Month: March 2022

Even though hammers are an unconventional choice of weaponry, they’ve proven to be surprisingly useful weapons in anime. Whether hammer-wielding characters channel their powers into the weapon or if they use these hammers for their daily beatdown session on a few enemies, these weapons have proven how versatile their power could be. RELATED: The 15 Best

Although the announcement that action movie star Bruce Willis was retiring for health reasons may have come as a shock to the public, some Hollywood professionals report that they’ve been concerned about his well-being for years. On Wednesday, Willis’ family released a statement on social media explaining that the famed actor had been diagnosed with

Before Will Smith landed a blow on Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards, things weren’t going too hot. But now, as Chris Rock predicted, it has become one of the most historic nights in live television. Sadly, the moment has overshadowed the winners of the night and has every fan tossing their opinions on the

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power developer ND Stevenson says the working conditions endured by the Netflix show’s crew were less than ideal, describing a culture of staffers being exploited, overworked and underpaid. “The only reason She-Ra was possible was because of the passion of people like Jen [Bennett] on our crew… and that passion

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Lost City, now playing in theaters. In The Lost City, Alan (Channing Tatum) needed to rescue Loretta (Sandra Bullock) when the evil businessman, Abigail (Daniel Radcliffe), kidnapped her based on secrets in her latest romance novel, The Lost City of D. He wanted to harness her knowledge to find

Ever since Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury‘s announcement in September 2021, the series has been shrouded in mystery. The initial reveal gave little information about the story, leaving fans waiting with bated breath for more details. The title in particular has been a source of much speculation among the fandom. Most prominently was its potential indication

Captain America is often thought of as one of the greatest superheroes ever. It’s a reputation he carries both in the universe and among fans. Considering he originated in the Golden Age and later became a solo adventurer and leader of the Avengers in the modern-day, it’s easy to see how he came to be so

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Shadow War: Alpha #1, on sale now from DC Comics. Talia al Ghul has been gaining ground again recently, as DC has been building the character up for their Shadow War event – which takes place in Batman, Deathstroke Inc. and Robin. After her adventures with returning DC Universe team Checkmate,

Marvel Comics provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Spider-Punk #1, by writer Cody Ziglar, artist Justin Mason, colorist Jim Charalampidis and letterer VC’s Travis Lanham. In the preview, Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk and Karl Morningdew/Captain Anarchy take on a Nazified version of Kraven the Hunter. The first issue in a new five-part miniseries, Spider-Punk opens with

Netflix dropped a trailer for its upcoming feature-length horror film, Choose Or Die, that’ll remind audiences of two of the streaming service’s survival thriller television shows. The Choose Or Die trailer introduces audiences to gamers Isaac (Asa Butterfield) and Kayla (Iola Evans), who find a retro video game called Curs>r that promises to reward them with a $125,000 grand prize if they

Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island revealed more of its cast, characters and the customized mobile suits that they will be piloting. As revealed by the movie’s official Twitter account, a new set of characters has been cast for the film. The characters are all part of Zeon’s infamously effective Southern Cross Squadron, and pilot customized versions

NBC’s hit series Chicago Med has seen many of its main characters come and go. April Sexton, who had been part of the series since the show’s premiere, recently left the series. Her exit happened around the same time as Dr. Natalie Manning’s departure, which was equally heartbreaking. No exit was more shocking, however, than

The White House officially does not have a comment on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards. When asked whether the White House condemns the non-infamous incident, Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said that President Joe Biden did not watch the 2022 Oscars. “I don’t have any official comment from the White House on

Batman Beyond returns to DC Comics next week. Bruce Wayne is dead. Batman Beyond: Neo-Year picks up after the events of Batman: Urban Legends #7, where Terry McGinnis’ mentor died after a super-intelligence digitally wormed its way into Bruce’s pacemaker, the Batcomputer and all of Neo-Gotham’s online infrastructure. Now, after blowing up the Batcave and

Boom! Studios has enjoyed tremendous success in bringing the Power Rangers to their comic book publishing line, with the teenage team of heroes headlining some of their best-selling books. Rebooting and revamping the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, the comics brought back the original team for a whole new generation. With how much it’s expanded this universe, Boom!

Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is one of the most beloved films of all time. From its beautiful score to its heartfelt story of friendship, there is something for fans of all ages. But according to Rob Bricken from OneZero, everyone has it wrong. In a hilarious fan theory, Bricken lays out why he, and everyone else,

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Ranking of Kings, now streaming on Funimation. Ranking of Kings Season 1 had an impressively strong start with overlapping stories that manifested into great character development for much of the cast, but the redemption of one antagonist made it fall short of a strong ending. Miranjo, the mastermind behind

After spending ten years in development hell, the hilarious, raunchy and unapologetically R-rated Deadpool hit theaters in 2016. With rookie filmmaker Tim Miller in his directorial debut and Ryan Reynolds as the film’s lead, fans were skeptical, especially following Reynolds’ abysmal portrayal of the character in 2009’s X-men Origins: Wolverine. However, critics and audiences alike found themselves pleasantly

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers from Task Force Z #6, on sale now. In Task Force Z #6 (by Matthew Rosenberg, Jack Herbert, Adriano Lucas, and Rob Leigh), more information came to light about the zombification process of Task Force Z. Aside from the origins of the Lazarus resin itself, Two-Face also revealed that

A new report suggests Disney’s board of executives may soon move to replace CEO Bob Chapek in response to the controversy stemming from Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the CEO’s response to it. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chapek’s handling of the situation, which earned backlash from both the public and Disney’s own employees, has

Today, we take a look at how Morbius was the resolution to one of Spider-Man’s strangest stories of all-time. This is “And Of Course,” where I spotlight particularly outlandish/convoluted comic book plot resolutions. One of the thing that I like the most about Spider-Man as a character is also what is also probably the most

Chris Rock has finally addressed his altercation with Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards. As reported by Variety, the comedian briefly discussed the now-infamous slap during a sold-out stand-up show in Boston. Amidst the cheers from the audience, Rock can be heard saying, “I don’t have a bunch of sh-t about what happened, so if

The review embargo has been lifted and Sony’s latest Spider-Man spinoff, Morbius, is not scoring well with critics. According to review aggregate, Rotten Tomatoes, the majority of reviewers do not recommend Morbius. At the time of writing, the site has collected 65 reviews, of which only 13 are considered “fresh” or positive. This leaves 52 that consider the movie

In 1996, seven years after its cancellation by the BBC, Doctor Who finally returned to screens in a brand new feature-length television pilot. Co-produced by Fox and the BBC, this pilot was supposed to relaunch Doctor Who into 1990s North America, and, if successful, spawn a whole new series of the show. However, this was

Shout! Factory has officially announced Scream Factory TV, a “24/7 channel that is every fright-fan’s final resting place for horror, sci-fi, thrillers and more.” As reported exclusively by Screen Rant, Scream Factory TV is set to launch on Friday, April 15. The channel is, of course, named for Scream Factory, Shout! Factory’s horror label. “Every

Loft 4D in Downtown Los Angeles on New Girl was often overflowing with ridiculous people. And few of them reached the levels of absurdity that Nick Miller did. From his insane conspiracy theories to his inability to get simple expressions right, the man was ludicrous. But the strangest thing about Nick was how terrible of

Photos from the set of Creed III show Jonathan Majors in fighting shape to play a heavyweight boxer. Shared by the official Letterboxd Twitter account, the photos show a shirtless Majors on-set with Michael B. Jordan, who stars as Adonis Creed. While details are still unknown at this time, it’s been confirmed that Majors will play a new

The Rising of the Shield Hero is a grim but exciting isekai action anime series that’s due to return in the Spring 2022 anime season, and isekai fans everywhere will want a reminder of what kind of magical shields the protagonist Iwatani Naofumi actually has. He’s the isekai Captain America, but with more variety. Naofumi’s

A hero’s journey isn’t without its trials, and the Avengers are no different. But even among Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, some characters stand out as having suffered more than others. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been particularly unkind to the God of Thunder, Thor. RELATED: MCU: 5 Times Thor Was Totally Right (& 5 Times He

An Easter egg present in the first episode of Marvel Studios’ Disney+ original series Moon Knight, titled “The Goldfish Problem,” grants viewers access to a free digital copy of Marc Spector’s very first comic book appearance within the pages of Werewolf by Night. As one eagle-eyed Redditor pointed out, during the scene in which Steven Grant (Oscar