Today is Superman Day, which is designated because April 18, 1938, was the publication date of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman. Warner Bros. wisely capitalized on the day, releasing a behind-the-scenes video of Superman, the upcoming film written and directed by James Gunn. There’s not much insight into it; the video is mostly …
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Thunderbolts* may be kicking off the summer movie season this year, but Marvel’s First Family is going to take it to new heights – or that’s the plan, anyway. Today, Marvel released a new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the first instance of the Four appearing in the MCU (outside of a particular cameo …
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The Nintendo Switch 2 comes out this year, so Nintendo is rolling out the Directs in anticipation of their new system. Today’s Nintendo Direct was a short one – just under seventeen minutes – and it was focused on Mario Kart World, the flagship launch game for the Nintendo Switch 2, which will be released …
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You can tell Marvel is getting desperate once again because the Thunderbolts* final trailer hits the nostalgia button again. This is the new version of the trailer for The Marvels that had clips of Iron Man and Captain America and attempted to tie them to Captain Marvel, particularly their defeat of Thanos in Avengers: Endgame. They …
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There are plenty of questions surrounding Avengers: Doomsday, the next Marvel event film from the Russo Brothers – including whether or not it will be the event Marvel needs it to be – and one of the biggest is what Doctor Doom will look like. After dispensing with their new big villain, Kang the Conqueror, …
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With its first season finale, “Straight to Hell,” Daredevil: Born Again does what once seemed impossible and delivers a good episode. That doesn’t mean it’s perfect; there are problems this show will likely never get over unless it does a massive creative overhaul in its second season (which shouldn’t be impossible, considering these idiots killed Foggy …
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G20 has been a looming threat for the last couple of months, a movie that looked so bad that it almost had to be covered because it would epitomize everything wrong with the state of modern entertainment. It was just released on Amazon Prime, and it sort of lives up to expectations. It’s not as …
Are we in for another dose of politically correct modernity in The Fantastic Four: Fist Steps? It sure sounds like it in an Entertainment Weekly article about the upcoming Marvel film. Director Matt Shakman and the cast – Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (the Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bacharach (the …
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A proposed Chinese ban on American movies reveals more about Hollywood than China… or, rather, something different than many assume. Over the last few days, people on social media have been speculating about China no longer allowing America to release movies there in retaliation for President Trump’s tariffs. This comes from a story in Bloomberg (which …
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All eyes are on Nintendo and their new Switch 2 system right now, but Sony may be doing even more to help the video game industry behind the scenes. Gothic Therapy, the YouTube channel run by husband and wife team MasteroftheTDS and Writing Raven, recently reported that Sony has canceled a bunch of contracts for …