Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics Wolverine is one of the most popular superheroes ever and it’s been a long road to get here. James “Logan” Howlett started his superhero career battling the Hulk and Wendigo and got his big break joining the X-Men. He quickly jumped up the popularity ladder and since then has moved […]
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Image courtesy of Cartoon Network In the 1980s, changes in legislation controlling advertising aimed at kids turned action figure lines into cartoons designed to move product as much as entertain audiences. For instance, Hasbro’s Transformers turned a set of Japanese die-cast robots into the ongoing war between Autobots and Decepticons that spawned decades of sequels […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe officially kicked things off with Iron Man in 2008, completely changing Robert Downey Jr.‘s career. A year earlier, he was still trying to find his footing in Hollywood after a pretty rough period in his life. He had already proven his talent decades earlier, but he was still trying to get […]
There is no doubt about it, monster movies are awesome and there’s a good reason for their appeal. Not only are they generally a genre of their own, but they frequently incorporate elements of other genres as well, typically sci-fi or horror in an effort to tell a story with major themes about humanity and […]
Image via WB Cast members keep getting announced for the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, potentially leading to a problem that already plagued the DCEU. The DCU is still in its early years, with Man of Tomorrow only being the third movie after Superman, Supergirl, and Clayface. Because of this, the DCU is still finding […]
Image Courtesy of Fox It has been 40 years since David Cronenberg proved that remakes could surpass the original movies they were based on by directing a perfect body-horror movie. In 1986, Cronenberg directed one of his greatest body-horror movies, the remake of The Fly. While this wasn’t the first sci-fi remake of the 1980s, […]
Courtesy of Square Enix and Disney It’s been 7 years since Kingdom Hearts 3 released, and fans are eager for the next installment. Square Enix has been relatively tight-lipped about Kingdom Hearts 4 throughout its development. However, the game resurfaced this summer with a new gameplay trailer and confirmation that it will release on Switch […]
Image courtesy of New Line Cinema The 1970s and 1980s built the modern American slasher genre from the ground up, establishing many of the horror icons we know today. Michael Myers (Nick Castle) began terrorizing suburban Illinois in 1978’s Halloween, and Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) offered some rural terror in 1974’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. […]
When a movie franchise is popular enough, it’s not too much of a surprise when it gets a remake or a reboot. It’s something that we see pretty frequently, especially in the sci-fi genre. Star Trek notably got a reboot with J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film. 2011 saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes give […]
Microsoft has made an Xbox One and Xbox Series X game just $0.99 for the month of August. This price point is for a game released in 2021 and is courtesy of a deep discount of 90% that is specifically live until August 27. As you would expect, this is the lowest price ever for […]