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Pop Culture Imports: ‘District 9,’ ‘Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy,’ ‘One Child Nation,’ And More (Welcome toPop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) From the harrowing, to the hopeful, the plain old awesome, this week’s Pop Culture Imports will have you covered on all the bases. The best foreign movies and TV streaming now include Neill Blomkamp’s modern sci-fi classicDistrict 9, the harrowing one-child policy documentaryOne Child Nation, an unexpectedly awesomeIp Manspin-off, a lovely slice-of-life Japanese anthology series, and a slow burning Korean romantic-comedy....

Prince Caspian Headed To Disappointing $51M Opening; Narnia Sequels In Question? The early Friday night box office estimates are in, and Disney’sThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspianfailed to match the opening of 2005’sThe Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe. Caspian took in $18M on Friday, and is looking at a $51 million weekend, almost 25% less than the previous film in the series. Theater owners were hoping for $80+M. Disney has already greenlitThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but I’m not sure the series will continue after that....

Sequel Bits: ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’, ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Insidious 2’, ‘Despicable Me 2’, ‘Dolphin Tale 2’ Today’s Sequel Bits are ordered from least to most family-friendly, just because. After the jump: Even by horror movie standards, the protagonist ofHuman Centipede 3will be faced with a fairly unusual question: Just where does one find enough people to build a 500-person mouth-to-anus chain? Fortunately, it appears directorTom Sixhas figured out the answer....

Sequel Bits: ‘Lethal Weapon 5,’ Mad Max: Fury Road,' ‘Catching Fire,’ ‘Scary Movie 5,’ ‘Kick-Ass 2’ One actor joins a sequel and teases a second, while a different actor dismisses a sequel and approves another. All that and more in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about the following: Mel Gibsonis promoting his direct-to-DVD action film,Get the Gringo, and did a very good interview withComingSoonwhere he discussed a bunch of things including the possibility ofLethal Weapon 5and any involvement with the fourthMad Max,Mad Max: Fury Road....

Spider-Man: No Way Home: Release Date, Cast And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)In just a few weeks, the Marvel Cinematic Universe returns to the big screen with its star-studded, much-anticipated Phase 4. Among the heroes launching us back into action is everyone’s favorite Queens native, Peter Parker....

Superhero Bits: ‘LEGO DC Super-Villains’ Launch Trailer, SAG Investigating ‘Joker’ Set Incident & More DidGothamalmost turn another character intoHarley Quinn? How were the season premiere ratings forThe FlashandBlack Lightning? Who does theKraven the Hunterwriter want to see direct the movie? What didMaggie Gyllenhaalthink the first time he sawHeath LedgershootingThe Dark Knight? What scene got cut fromJustice Leaguefor being too scary? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Black Lightningis back in action for The CW show’s second season....

Superhero Bits: ‘Morbius’ Delayed Again By One Week, ‘Ms. Marvel’ Revealed In New Set Photos & More Want to make a cocktail inspired byBatman: The Animated Series? Want to seeIman Vellaniin her fullMs. Marvelcostume? Who is the latest addition to Marvel’sSecret Invasionseries? Did you hearMorbiusgot delayed yet again? Who is the main character in Marvel’sEternals? What familiarBatmanlocation have Warner Bros. production trucks been spotted at? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man Can Beat Superman, Hulk’s Glamorous Bed In Thor: Ragnarok & More CouldWally Westend up being the lead speedster in the fourth season ofThe Flash? How willAnt-Manbe linked toCaptain Marvelbesides the obvious Marvel Cinematic Universe connection? Want to see whatHulk’s bed looks like inThor: Ragnarok? How didStephen Amelldo on theAmerican Ninja Warriorcourse? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Black Adam fights Shazam, @therock request is sure to be seen....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Lego Batman, Agent Carter, Doctor Strange, X-Men What’s the inside story behind theBatman v Supermanlogo inI Am Legend? How can you get this disgustingGuardians of the Galaxysweater? Who would win in a fight betweenBatmanand Darth Vader? Did theLego Movieproducers approachChristopher Nolanto approveLego Batman? Want to see a new TV spot forAgent Carter? Is anyone crazy enough to mashupDownton AbbeyandIron Man? And which piece ofDoctor Strange’s clothing has an official Marvel URL?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Batman: The Animated Series, Joss Whedon, Man Of Steel, Amazing Spider-Man Want to see a new trailer combining all threeChristopher NolanBatmanmovies? How about a featurette featuring all of the cast and crew saying goodbye toBatman? What doesBatman: The Animated Serieslook like in the style ofThe Dark Knight Rises? Are you complaints withThe Amazing Spider-Manvalid or not? Has information on an action scene inMan of Steelleaked out?...

Superhero Bits: Tons Of Avengers, Nathan Fillion, Spider-Man, Batman, Green Lantern Obviously, there’s a lot ofAvengerstoday with the new trailer released. Want to read new quotes fromRobert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris EvansandJeremy Rennerabout the film? Where can you play anAvengersgame right now? Is somewhere sellingAvengersthemed pet wear? Has aSpider-Man cake ended the trend of superhero cakes? Want to seeNathan Filliontalk aboutJustice League: Doomand act in a superhero comedy skit?...

The ‘Loki’ Season Finale Features The First MCU Character Previously Owned By Fox When Disneygobbled up Fox(like it gobbled up Marvel and Lucasfilm and will gobble up your soul), the possibility of the X-Men and Fantastic Four joining the MCU suddenly became more probable, if not an outright inevitability. Fans were excited about the prospect, and we now know that Marvel Studios has anewFantastic Fourmoviein the pipeline. However, the season finale ofLoki(now streaming onDisney+) featured a character who made their first-ever appearance in aFantastic Fourcomic....

The 14 Best Comedies You Can Watch On Netflix Right Now There’s room for criticism when it comes to the curation of Netflix’s library. The popular streaming service seems to deny the existence of films released before 1970, for example, and as the company invests more and more money into original content, it has slowly begun to neglect other areas. But not comedy. Other genres aren’t particularly well represented on the service, but comedy is alive and well on Netflix, with a multitude of different subgenres at the viewer’s fingertips....