Month: October 2021

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #75, available now from Marvel. Few Marvel characters have lived lives quite as complicated as Ben Reilly. The most famous clone of Peter Parker has spent years going back and forth from being an iconic hero to a complete joke, with his most recent turn putting

Shojo manga and anime have been a staple since at least the 1950s, and the genre has seen a lot of radical changes along the way. Once a medium dominated by men, women eventually worked their way into the manga industry and began creating shojo manga by the end of the 1960s. RELATED: Jujutsu Kaisen: Toge

Stellan Skarsgård, who plays the odious Baron Harkonnen in Dune, wanted more scenes of his character in the buff. According to makeup artist Donald Mowat in an interview with TheWrap, Skarsgård “just loved being naked as the Baron. We all used to kill ourselves laughing when Stellan would ask for more nude scenes. He felt, quite

Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin shared some behind-the-scenes photos from the film while confirming that production has wrapped on the latest Evil Dead movie. “8 months, 1 Covid Lockdown, 6,500 litres of blood, and more memories than my brain can even process. That is a wrap on [Evil Dead Rise]. Thank you New Zealand,

Dust off the spandex and the squat rack, because Beef Bros, the 2020 comic book Kickstarter from Aubrey Sitterson and Tyrell Cannon, is coming back for a second set. Beef Bros Behind Bars is a double-length graphic novella written by Sitterson, illustrated by Cannon, colored by Raciel Avila and lettered by Taylor Esposito. The Kickstarter campaign is currently

Aside from creating some of the most well-known comic book heroes in the world, Stan Lee was renowned for making cameo appearances in most of Marvel’s live-action and animated films. Whether he was just in the background or playing an actual character in the film, eagle-eyed fans were always on the lookout for a Stan Lee appearance. However, Lee’s cameos were

Naruto is certainly no stranger to combat, but over the course of the original series and Naruto: Shippuden, words were his preferred method of settling ideological differences — so much so that fans have affectionately dubbed his attempts at dialogue with villains “Talk no Jutsu.” However, while Naruto had a lot of success sweet-talking foes,

Grand Theft Auto has always been a series that has worked around the controversy that surrounds it. However, one event in the franchise’s history led to a massive backlash by families and even politicians. This controversy centered around a locked file in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox releases of the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. While the developers

In the world of My Hero Academia, 85 percent of the human populace has some superpower known as a Quirk. These Quirks can be benign, like being able only to move small things slowly, or as deadly as touching an object and making it explode. Unfortunately, some humans in this society have no powers at

Timothée Chalamet’s star has been rising consistently since his big break in 2017, with two of his most anticipated films yet — Dune and The French Dispatch — now in theaters. In just five years, Chalamet has already cemented himself as one of the top actors of his generation, working with some prolific directors and scoring an

Warning!! The following contains spoilers for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, available now. With the release of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, gamers are getting their first taste of the more expansive cosmic Marvel universe. Sure, it’s been touched on in games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, but this is the first time the true

Doctor Who is famous not just for the adventures of its titular Time Lord, their companions and their TARDIS, but also for the villains they encounter. The popular BBC sci-fi series has had many recurring villains throughout the decades, including the Master, the Sontarans and the Weeping Angels. While these villains are all iconic in their

As Dune‘s opening weekend has concluded, the official viewership numbers have been released — and it was streamed 1.9 million times just in its first weekend on HBO Max. On Twitter, Samba TV announced, “1.9 million households watched Dune during its initial Thursday release and first weekend on HBO Max.” This puts the film just barely ahead

As an integral part of the X-Men team, Rogue has cemented her legacy as a hero. Rogue has been a hero for so long that it’s easy to forget that she was a villain in her first appearance. Created by Chris Claremont and Michael Golden, Rogue’s first published appearance was in 1981’s Avengers Annual #10.

In the grand scheme of things, Kamala Khan is still new to the Marvel Universe. However, in the short time that she has existed, she has gained massive popularity with her fanbase. Now, she is finally making the jump into live-action with the upcoming Ms. Marvel series coming to Disney+. Information is still being revealed about what

Before playing Saruman in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels, Christopher Lee’s most famous role was as Hammer Film‘s version of Count Dracula. For a generation of horror fans, Lee was the definitive master vampire, and the biggest box-office draw for Hammer Studios. Even as the quality of

When movie fans think of Peter Cushing the first character that comes to mind is Grand Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars movie, but the second most iconic role of his illustrious career is as Dr. Frankenstein in the Hammer Films franchise of the same name. While Universal’s famous Frankenstein films followed the actions of the creature,

The team behind Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time came up with a practical way to help swell the number of Trollocs — the iconic half-man/half-beast creatures from the pages of Robert Jordan’s series — that appear on screen without the need for CGI: detachable horns. In an article from GQ detailing some of the creative innovations behind

The animation industry has grown leaps and bounds over the past few decades, and there’s some especially challenging and exciting anime content that’s currently in production. Anime can often feel limitless in its scope and subject matter due to the wide range of genres that exist within the medium and make every variety of story seem

Most directors find their niche and stick with it, carving out a style that fans can fall in love with and adding to their works with more of the same. Some filmmakers choose a path of far more variety though, branching out into multiple genres. There are even movie makers who dip a toe in uncharted

SPOILER WARNING: This article contains minor spoilers for “Past in Prologue,” the series premiere of 4400. Jharrel doesn’t know how, but he’s going to help. In 4400, he finds himself assigned by the government to work a top secret case when 4400 suddenly appear one night in a Detroit park. As a social worker, he

The Expanse’s Steven Strait and Wes Chatham detailed the most dangerous stunts they’ve ever been a part of on the show during a revealing conversation at New York Comic Con 2021. “So, there was like a, what do they call it? A cherry picker rig, and there’s this enormous light, and they had gotten this

James Gunn confirmed a recent story that Marvel Studios originally planned to introduce the Guardians of the Galaxy through a series of short films that would have been released before the full Guardians movies. He also revealed that he had gone so far into the prequel projects that he actually filmed footage for the Rocket and Groot one-shot.

The new book, The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has been shedding light on a number of fascinating behind-the-scenes stories about Marvel Studios’ many hit movies, and one of these behind-the-scenes secrets involves the way Captain Marvel was written. As it turns out, the movie was constantly rewritten throughout the

One of the most powerful dark wizards in the world of Harry Potter, Gellert Grindelwald is memorable not just for his incredible magical talents, but due to his genius mind, charisma, and tactical abilities. While armed with the Elder Wand, Grindelwald is a powerhouse even when he isn’t using a weapon as evidenced by the Fantastic Beasts

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for One Piece Chapter #1029, “The Tower,” by Eiichiro Oda, Stephen Paul and Vanessa Satone, available in English via Manga Plus and Viz Media. It’s been a while in One Piece‘s Onigashima Raid since we’ve seen how the Straw Hat allies are faring, so returning to the Killer vs. Hawkins

Conflict breeds catastrophe and in a world that rotates around a fight between heroes & villains, this constant struggle creates a vicious circle of hatred. The popular shonen anime My Hero Academia depicts a reality where many characters – both good and evil – are motivated by loss, prejudice, and very often revenge. RELATED: My Hero Academia:

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for 86 Eighty-Six Episode 15, “Welcome Back,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. The future has been a constant topic in 86 Eighty-Six Part 2 up to this point. Shin and the rest of the former Spearhead Squadron decided to abandon the comfortable and peaceful lives Ernst granted them in the Giad Federacy

Kingdom Hearts is one of the best RPG series ever made. Throughout many of the games, players control Sora, a keyblade wielder from Destiny Islands. Throughout his journey, he had to fight against many enemies, such as the heartless and nobodies, as well as the main antagonists of the franchise, Organization XIII— not to mention iconic villains

Fall is generally a huge season for new video game releases, and October’s release calendar was packed with major releases like Far Cry 6, Metroid Dread and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. While this November is a bit quieter than it typically is — at least compared to the massive month is was last year