Month: March 2021

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Charmed Season 3, Episode 8, “O, The Tangled Web,” which aired Sunday on The CW. In Charmed‘s previous episode, Macy decides she’s going to make SafeSpace as inclusive as possible while she’s its CEO. Although Season 3, Episode 7 saw Macy triumphing over the Shea Group — finding a way

In one form or another, Carnage has been terrifying heroes of the Marvel Universe since the symbiote first slipped into Cletus Kasady’s hands in Amazing Spider-Man #344 by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen. While Kasady is the usual host for the menacing symbiote, a handful of other characters like Ben Reilly and Norman Osborn have both undergone

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Invincible, available to stream now on Amazon Prime Video. The ad campaign for the 1978 film Superman: The Movie famously touted “You Will Believe A Man Can Fly,” as its special effects zipped Christopher Reeve through the air. There is a long history of flight

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for “Rebirth,” the Season 6 premiere of Supergirl. Following her costume reveal in the Supergirl Season 5 finale, Alex Danvers has chosen her very own codename as well. After a conversation with J’onn J’onzz, she decided to take the name Sentinel, after a Martian warrior he had known a

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia Season 5, Episode 1, “All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A,” now streaming on Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu. My Hero Academia returns with a relatively low-stakes rumble between Class 1-A and U.A.‘s Big 3. It’s mostly an opportunity to be reintroduced to the cast, reminded of their respective

The X-Men franchise may have first kicked off over two decades ago. However, if the recent fervor when Evan Peters’ Quicksilver appeared on WandaVision is any indicator, fan interest in the franchise has not dwindled. People really did love the X-Men movies as they were coming out, but they started becoming about one person and

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Resident Evil, and as fans look back on the series in celebration and forward to the tantalizingly close release date of Resident Evil Village, now is the perfect time to remember some of the many excellent boss battles and memorable villains that the series has served up over

In the Mass Effect universe, there is no magic, nor are there any supernatural beings. However, some aliens and phenomena act as clear stand-ins for magic and monsters. A good example of this is the existance of biotics, which serve as the game’s version of magic powers or even the Force itself. This sounds like a lot

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for King in Black: Scream #1 by Clay McLeod Chapman, Garry Brown, Rachelle Rosenberg, and VC’s Cory Petit, on sale now. Throughout the course of King in Black, Knull has proven to be one of the most resilient villains in the Marvel Universe. From his draconic invasion to the Celestials

Supergirl is bringing back National City’s Guardian in its final season. Kelly Olsen (Azie Tesfai) will take on the mantle worn by her brother James (Mehcad Brooks), as confirmed by EW. Co-showrunner Jessica Queller stated, “That’s been our plan since the beginning of creating that role. We just wanted to find the right context for it, and

Welcome to the 12th Annual CSBG DC/Marvel Character Tournament! This time around, you will be voting for your favorite DC or Marvel live action television series and TV movies. Amusingly, this was also going to be the tournament last year, so the delay has changed the list dramatically, as WandaVision, Superman and Lois and Stargirl

David Ayer thinks there’s still a world where his vision of 2016’s Suicide Squad could be released, even with a new take on the team arriving this year. Ayer spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the release of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League and whether he still wants to see his director’s cut of Suicide Squad — or if there’s even a

The CBS series Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) was a hit. It was not only wildly popular, but it was also a cultural phenomenon. Airing from 2000 to 2015 and totaling fifteen seasons, CSI redefined the television crime procedural for the 21st century. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that its first spinoff, CSI: Miami was also quite successful. Although

With a career in television and film animation spanning over three decades, Butch Lukic has progressed from storyboard artist to director and now to producer with the new DC Universe Animated Original Movie Justice Society: World War II. The new film has the Flash accidentally transport himself to the 1940s, where he joins forces with

The Dark Knight is one of pop culture’s most intriguing characters who, despite being a human, has an aptitude for overcoming most adversity thrown his way. Subverting not only criminal activity in Gotham, Batman has also managed to overturn the will of veritable gods in the DC Universe in feats that stretch the limits of credulity.

As is tradition, fans have been combing through the first official trailer for The Suicide Squad for Easter eggs, and they may have come across a serious one. The trailer reveals that Harley Quinn is wielding a new melee weapon in the film, trading in her trademark bat for a spear. But her new weapon may not be an ordinary

The art of abridging popular anime is one of the most unique and popular facets of the fandom. These spoofs are some of the most elaborate love letters anime fans made in honor of their favorite shows, and the tradition continues to go strong. RELATED: 10 Shonen Anime That Don’t Have A Training Arc An abridged

In the world of gaming, The Sims has been an incredibly diverse series when it comes to letting players create who and what they want and spawned a huge community of modders and creators who expand it more. However, when The Sims 4 first released, it took a step back with many restrictions in this

Japanese publisher Shueisha Inc announced in its manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump that a Black Clover film is in production, with a teaser trailer later confirming the news. Based on the manga series of the same name by Yūki Tabata, the Black Clover story centers on a boy named Asta who was left at an orphanage by his mother as

The first foray into Shiganshina was one of the most horrifyingly appalling scenes of the Attack On Titan universe. Giants invaded from a hole produced by Bertholdt, mindlessly hellbent on consuming the Eldians of Paradis. RELATED: 10 Times An Anime Hero’s Kindness Cost Them It yielded disastrous consequences that would permanently traumatize Eren Yeager and set the events

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Batman/Catwoman #4, by Tom King, Clay Mann, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles, on sale now. Gotham City is filled with plenty of star-crossed, fan-favorite couples, and their love stories often veer into tragedy given the harsh, unforgiving environment of Batman’s hometown.. From heroes like Batman and Catwoman and Nightwing

From 2000 to 2015, the Ultimate Marvel Universe ran parallel to the mainstream one. The setting was meant as a new, reader-friendly alternative for Marvel’s characters; the established versions had been bogged down by almost 40 years worth of continuity. RELATED: Marvel: 9 Times The Ultimate Universe’s Continuity Was Inconsistent Throughout its fifteen year run, the Ultimate line saw

The Lethal Weapon TV series was initially a surprise hit, accurately mimicking the set-up of the popular film series that it was based on. Starring Damon Wayans and Clayne Crawford as two mismatched buddy cops, the series fit in with its airtime line-up while offering something fresh in the genre. Unfortunately, that didn’t save the

The full trailer has dropped for the new Saw movie, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, pitting Chris Rock against a potential Jigsaw copycat. Rock stars as Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks, a detective who investigates a series of grisly murders modeled after the crimes of the original Jigsaw. The trailer shows Zeke receiving a mysterious package from

The first meeting of Barry Allen and Jay Garrick’s Flashes in Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino’s “Flash of Two Worlds” is one of DC’s most iconic comic book moments. However, another first meeting between Golden Age and Silver Age counterparts deserves just as much attention. Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Alan Scott’s first meeting in 1963’s

This is “From a Different Point of View,” a feature where I discuss a comic book series with other people. Ever since the pandemic began, I’ve been doing twice-weekly reader chats about notable comic book crossovers, storylines or miniseries. We started with Secret Wars and then we did Knightfall and now we’re starting with Maximum