Fox's X-Men franchise lasted a full 20 years — from 2000's X-Men all the way up to 2020's The New Mutants — bringing characters like Professor X, Magneto, Jean Grey, and many more to life for comic book fans like never before. The standout character, of course, as he was …
Read More »Christopher Reeve's Superman and Michael Keaton's Batman Exist in the Same Universe, DC Confirms
DC is wrapping up another Crisis event, and as is standard practice with these stories, the DC multiverse has been given a major overhaul. DC has fully abandoned the 52 universes approach popularized by 2011's New 52 relaunch. Instead, they're returning to a classic version of the multiverse where thousands …
Read More »Dragon Age: Absolution: Season 1 Review
Dragon Age: Absolution is now streaming on Netflix. Below is a spoiler-free review. Have you heard the one where a qunari, an elf, a dwarf, and three humans walk into a bar? Well, if by walk you mean “break into” and if by bar you mean “impenetrable fortress containing an …
Read More »Black Adam Will Reportedly Lose Up to $100 Million in Lackluster Theatrical Run [Update]
While Black Adam may have challenged the hierarchy of power in the DCEU, the Dwayne Johnson-led blockbuster didn't win the box office over. Variety reports that the DC's latest blockbuster has generated just $387 million worldwide since its theatrical release on October 21. Due to a production cost of $195 …
Read More »Andor: Season 1 Review
The following is a spoiler-free review of Season 1 of Andor. All 12 episodes are now available to stream on Disney+. Andor is Star Wars like you’ve never seen it before. This ground-level view of a burgeoning resistance movement is a fantastic thriller that snakes through corridors of Imperial power …
Read More »Strange World Review
Strange World hits theaters on Nov. 23, 2022. Disney’s Strange World is an occasionally touching father-son story set against half-baked world-building. It has enough imaginative flourishes to keep it interesting, even if its scattershot construction both forces it to wrap up quickly, and prevents its environmentalist messaging from fully landing, …
Read More »Wednesday: Season 1 Review
This is a spoiler-free review of Wednesday, which hits Netflix Nov 23. In the pantheon of perfect casting, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams belongs alongside the likes of Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark and Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier. Netflix’s new series, Wednesday, gives Ortega a creepy and kooky playing …
Read More »The 7 Best Chris Hemsworth Movies of All Time
Australian transplant and Hollywood action star Chris Hemsworth is so much more than a pretty face. Beyond the beauty and the brawn are also the makings of a damn good actor. Though Hemsworth’s career is only beginning— seeing as he only hit the mainstream feature film circuit with his debut …
Read More »Enola Holmes 2 Review
Enola Holmes 2 is now streaming on Netflix. I was charmed by the first Enola Holmes movie. Based on a series of YA novels first published in 2007, the original was a sweet reimagining of the classic Sherlock Holmes canon, with Millie Bobby Brown turning in a charismatic performance as …
Read More »Black Adam: What That End-Credits Scene Cameo Means for the DCEU
Warning: full spoilers for the Black Adam movie ahead! At the end of DC’s new anti-hero movie Black Adam there is a mid-credits scene, as is to be expected with modern superhero movies. This one is a doozy, and is sure to excite fans of a certain DC icon, so …
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