Month: April 2021

Darth Vader is one of the most iconic villains in pop culture history, and all it takes is to catch a glimpse of his black cloak or hear the hiss of his respirator to understand why. While Vader’s look never truly changes in Star Wars canon, the “Legends” extended universe has given audiences multiple looks

The Sanrio Amiibo cards for Animal Crossing: New Horizons have been a smash hit with Animal Crossing and Sanrio fans. Everywhere that stocked the cards sold out of them within minutes. On top of this, new shipments are selling out before stores can even list them. So, to make the wait for new stock easier,

Since the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, which had only 79 episodes in three seasons, nearly every subsequent series in the franchise has managed to outlive the show that started it all. However over the past five decades, there have been a few of franchise entries which suffered a similar fate to the original series. Here are a couple

The Legend of Zelda series is home to some of gaming’s most iconic characters. However, players rarely get to take control of them. Every core Zelda title features Link as its playable protagonist, but the most interesting characters are largely NPCs. There are some exceptions, like both Hyrule Warriors games or Cadence of Hyrule. However, these games are few

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Flash #768 by Jeremy Adams, Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci, David Lafuente, Mike Atiyeh, Arif Prianto, Luis Guerrero, and Steve Wands, on sale now. Ever since Barry Allen returned, Flash fans have debated whether he or his successor Wally West is the better hero and the true fastest man

Slowly but surely, movie theaters are reopening across the country. While this means we’ll be seeing more big blockbusters in the coming months, it also means more independent films will get to be seen on the big screen as intended. In April 2021, a growing number of high-profile, critically acclaimed indie films will be released

Few villains in Dragon Ball Z are as bizarre as Majin Buu, a cotton-candy being capable of twisting his flesh like it’s a stretchy wad of bubblegum. He undergoes multiple forms by assimilating and purging entities from his system, resulting in shocking transformations. Viewers even get to see the inside of Buu’s body when Vegito gets absorbed by him.

US Agent has a comparable origin to Captain America, starting off as a strange reflection of Steve Rogers. John Walker wanted to serve his country, volunteering for a secret experiment, just like The Sentinel of Liberty. The MCU’s new Captain America also shares parts of his origin with Spider-Man. John Walker first appeared in Captain America #323,

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3, “Power Broker,” now streaming on Disney+. The halfway point of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier reintroduced many Marvel Cinematic Universe elements, including Helmut Zemo and Sharon Carter. One surprise appearance came in the form of Ayo, a member of the Wakandan Dora Milaje,

Premiering on The CW in 2017, Riverdale was an instant hit. The teen drama follows the characters from the Archie Comics as they navigate high school in the town of Riverdale, discovering its seemingly perfect exterior hides a lot of darkness beneath the surface. Fans adored Riverdale not only for its dramatic plot but also for the compelling

For a lot of Star Wars fans, the Prequel Trilogy was their first experience with the property. While it was derided for years by many fans, the Prequel Trilogy has gone through a renaissance in recent years, with its nuanced take on heroes and the focus on it puts on the villains and their machinations

When putting together a team of seven Pokémon, many trainers like to pick Pokémon with either the fewest defensive weaknesses or Pokémon with the most type resistances. Pokémon with more type resistances take reduced damage from many different types of moves. RELATED: 10 Pokémon With The Fewest Type Weaknesses Steel-type Pokémon generally have the most

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Alien #1, by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Salvador Larroca, Guru-eFX and VC’s Clayton Cowles, on sale now. As expected, Marvel’s new interpretation of Alien has altered the already complex timeline of the classic franchise. The Aliens comics published by Dark Horse started production in 1988, before the release of Alien

One of the best elements to come out of the Superman-origin television series Smallville was Michael Rosenbaum‘s portrayal of Lex Luthor. The iconic supervillain was reimagined as an unlikely friend for a young Clark Kent (Tom Welling), though their once promising relationship would be fated to sour over the course of the show. Rosenbaum was able to depict a

The Promised Neverland‘s anime adaptation portrays an accurate depiction of Emma. She is still an optimistic and idealistic girl who is determined to save her entire family. She doesn’t want to kill demons, but rather, she wants to find a way for the ones she cares about to live peacefully. RELATED: The Promised Neverland: Every

With Edgar Wright’s cult classic  Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World returning to cinemas on April 30th, plus the shocking return of the long-lost retro-style game adaptation returning to modern consoles, fans will be returning to Bryan Lee O’Malley’s original comics as well. New readers may be surprised to find out how different the comic’s ending is to the film’s. The

When he first depetrified in the Stone World, Senku quickly got to work. He immediately started to invent things, creating unique devices and processes that would allow him to comfortably survive in the wild. Given that he does not have much strength or stamina to rely on, he wanted to find ways to not only

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Raya and the Last Dragon, now playing in theaters and on Disney+. Since the Disney+ roll out of Raya and the Last Dragon, there have been comparisons made to Mulan, but the similarities extend beyond the films’ Asian settings and the story of dynasties clashing. Notably, Raya and Mulan bucked the traditional

The Daily Bugle was the most recognizable newspaper in Marvel’s New York City due to its hard-hitting reporting on the various superheroes that called NYC home and the devastating events that befell the city over the years. These events were all covered by reporters like Ben Urich, who quickly found himself in the stories he was

Street-level heroes are a venerable tradition in superhero universes and two of the best are Batman and Spider-Man. Batman is one of the toughest heroes around, a shrewd tactician and an inspiring yet terrifying leader. Spider-Man is the polar opposite of Batman- in his role as the premiere street-level hero of the Marvel Universe, he

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of High-Rise Invasion, now streaming on Netflix. In Netflix’s new horror/survival anime High-Rise Invasion, Yuri’s team tries to escape the murderous gaze of Aikawa but find themselves outnumbered. As a God candidate, Aikawa has full power with how he can control masks in this abnormal world of skyscrapers, but he’s

Neji had a lot of promise when he was first introduced in Naruto; he was the gifted prodigy of the Hyuga Clan. From a young age, he showed he was able to master advanced jutsu with little instruction. When his peers were promoted to Chunin, he was given an extra promotion to Jonin. Everyone expected great things for Neji. RELATED:

Recently, Nintendo sampled the limited-release business model with several games, releasing them in late 2020 and putting both Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & The Blade of Light safely back in the Nintendo vault on March 31. However, a third game that was supposed to be de-listed is still available. Jump Rope Challenge, created

China’s National Film Administration announced last week a series of stipulations requiring all Chinese theaters to air at least two propaganda films per week, as part of the 100th-anniversary celebration of the Chinese Communist Party’s founding. The National Film Administration called on “film authorities in every province, region and municipality, every film and cinema company

The latest episode of Take Care with Peanuts, titled “Choose to Reuse,” depicts Snoopy collecting recyclable household items to build Woodstock a new birdhouse as an Earth Day celebration. Now streaming on GoNoodle.com, “Choose to Reuse” is the fourth episode of the Take Care with Peanuts series and starts with Woodstock realizing his nest has gotten too

This May, Netflix’s Lucifer returns for the back half of Season 5, which will then be followed by the show’s sixth and final season. However, while Season 5B and Season 6 both contribute to the Lucifer‘s larger narrative, fans can expect these two new chapters to be very different from one another in their approach. “I love

As one of the richest men in the world, and arguably its smartest, Lex Luthor is definitely a force to be reckoned with in the DC Universe. Having gone toe-to-toe with the Man of Steel for decades has cemented Lex as one of DC’s biggest villains, and the entire supervillain community knows it as well,

After the perceived failures of the Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars was in a dire place but Star Wars: The Clone Wars changed all of that. Created by George Lucas and his protege Dave Filoni, the animated series fleshed out the Clone Wars and gave Star Wars fans some amazing stories and characters. In fact, its

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3, “Power Broker,” now streaming on Disney+. The latest episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier saw the two titular heroes break Helmut Zemo out of prison to aid them in their quest of tracking down the source of the new Super Soldier

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