strike on their own site when the aliens abducted them.) RELATED: Movie Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps It's a battle-heavy film, beginning with the unit mid-operation in a firefight with unspecified Middle Eastern-looking combatants in a decimated setting. With Martini, Michael Irby, and LaMonica Garrett making up half the team, they're leaning into authentic tactical tradecraft gleaned from their military training on CBS's The Unit and Paramount+'s Lioness. Image Credit: David R. Gaynes Once awake aboard the alien craft, it continues into a series of prolonged battle scenes, albeit in much tighter quarters. (It's not worth wondering whether or not it's smart to be shooting so many bullets aboard a spaceship.) Along the way, they come across Brianna Hildebrand's Ravi, who is less than forthcoming about their situation. Her fight face and skills quickly win their respect, if not their trust. The Sarah Connor Effect A lot of the film's pedigree as an alien-adversary-action-adventure rests on Linda Hamilton's involvement. Her character, Anya, a seasoned soldier and strategist, has spent decades evading the aliens on their own ship. Repeat: on their own ship . (That's not worth thinking too hard about either.) While she doesn't appear on-screen until nearly an hour into the film, she's quickly in charge of the unit. Or what's left of it at that point. Hamilton delivers a solid, if predictable, performance — strong, smart, takes no sh*t. RELATED: Superman Spoiler Review The Osiris creative team invested a great deal of energy and talent into the practical effects for the aliens and the combat scenes. It's hard to learn more about the aliens since only one character can understand their language. And that's a shame. Not that we need to empathize with the predators, but I would've liked to know what their take on the Golden Record's contents was. What made Earth sound appealing and worth the trip? On its most basic level, the plot may or may not have been inspired by the stinger scene in The Big Bang Theory Season 8 Episode 21, 'The Communication Deterioration,' but the added elements of the aliens' strategy for invasion and use of intermodal container shipping provide some interesting zest to the standard 'eat the people, take their stuff' playbook. With the final scene setting Osiris up as the first in a series, we can only assume Kelly and Ravi will find other survivors still fighting the aliens. It's by no means a safe assumption. Enjoy the Ride Osiris leaves a lot of questions about the aliens, their invasion tactics, and their shipboard security painfully unanswered. The timeline of the film is still a little fuzzy, as is whether the aliens are just looking to hunt and gather or if they're colonizing to provide cattle for the homeworld. But if you're looking for a movie with very clear lines drawn between hunter and hunted, this is it. If throwing back to a time in sci-fi when resource management and hull integrity never even cross the mind turns your crank, you're in the zone. While it's not a movie that stands up to detailed scrutiny, Osiris is packed with solid action scenes, lots of alien conflict, and epitomizes the need to survive against all odds. Even when they're never in your favor. Osiris premieres in select theaters and drops for streaming on Plex on July 25. SDCC 2025: MIGHTY NEIN Gets Premiere Date; THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA Renewed for Season 5 Diana lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she invests her time and energy in teaching, writing, parenting, and indulging her love of all Trek and a myriad of other fandoms. She is a lifelong fan of smart sci-fi and fantasy media, an upstanding citizen of the United Federation of Planets, and a supporter of AFC Richmond 'til she dies. Her guilty pleasures include female-led procedurals, old-school sitcoms, and Bluey. She teaches, knits, and dreams big. You can also find her writing at The Televixen, Women at Warp, TV Fanatic, and TV Goodness.
Daily Mail
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
New Superman movie soars to the top of the box office earning $122 million in third best opening of 2025
Superman had a super opening weekend as the new action adventure soared to the top of the box office. Fans of the superhero turned over some $122 million to see the new action adventure during its debut, according to The Numbers. The action adventure starring David Corenswet at the Man of Steel earned an 82-percent critics rating and an even more enthusiastic score of 93-percent from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The film earned another $95 million internationally, but did not do as well overseas, perhaps due to the current political climate between the United States and the rest of the world. 'Superman has always been identified as an American character, and in some parts of the world, America is currently not enjoying its greatest popularity,' David A. Gross, of the movie consulting firm FranchiseRe told Variety. Gross praised director James Gunn for focusing on the story rather than relying on big stars to attract the audience. 'This is the original, comic book hero story about a flawed and reluctant every-man who uses his special powers to fight evil. That arc is reliable and relatable,' he said. That, along with a built-in audience resulted in Superman having the third biggest opening of 2025, behind A Minecraft Movie , which has earned more than $955 so far, and the live action Lilo & Stitch, which is still in the top 10 after eight weeks in theaters. Last week's winner, Jurassic World Rebirth, dropped to a distant second place, earning another $40 million domestically. The latest offering in the franchise did not fare well with critics, but has done relatively well with audiences, perhaps due to the casting of Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey. So far the dinosaur drama has dug up nearly $530 million globally. F1: The Movie, starring Brad Pitt, Idris Elba and Javier Bardem, crossed the finish line in third its third week in theaters. The high-octane adventure collected a prize worth $13 million domestically. So far F1 has done much better on the international market, where it has collected a prize worth $252.2 million for a global take of $393, 395,000. How to Train Your Dragon, the live action version of the 2010 animated hit, remained a strong draw at theaters over the weekend. The action adventure flew away with another $7.8 million in ticket sales domestically. Internationally, the beloved tale has been as huge a hit as it is in the US, for a global total of nearly $561 million. Rounding out the top five was Elio. The Disney animated adventure about a space-obsessed boy who meets space aliens landed with a payday of $3.9 million. The film has not been as well received as other Disney/Pixar projects, earning only $63 million in the US and another $53 million internationally. Superman will face some stiff competition next week when the animated Smurfs, starring the voices of Rihanna, Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden and Octavia Spencer debuts in wide release. The spooky I Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Freddie Prinze Jr, along with new victims Chase Sui Wonders and Jonah Hauer-King will also open in wide release on Friday.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'The Mummy' Cast Reunites 26 Years After Film's Release
The Mummy cast (minus two major stars) reunited at the 2025 Fan Expo Denver nearly three decades after the film's release The action thriller was an update of the 1932 classic film, and made more than $400 million at the box office At the event, Brendan Fraser gave his take on why Tom Cruise's 2017 version did not do the sameThe Mummy cast had a major reunion nearly 30 years after the blockbuster movie was made. Brendan Fraser (Rick O'Connell), Patricia Velásquez (Anck-Su-Namun), John Hannah (Jonathan Carnahan) and Oded Fehr (Ardeth Bay) were photographed together at the 2025 Fan Expo Denver on July 6, 26 years after the adventure film hit theaters in 1999. Noticeably absent from the photo opp was Rachel Weisz (Evelyn Carnahan) and Arnold Vosloo (Imhotep a.k.a. The Mummy). In a post shared to Instagram by ScreenThrill, fans went wild at the sight of some of their favorites back together again. 'The mummy is one of the most underrated action adventure films in the last 30 years! Just a classic,' one person wrote. Another added, 'The Mummy and Mummy Returns are two of my favorite adventure movies of all time!' One even raved about how Fehr, 54, still seemed to channel his debonair character almost three decades later, writing, 'Oded's hair & beard are still Glorious.' Set in 1925, Fraser, 56, and Weisz, 55, starred as leads Rick and Evelyn, also known as 'Evie,' a dashing adventurer and explorer teamed with an Egyptologist, respectively. The unlikely pair must race against the clock to save all of humanity after tomb hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest. They were joined by Evelyn's older brother Jonathan, and Ardeth, a chief member of the Medjai, descendants of the royal bodyguards of several pharaohs of Egypt. The hit film, which made more than $400 million at the box office, was an update of the 1932 classic film, and made way for two sequels — 2001's The Mummy Returns and 2008's Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. There was also a 2017 The Mummy reboot which starred Tom Cruise. Unfortunately for the Mission Impossible movie star, 63, his version did not live up to its predecessors. During Fan Expo Denver, Fraser gave his take on why the follow-up flopped, per Collider. The conversation reportedly began when the Bedazzled star was asked about Universal's attempts to build the Dark Universe with 2017's The Mummy and 2020's The Invisible Man, and if there could ever be a crossover between the two. 'I really don't know. I know Tom Cruise tried to make his movie and it ain't easy! We all know how hard this movie is to make…' Fraser said onstage while seated with Hannah, Velásquez and Fehr. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Oscar winner added, 'With the exception of three [The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor], the thing with all of these films is that, at least it was fun, it was a thrill ride, and you wanted to do it again.' 'The answer is you've just got to give everybody what they really, really want,' Fraser said. The Mummy celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. Read the original article on People
Geek Culture
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Culture
'Ghost of Yōtei' Reveals Open World & Multi-Weapon Combat, And Limited Edition PlayStation Consoles
Sony and Sucker Punch Productions have unveiled a proper first-look at the upcoming open-world action-adventure sequel, Ghost of Yōtei , during a dedicated State of Play showcase for the game, offering a deep dive into the title's revamped world design and combat. The 20-minute gameplay presentation, narrated by Sucker Punch creative directors Jason Connell and Nate Fox, took fans through how the game has evolved in design since the studios acclaimed 2020 samurai adventure, Ghost of Tsushima . The trailer covered three major aspects of the upcoming game: Exploration, combat, and new gameplay modes. Perhaps the biggest shake-up to Ghost of Yōtei's core gameplay design compared to its predecessor is with regard to how players will progress through its open world. Ghost of Tsushima already featured a game-changing exploration system that integrated nature instead of the usual game HUD elements, but this time, the sequel takes things one step further, and according to Sucker Punch, 'focuses on player freedom more than any game'. Apart from returning elements such as yellow birds that will guide players to shrines that unlock abilities, Ghost of Yōtei will introduce a Clue system to tie together its main narrative instead of the usual waypoints, which direct players towards new locations depending on how they choose to explore the world. Clues can not only be gathered naturally during exploration, but also via interrogating enemies, which gives players a choice of multiple clues, each offering a new path and unique rewards to unlock. In the trailer, for example, players could choose between asking about the Oni, which unlocks the Ishikari Plain region and the Yari weapon, or the Kitsune, which unlocks the Teshio Ridge and the Kusarigama weapon. At any point while exploring, players can now pull out a spyglass to manually mark points of interest they come across, with the trailer teasing both returning side activities like Bamboo Strikes and Hot Springs, alongside new ones like painting, and a mini-game involving flicking coins across a table. Players will also be able to set up camps, which not only allows them to rest, cook food and play music, but also meet up with allies, a system which replaces the traditional journal known as Atsu's Wolf Pack, a more natural way to progress the story and build relationships with the supporting characters. With the game centred around protagonist Atsu's quest for vengeance against the Yōtei Six, a gang of ruffians who massacred her family, combat unsurprisingly plays a huge part in the experience. Unlike Jin Sakai from the previous game, Atsu isn't a samurai trained in honourable combat, giving her the freedom to use whatever tool and trick at her disposal to dispatch her foes. This leads to the game's revamped combat system, which revolves around the use of multiple weapons instead of different stances. Atsu will have access to five different melee weapons, including a traditional Katana, dual swords, a spear, a huge odachi and the kusarigama chain blade, each featuring its own moveset, upgrades, and effectiveness against different types of foes. Combat seems to offer the same familiar feel as the first title, although it has received a few new additions, such as a disarming system, a timing-based deflection technique similar to a parry that can disarm an enemy when timed correctly, or if not, can lead to Astu being disarmed herself. Ranged combat has also seen a new addition in the form of a rifle, with the trailer also teasing a companion system, showing the example of a wolf that assists in combat Ghost of Yōtei will also see the return of the fan-favourite Kurosawa Mode, alongside two new ways to play: Miike Mode, inspired by 13 Assassins director Takashi Miike, which pulls the game's camera in closer during combat while ramping up blood and mud effects, and Watanabe Mode, which features the audio works of Samurai Champloo anime director Shinichirō Watanabe, offering original lo-fi tracks to accompany exploration and combat. In a final surprise reveal, Sucker Punch also announced a special edition Ghost of Yōtei PS5 console and unique DualSense controllers, both which will be available at launch, further confirming the studio's confidence for Ghost of Yōtei to be one of the biggest game launches this year when it releases on 2 October 2025 for the PS5. Kevin is a reformed PC Master Race gamer with a penchant for franchise 'duds' like Darksiders III and Dead Space 3 . He has made it his life-long mission to play every single major game release – lest his wallet dies trying. Ghost of Yotei PlayStation Sony sucker punch productions
Free Malaysia Today
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Free Malaysia Today
‘Jurassic World: Rebirth' roars to top of N.American box office
Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey star in 'Jurassic World: Rebirth'. (Universal Pictures pic) LOS ANGELES : 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' – the latest instalment in the blockbuster dinosaur saga – stomped the July 4th weekend competition at the North American box office, raking in a whopping US$91.5 million in its debut, industry estimates showed Sunday. The Universal film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, takes viewers to an abandoned island research facility for the original Jurassic Park theme park, where secrets – and genetically mutated dinosaurs – are lurking. 'This is an excellent opening for the 7th episode of an action-adventure monster series,' said analyst David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. 'The series has been especially good overseas and so far foreign business is outstanding. Dinosaur action is understood in all languages and across all cultures.' 'F1: The Movie,' the Apple and Warner Bros flick starring Brad Pitt as a washed-up Formula One driver who gets one last shot at redemption, slipped to second place at US$26.1 million, Exhibitor Relations said. 'How to Train Your Dragon,' Universal and DreamWorks Animation's live-action reboot of the popular 2010 film, held in at third place at US$11 million. The family-friendly film tells the story of a Viking named Hiccup (Mason Thames) who strikes up a friendship with Toothless the dragon. In fourth place was Disney/Pixar Animation's latest original film 'Elio,' at US$5.7 million in the United States and Canada. 'Elio' tells the story of a young boy who is mistaken by aliens as an intergalactic ambassador for Earth. The voice cast includes Oscar winner Zoe Saldana. In fifth place was Columbia Pictures' zombie sequel '28 Years Later,' which took in US$4.6 million. The Danny Boyle-directed threequel picks up – as the title suggests – more than a generation after the initial outbreak of the Rage Virus. Rounding out the top 10 were:
