Month: March 2021

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, now streaming on HBO Max. At four hours long, Zack Snyder’s Justice League extends many fight sequences that appeared in the 2017 theatrical cut of the film. It’s no surprise that Snyder’s cut adds a lot more violence, given his style in the DC Extended Universe and in comic book

A teaser trailer for the final season of The CW’s Supergirl finds Melissa Benoist’s titular DC hero facing off against Lex Luthor with the help of her Superfriends. “Aliens shouldn’t be Earth’s saviors,” Lex says as the trailer begins. “I will destroy her.” Lex can be seen displaying super-strength while also wielding a Kryptonite ring,

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for S.W.O.R.D. #4 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, VC’s Ariana Maher, and Tom Muller, available now. Joanna Cargill, or Frenzy, was once one of the X-Men’s most vicious enemies, and her transition to joining the team as an effort at redemption has made her no less fierce.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Naruto: Shikamaru’s Story — Mourning Clouds by Takashi Yano and Masashi Kishimoto, available in English from Viz Media. In the Naruto series, Shikamaru went from being from a lazy ninja who considered everything to be “a drag,” to someone the eventual Hokage could trust with his life. It was

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Batman: Dying is Easy, now streaming on YouTube. It’s no secret that Batman: The Killing Joke is one of the most revered graphic novels of all time, influencing many comics, cartoons, animated movies and video games that contain Batman and Joker. The 1988 one-shot from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland

The Season 4 update for Zynga and Small Giant Games’ Empires & Puzzles is taking a cue from iconic author Jules Verne’s “Extraordinary Voyages” collection. The aptly titled Voyagers of the Underwild update is inspired by the likes of Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in 80 Days, featuring 36 new provinces, 16 heroes at

An official trailer for the HBO drama series The Nevers has been released, revealing that HBO will be splitting the first season into two parts. The first six episodes of The Nevers begin on Sunday, April 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Part 2’s six episodes will follow at a later date to be announced. The series

Wonder Woman 1984 and Justice League actor Connie Nielsen explained that the Amazons almost had a truly horrific origin story before director Patty Jenkins stepped in. Nielsen, who plays Queen Hippolyta in the DCEU, spoke to Collider about how Jenkins was able to craft the world of the Amazons in 2017’s Wonder Woman and last year’s sequel

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon wrapped up its first season on March 20 with Episode 24, “Sesshomaru’s Daughter.” That same day, Viz Media announced that it has been renewed for a second season with an official title: Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon: The Second Act. The new anime series was originally announced in May 2020 and is developed and

Now in Season 24, South Park is filled with iconic and moronic characters, including the police. But as legendarily incompetent as Officer Barbrady generally is, he is still somehow not the worst police officer in town. That honor goes to Sergeant Harrison Yates, the lead detective of the Park County Police Department and someone who has redefined

WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for Iron Man #7, by Christopher Cantwell, Cafu, Frank D’Armata and VC’s Joe Caramagna, one sale now.  The Scarlet Spider has a rather complicated history, to put it mildly. As infamously detailed in the years-long Spider-Man story, “The Clone Saga,” Ben Reilly has struggled with being Peter Parker‘s clone

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Chapter #56, “Code,” of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations by Masashi Kishimoto, Mikio Ikemoto, Mari Morimoto and Snir Aharon, now available in English from Viz Media. Kawaki and Boruto have gotten over their rivalry in the Boruto manga and are now actively trying to figure out how to stop Momoshiki from

WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Chaos Walking, in theaters now. Though Chaos Walking is set over two hundred years in the future, the film addresses topics that are pressing in today’s society. One such topic is toxic masculinity, and in Prentisstown, a community inhabited exclusively by men, toxic masculinity runs rampant. Through the

Not all romances in Mass Effect can be completed, even though options to relay interest and even attempt to pursue a squadmate present themselves. Though these romances often feel unsatisfying (and they don’t usually complete achievement requirements), some players may choose to do what their Shepard would do regardless. After meeting Asari Justicar Samara, and talking about her life,

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Justice League #59 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, Tamra Bonvillain, and Josh Reed, on sale now. The Justice League’s roster is currently in the process of a shake-up. Not only is the team planning to induct Hippolyta and Black Adam into their ranks, the team is also

While Ewoks seem like they might not be suited for piloting starships, the Star Wars Legends canon did include one. Aaron Allston’s run on the X-Wing series focused on the Wraith Squadron, a unit dedicated to intelligence operations in addition to fighting as X-Wing pilots. The Wraith Squadron had a running joke about an imaginary Ewok

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Challenge of the Super Sons #8 by Peter Tomasi, Max Raynor, Luis Guerrero, and Rob Leigh, on sale now. Challenge of the Super Sons has been a showcase for how smart Damian Wayne can be on his own, outside of his usual adventures with the Bat-Family. In these flashback

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, now streaming on HBO Max. When Zack Snyder kicked off the DC Extended Universe, it appeared as if Superman was his favorite hero. The fact the director went straight from Man of Steel into Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, pushing for the Kryptonian to be

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Dragon Ball Super Vol. 12, by Akira Toriyama, Toyotarou, Caleb Cook and Brandon Bovia, on sale now in English from Viz Media. After his savage attack on New Namek, Moro is wasting no time setting his sights on a new planetary target in the latest translated volume of Dragon

The MCU is a huge success filled with lots of drama, action, and comedy. The best part of this shared universe is all the different characters meeting each other and either fighting, working together, or a combination of the two. With so many characters, Marvel Studios has been able to build a lot of relationships

DC Comics is known as the home of some of the most powerful heroes and dangerous villains in comics. For some of these heroes and villains, it’s well known just how formidable they are, and they’ve gained a reputation that precedes them, as they are rightly feared and respected by anyone who encounters them wherever

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Nightwing #78 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas and Wes Abbott, on sale now. Nightwing #78 works as a new beginning for Dick Grayson. For a long time now, Dick hadn’t been himself. After he was shot in the head in 2018, he forgot who he was

Although Wookiees are known for their immense strength and strict code of honor, these attributes made the species targets for some of the most unscrupulous characters in the Star Wars universe: slave traders. According to Star Wars canon, Wookiee slavery became rampant under the Empire, while the Czerka Corporation allowed slavers to operate on the species’ homeworld

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 11 of Laid-Back Camp, now streaming on Crunchyroll. Ever since Nadeshiko and her friends witnessed the New Year’s sunrise together, it’s been a great year for camping. Now, the girls are throwing an outdoor birthday bash for Nadeshiko and Aoi (who share a birthday), and they’ve

Every arc in Attack on Titan has been great, but some are better than others. Two of the most popular arcs in the series are the Return to Shiganshina arc and the Marley arc, with each being amazing for very different reasons. In the Return to Shiganshina arc, the Survey Corps set out to reclaim Wall Maria

Hidden gem Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse has long been a title fans craved to see revived on modern hardware. The title originally launched on Xbox and Windows in 2005, later appearing on Steam and Xbox Live Marketplace only to be removed from both platforms. Now, the title has finally been re-released and is

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Spider-Woman #10 by Karla Pacheco, Pere Perez, Frank D’Armata & VC’s Travis Lanham, on sale now. Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, has been a terrible friend for the entire run of her current series. As a side effect of the serum that’s keeping her alive, her personality has changed, and she’s

After The Falcon and the Winter Soldier hit Disney+ last Friday, fans might wonder why the titular pair’s new adventures are occurring in a TV show rather than on the silver screen. Thankfully, this is a question series director Kari Skogland has an answer for. “From the beginning, we were making a six-hour film and just figuring

Futurama often found unique ways to indulge popular sci-fi concepts into the animated comedy series, even once touching on the idea of multiverses. But instead of leaving the door open to other possible adventures following the crew’s first encounter with the multiverse, the series finalized that idea quickly. Let’s breakdown what makes the Futurama version of a