Constantine didn’t exactly set the box office alight when it was released in 2005, but it did spark some interest in a sequel for those who saw and enjoyed the Keanu Reeves-led adaptation, which explored just one of the beloved DC Comics detective’s adventures in the occult. Since then, Constantine has joined other DC superheroes … Read more
This post contains spoilers for Peacemaker season 2 episode 7. Earth-X Auggie Smith (Robert Patrick) isn’t a Nazi. That surprising twist came late in the penultimate episode of Peacemaker‘s second season, in which Chris Smith has to reckon with the fact that the alternate reality Earth-X may be a place where his beloved father and … Read more
Somewhere around Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it became difficult to review Marvel movies in isolation. While any number of punters could roll up at the theater, see the latest installment of their favorite superhero’s adventures and leave happy, having experienced callbacks, Marvel Comics references, and fan-pleasing moments, your average critic might have … Read more
Historically, Ridley Scott doesn’t have much of a filter. Currently, the same is also true. It’s one of the things we kinda love about him! The legendary director of Alien, Blade Runner, and Gladiator turned up to give a talk at the BFI Southbank last week and certainly didn’t hold back when discussing the state … Read more
This post contains spoilers for V/H/S/85 and The Black Phone. In two weeks, the story of the Grabber continues, as Black Phone 2 comes to theaters on October 17. Anyone who doesn’t want to wait until then can satisfy their curiosity by watching a totally different movie. Before casting Ethan Hawke as the Grabber, Mason … Read more
Jason movies aren’t supposed to be good. Heck, they weren’t even supposed to be about Jason. Back in the late 1970s, producer Sean S. Cunningham saw the financial success of Halloween and an opportunity to cash in himself. So he took out an ad for a movie called Friday the 13th, riffing on the holiday … Read more
It’s been 12 long years since Thomas Pynchon released his eighth novel Bleeding Edge, and rumors have only continued to swirl about the famously elusive author. Like the hushed whispers surrounding Tarantino’s tenth and final film or George R.R. Martin’s increasingly unlikely A Song of Ice and Fire conclusion, most readers could only spend the … Read more
There’s been a pop culture online uproar in the last week. (I know, it’s shocking. That never happens!) This time, about James Bond. If you missed the whole thing (perhaps you were outside, smelling the flowers), here’s a summary of what happened: Amazon, which now owns the beloved James Bond franchise after bagging it in … Read more
If it feels like it was only a month ago when we had our last major bit of corporate media consolidation, there’s a good reason for that. It literally was just over a month ago when billionaire David Ellison’s Skydance Media closed its merger with Paramount Global, forming the titanic Paramount Skydance. Now, before Stephen … Read more
Star Trek is all about exploring the final frontier. But its also about how you can’t explore it alone. From the naval trappings that inform its starship setting to the utopian United Federation of Planets, Star Trek offers a fundamentally communal vision, a depiction of the future in which humanity has overcome its petty differences … Read more