Out of the many thinly-veiled Grand Theft Auto imitators to come to consoles and offer players the opportunity to explore a crime-infested city packed full of interesting supporting characters and a variety of side missions, Sleeping Dogs has to be viewed as one of the best.
As any cursory glance at the internet will have made abundantly clear over the last few days, fans have been picking apart the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer one frame at a time to try and decipher any clues or information, and it's inevitably led to a whole host of theories making the rounds since the promo racked up a whopping 355 million views in the space of 24 hours.
Looking at nothing but the sheer size of the man, it would be easy for Hollywood to pigeonhole John Cena as the latest in a long line of musclebound action heroes. However, when you compare his flat and one-note performance as Jakob Toretto in Fast & Furious 9 to his hilariously deadpan turn as Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad, it's clear where his real strengths lie.
The Incredible Hulk may have been released just a few weeks after Iron Man in the summer of 2008, but it's been largely swept under the rug and ignored by the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since. In fact, the franchise's second installment was ignored and cut off from the rest of the mythology entirely for eight years until William Hurt's Thaddeus Ross made his return to the fold in Captain America: Civil War.
If you're looking for a seasoned, grizzled and consistently acclaimed talent to headline a hard-boiled crime thriller, then you can't do much better than Benicio del Toro. For over a quarter of a century, the Academy Award winner has gained a reputation for showing up in the sandbox of cops and robbers to deliver some of the best work of an illustrious career.
It's all systems go for the next era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and based on the volume of projects coming to theaters and Disney Plus throughout Phase Four, the next time the Avengers are assembled whoever ends up leading the team is going to be spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing the roster.
David Fincher might make expensive movies for major studios, but he doesn't do blockbusters. The Game, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may have cost upwards of $70 million apiece, but they were never designed as mass-marketed crowd-pleasers.
A live-action adaptation of classic video game franchise Halo has been a long time coming, and it's finally coming to Paramount+ early next year, albeit in much different form than originally intended.