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29 Jul

Why Final Destination 5 Is the Best Movie in the Franchise

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This article contains spoilers for the Final Destination movies Olivia Castle (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) knows things are about to be bad. Despite her doctor’s kind assurances that her laser eye surgery is routine and harmless, despite the stuffed bear she clutches, Olivia cannot help but shudder. Strapped to a table, her head held still and her eyelids pulled open, Olivia only grows more agitated. In contrast, the doctor goes through the setup process in a patient monotone, calmly talking her through the process. So confident is he, that the doctor doesn’t even worry about stepping out for a moment, leaving…

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29 Jul

Here’s Your Perfect David Warner Genre Movie Marathon

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You just can’t get away from David Warner. Whether you’re watching an episode of Babylon 5 or hearing his voice as Ra’s al Ghul in Batman: The Animated Series, there’s a ubiquity to David Warner that all true fans of superheroes, science fiction, and fantasy know without thinking about it. Yes, Warner did a lot of work that wasn’t sci-fi or fantasy, but his omnipresence within those genres is partly what made him so beloved. Warner passed away recently at the age of 80, and because he’s been in soooo many things we’ve all loved, it feels difficult to accept…

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28 Jul

What Black Adam Means for the Future of the Justice League, Shazam, and the DCEU

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been making the same promise since he first hit DC Fandome in 2020 to talk about the upcoming superhero film Black Adam: “The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change.” Not only is that a clear message from a resurgent Teth-Adam to Superman and the Justice League, but it also foreshadows the future of the DCEU. You see, Black Adam is going to change this comic book movie universe in some very interesting ways. When the movie hits theaters this fall, it will not only introduce another god-like metahuman who is…

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28 Jul

How Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Could Bring the X-Men to Marvel Phase 5

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Among the many esteemed guests to visit SDCC last weekend, one of the most notable, yet underlooked, arrived during the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 presentation. As director James Gunn and members of the cast stood on the stage, a haughty man draped in purple made his way from the back of Hall H. His arms outstretched, a look of contempt and pity on his face, the purple man moved to the crowd and unceremoniously grabbed the mic from Gunn. “Call me sire,” he demanded.  Of course, the man in question is actually Peacemaker star Chukwudi Iwuji, who will…

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27 Jul

Marvel LEGO Set Appears to Confirm New Black Panther Identity

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This article contains potential spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Since the untimely death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, and the news that director Ryan Coogler would not recast the role of T’Challa for the sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, fans have wondered who would be the next person to take up the mantle. While the recently-released trailer is inarguably glorious, it gives little information about the next Panther. Most of the clip focuses on mourning for the fallen T’Challa and an attack by Namor the Sub-Mariner and his Atlantian armies, with only one clip showing the Panther from…

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27 Jul

Star Wars Finally Delivers Return of the Jedi’s True Ending

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi may have given George Lucas’ Original Trilogy a fitting end in 1983, but it was also only the beginning of something much bigger. With the Emperor finally defeated and Darth Vader redeemed, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo lived happily ever after on the big screen, but in 1991, Timothy Zahn’s classic Legends novel Heir to the Empire showed us that there were still many, many more battles and wars to fight beyond Endor. Throughout the ’90s, other books like The Truce at Bakura by Kathy Tyers, The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy by K.W.…

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27 Jul

Why Doctor Doom Could Show Up in the MCU Before the Fantastic Four Movie

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In the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, critics lobbied one consistent complaint against the franchise: no good villains. Sure, there was Loki and the Red Skull, but who else? Iron Monger was just Jeff Bridges’ head floating atop a CG robot, Maliketh the Dark Elf absolutely wasted the magnetic Christopher Eccleston, and the less said about Whiplash the better. Over the years, that complaint has diminished somewhat with the additions of Black Panther baddie Killmonger and the universe-destroying Thanos. But even as the MCU continues to improve its roster of villains, there’s one irreplaceable bad guy fans are…

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26 Jul

Could Dungeons & Dragons Be the Next Marvel Cinematic Universe?

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It is one of the most anxious times of the year for major Hollywood studios. San Diego Comic-Con—which returned to in-person festivities in 2022—has long been a sort of pop culture mecca where nerds and media enthusiasts of nearly every stripe descend from around the world. But the producers and studio execs who are only a three hour train ride away? It’s the moment of truth where they bring their wares to the harshest fanbases and hope for the best. If SDCC 2022 had a winner in this tense atmosphere, it was unsurprisingly Marvel Studios. One of the few production…

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26 Jul

Controversial Slasher Movie Getting Kicked off Netflix

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The first Texas Chain Saw Massacre movie caused a national uproar when it was released in 1974. And believe it or not, this wasn’t just because it misspelled the word “chainsaw.” Released in the faintly more innocent time of “before the internet,” the movie tricked audiences and authority figures alike. Both took the film’s claim that it was “based on a true story” at face value, and found its grimy images of women hung from meat hooks and men bisected by power tools off-putting. In terms of an older generation clutching their pearls at the trends and tastes of younger…

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25 Jul

How Marvel Phase 5 Just Saved the MCU

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Marvel Studios did it again. Three years after unveiling its now nearly-completed Phase Four lineup at the last pre-COVID San Diego Comic-Con, the Disney-owned company returned to Hall H at the first in-person SDCC since 2019 to not just roll out the slate for Phase Five, but to also give frenzied fans a tantalizing glimpse of Phase Six – with all of it now coming out under the name “The Multiverse Saga.” In doing so, Marvel not only won Comic-Con as it has done nearly every year that Kevin Feige and friends have taken the Hall H stage, but it…

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24 Jul

The Missing Puzzle Pieces of MCU Phase 5 and 6

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This article contains mild MCU spoilers Marvel Studios just made a triumphant return to Hall H at SDCC, with MCU maestro Kevin Feige laying out his exciting plans for the next two phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With a veritable smorgasbord of movies and TV shows in the works, it may have first appeared that Marvel was laying all their cards on the table for any fans who might have become frustrated with the rollout of Phase 4. Yes, Feige confirmed, the Avengers will return! With two movies in one year, no less! Plans for 2025’s Avengers: The Kang…

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24 Jul

Why Marvel’s Thunderbolts Is the Perfect End for MCU Phase 5

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San Diego Comic Con’s Marvel Studios panel covered a lot of ground, mapping out a whole slate of future projects through 2025. But first some recap: the first three Phases in the MCU were pretty self-explanatory. Each Phase came to an end with an Avengers movie (and maybe a comedic solo film follow-up to act as a denouement). It was all building towards the big battle against Thanos, and once that was done and we saw some aftershocks via Spider-Man: Far From Home, it was time for Phase 4. While there have been plenty of fun movies and shows this…

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24 Jul

Why The Avengers Can’t Return Until Kang Dynasty, Secret Wars, and MCU Phase 6

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Through the first three “phases” of its multi-decade storytelling mission, Marvel Studios’ films followed a fairly predictable rhythm. Each new phase would feature a handful of individual movie titles featuring characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, or the Guardians of the Galaxy before eventually culminating in an Avengers team-up film. Marvel’s Avengers capped the end of Phase 1, Avengers: Age of Ultron largely wrapped up Phase 2, and Phase 3 played host to the epic Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. That Avengers tradition comes to an end with Phase 4, which is set to conclude with Black Panther…

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24 Jul

Will the MCU’s Daredevil: Born Again Be As Dark as the Comics?

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After months of hints and speculation, it has finally been confirmed that Daredevil is back, this time on a different streaming service, Disney+. The original series that ran for three seasons on Netflix starred Charlie Cox as blind lawyer/superhero Matt Murdock and Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime. The series also featured some of the most savage superhero action this side of Punisher: War Zone. As Cox and D’Onofrio made their way into the far more family-friendly MCU, many assumed that they would have to tone down the violence. But the subtitle of the new series throws…

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24 Jul

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer Breakdown: Aneka, Namor, and Ironheart

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Marvel took advantage of its San Diego Comic-Con panel to make several massive announcements, including its full plans for MCU Phase 5 and Phase 6. Who’s ready for Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, and Avengers: Secret Wars? But first we have the finale of Marvel Phase 4: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is out in November. During the panel, director Ryan Coogler and the film’s cast revealed the first trailer for this highly-anticipated sequel. It introduces several new characters and sets the stage for one of the most emotional chapters in MCU history. Before we jump into the breakdown, check out the…

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23 Jul

Shazam: Fury of the Gods: Who Are the Daughters of Atlas?

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When he debuted in 1939’s Whiz Comics #2 as Captain Marvel, Shazam quickly won the hearts of readers. The character regularly outsold competitors Superman and Batman, thanks to his whimsical premise and his fantastic rogues gallery. Readers returned month after month to see Captain Marvel battle mad scientist Doctor Sivana, magical baddie Black Adam, and the Monster Society of Evil, led by telepathic space worm Mister Mind. So even though Shazam! featured a variation of Doctor Savana and Black Adam stars in his own solo film, producers of Shazam! Fury of the Gods had plenty of comic book choices when…

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23 Jul

The Best Alien Invasion Movies

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In case you haven’t heard, Jordan Peele has a new movie out this weekend, which is exciting. And while we can be reasonably sure that a huge chunk of the plot and premise of Nope won’t be revealed until you are sitting in your cinema seat, we already know it has a sinister cloud and, at some point, a flying saucer. So it’s not too much of leap to guess that aliens are going to be invading Earth again. When it comes to movies though, that’s kind of their thing… If you are the pernickety, ruin-everyone-else’s-fun kind of science fiction…

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23 Jul

Black Adam: How Noah Centineo Is Shedding Atom Smasher’s “Dark Familial Past”

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Viewers fell in love with Noah Centineo as Peter Kavinsky in To All the Boys I Loved Before, but he’s stepping into the superhero world in a big way with Black Adam. Centineo plays Albert Rothstein, better known to comics fans as Atom Smasher, a member of the Justice Society of America with a long heroic journey of his own. Like many JSA members, Atom Smasher is a legacy hero, with ties to both heroes and villains of the past, and he has an interesting relationship with Black Adam in the comics. We spoke with Centineo about bringing Atom Smasher…

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22 Jul

DC Confirms the Snyderverse Really Is Dead This Time

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For those who fought so long to support director Zack Snyder, the climax of Zack Snyder’s Justice League must have been imminently relatable. The hundreds who shared the hashtag “ReleaseTheSnyderCut,” who reported every rumor about a completed and buried version of the movie, who argued against anyone with different movie tastes, surely shared a sense of relief when Superman stopped Steppenwolf from killing Cyborg, a man with the power to fight on the internet. Like the Justice League itself, this small band dawned when Warner Brothers debuted an embarrassing superhero movie with bright colors and good guys rescuing those in…

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22 Jul

Nope Ending Explained: No Post-Credits Scene But Lots of Surprises

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This Nope article contains spoilers. In writer-director Jordan Peele’s Nope, a brother and sister named OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) Haywood are struggling to keep their family business – which provides trained horses for Hollywood productions – afloat following the bizarre death of their father, Otis (Keith David), and studios’ increasing dependence on CG rather than real animals. The taciturn OJ (or Otis Jr.) wants to keep the business alive and hang onto the family ranch nestled in a remote California valley north of Los Angeles, while the more outgoing Emerald wants to somehow find a way to…

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