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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Episode 219, “Return,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. In the Boruto anime, Naruto and his team are breathing a sigh of relief after dodging the bullet known as Isshiki Ōtsutsuki. They barely managed to kill the alien, returning home to Konoha with Kurama dead, Naruto de-powered,

In Transformers, Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. With the lines between the heroes and villains so cleanly drawn, Transformers usually doesn’t feature moral ambiguity in its storytelling. RELATED: 10 Coolest Transforming Anime Robots (That Are Not Transformers) Sometimes, characters have crossed over the lines between these two factions. Looking across the

The third Robin, Tim Drake and Conner Kent have always had a close friendship. Throughout their time on Young Justice and the Teen Titans, they were best friends, supporting each other under the weight of the respective legacies both young men had taken up. So when Conner was killed by Superboy-Prime it was a traumatic

While he may be best known for his pedigree in historical storytelling — including the documentary Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992, the film Red Tails and especially the award-winning 12 Years a Slave — writer-director John Ridley takes a hard turn in the opposite direction for his latest project: the sci-fi romance Needle In a Timestack. Following a couple’s

Warner Bros. has released a pair of moody posters for The Batman ahead of the film’s second trailer dropping at DC’s FanDome. The first of these one-sheets shows Bruce Wayne/Batman (Robert Pattinson) standing alone by himself on a rainy night. Similarly, the second poster uses the same red-and-black color palette to highlight Edward Nashton/The Riddler

While many fans dream of owning a Pokémon as a pet in real life, not all Pokémon are suitable for domestication. Several cute and fluffy Pokémon would make naturally great pets, like Eevee and Skitty, but most Pokémon are dangerous or impossible to cohabitate with. Here are the five worst Pokémon to keep as pets in real life. Koffing When

The world of anime is packed with exciting and memorable main characters, from the overpowered superhero Saitama to the rubbery pirate Monkey D. Luffy and the kindhearted Tohru Honda. Characters like these can make an anime truly memorable, but not all anime protagonists are designed like that. Some are generic on purpose. RELATED: 9 Least

The Last Duel, ultimately, is a tragic exploration of how men treat women as an afterthought by the men who have built an abusive culture around them. The plot centers around the sexual assault of Marguerite de Carrouges (Jodie Comer) by the squire Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver), which in turn prompts her offended husband Jean Carrouges (Matt Damon) to challenge the offender to a

D&D‘s 5th edition makes it very fun and engaging to build new characters, but most players have more character ideas than they could ever hope to play. The challenge of building a character to fit a theme can offer an extra layer of restriction to help jump-start the creativity and encourage players to discover builds

Friday’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct had plenty of massive announcements for fans of Nintendo‘s cozy island life simulator. However, sandwiched between the reveals of Happy Home Paradise and the end of Animal Crossing‘s free DLC was the quiet confirmation of the price for Nintendo’s upcoming Switch Online service, Expansion Pack. First announced at E3

Katey Sagal, best known for Futurama, Sons of Anarchy and Married… With Children, was hospitalized after being struck by a car. According to TMZ, Sagal was reportedly hit in Los Angeles, CA while in a crosswalk when a vehicle was attempting to make a left turn. There were no arrests made, and the driver allegedly exited their vehicle

The majority of the Batman family is currently involved in the massive crossover event Fear State, which sees Gotham City face an unprecedented attack by the combined forces of the Scarecrow and the private police force known as the Magistrate. The Dark Knight is joined in his battle by allies old and new, with familiar

If you’re looking to play Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy on PC, there’s a chance you’ll need to buy a bigger hard drive — or at least engage in some aggressive disk management. According to the listing for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy on Steam, the game requires a massive 150 gigabytes of hard drive

A new image from Rocksteady Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League surfaced ahead of DC FanDome. “It’s very nearly time for [DC FanDome],” Rocksteady Creative Director and Co-Founder Sefton Hill tweeted. “Can’t wait for you to see more of the story and the weird and wonderful reprobates you’ll be teaming up

For many Pokémon fans, it has been a life-long dream to raise their very own Pokémon, but some Pokémon are more suited for a domestic lifestyle than others. As cool as it would be to own a Gyarados, it might frighten the neighbors at the least. A Charizard might burn down the house if left unattended.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Halloween Kills, now playing in theaters and streaming on Peacock. In the pantheon of horror movie characters, the most iconic slasher villains tend to have staggering body counts. Due to the inherently murderous nature of the genre, it’s not surprising that some of the bigger names in these kinds

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for What If…? Season 1, Episode 9, “What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath?,” streaming now on Disney+. One of the most intriguing aspects of What If…? is that while it tells unique stories never encountered in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it also takes key scenes that were shown, as well

WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for Batman: Urban Legends #8, available now from DC Comics. Filled with crime and villains looking to wreak havoc, Gotham has never been a great place to live. In “Future State,” the authoritarian Magistrate transformed Gotham into a full-blown police state where anybody with a mask was immediately arrested.

Samus Aran has worn many different power suits throughout the Metroid series. While some of these power suits are situational, others are total revamps to her iconic orange and yellow power suit that stick around beyond just the first game they appear in. There isn’t just one power suit design that’s been with Samus throughout

Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe are two of the biggest franchises in popular culture. Both have multiple films and years of lore to build off of and expand. Of course, the biggest heroes in the franchises are the Avengers and the Jedi. But because they’re so different in their creations, the question of

Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the seinen manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga — first serialized in 1989 under the subtitle of The Ghost in the Shell — was later published as its own tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Here’s what the popular

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Titans Season 3, Episode 12, “Prodigal,” available now on HBO Max. At the end of last week’s episode of Titans, Dick Grayson/Nightwing was indeed killed in his battle against Jason Todd/Red Hood. As is often the case in comics, though, Dick doesn’t stay dead for long. And in

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Darkhold: Iron Man #1, available now from Marvel. With the dark god Cthon trying to make his move against the Earth, the Scarlet Witch had no other choice but to demonically empower five select superheroes — Spider-Man, Wasp, Iron Man, Blade, and Black Bolt. Unfortunately, the Darkhold proved far too

Since they’re right there in the title, Dungeons & Dragons includes a huge variety of dragons for Dungeon Masters to choose from across a range of power levels. There are those that fresh-faced adventurers can challenge and those who protect a horde of valuable loot that higher-level players crave. At the top of all of them,

Star Trek alum George Takei has taken aim at Dean Cain following the latter’s negative comments regarding Jonathan Kent/Superman being confirmed as bisexual by DC Comics. “So Dean Cain apparently is upset that the new Superboy [sic] in the comics is bisexual,” Takei, who publicly came out as gay back in 2005, tweeted on Wednesday. “I used to

Netflix reinstated a trans engineer and two other employees who were suspended for attending an executive quarterly meeting, which was only intended for senior executives at the company. Terra Field, an employee of Netflix, joined the meeting after being one of several people to recently speak out against transphobic and anti-LGBTQ+ comments made in Dave

DC Comics has announced the new Catwoman creative team that will kick off Selina Kyle’s 2022. Writer Tini Howard, artist Nico Leon and colorist Jordie Bellaire will be taking over Selina’s monthly adventures beginning in Catwoman #39, with Jeff Dékal, Jenny Frison and Sozomaika providing covers for their debut. The issue’s official solicit reveals that Catwoman will be returning to Gotham

The title of the long-awaited sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse may have just leaked online. According to the LinkedIn profile of a CFX supervisor credited with working on both films, the Spider-Verse sequel due late next year will be titled Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The title was caught by The Cosmic Circus before the LinkedIn profile then changed the project name

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star Evangeline Lilly recently shared it took reading the script for the third Ant-Man film for her to finally understand her character, Hope Van Dyne. “We’re just a little over halfway through. And I will say that after I read the script of the film, I did have a kind

Stranger Things actor David Harbour shared in a new interview that he once tore his Achilles — while portraying Achilles in a Shakespeare in the Park production. During a New York Comic Con panel attended by CBR,  Harbour was recalling his experience filming Season 1 of the hit Netflix series when he revealed that he had flown back