The Biggest Netflix Original Movies And Streaming TV Shows To Watch In 2021

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Price Drops For PS5, Xbox Series X Versions At Walmart

The latest Call of Duty game, Black Ops Cold War, released a couple of weeks ago on November 13, but if you’ve yet to pick up the first-person shooter, you can now buy a physical copy for 10 bucks less than its list price at Walmart. The retailer announced a new promo on the game that offers the PS5/Xbox Series X versions for $59.94 (was $70) and PS4/Xbox One versions for $49.94 (was $60). This is a “new everyday low price” with no specific end date, so it’s effectively a price drop on the brand-new game.

PS5/Series X: $60 (was $70) | PS4/Xbox One: $50 (was $60)

The new Walmart pricing affects the four platform-specific versions of Black Ops Cold War. The Xbox One and PS4 versions are available for $49.94–these physical copies are playable on next-gen consoles due to backwards compatibility. PS4 owners can later pay to upgrade to the PS5 version by inserting their disc into the console. The Xbox One version cannot be upgraded down the road.

The PS5 and Xbox Series X standard editions are down to $59.94, and these include the next-gen versions on disc. The PS5 standard edition can only be played on PS5. The Xbox Series X standard edition can be played on both Series X and Xbox One.

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Though not a huge discount, this Walmart price drop is still notable for the new COD game, as it’s full-priced for all versions at many other stores, like Best Buy and GameStop. It appears that Amazon is now price-matching the Xbox prices at Walmart–the Xbox Series X standard edition is on sale for $59.94, while the Xbox One version is down to $49.94, though note that the latter does not ship until January 8, 2021. The PlayStation versions are sold out at Amazon.

As the name implies, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is set in the early 1980s during the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The game features new multiplayer modes, a new Zombies storyline, extensive customization options, new map dynamics, and more. It received a 7/10 in GameSpot’s Black Ops Cold War review for its fun campaign, player choice, use of the PS5 DualSense controller, and more.

“It’s reasonable to expect updates to Cold War at a steady clip,” wrote reviews editor Kallie Plagge. “Weapons will be tweaked, issues will be patched, and gameplay will be balanced. Zombies has a strong foundation and may very well be improved further by potential updates, but the gap between multiplayer and the Warzone ecosystem is too wide to be bridged by small tweaks. Zombies is a good co-op time overall, but multiplayer falls flat, leaving the strong campaign to do most of the heavy lifting.”

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Secretlab Gaming Chairs Are Discounted In Big Christmas Sale

With everyone spending more time at home lately, it’s not a bad idea to invest in a quality desk chair. And if you also happen to game rather extensively, a dedicated gaming chair is the ideal choice. Secretlab is arguably the most well-known gaming chair manufacturer, but its chairs can also be quite pricey. Right now, you can save a decent chunk of change on Secretlab’s 2020 lineup of chairs during its Christmas sale.

The vast majority of Secretlab’s Prime 2.0 PU leather and SoftWeave fabric models are on sale for $40 off. If you opt for the more expensive NAPA leather, you’ll save $100 on your order. You’ll want to double-check the shipping date if you are in fact buying the chair as a Christmas gift. Most of the chairs, including standard Omega and Titan models, won’t ship until after the holidays–Secretlab is experiencing understandable delays due to the pandemic.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite Secretlab gaming chairs featured in the sale. It’s worth noting that Secretlab has two different sizes when it comes to chairs: Omega and Titan. Omega chairs are designed for people 5’11” tall and under 240 pounds, while Titan chairs are designed for taller people thanks to a larger backrest. Secretlab’s Christmas sale runs all the way up to December 25, so you have some time to take advantage of these discounts.

For more budget-friendly gaming chair options, make sure to check out our list of the best cheap gaming chairs.

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The Biggest Netflix Original Movies And Streaming TV Shows To Watch In 2021

The Biggest Netflix Original Movies And Streaming TV Shows To Watch In 2021 – GameSpot

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By Mason Downey on December 3, 2020 at 2:28PM PST

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Netflix’s upcoming year is packed with original shows and movies we can’t wait to stream.

Streaming services, for many, were a life raft through 2020’s ongoing lockdowns, and though many newcomers entered the fray this year, Netflix still stands tall as the leading service. This year, the streaming titan continued its push to add new and interesting original programming with new shows and movies, and next year, they’re going to keep going with a new slate of originals to look forward to.

You’ll notice that most of these have yet to set their premiere dates, a running theme for the entertainment industry through 2021 as uncertainty reigns supreme. But even through covid-related shutdowns and production postponements, filming did persist, so we can expect more news about release dates as the new year approaches.

So what sort of content can we expect to stream on Netflix in 2021? Just about everything. From comic book adaptations like The Sandman and Sweet Tooth to horror icons like Guillermo del Toro and Mike Flanagan bringing brand new shows and movies to the table, Netflix is primed to have an amazing and diverse offering next year. Check out some of our most highly anticipated originals and let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments below.

And don’t forget to check out our breakdown of our most anticipated 2021 movies and TV across all platforms and studios while you start making your tentative new year plans–there’s plenty just around the corner, streaming or otherwise.

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Guillermo del Toro Presents 10 After Midnight

TBD

Del Toro’s horror anthology series was announced back in 2018, and remains something of a mystery. We know that the man himself will be serving as writer and director for some of the installments and will be personally curating the whole collection, but news about who will be involved and what can be expected is still vague. Still, this is one we’re hoping for on the horizon and want to keep an eye on as 2021 rolls around–after all, who doesn’t love a good del Toro horror story?

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The Woman in the Window

TBD

This delayed adaptation of Daniel Mallory’s best-selling novel has had a few behind-the-scenes problems, including reshoots after reported negative test screenings and controversy about Mallory himself, and it’s now set to hit Netflix at some point. It has an A-list cast (Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Julianne Moore), a high-profile director (Atonement’s Joe Wright), and the book was the first debut novel in more than a decade to enter the New York Times’ Best Seller List at No.1. It’s a Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who starts to investigate the disappearance of a friend.

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Army of the Dead

TBD

Zack Snyder is primed to have a pretty busy year with the release of the highly anticipated Snyder Cut on HBO Max, but over on Netflix he’s returning to the Zombie genre with Army of the Dead. It’s going to be a “zombie heist movie” about mercenaries trying to pull a heist on a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak, and it stars Dave Bautista, Tig Notaro, and Ella Purnell. It’ll even have an anime prequel called Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, but neither has a set premiere date just yet.

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Pinocchio

TBD

Del Toro’s stop motion adaptation of the classic Pinocchio fable was picked up for distribution by Netflix in 2021. So far no real images have been released, but we know that it’s going to be a “dark musical fantasy” and feature voices by Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Ron Perlman, and Christoph Waltz.

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Midnight Mass

TBD

Mike Flanagan’s Haunting of Hill House and Bly Manor have become massively popular Halloween staples, but we may be getting something a little different from the writer/director next year. Midnight Mass is a horror show made up of 7 episodes that Flanagan and team began shooting this fall, and will include some Hill House/Bly favorites like Kate Siegel. There’s no confirmed release date, but during the Bly Manor press tour, Flanagan spoke to GameSpot directly from set, so we can hope for a Halloween season debut.

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The Sandman (live action)

TBD

Neil Gaiman’s cult classic Sandman comics are finally getting a live-action adaptation after years of false starts and canceled projects–and yes, this one is actually, for real going to happen. The Sandman started filming this fall, confirmed by Gaiman himself on Twitter. No release date has been set and a cast list has not been made available, but given the production status we can expect news in the relatively near future. For those unfamiliar with the series, The Sandman is the story of the Endless, god-like embodiments of concepts like dreams, desires, and death, as they interact with one another and the mortal world.

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Sweet Tooth

TBD

Another comic book adaptation headed for Netflix in the future is Sweet Tooth, based on the series of the same name by Jeff Lemire. This show was originally planned for Hulu but was handed off to Netflix in April of 2020 with an eight-episode series order. It follows a human-deer hybrid named Gus and his rag-tag band of animal-human hybrid friends searching for answers about their origins after a cataclysmic event ravages the world at large. No premiere date has been yet, but it began filming in July.

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Shadow and Bone

TBD

Based on the YA novels Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, this series will follow a young soldier who lives in a world divided in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness. The show has been in the works for some time, with a full cast list including Westworld’s Ben Barnes, announced back in 2019. It completed production in early 2020, but has yet to lock down a premiere date for its eight episode run.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender (live-action)

TBD

Netflix is working on a live-action adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. This isn’t the first time such a thing has been attempted, but there’s a good chance this will be better than the loathed 2010 movie (low bar, we know). That said, the cartoon’s original creators cast some doubt on that notion recently. Time will tell, and we’re hoping to see this show in 2021.

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The Witcher Season 2

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Cobra Kai Season 3

January 8, 2021

The first two seasons of the Karate Kid spin-off Cobra Kai screened on YouTube Premium, but for Season 3, the show is moving over to Netflix. This is great news for fans of the continuing adventures Daniel and Johnny, 30 years after the original hit ‘80s movies. And fans of the films who haven’t had the chance to see Seasons 1 and 2 (or simply those who read the great reviews), will also be able to catch up on those on Netflix too.

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I Think You Should Leave Season 2

TBD

Tim Robinson’s sketch show I Think You Should Leave was bizarre, easily one of the weirdest sketch comedy series in years. Robinson’s unique brand of humor is absurdist and pushes the envelope for how far it’s willing to go to deliver its comedy. While we don’t know a lot about the upcoming season, series co-creator Zach Kanin told Variety that The Lonely Island will be involved.

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Cowboy Bebop (live-action)

TBD

There have been some really unfortunate live-action anime adaptations in recent years, from Ghost in the Shell to Death Note. However, we can’t help but look forward to seeing a new take on one of our favorites, Cowboy Bebop. While casting news has emerged as recently as November, there’s no release date yet for Netflix’s live-action adaptation, but we have high hopes that it might stream in 2021.

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Destiny 2’s Trails Of Osiris Is Finally Coming Back–But Not This Week

Destiny 2‘s toughest multiplayer challenge, the Trials of Osiris, has been disabled for more than a month. Bungie says it has found the issue that led it to cancel Trials soon after the release of the Beyond Light expansion, and we now have a date for when we can expect Trials to return: December 18.

Bungie released the date on Twitter alongside its This Week at Bungie blog post. The fix for the issue is coming in a future update–but since Bungie didn’t identify it as part of a hotfix coming to the game on December 8, we can probably expect the patch with the weekly reset on December 15.

The team has identified the issue and is currently developing a future Hotfix. Trials of Osiris is currently planned to return on 12/18. https://t.co/tfGUvyG2lL

— Bungie Help (@BungieHelp) December 3, 2020

Trials of Osiris is the peak player-vs.-player challenge that Destiny 2 offers, with loot rewards to match. Available only on weekends, it requires players in teams of three to take on other teams in a series of elimination matches. The goal is to win seven matches in a row without losing any, which is known as “flawless.” Starting with Beyond Light, teams that can manage a flawless Trials run can win special Adept weapons, which offer stat boosts that aren’t available anywhere else in the game.

The additions to Beyond Light have made Trials an enticing activity for a lot of high-level players, but Bungie announced it was disabling the mode on November 12, just a couple of days after Beyond Light’s release. The developer had previously pegged the return of Trials on November 27, but when the day came, Bungie delayed Trials again.

Bungie also laid out some changes coming with the December 8 weekly reset. Another hotfix is set for that date, which will make a number of small fixes and return the Prophecy dungeon back into the game–another activity that was disabled with Beyond Light’s release. December 8 also marks the release of Bungie’s next-generation upgrades for Destiny 2, so expect improved framerates and other adjustments on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

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2020’s Biggest Gaming News: COVID-19, Game Delays, Ubisoft Scandal

One of the biggest storylines in gaming and across the world in 2020 was COVID-19. The global health crisis was and remains a gigantic issue that has thrust the world into a new paradigm. This has affected the video game business in a multitude of ways.

One of those was how it forced the cancellation of, or resulted in major changes to, multiple major video game events, the first major one of which was PAX East in Boston.

The event was scheduled for the end February, and while it did in fact go ahead, many publishers and developers pulled out. The companies behind Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part II, and PUBG all cancelled appearances and events for the convention, while numerous others chose not to attend due to concerns about the virus.

The string of cancellations for in-person gaming and entertainment events continued from there. With the virus spreading, the organizers of E3 2020 announced in March that the annual gaming event in Los Angeles would be cancelled due to concerns over health and safety. It was a momentous change, as E3 had been held annually and continuously for 25 straight years before this. While E3 2020’s in-person show was canceled, the summer was not without news events.

Instead of a concentrated week-long run of news briefings and press conferences, publishers like Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, Devolver, and others held their own individual virtual events that were spread through the summer months and streamed online. These events brought news about the prices and release dates for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, the announcement of games like Skate 4 and Far Cry 6, and new footage and details on Cyberpunk 2077, among other games.

COVID-19 also led to major changes in how developers operate. At various points in the first half of 2020, developers big and small shifted to a work-from-home setup. With physical recording studios closed, voice actors recorded dialogue from their closets. Due to the challenges of working in this environment, multiple major games faced delays, including the marquee Xbox Series X launch title, Halo Infinite, as well as The Last of Us Part II, Wasteland 3, NHL 21, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Far Cry 6, and Rainbow Six Quarantine. Some game developers, like Square Enix, have announced plans allow their developers to work from home permanently as a result of the pandemic, and more may follow.

Despite the challenges related to COVID-19, both Microsoft and Sony successfully released their next-generation consoles, and both are selling well. In fact, they have been so popular that both companies have sold through all their stock and new orders sell out immediately. The consoles haven’t been without issue, however, as reports have emerged about various issues such as crashing and problems with the PS5’s rest mode, in particular. Whether or not these issues are related to COVID-19 or are just the normal teething issues with new hardware, it’s not immediately clear.

With so many people staying home during the pandemic, either voluntarily or under shelter-in-place orders, time spent gaming and revenue from gaming increased dramatically. All major publishers reported a surge in sales and play time due to the virus. Gaming revenue is expected to reach new all-time records for sales this year due to the pandemic.

Best Gifts for Movie Lovers – Holiday Gift Guides 2020

Everyone loves movies, which makes them a great gift for any holiday or birthday. However, it can be a bit overwhelming to figure out exactly what someone would like. We believe that it sometimes helps to see all the options in one place, so we’ve gathered some of our favorite new and upcoming 4K UHD and Blu-ray movies, some that come by themselves and others that are included in a collection that gathers every film of a beloved franchise like The Lord of the Rings.

Speaking of The Lord of the Rings, this will be the first year Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy will make the jump to 4K, and those will undoubtedly make a great gift for the Tolkien lover in your life. However, we’ve included so much more, including movie-themed gifts, games, shirts, and some awesome Studio Ghibli steelbook limited editions.

No matter if your loved one has made the jump to 4K or not, there is something for everyone in this guide made specifically for movie lovers. So, whether you need Harry Potter, Back to the Future, Jaws, Friday the 13th, The Goonies, or 300, we’ve got you covered.

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Best 4K UHD Blu-ray Gift Sets

If you want something a bit more than a standard Blu-ray case, gift sets are a great option.

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Best 4K UHD and Blu-ray Gifts

If you are looking for some of the best 4K UHD Blu-rays on the market, here is the list for you.

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Best Blu-ray Collection Gifts

Sometimes a single film of a series isn’t enough, and here are some of the best collections of our favorite films.

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Best Blu-ray Steelbook Gifts

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Best Movie-Themed Gifts

If you want more than a movie, these movie-themed gifts will help fill that void.

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Best Movie-Themed Stocking Stuffer Gifts

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The Best Gift Ideas for 2020

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Disney’s Hawkeye: Black Widow’s Florence Pugh, Vera Farmiga Join Cast

Disney Plus’ Hawkeye series has added a number of new actors to its cast, including Black Widow’s Florence Pugh, Vera Farmiga, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, and Zahn McClarnon, according to Variety.

Pugh is reprising her role as Yelena Belova, sister of Black Widow in the Marvel cinematic universe. Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring series, The Departed) will play Eleanor Bishop, Kate Bishop’s mother.

Fee (Les Miserables as well as the upcoming Cinderella film) is cast as Kazi, a villain also known as the Clown.

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Dalton (Salamanca in Better Call Saul) will play Jack Duquesne. In Marvel lore, Duquesne (also known as “Swordsman”) is a mentor figure to Hawkeye and has varied between hero and villain over the years.

Cox, in her first onscreen appearance, will play Maya Lopez, or Echo. Often depicted as a supporting character to Daredevil, Echo is a Native American individual with the ability to perfectly mimic her opponent’s movements. She’s also one of the few deaf comic characters in the Marvel universe.

McClarnon (Westworld’s Akecheta) will play William Lopez, who is most likely Maya Lopez’ father, named Willie “Crazy Horse” Lincoln.

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The new cast members will play supporting roles to Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye and Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop, who eventually takes on the Hawkeye name. Disney has yet to confirm Steinfeld’s role, despite Variety reporting it earlier. Steinfeld has previously starred in True Grit, Bumblebee, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Disney’s Hawkeye series currently has no announced premiere date and will be beaten to Disney Plus by the upcoming WandaVision series debuting in January.

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Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer for IGN.

The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Review

Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone will be available on Blu-ray & Digital Dec. 8 from Paramount Home Entertainment. It also opens in select theaters on Dec. 4. Read more on IGN’s policy on movie reviews in light of COVID-19 here. IGN strongly encourages anyone considering going to a movie theater during the COVID-19 pandemic to check their local public health and safety guidelines before buying a ticket.

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While The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is a slightly leaner and more focused revision of The Godfather: Part III, Francis Ford Coppola’s revamp won’t do much to radically change anyone’s feelings about the final installment in his crime family saga, the 1990 film widely deemed a disappointment following the two instant classics that preceded it.

In other words, the problems in Godfather 3 are too fundamental to be erased by merely restructuring and trimming what had been a bloated, less than engaging finale. Tragedy and family — among the cornerstones of the Godfather saga — are precisely what’s so off about this final entry, whether it’s Godfather: Part III or Godfather, Coda. Al Pacino’s ailing, aging Michael and Talia Shire’s darker, vicious Connie are the most prominent returning cast members, with Diane Keaton’s remarried Kay playing a supporting role in service of Michael’s quest for forgiveness. But this Corleone family is a shell of the one we’d previously come to know; they’re less defined, less warm, and largely strangers to the viewer, with the film itself hardly developing any of its new characters to fill the void or bring anything unique or exciting to the saga.

The filmmaker’s daughter Sofia Coppola remains woefully miscast as Michael’s beloved daughter Mary, and her romance with her first cousin Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia) is still as cringe-inducing as it was 30 years ago. (Sorry, but there’s still no way to dress up incest between first cousins and make it into some tragic romance between star-crossed lovers doomed by the family business.) It’s not all Sofia Coppola’s fault, mind you, as Mary is underwritten and lacks any true motivation beyond wanting to be in love with her cousin, but a stronger actress could have transcended what little there is on the page for her to play. Mary is ultimately there to be the crushing blow to her father’s vain attempt at redemption. She says at one point she wants to be closer to her dad but at no point do we witness any true estrangement between them. Indeed, she appears to be the apple of his eye, with her aspiring opera singer brother Tony the one who has an icy relationship with their father.

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Garcia brings a much-needed jolt of charisma and energy to the whole affair as Sonny Corleone’s illegitimate son Vincent, succeeding where Sofia Coppola couldn’t in bringing more to his underwritten role. But Vincent lacks the gravitas and pathos of past Godfather characters; even his dad Sonny had more nuance and dimension to him. Vincent is a one-note, vicious hothead throughout, whose eventual graduation to become the new Godfather feels unearned; as loyal as he may be to Michael, he only got the job because there really was no one else left in line for it by then. The surrogate father-son bond between Michael and Vincent isn’t really explored much, and Michael, while firm on it needing to be called off, isn’t really as aghast at his daughter and his brother’s son being romantically involved as you’d think a father would be. (He’s more upset about Tony not wanting to become a lawyer.)

All of this is to say that even with Coppola’s rejiggering and wholesale cutting of scenes, there are still enough deep flaws in Godfather, Coda to keep the film from being anywhere near as good as the first two chapters. It is, however, still a slightly better version of the same movie, getting to its point in a more deft way by losing the original’s “Michael gets a papal medal” sequence and using Michael’s meeting with Archbishop Gilday about the Catholic Church’s debts — and Michael’s bid to acquire the Church’s stake in the firm Immobiliare — as the impetus for everything that’s to come. This was a smart change because it establishes what Michael wants — redemption (even if he has to buy it) as well as a legitimate future and fortune for his family — right off the bat.
Another notable difference is the very end of the film, which provoked laughter in the theater when I saw it back in 1990. Without giving too much away, Coda has a shorter and bleaker resolution than what was seen in the theatrical cut. It doesn’t redeem the deeply flawed nature of the movie, but it’s certainly a better ending than the one we’ve had for the past 30 years.

And while I’m personally interested in all the Vatican bank intrigue, the film is so engrossed in these machinations that it loses sight of what it should mean to the characters. The movie remains in service of the plot rather than the characters, with the minutiae of the Immobiliare deal getting far more screen time than the development of the tragic (albeit very misguided) romance between Mary and Vincent or the relationship between Michael and his children.

The cinematography, production design, and overall aesthetic of this final Godfather film remain as gloomily gorgeous as its predecessors, elements that this crisp new Blu-ray and digital transfer capture well. Francis Ford Coppola may have improved upon his initial release with this Coda, but no amount of reworking of this material can make Sofia Coppola’s performance better, the new characters more compelling, or the central plot less aloof.

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The Biggest Horror Movies To Watch In 2021

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After several extremely successful years, the popularity of the horror genre was expected to continue in 2020 with a wealth of high profile releases. Huge horror franchises such as Halloween, The Conjuring, Saw, and The Purge were set to get their latest entries, high-profile directors like James Wan, Zack Snyder, and Edgar Wright had new original movies on the way, and a handful of intriguing indie movies showed that the genre was in great shape. But as we all know, the year didn’t pan out as planned, and the majority of 2020’s highest profile horror movies were pushed to 2021.

That means there is a lot of exciting new scary cinema on the way next year. All of those big franchise movies will finally arrive, along with the sequel to Don’t Breathe, the reboot of Candyman, and a sequel to 2018’s hugely successful A Quiet Place.

However, 2021’s horror line-up doesn’t only include movies that were delayed from the year before. Purge and Halloween producers Blumhouse have several new films in the way, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will get yet another sequel, Shudder will unleash the outrageous ’80s-set gorefest Psycho Goreman, and acclaimed director Ben Wheatley will reveal the mysterious horror movie he shot during lockdown. So with 2021 almost here, here’s our guide to the most anticipated horror movies to be released over the next 12 months.

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Escape Room 2

Release date: January 1, 2021

The 2019 movie Escape Room might not have been a critical hit, but it made a lot of money–$155 million worldwide from a $9 million production budget. Inevitably, a sequel was greenlit, and it will arrive at the start of 2021. Director Adam Robitel and writer Bragi F. Schut are back, and while a storyline or trailer haven’t been revealed yet, it’s safe to assume the movie will involve a group of people once more having to escape from a series of increasingly deadly rooms.

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Antlers

Release date: February 19

Guillermo Del Toro’s next directorial effort, Nightmare Alley, isn’t expected until 2022. As a producer, though, his name continues to be attached to a variety of films. Following Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, we have Antlers. It’s a spooky tale of a young boy and something scary that lives in the woods that’s been picking off the locals. Antlers stars Keri Russell (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Jesse Plemons (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story), and is directed by Scott Cooper.

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A Quiet Place: Part II

Release date: April 23

With A Quiet Place, The Office and Jack Ryan star John Krasinski proved that he wasn’t just a talented actor–he also has serious chops as a filmmaker. The movie was a tense, terrifying, and moving experience that transcended its gimmicky setup (make a sound and a monster will get you), and grossed more than $340 million worldwide. Krasinski also directs the sequel, which stars Emily Blunt once more, alongside Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou. Krasinski previously hinted that the sequel will expand the setting of the movie, stating, “[It] isn’t just a character to remake or a group of characters or a story. It’s actually a world, which is a whole different, very unique experience.”

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Last Night in Soho

Release date: April 23

The zombie comedy classic Shaun of the Dead proved that director Edgar Wright is a huge horror fan, and with Last Night in Soho, he’ll get the chance to show he can make scary as well as funny. It’s a ’60s-set London-based psychological horror film that reportedly takes influence from British classics such as Don’t Look Now and Peeping Tom.The movie stars Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, The Queen’s Gambit), and Matt Smith (Doctor Who) alongside veteran British stars Diana Rigg and Terence Stamp.

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Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Release date: May 21

The Saw series is one of the most successful horror franchises of all time, and the ninth movie is on the way. The awkwardly-titled Spiral: From the Book of Saw stars Chris Rock as a cop who gets pulled into a strange murder case, which seems to have links to the activities of the notorious (and very dead) trap-setting maniac Jigsaw. The movie also stars Samuel L. Jackson, and it’s directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, who previously helmed Saw 2, 3, and 4. Despite the title and weird, arty poster, the recent first trailer suggests that it’ll be gory business as usual.

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Release date: June 4

The Conjuring universe is now the most successful horror movie franchise ever made, and the third film in the main series arrives in 2021. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren, who, as the movie’s title suggests, take on an unusual case of demonic possession. Wilson has stated that the film will have “a much different feel” to previous movies. It’s produced by series creator James Wan once more, and directed by Michael Chaves, who previously helmed 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona.

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The Forever Purge

Release date: July 9

In just eight years, the Purge series has produced four movies and two seasons of a spin-off TV show, and a fifth film is on the way. Creator James DeMonaco previously stated that this would be the last one, but given that 2018’s prequel The First Purge was the most successful one so far, it’s hard to believe producers Blumhouse will stop here. But either way, The Forever Purge will pick up where 2016’s Election Year left off, with director Everardo Gout (Luke Cage, Banshee) making his feature debut.

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Don’t Breathe 2

Release date: August 13

Fede Alvarez’s highly suspenseful Don’t Breathe was one of 2016’s big surprise hits, making $157 million at the worldwide box office from a modest production budget of $10 million. The movie didn’t necessarily leave the door open for a second entry, but that has rarely (ok, never) stopped Hollywood, and the sequel is on the way. Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues have written the screenplay once more, with Sayagues taking over directorial duties. Stephen Lang will be back as the sinister Blind Man, and he confirmed in October that production has now wrapped on the movie ahead of its release next summer.

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Candyman

Release date: August 27

As well as directing the hit movies Get Out and Us, Jordan Peele has kept busy by writing and producing a slate of other genre TV shows and movies. He’s co-written this new version of the terrifying ’90s horror classic Candyman, which is based on the story by Clive Barker. It’s described as a “spiritual sequel,” and while there has been a bit of confusion about who will play the vengeful ghostly former slave of the title, the trailers released so far suggest that it will in fact be original star Tony Todd. The movie stars Aquaman’s Yahya Abdul Mateen II, and it’s directed by rising director Nia DaCosta (Little Woods, Top Boy).

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Halloween Kills

Release date: October 15

The huge success of 2018’s Halloween reboot/sequel proved there’s still life in the long-running slasher series. Director David Gordon Green has shot the next two movies back-to-back, and the first will be with us next October. Original star Jamie Lee Curtis is back to fight her masked nemesis Michael Myers on the streets of Haddonfield once more, and series co-creator John Carpenter will provide another iconic score. The third movie, the almost-certainly inaccurately titled Halloween Ends, is due in 2022.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 9

Release date: TBD

The 1974 classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the most influential horror movies of all time and has been followed by numerous sequels, prequels, and remakes over the years. The ninth film in the series is due for release in 2021. While the last film, 2017’s Leatherface, was a prequel to the original Texas Chainsaw, this next entry will reportedly be a direct sequel, set four decades later, that ignores all the films in between. The film is produced by Fede Álvarez (Don’t Breathe) and directed by David Blue Garcia.

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Psycho Goreman

Release date: TBD

Steven Kostanski is part of the Canadian horror production company Vestron-6, and he previously directed the acclaimed cosmic horror The Void. His latest movie is Psycho Goreman, which is set for a theatrical release before hitting Shudder next year. It’s a homage to both ’80s kids movies like Explorers and The Goonies and splattery horror of the same era, and tells the story of two kids who befriend a huge, terrifying creature named PG. They get to play baseball with him, but unfortunately, he’s also partial to tearing people’s heads off. Check out the outrageously gory trailer.

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Run Sweetheart Run

Release date: TBD

This urban chiller was set to hit theaters in May this year, but it will now head straight to streaming, with a Prime Video release expected some time in 2021. It’s a tale of a date-from-hell, as a single mom (Ella Balinska) ends up being pursued across LA by a psychotic suitor, played by Game of Thrones’s Pilou Asbæk. It looks like another slick, tense, and entertaining movie from Blumhouse productions.

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St. Maud

Release date: TBD

First-time British filmmaker Rose Glass made something of a festival splash with this unsettling horror movie, which was set for a summer 2020 release but will now appear sometime next year. The plot focuses on a nurse who becomes infatuated with one of her dying patients and starts to believe that she might be possessed. The movie stars Morfydd Clark, who appeared in last year’s horror hit Crawl, and blends psychological scares and disturbing body horror.

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Malignant

Release date: TBD

James Wan is one of the most successful directors working today, but while his biggest hits have been franchise blockbusters Aquaman and Fast 7, his roots lie in horror. He co-created the Saw, Insidious, and Conjuring series and returns to the genre in 2021 with this new scary film. Despite rumors that it’s an adaptation of Wan’s 2011 graphic novel Malignant Man, the director has confirmed that it is in fact an entirely new story. We don’t actually know what it’s about, but it’s definitely one to keep a watch out for.

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Army of the Dead

Release date: TBD

Zack Snyder kicked off his directing career with the James Gunn-written remake of Dawn of the Dead, and he’ll soon be back with another zombie movie. It was first announced way back in 2008 but sat unmade for a decade until Netflix picked it up. Dave Bautista heads the cast, and in 2019, Synder gave us a hint about what to expect, describing it as a “heist movie in a zombie-infested Las Vegas.” It sounds awesome.

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There’s Someone Inside Your House

Release date: TBD

Director Patrick Brice has shown himself to be skilled at blending genres with his superb horror comedies Creep and Creep 2, and next he’ll tackle the horror thriller There’s Someone Inside Your House for Netflix. It’s based on Stephanie Perkins’ 2017 novel of the same title, and focuses on a teenage girl with a dark past who joins a new school in rural Nebraska. Soon after her arrival, students start dying in a variety of gruesome ways. The novel was acclaimed as an enjoyable throwback to slasher movies, so it’ll be fascinating to see what Brice brings to the genre.

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In The Earth

Release date: TBD

Kill List director Ben Wheatley has got a couple of big Hollywood sequels lined up over the next couple of years, namely Tomb Raider 2 and The Meg 2, but in the meantime kept himself busy by making this intriguing low budget horror movie. It was shot in 15 days during quarantine this year, with the entire cast and crew isolating together, and stars Joel Fry (Yesterday), Ellora Torchia (Midsommar), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake). The plot centers on the search for a cure for a virus, which leads a scientist to encounter terrifying things deep in a forest.

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Wrong Turn

Release date: TBD

The original Wrong Turn was a 2003 survival horror film that focused on a backwoods cannibal family targeting an unfortunate group of friends who make–you got it– a wrong turn into their territory. It spawned no fewer than five sequels, and next year the entire series is getting a reboot. Series creator Alan B. McElroy has written the screenplay, and this time the story centres on mountain-dwelling crazies known as the Foundation who have lived there since before the Civil War and don’t like visitors.

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Firestarter

Release date: TBD

The classic Stephen King novel Firestarter was first adapted in 1984, with a young Drew Barrymore playing a pyrokinetic girl who is hunted by a sinister government agency. It’s set to get a new adaptation from Blumhouse–the movie was first announced in 2019 and could potentially be with us later in 2021. It’ll be directed by Keith Thomas, who previously helmed the creepy chiller The Vigil, with Zac Efron starring as the father to the main character.

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Vengeance

Release date: TBD

The Office star BJ Novak will make his feature directing and writing debut with this Blumhouse-produced horror thriller. Novak plays a New York radio host who travels to the Deep South to investigate the mysterious death of his girlfriend, and the cast also includes Boyd Holbrook (Narcos, The Predator), Issa Rae (The Hate U Give), and Ashton Kutcher (That ’70s Show). Production was already underway before the pandemic shut down earlier this year, so it should be with us in 2021.

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Spiral: From the Book of Saw

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

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In The Earth

Wrong Turn

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Vengeance

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