It seems Michelle MacLaren, of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad fame, is on the MCU’s shortlist of directors for Captain Marvel 2.

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The Day of the Locust ~ A Capsule Book Review by Allen Kopp Nathanael West’s classic American novel, The Day of the Locust, was first published in 1939. It’s set in 1933 in Hollywood, California, and is about the seedy underside of Hollywood (no glamour and glitz here) and the “people who go to California […]

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From Bane to Capone to Mad Max, we track the masks and madness of a formidable icon.

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I don’t really care if movie theaters never open again. I’ve spent more than half my life working in theaters and the truth is that they are a hell unlike any other job in the service industry. I’ve outlined a lot of this before and I won’t go into all the details here again, but […]

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Power Records was a record label, featuring characters licensed from DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and contemporary movies and television series (such as Kojak, Planet of the Apes, The Six Million Dollar Man, Space: 1999, and Star Trek), in stories geared toward older children. The book-and-record sets frequently featured original 20-page comic books along with an extended-play 7″ record of the story. […]

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Video game movies. They’ve been around since time immemorial, and they’ll be around long after we’ve all passed on to higher realms of consciousness. And if one thing has held true for every film adaptation of a video game, it’s that they always tend to suck in one way or another. Even the half-decent ones […]

via Live-Action Sonic The Hedgehog: Good Or Bad? — United Squid

One of the biggest comic book related events of the year is here! No, it’s not another Avengers movie. This one, although takes place on a much smaller screen rivals the build up we have seen in the ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’. All good things must eventually come to an end. And now this is the […]

via Everything You Need To Know Going Into Justice League Dark: Apokolips War — NEWS/ ARTICLES/ REVIEWS

Millions of adults today grew up watching the Batman Animated series where Kevin Conroy voiced the titular character. The booming voice and broad-shouldered silhouette gave the character a trademark that has carried on for years. From comic books, video games, tv, and movies the Batman character has been a creature of equal parts brain and […]

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Since the global spread of COVID-19, many scheduled festivals and conventions had been forced to cancel with either an indefinite postponement or an advanced reschedule for 2021. As a result of this, organisers have been searching for a way to adapt to the new normal while still delivering their planned event in some way. So, […]

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Hello there! On this fine day I bring my second discussion post: bias against book adaptations in the book community. This one has been sitting in my drafts waiting to be finished, so I hope you all like it! It’s a classic book lover’s mantra: the book was better. Better than the movie, better than […]

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