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Joker, which dominated the box office this fall, becoming the first R-rated movie to gross over a billion dollars, has also earned multiple Golden Globe nominations – including Best Motion Picture and Best Performance By an Actor in a Drama for star Joaquin Phoenix.
For any Joker fans out there interested in reading the screenplay, written by director Todd Phillips and Scott Silver, you can check it out online here (h/t Deadline).
In the pantheon of alien-oriented sci-fi movies, a qualifier for true greatness is the caliber of the extraterrestrial. The more unique and strange they are, the more likely audiences will still be talking about them decades later.
Case in point: Galaxy Quest. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the beloved satire of low-fi, space-exploration television shows and their egocentric human casts works for many reasons, including a brilliant script and pitch-perfect performances. But one of Galaxy Quest’s secret weapons is its wholly original alien species: the Thermians.
Bi-pedal cephalopods in their true form, they spend the majority of the movie in human guise, trying to awkwardly pull off a natural human gait and speech patterns. As led by the sweetly naïve Mathesar (Enrico Colantoni), the Thermians laugh, smile and unabashedly “fan-boy” around the original cast of the historical document they know as Galaxy Quest.
While there’s plenty to love about drama, action, and adventure, sometimes you just have to laugh. Honestly, there may be nothing harder to pull off than a good joke. Thankfully, there were plenty of them told in 2019.
As GameSpot looks back on the year, there were so many comedies, within the realms of TV and film, that stuck with us. Only the cream of the crop could wind up in the top 10 best comedies of 2019, though. Interestingly, only two of those entries wound up being movies, but they’re easily two of the absolute funniest films of the year. The rest of the entries show just how varied and how incredibly powerful TV comedy can be. From sillier entries like BoJack Horseman to hilariously haunting titles like HBO’s Barry, there’s something funny for just about everyone somewhere on TV.
Take a look at our favorite funny movies and TV shows of the year below. Then make sure to take a look at our Top 10 films and TV shows of 2019, as well as the entertainment team’s editor’s choices for the year.
Ryan Reynolds gave Deadpool fans an exciting stocking stuffer while appearing on Live With Kelly and Ryan, officially confirming that Deadpool 3 was currently being developed over at Marvel.
“Yeah we’re working on it right now with the whole team,” Reynolds said.
“We’re over at Marvel
now, which is like the big leagues all of a sudden. It’s kinda crazy. So yeah, we’re working on it.”
How Deadpool will fit into the MCU, and whether or not it will still be an R-rated affair, are still lingering questions of course, but a few months back co-writer Paul Wernick said Marvel had given them permission to continue making R-rated films for the Deadpool franchise.
If you’re an extremely skilled, competitive gamer, buying a monitor isn’t always about graphical fidelity—refresh rate becomes paramount. AOC’s new Agon AG251FZ2 monitor (see it on Amazon) doesn’t come with a lot of bells and whistles, but it does come with 240Hz of crazy-smooth motion and a relatively affordable $279 price tag.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Mandalorian and was originally published on November 13.
Updated 12/27: Episode 8 of The Mandalorian confirms that the bounty hunter’s real name is Din Djarin as Pascal revealed back in November, and that he wasn’t born on Mandalore, but was raised by the warrior tribe as a foundling after the deaths of his parents.
The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal has revealed the real name of the titular bounty hunter that he portrays in the new Star Wars spinoff series on Disney+.