Month: March 2022

Dune director Denis Villeneuve addressed his snub for Best Director at this year’s Academy Awards. During a recent appearance on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast, Villeneuve was asked about being left off the nominees list for the Best Director award at the 2022 Oscars, despite his film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune being nominated for Best Picture.

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Riverdale Season 6, Episode 6, “Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable,” which aired Sunday, March 20 on The CW. Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has confirmed the fate of Hiram Lodge (Mark Consuelos) following the Archie Comics-based drama’s latest episode, “Chapter One Hundred and One: Unbelievable.” In “Unbelievable,” Veronica Lodge

Ant-Man actor and Suicide Squad star David Dastmalchian has revealed his own personal Stan Lee story, and it’s genuinely heartwarming. Speaking to Inverse about his career that has spanned over half a dozen comic book adaptations, Dastmalchian recounted meeting Lee on the set of Ant-Man. “We sat in a trailer, me and [director] Peyton [Reed] and Stan and Paul Rudd. Stan showed

With production on Moon Knight now completed, the cast and crew of the upcoming Disney+ series are celebrating the show setting a Marvel Cinematic Universe record that is both impressive and easily overlooked. Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab recently revealed the series holds the MCU record for the fewest amount of reshoots, which are a common occurrence during the

FromSoftware does not often endorse layered difficulty, and Elden Ring is no exception. The Japanese developer prefers to maintain a clear distinction between in-game challenges and the effort needed to overcome them. While most Elden Ring adversaries are strong enough to dispose of players within a few hits, the game’s extreme difficulty shines the brightest during boss battles.

The latest Gordon Ramsay-fronted cooking competition on Fox is called Next Level Chef. The series developed by Studio Ramsay Global and FOX Alternative Entertainment is the latest of the celebrity chef’s many TV endeavors this year — which also include new seasons of Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef (which recently spawned a Pokémon parody) and its young

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Avengers Forever #4, now on sale from Marvel Comics. For years, Peggy Carter was just a minor footnote in the overall history of Captain America. Her return to prominence following the success of Captain America: The First Avenger led to her being reinvented in the comics as a hero in

One of the most common criticisms of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is that the story is very simple. Tanjiro Kamado’s family was slaughtered by demons and his only surviving sibling, Nezuko, has been turned into a demon whom he vows to transform back into a human. While it’s fair to say that the plot

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Aquamen #2, now on sale from DC Comics The Aquaman cast of characters are quietly among DC’s most powerful heroes, with a variety of physical and mystical capabilities at their disposal. But sometimes, that means they discover how frightening they can really be when they have the opportunity —

Anime is full of overly abundant tropes, lazy writing, derivative plots, and predictable or formulaic stories. While some anime don’t have these issues, many anime just don’t impress fans anymore. Some of this stems from the fact that fans have watched most of the anime available. RELATED: Top 10 Things Anime Fans Want Less Of In

Nothing can compare to the hype that surrounded the 2008 release of the first film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga, but the beloved series could’ve looked completely different if one actor was cast instead of Kristen Stewart as the main character Bella Swan. While most people picked sides for Team Edward or Team Jacob, there was a behind-the-scenes

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Flash Season 8, Episode 8, “The Fire Next Time,” which aired Wednesday, March 23 on The CW. Barry Allen finds himself continuing to mourn his late father Henry and the years lost between them after the elder Allen was framed by the Reverse-Flash. This coincides with a string of

A new featurette for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore tackles the legacy of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry — and what filming at the beloved Harry Potter locale means to the cast and crew. “There are so many memories. There’s a feeling of coming home,” said director David Yates, who marks his seventh Wizarding

PlayStation Productions isn’t slowing down when it comes to adapting their biggest franchises. After the strong opening weekend of the Uncharted movie and with HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us in production for a potential 2023 release, the company is bringing a series based on the Twisted Metal games to NBC’s streaming service Peacock.

Casting is of vital importance to a film. Without matching the right actor to the right character, even masters of the craft can give poor performances that bring down the movie as a whole. Superhero movies, centered around their larger-than-life characters, especially need to nail this aspect of filmmaking. RELATED: 10 Superhero Movie Actors Who Should’ve

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for How I Met Your Father, currently streaming on Hulu. How I Met Your Father is carving its own path as a tale about life and love in New York despite being a reboot of a beloved noughties sitcom. The series has diversified the cast and modernized the setting, but it still

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are famous for their chemistry as a dynamic duo in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy. They started as Shaun and Ed in Shaun of the Dead, continued with Nicholas Angel and Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz and ended with Gary King and Andy Knightley in The World’s End. They acted together

The latest indie isometric action-adventure, Tunic, proves that looks are often deceiving. Its cutesy art style and serene background music are used as a perfect cover to incorporate a plethora of challenges within a seemingly modest concept. Its mechanics are unmistakably reminiscent of older The Legend of Zelda games, and perhaps even more so with the existence of

The Batman (2022) already seems to be a resounding critical and commercial success, with fans hailing it as an amazing superhero experience. But there are plenty of people who have yet to check the film out. Many fans are looking forward to watching the film later on after the initial hype has died down – others might want to

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Turning Red, now streaming on Disney+. In Disney’s Turning Red, Meilin “Mei” Lee just wants to be a typical girl: singing, dancing, admiring cute boys and trying to catch her favorite band, 4*Town, to swoon over the dreamy teens. Unfortunately, those plans come to a grinding halt when Mei

Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development Ryan Meinerding shared concept art from Spider-Man: No Way Home showing the three Peter Parkers as they swing into battle at the Statue of Liberty. “Spider-Man team-up!” Meinerding wrote in the caption to his Instagram post showing off the art. “I loved working on this movie, here is one of the

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 landed in theaters in the US on March 18, marking the feature film debut for the Jujutsu Kaisen property. Needless to say, the movie did not disappoint. It was a 100-minute thrill ride that featured several epic showdowns between the sorcerers of Jujutsu High School and Suguru Geto, as well as some truly marvelous

GKIDS will release Panda! Go, Panda! in North America. The animation distributor announced that it had acquired the North American rights to the classic anime film and its sequel, Panda! Go, Panda!: Rainy Day Circus, both of which were directed by Isao Takahata and written by Hayao Miyazaki, who would later go on to become two

As one of the starter types, Fire type Pokémon are some of the most popular in the Pokémon franchise. These Pokémon are often flashy in their design, often with exposed flames or smoke. Because they are a starter type, many trainers will end up with a Fire type on their team for the duration of a Pokémon playthrough. RELATED: Pokémon: What

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 2, Episode 8, “Into Oblivion,” which aired Tuesday, March 22, on The CW. Superman & Lois brought an end to several antagonists as Season 2 hit its halfway point, with Bizarro killed and the traitorous Lieutenant General Anderson on the run for attacking Superman and

The idea of a massive crossover event isn’t brand new or unique to the Marvel Universe; in fact, it is a regular occurrence in comic book storylines with shared universes. This was not always the case, though. The release of 1961’s Fantastic Four #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby was a milestone because it introduced the first

Alan Moore wants to build a better world through writing, and he’s sharing his wealth of knowledge via a new online course. Maestro CBR has an exclusive first look at a new trailer for BBC Maestro’s Storytelling course, which gives writers the rare opportunity to learn tips of the industry directly from Moore. “Anybody can write,” Moore explained. “This