HeroTech just timed a perfect release. As Spider-Man: Brand New Day tore through opening weekend with the second-highest domestic haul on record, the channel posted a full functional replica of the film’s new wrist-mounted web shooters. Stainless steel housings, electronic retraction, and a compact shape that matches the trailers sit right there on the bench.
Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, finishing a film on DVD often meant one more step. People would slide that same disc into the DVD-ROM drive of their Windows PC, wait for the software to load, and suddenly find themselves staring at a whole different set of options. Wallpapers. Screensavers. Side-scrolling Flash games. Synchronized screenplays that played alongside the film. Interviews, photo galleries, and even live online events that used the disc itself as the connection point. This was the brief window when studios packed extra material onto the unused space of a movie disc and aimed it squarely at computers.
Amazon MGM Studios has put the first trailer online for its new take on The Thomas Crown Affair, and the opening frames already set a clear tone. Michael B. Jordan stands at the base of a long museum staircase, staring up at what looks like Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The camera holds on his face long enough to register quiet calculation before the cut. That single beat tells you this version of the story treats the theft itself as something closer to performance than simple crime.
Adam Savage has spent years rebuilding his own version of Cain in his shop, machining aluminum pieces one by one to replace the original resin castings gifted by Phil Tippett. On a recent trip to the Cinema Relics archive, he finally stood in the same room as the real things.
Zach Cregger is taking another swing at Resident Evil after a string of movies that left fans cold. His version opens in theaters September 18 and runs a tight 95 minutes. It stars Austin Abrams as Bryan, a medical courier who signs up for a double-pay job delivering an organ to Raccoon City General on a snowy night. He has a pregnant girlfriend waiting at home and zero idea what waits for him once the truck rolls into the wrong part of town.
Fans of the 1990s X-Files sci-fi series now gain a fresh way to revisit its world through bricks. A designer from Brisbane named Brent Waller first shaped the concept years ago as a personal project. He started with Mulder’s office during a rewatch in 2014 and later expanded the idea to include more scenes from the show. The submission won a spot in LEGO’s 90s Nostalgia Challenge on the Ideas platform, leading to this official release.
Robert Downey Jr. returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe this morning in a role no one saw coming a few years ago. He wears the metal mask of Doctor Doom in the first full trailer for Avengers Doomsday, and the footage makes clear this is no simple villain introduction. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the film lands in theaters on December 18 and pulls together heroes from three separate universes who suddenly share the same battlefield.
Adam Savage has spent years turning movie props into objects he can actually touch and use. His earlier work on Rounders chips and a matching poker table showed how deeply he loves the gear that surrounds a serious game. This new project takes that same passion and points it at his favorite Bond film. Casino Royale features one of the most intense poker scenes ever put on screen, complete with million-dollar plaques and sky-high tension. Savage decided to build the kind of custom carrier and racks that might actually move such a set between games.
Peter Parker keeps smashing phones, and that simple truth is at the heart of Samsung’s latest promotional video for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a nearly 100-second teaser that does more than just showcase next week’s foldables. It tells a brief, self-contained story of how the web slinger finds up having a Galaxy Z Flip 8 in his pocket.
Ten years after the first episode quietly appeared on Netflix, the streaming service has given Season 1 a complete visual and audio overhaul that turns every frame into something that feels pulled from a dusty rental case. Search for “Stranger Things VHS” or head to the dedicated title page and you will find all eight episodes of the first season presented as if someone in Hawkins had checked it out from Family Video in 1983 and played it until the tape started to wear.