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Ben is an entertainment journalist who has written about movies online for nearly a decade. He loves the Fast & Furious franchise, prefers Indiana Jones to Star Wars, and will defend the ending of Lost until his dying day. He shook Bill Murray's hand once (so he's got that going for him, which is nice). Ben lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

Latest articles by Ben Pearson

Justice League: first full trailer debuts Aquaman's trident power, almost-cheerful Batman

By Ben Pearson published 25 March 17

New Trailer

Westworld season 2 brings back a familiar face, which could be bad news for humanity

By Ben Pearson published 24 March 17

TV News

Hold up: Han Solo's real name might not actually be Han Solo?

By Ben Pearson published 23 March 17

Movie News

Spider-Man spin-off centered on Black Cat/Silver Sable is in the works at Sony

By Ben Pearson published 23 March 17

Movie News

Claws out: Logan director has a problem with modern superhero movies

By Ben Pearson published 22 March 17

Movie News

Iron Fist and John Wick have a scene in common but what does it mean?

By Ben Pearson published 22 March 17

TV News

Did you spot this Luke Cage character cameo in Iron Fist?

By Ben Pearson published 21 March 17

TV News

Mission: Impossible 6 contains a "mind-blowing" sequence that required Tom Cruise to train for a whole year

By Ben Pearson published 21 March 17

Movie News

Is the sci-fi movie Life actually a secret Venom prequel? The writers won't rule it out

By Ben Pearson published 20 March 17

Movie News

Stan Lee's Iron Fist cameo proves he's playing the same character in all of Marvel's Netflix shows

By Ben Pearson published 20 March 17

TV News

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 director teases Sylvester Stallone and Michael Rosenbaum's "very important" new characters

By Ben Pearson published 17 March 17

Movie News

The Matrix reboot won't be a reboot or remake at all, says its screenwriter

By Ben Pearson published 17 March 17

Movie News

Transformers 5 trailer teases a massive brawl between Optimus Prime and Bumblebee and... a puking dinobot

By Ben Pearson published 17 March 17

Movie News

Rogue One director says that one of Star Wars' coolest planets got its name from a coffee screw-up

By Ben Pearson published 16 March 17

Movie News

Samuel L. Jackson may have just accidentally revealed that the Red Skull is returning to the MCU

By Ben Pearson published 15 March 17

Movie News

American Gods drops a blood-soaked new trailer, and Twitter goes wild

By Ben Pearson published 15 March 17

TV News

Rogue One director explains why the original ending didn't work and says Darth Vader's big scene was a late addition

By Ben Pearson published 14 March 17

Movie News

Marvel boss explains why Thor is flying solo without Natalie Portman's Jane Foster in Thor: Ragnarok

By Ben Pearson published 14 March 17

Movie News

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events season 2 announced with a warning and a puzzle

By Ben Pearson published 13 March 17

TV News

Ed Sheeran will cameo in Game of Thrones season 7 but will we be able to spot him?

By Ben Pearson published 13 March 17

TV News

Watch this Atomic Blonde trailer NOW: a Bond movie with Charlize Theron as Bond from the director of John Wick

By Ben Pearson published 10 March 17

Movie News

Vin Diesel talks about continuing the Fast & Furious franchise without Paul Walker

By Ben Pearson published 10 March 17

Movie News

3 secrets hidden in plain sight in the first Jurassic World 2 photo

By Ben Pearson published 9 March 17

Movie News

New Fate of the Furious trailer shows The Rock physically altering the path of a moving torpedo - barehanded

By Ben Pearson published 9 March 17

Movie News

Here's what happens in Kong: Skull Island's post-credits scene

By Ben Pearson published 8 March 17

Movie News

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