The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's latest comic book adaptation, is fine, I guess. The story plays out in a sufficient arc, the pacing is steady, and the action is pretty decent. While I was never bored, however, I was also never really excited. And that's what surprised me most by this series.
Before Zachary Levi was cast as the DC Comics superhero; Shazam! Levi was already starring in another superhero role in the form of Fandral in both Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok. However it was not a happy ending for Fandral in the MCU as in the closing chapter of the Thor trilogy: Thor:
Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, who wrote the script for 2016's Doctor Strange, is returning alongside director Scott Derrickson to write the script for the 2021 sequel. Sources confirmed this morning that Cargill, who recently hinted that he was working on a secret project, will produce a script
Later this year Disney will launch its streaming service, Disney+, which is set to feature not only an extensive catalog of their existing work, but new movies and series for some of their major IPs. Among the shows said to be in development are several series under the watchful eye of Marvel
Paramount Pictures seems to have found the key to successfully rebooting their Transformers franchise with their solo Bumblebee solo film which is already receiving rave reviews. Bumblebee took a deep dive into nostalgia with its 80's setting and G1 character designs and the gamble appears to have
Disney's plans for their new streaming service have come into focus over the past several weeks and they are impressive. The entertainment giant is prepared to spend, and spend big, to become the premiere streaming service. In addition to several big budget films (Lady and the Tramp and High School
Marvel Studios The Eternals is set to become the pivot point for the past, present and future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The characters ties to a vast number of heroes, both here on Earth and elsewhere in the Cosmos, provide a unique opportunity to tell any number of stories. The film, which
Recently we broke the news that Marvel Studios had made the decision to slot their solo Black Widow film into the May 6, 2020 slot that was previously believed to belong to the now delayed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. We've been told for some time that Black Widow was set to be "next time" for
Video game adaptions have always proved challenging in cinema. The transfer of playability to watchability has far more failures than successes, and that's not even including the long list of ill advised Uwe Bol films. You would think that videos games, packed with complex protagonists, intriguing
The trailer for A24's The Drama does a great job of keeping things intentionally vague. We meet Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), a couple about to get married who seem like they know everything about each other… until they very clearly don’t. One drunken night at dinner with
The last few episodes of HBO's The Pitt have been a whirlwind of activity. Though not covered here, the show ran the gamut from staff assaults to ICE's appearance. The latter was a prescient addition to the storyline given the current climate in America, and something the show portrayed correctly.