Image Courtesy of New Line Cinema Although it may pale in comparison to the current boom of comic book films, the 1990s were a great time for superheroes on screen. The films from this era are cinematic delights, from their costuming to their dialogue. The ‘90s gave us differing takes on favorite characters — particularly […]
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Remember when cartoons were supposed to be safe for kids? Apparently, nobody told the people making The Transformers: The Movie. The 1986 animated adventure gave audiences exploding robots, some genuinely upsetting character deaths, and a couple of words that probably caught a few parents off guard. One line in particular became the stuff of fan […]
DC has seen some weird and arguably bad movies over its numerous attempts at a cinematic universe. Wonder Woman 1984 inexplicably complicated, rather than clarified, the hero’s public image, given her numerous public acts of heroism despite her being a mystery in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Supergirl, despite a great performance from Milly […]
For 15 seasons and an astounding 327 episodes, the hit CW show Supernatural followed Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as they hunted monsters across the United States. From its inception, series creator Eric Kripke knew that music, especially classic rock, would be an important part of the show’s identity. Dean even put […]
Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics The X-Men are about to go back to being the most popular superteam in comics. You’re going to see your friend who got into the MCU and started telling you how much better the Avengers were than the X-Men tell you that he was always actually an X-Men fan all […]
If you put Paul Atreides and Luke Skywalker next to each other, you’d probably notice a few similarities—and more than a few differences. But both are young men from desert planets who discover they’re connected to something much bigger than themselves. Both get tangled up with powerful empires, ancient religions, and people who seem awfully […]
Hailing from the Louisiana bayou, Swamp Thing was an unlikely candidate to become an animated series or anything remotely aimed at children from the minute he first appeared in 1972. Originating as a horror story from DC Comics, the tales of Swamp Thing became hugely popular by the 1980’s, especially after Alan Moore sunk his […]
Image Courtesy of Marvel Comics Marvel Comics has a lot of books where superheroes like Daredevil, Moon Knight, or Spider-Man have to deal with minions. It happened again in a recent issue of Spider-Woman, where Jessica Drew had to deal with minions who were standing between her and Tombstone. By the time she got to […]
Animated films have always been huge business, but it feels like they’ve been much more ambitious in the last few years. Sony Pictures Animation has raised the bar with the Spider-Verse movies, while Illumination has found plenty of success with completely fresh characters that drive memorable adventures. Warner Bros. has a long history of great […]
IMAGE COURTESY OF LUCASFILM The original Star Wars made sci-fi icons of its cast. Mark Hamill will forever be Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher was Princess Leia, and while Harrison Ford also got to be Indiana Jones, he never got a better science fiction character than Han Solo (sorry, Rick Deckard, but you know it’s true). […]