Month: November 2021

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 7, Episode 6, “Deus Ex Latrina,” which aired Wednesday, November 17th on The CW. What sets Legends of Tomorrow apart from other shows in the Arrowverse is its willingness to be silly. After the first two seasons were met with a mixed response, the series decided to

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Wolverine #18, now on sale In the current era of X-Men stories, Krakoa has become a symbol of what the mutant race can do when they’re truly united towards a singular cause. But one of the principal ideas for Krakoa has been slowly chipped away by recent events — with

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Hawkeye, now streaming on Disney+ One of the strengths of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the way in which it manages to introduce different figures from across the original Marvel Universe, setting up a host of new figures in unlikely and unexpected ways. This includes

Warning: the following article contains spoilers for 86 Eighty-Six Episodes 18 “The Truth Is,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. The most confusing and frustrating thing about the ongoing story arc in 86 Eighty-Six is how Shin and his friends are viewed by most of the Giad Federacy’s military. It makes no sense whatsoever and contradicts the

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Eternals, now in theaters.  In Eternals, the Celestial Arishem created the superpowered group as a way to correct his mistakes of the past and aid in the growth of new Celestials. To prevent the Eternals from getting out of his control, Arishem prevents them from evolving. They never change

The co-producer of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated film is hinting that Chris Pratt, who was controversially cast in the lead role of Mario for the movie, might not be using an Italian accent for the character in his performance. Chris Meledandri, who founded Illumination Entertainment and is behind such major animated film franchises

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Masters of the Universe: Revelation Part 2, now streaming on Netflix. Masters of the Universe: Revelation deliberately adopted a more adult tone from the beginning. It serves as a continuation of the original animated series from the 1980s, tingeing its precursor’s family-friendly innocence with complexity and sadness. That extends

Developer Maxis updated fans of The Sims 4 on the progress it’s making to implement non-binary pronouns in the long-running life-simulator game. Speaking during the latest Maxis live stream, SimGuru, who works as a producer on The Sims 4, offered fans some insight into the progress the studio has made regarding the eventual addition of non-binary pronouns. “This past

Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner says that the late Black Widow’s post-Avengers: Endgame presence will be felt throughout the upcoming Marvel Studios and Disney+ series, having influence on Clint Barton’s newfound friendship with Kate Bishop. While speaking to Decider, Renner revealed what kind of an impact he believed Natsha Romanoff’s previously mentioned presence had on Hawkeye. “I think it’s

Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time debuted strong as the streaming service’s most-watched series premiere of 2021. After the premiere was delayed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the first episode of The Wheel of Time debuted on Prime Video Nov. 19 and was streamed “tens of millions of times” in its first three days, though

HBO has released a new trailer for Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, its upcoming documentary chronicling the origins of Sesame Street The trailer runs over two minutes long and covers a lot of ground with respect to the creation of the groundbreaking children’s program that started in 1969. Many of the creatives and executives

A member of the titular team of Justice League Incarnate will meet their demise in issue #4, due for release in February. Gary Frank’s cover art for Justice League Incarnate #4 shows a distressed Doctor Multiverse, a new character set to debut in Justice League Incarnate #1 later this month. The superhero alter ego of Dr. Maya Chambers of Earth-8, Doctor

The history of anime broadcasting is complicated. The length of seasons, number of anime and cycle of series have all changed several times over the years. For the better part of a decade, the annual anime calendar has consisted of four seasonal blocks with three or four dozen shows each. Yet the past year and a

What would it feel like if your entire family received a magical gift, but you didn’t? And, further, no one is quite sure why? Encanto, the sixtieth Disney animated film, explores this dilemma in the Madrigal family. While their family is relatable, they are also unlike any other family due to their gifts. Their magical abilities perfectly

For years, fans have clamored for remakes of the beloved Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Those prayers have finally been answered with the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, which have proven to be nostalgic recreations of the Sinnoh region. The games are so faithful that they retain even the most obscure details from the originals, including the convoluted capture requirements

Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow said several new dinosaurs will be prominently featured in the upcoming sequel. “In this movie we really get to show some dinosaurs that I love that we’ve been holding onto for a long time, knowing we had the chance to go back to the cretaceous period and see the

The reviews for Hawkeye are in — and Marvel Studios’ latest Disney+ original series looks to have (mostly) hit the mark with critics. Ahead of its two-episode premiere on Nov. 24, Hawkeye is sitting pretty with a “Fresh” rating of 88 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. While audience reviews are obviously not in yet, the series

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Flash #776, on sale now from DC Comics. Since reclaiming the mantle of The Flash, Wally West’s life has been thrown squarely right back into the fast lane. As Flash, he’s tasked with defending Central City and the wider DC Universe from all manner of wrongdoing while trying

School uniforms are nothing new in Western culture. They tend to be associated with private schools, usually religious ones, though the occasional public school will also require them. Japan’s uniforms are no different, but the style is rather unique. The sailor uniform, or seifuku, if the most iconic style of uniform associated with Japanese school children.

Many of Jurassic Park‘s dinosaurs awaken a feeling in the mind that there are still mysteries in the world left to discover. Whether it’s as terrifying as a Velociraptor or as docile as a Brachiosaurus, there’s always a degree of wonderment that their presence can evoke. When 2015’s Jurassic World hit theaters, those same feelings were

Before Disney purchased the Star Wars brand, the company had its own studios, like LucasArts. Under the studio, creators offered some fantastic video games from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to the original Star Wars: Battlefront franchise. But before its closure, many other titles were in the works. One of the best examples

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Detective Comics #1045, on sale now from DC Comics. Despite the fact that most perceptions of Batman paint the hero as a shadowy defender of the innocent, there have been plenty of variations of the character who openly worked with the authorities or did his best to work within the constraints

Fruits Basket stands as one of the most popular and iconic shojo manga/anime series out there, alongside genre giants like Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon, and its heroine, Tohru Honda, holds it all together. Tohru is on a mission to heal the hearts of every Sohma family member and finally destroy the multi-generational curse that

In the latest Disney animated feature — the sixtieth for the studio — each member of the Madrigal family (on Abuela’s side) develops some sort of magical gift. However, Mirable, the protagonist of Encanto, is the exception to the rule. While anticipated to receive a gift like her siblings and cousins, that gift skips her. Yet, it is Mirable who realizes

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for My Hero Academia Chapter 334, “Parting Gift” by Kohei Horikoshi, Caleb Cook, and John Hunt, available now in English from Viz Media. From the beginning, All For One coveted Star and Stripe’s omnipotent New Order. He engaged her in battle with one objective: To steal her Quirk and make

FromSoftware has developed some of the most iconic, beautiful and difficult games of the modern era, including classics like Dark Souls and Bloodborne, as well as the upcoming Elden Ring. But the company has been around for decades, and in that time, they were known for other titles that, while well-received, have gone under the radar when compared

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Task Force Z #2, now on sale Jason Todd — aka the Red Hood — has filled a unique place in the DC Universe as the outlier among the former Robins — a brutal vigilante who doesn’t share the overt optimism of his allies. This has allowed him to

A television adaptation of developer BioWare’s popular Mass Effect video game franchise could hit Prime Video in the not-too-distant future. According to Deadline, Amazon Studios hopes to develop a series based on Mass Effect, and is currently “nearing a deal” with franchise publisher Electronic Arts (EA) in order to accomplish just that. This news follows the incredibly

When some people think about Dungeons and Dragons, they think about a handful of nerds in a basement with a bunch of dice, character sheets, miniatures, badly drawn maps, and overdramatic LARPing. That’s not all D&D is anymore. RELATED: D&D: 10 Items To Never Give Players If You Don’t Want To Break The Game D&D can be that, but technology