It’s no secret that superhero movies have become one of the most dominant forces in modern cinema. The combination of classic good versus evil stories with various genre tropes makes for compelling movies, but the adaptation of characters who are already iconic in their own right only serves to enhance the experience for many. This […]
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In the mid-1940s, Universal Studios animator Bob Clampett pitched a new cartoon to studio heads— a family-sitcom-style show about a group of monsters. The pitch sat in corporate purgatory for almost two decades until veteran Hanna Barbera writers Allan Burns and Chris Hayward, inspired by the single-panel comics of cartoonist Charles Adams and intrigued by […]
Image Courtesy of Marvel Since Sam Raimi took on the task of bringing Spider-Man to the big screen in a big-budget blockbuster, there have been three actors who have played the Wall-Crawler in live-action movies. Raimi directed three Spider-Man movies, in which he cast Tobey Maguire in the role of Peter Parker and Spider-Man. When […]
There are certain things you expect to find when you revisit an old Saturday morning cartoon. Colorful villains, ridiculous inventions, superheroes arguing over who gets to save the day, and maybe a lesson that wraps everything up before the credits roll. That’s part of the fun of going back to these shows decades later. They’re […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF BBC The venerable BBC franchise Doctor Who has been having some tough times lately. Following a deal with Disney that initially infused Doctor Who with extra cash to create bigger-budget adventures in space and time, international ratings just didn’t match. Actor Ncuti Gatwa opted out sooner than most and showrunner Russell T. […]
Courtesy of Universal Pictures In the last decade, it has become hard to predict which movies will become box office successes and which will be the next expensive bomb. However, even 20 years ago not every film that deserved to be a hit found its audience during its theatrical run. That was especially true of […]
Image Courtesy of DC Comics The Justice League is the greatest team in the DC Multiverse. Sure, you might like the Justice Society or the Teen Titans or the Legion of Superheroes more, but the League is the team that everyone turns to when things are at their worst, combining the heroes of the DC […]
Some cartoons are hits immediately. As soon as they air, it seems like everybody is talking about them, and before long, the merchandise starts showing up everywhere. Then there are the cartoons that seem to vanish almost as quickly as they arrived. Maybe the ratings weren’t there. Maybe the network never quite figured out where […]
There’s no question that Avengers: Doomsday is the center of most MCU fans’ attention at this point, but two months before that brand-new Avengers installment hits theaters, VisionQuest, the franchise’s next big TV show, will be landing on Disney+. VisionQuest will be the conclusion of what’s being called the Wanda trilogy of shows—WandaVision, Agatha All […]
Nearly two decades after it launched, the MCU has experienced its fair share of ups and downs. In fact, fans’ relationship to the franchise has ebbed and flowed along with it. Particularly after the epic conclusion of the Infinity Saga with Avengers: Endgame, Marvel has been on a shakier foundation than the decade or so […]