Author: Maurice Mitchell
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) Read all the reasons the “Solo: A Star Wars Story” movie will bomb at the big office. A new trailer for the Star Wars prequel dropped over the weekend and it looks promising. But it’s destined to fail. The Han Solo prequel will go down in history as the biggest box office bomb in Star Wars history. Here are all the terrifying reasons Disney will regret making this movie. 1. No One Cares About Han Solo’s Past Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Yoda (Frank Oz), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) Find out which beloved Star Wars character may return. According to a report from The Daily News J.J. Abrams wants Yoda to appear in “Star Wars: Episode IX” (2019). One of the biggest surprises of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was Yoda’s “Force Ghost” bringing Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to his senses. According to the newspaper “insider source,” the producers are “planning to bring back Yoda”. “The success of the scenes featuring Yoda in ‘The Last Jedi’ were huge,” says the anonymous insider. “If all goes according to…
Rampage (2018) Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson) Warner Bros.’s “Rampage” movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a trio of giant monsters opened at the number one spot. It made about $34.5 million for a domestically and $149 million worldwide thanks to a strong $114,100,000 internationally. It currently holds an amazing 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. While that would be lame for any other movie it’s the highest critical rating a movie based on a video game property has ever earned. While many have bee successful at the box office every single International live-action video game film is rated “rotten”. Right now the…
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) A new cartoon shows the hilarious way Black Panther checks on Thanos background before Avengers: Infinity War. A new cartoon imagines Shuri and T’Challa checking out Thanos lineage. T’Challa has tangled with Erik Killmonger and his unique past history and connections to Wakanda almost destroyed the country. So it’s no surprise that he would be wary. Once bitten… BTW I found it on Reddit and if you know the artist please let me know. What do you think of the cartoon? Do you know who the artist is? Note: Some links…
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) The film festival page for latest Star Wars movie “Solo: A Star Wars Story” has revealed the running time of two hours and 15 minutes. The reveal comes from the Cannes Film Festival which lists it under they’re “Out of Competition” category. Recently Disney made the move to premiere the film at the festival. The Star Wars spinoff will premiere at the French festival shortly before opening in French theaters on May 23. Two of the prequels — 2002’s Attack of the Clones and 2005’s Revenge of the…
X-Men: Blue #25 cover by Jorge Molina Find out the top 15 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. The Avengers #688 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid, Al Ewing, Jim Zub Artist: Stefano Caselli, Kim Jacinto Cover Artist: Mark Brooks Summary: NO SURRENDER, Part 14 THE AVENGERS WEEKLY EPIC CONTINUES! As the final battle for Earth begins, one Avenger will sacrifice everything to give his teammates a fighting chance. On Sale: Apr 11th, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy The Avengers 688& on Comixology Captain America #700 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid Artist: Jack Kirby, Chris Samnee Cover Artist:…
Black Panther (2018) N’Jadaka / Erik “Killmonger” Stevens (Michael B. Jordan) Michael B. Jordan, who plays Erik Killmonger in “Black Panther” is on the cover of Men’s Health and talks about playing a black man in Fahrenheit 451, meeting the basketball star and more. In the May issue of “Men’s Health” magazine, they talk with Jordan about a lot of things. His rising status in Hollywood, his activism, and, of course, his workout routine. Along the way, they also talk about some very deep stuff reminding us that he’s a well-rounded and versatile actor. 1. Jordan Almost Didn’t Want to Play…
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) Source: Youtube The new trailer for “Solo: A Star Wars Story” was released and it goes to prove you can never too much Lando. Check out the trailer While it would be impossible to recreate Billy Dee Williams performance as Lando Calrissian I gotta say Donald Glover is doing an amazing job. From his line “everything you’ve heard about me is true”. I gotta say I like this trailer a lot better than the last one. Lots of action. Some nice nods to Chewbacca’s backstory and some good character moments. We’ll…
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell), Vulcan (Cully Fredricksen) Here’s how to celebrate the greatest holiday in Star Trek fandom. According to Star Trek lore, today is the day – 45 years from now – that humans first make contact with Vulcans. In “Star Trek: First Contact” inventor Zefram Cochrane has a test flight of his warp drive and that leads Vulcans to visit Earth for the first time. A holiday later formed around the day and was first shown in the “Star Trek: Voyager” episode “Homestead”. 1. Have a Star Trek Themed Party Have a Star…
Astonishing X-Men #10 cover by ACO Find out the top 10 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. This week we have the brawl between Black Lightning and Tobias Whale, the reveal of Voyager and a murder at Harlem’s Cotton Club. Check them out! Astonishing X-Men #10 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Charles Soule Artist: ACO Cover Artist: ACO Summary: A MAN CALLED X, Part 4 Evil doesn’t always know it’s evil. Proteus has a wonderful gift for the world – all he needs is a little time for the finishing touches. The X-Men race north to stop him, and…
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) Here’s what actor Lee Pace had to say about his role in the Captain Marvel movie. “Captain Marvel” started production recently and announced the surprising return of Ronan the Accuser. Pace starred in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) as the fanatical villain Ronan, but (spoiler alert) died. Lee Pace recently appeared on New York Live to promote his Broadway show ‘Angels in America’ and confirmed his role saying “that is true”. “I’m excited to be back,” Pace told hosts, Jacque Reid and Sara Gore. When pressed for details he refused to share anything…
Ready Player One (2018) Wade Watts / Parzival (Tye Sheridan) Warner Bros.’ “Ready Player One” was the big winner this weekend and debuted at number one with an impressive domestic gross of $53 million and a worldwide total of $181 million. It’s the director Steven Spielberg’s largest opening weekend in ten years. Walt Disney’s “Black Panther” dropped to the number three spot in its seventh week. It lost about 34% from last week to make $11.3 million. That’s a domestic box office gross of $651 million and a worldwide total of $1.27 billion. Ryan Coogler’s superhero movie is on track…
Dark Nights: Metal #6 cover by Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion Find out the top 14 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. The Avengers #686 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Mark Waid, Juan Vlasco, Jesus Aburtov Artist: Al Ewing, Cory Petit, Carlos Lao Cover Artist: Jim Zub Summary: NO SURRENDER, PART 12 As Wonder Man struggles to get through to the Hulk, the Black Order attacks Avengers HQ! The grand cosmic game comes to its shocking conclusion – but the war for Earth is just beginning! On Sale: Mar 28th, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy The Avengers 686& on Comixology Black…
The Darkest Minds (2018) Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg) Learn more about the newest movie based on a YA novel “The Darkest Minds”. Movies based Young Adult novels have kind of a spotty history when it comes to film. There’s the rampant success of the Twilight series but then there’s “The 5th Wave” which was a huge flop. While it’s hard to say which way “The Darkest Minds” will go it’s pretty good. It’s like the best parts of the X-Men series mixed with the best parts of A Wrinkle in Time”. “The Darkest Minds” is based on a book series…
Monsters Unleashed #12 cover by R.B. Silva Find out the top 15 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur return (kind of). Team Ms. Marvel joins up with the real Ms. Marvel. Plus, Christopher Priest is back with another Justice League comic. The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #17 The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #17 cover by Nathan Stockman, Ryan Stegman Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Jody Houser Artist: Nathan Stockman Cover Artist: Nathan Stockman, Ryan Stegman Summary: FAST TIMES AT MIDTOWN HIGH, Part 2 Between AP high school classes, extracurriculars at the X-Mansion…
Shazam is ramping up their marketing of the movie with a new poster and an upcoming on-set visit. Here’s the new poster Entertainment Weekly is teasing an upcoming on-set visit on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Warner Bros. also launched official Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts for Shazam today. We’ll most likely see the costume since several on-set photos have already shown how swole Zachary Levi is as the superhero. Here are some views from people visiting the set It looks very similar to the comic book costume. It’s pretty exciting stuff! About Shazam! Official synopsis: We all have a superhero inside us, it just…
Black Panther holds number one for the fifth week, Tomb Raider has the sixth biggest opening for a video game adaptation and Justice League is the biggest loss to the DCEU. Walt Disney’s Black Panther movie remained king in the top spot despite several new releases. It lost about 34% from last weekend to make $27 million for a domestic box office gross of $605 million and a worldwide total of $1.183 billion. It’s now the first film to stay in the number one spot five weeks in a row since James Cameron’s Avatar in 2009. Ryan Coogler’s superhero flick is…
Action Comics #999 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Will Conrad Cover Artist: Andrew Dalhouse, Norm Rapmund, Brett Booth Summary: WHAT WOULD SUPERMAN DO? Superman’s journey through time has crashed to a halt, and at the end of the line General Sam Lane stands face to face for the first time with his grandson, Jon. Buckle up, because the most… On Sale: Mar 14th, 2018 Price: $2.99 Buy Action Comics 999& on Comixology Astonishing X-Men #9 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Matteo Buffagni Cover Artist: Leinil Francis Yu Summary: ACT II: A MAN CALLED X, PART THREE…
Captain America: Civil War (2016) Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) Find out what movies Marvel might be announcing for the next five years. Recently Disney updated their movie release schedule for Marvel, Pixar and Disney Live Action and Animation films. Deadline reported all the proposed new films to the schedule and a schedule change. Here’s how it affects the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Here’s the schedule for the next set of five films Avengers: Infinity War(2018) – Apr 27, 2018 (Originally May 4, 2018) – [Moved] Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) – Jul 6, 2018 Captain Marvel (2019) – Mar…
Black Panther (2018) – Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Okoye (Danai Gurira) Black Panther officially held the number one spot for the fourth week in a row! It’s impressive considering the last time a film held the top spot for four weeks was back in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ryan Coogler’s latest film now has raked in a massive $562 million domestically. That makes it the second highest grossing superhero movie of all-time behind Marvel’s The Avengers ($623 mil). Black Panther is now also the seventh largest overall domestic release of all-time behind movies like The Avengers…
Here are the coolest and most amazing Black Panther stuff online. There was a time not so long ago that no one had ever heard of Black Panther. If you wanted stuff with Batman you had a buffet. But Black Panther was more of an appetizer. Now that he’s the star of a hit movie everyone is making stuff for fans of the king of Wakanda. With so many choices how do you choose? I searched and found the coolest Black Panther stuff I could find for the Black Panther fan in your life. Everything from hoodies to kid’s books. Wakanda Forever!…
Avengers: InfinityWar (2018) – Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman, Captain America (Chris Evans) There’s a new photo out from Total Film showing part of the team joining up to fight Thanos. Here’s the photo 1. Bucky Has a new Arm In Avengers: Civil War “Bucky” Barnes’ Soviet bionic arm was taken away. In Black Panther, he’s shown without an arm. In the new film, Bucky has a new Vibranium arm courtesy of Shuri (Letitia Wright). “For everyone who’s seen Captain America: Civil War, they know Bucky was taken in by T’Challa in Wakanda,” Russo told Express UK. “I think that you know, we…
Justice League #40 cover by David Yardin The Amazing Spider-Man #797 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Dan Slott Artist: Stuart Immonen Cover Artist: Alex Ross Summary: GO DOWN SWINGING, Part 1 The Green Goblin is back – and scarier than ever! Dan Slott has saved his most harrowing Spider-Man story for last as he and Stuart Immonen kick off the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story ten years in the… View » On Sale: Mar 7th, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy The Amazing Spider-Man 797& on Comixology The Avengers #683 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Tom King Artist: Paco Medina Cover Artist: Mark Brooks Summary: NO…
See new photos and a poster for the Rampage movie, loosely based on the 1980s video game, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Rampage is about an albino gorilla, wolf, and crocodile that are transformed into giant monsters because of a genetic experiment and tear across the United States. Here’s the new poster: The release date has been moved from April 20th to April 13th, moving it from the new release date for “Avengers: Infinity War”. Johnson said, “Alert 🚨: THE RAMPAGE is officially unleashed around world APRIL 13th. Of course, it had nothing to do with Tony Stark and his…
Green Lantern (2001) – Senator Hammond (Tim Robbins) Read a list of ten Academy Award-winning actors who had their careers ruined by bad science fiction or superhero movies. It’s every actor’s dream to win an Oscar. To be recognized by their peers as the leading actor, or actress of the year. The first Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, in front of only 270 people. Now the awards ceremony is seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The 90th Academy Awards ceremonies aired on Sunday and they handed out the latest set of…
Black Panther (2018) T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) Walt Disney’s “Black Panther” movie is still in the number one spot in its third week. It lost about 41% to make $66 million for a domestic box office gross of $502 million. The King is grossed $899.9M globally through Sunday. Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is the 5th MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) title to reach $900M globally. This is after “The Avengers”, “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”, “Iron Man 3” and “Captain America: Civil War”. It’s a safe best “Black Panther will hit $1 billion worldwide by next weekend. Industry leaders say this…
Flash (2018) Iris West (Candice Patton) Since the beginning, Iris West (Candice Patton) is a character that exists mainly for Barry Allen to save. “It was hard in the beginning,” Candice Patton told The Daily Beast. “I could see the potential [for Iris], where I think a lot of people couldn’t. I think they imagined that she would always be this version—just in the dark and kind of getting in the way of Team Flash doing their job. But as an actor and knowing where my character was potentially going, I could see the growth she would have over the…
Kristin Wiig at Ghostbusters premiere Comedian Kristen Wiig could become the next Wonder Woman villain. Yesterday Deadline reported that Kristin Wiig is the studio’s top choice to play the villain in the “Wonder Woman” sequel starring Gal Gadot. Warner Bros. had no comment on the potential casting. Patty Jenkins lobbied hard to cast Wiig as the villain. According to Variety’s Justin Kroll, the studio offered the part to Emma Stone but she passed. Jenkins personally picked Wiig for the role. We don’t know if Wiig is on board. But meetings between her and top executives at Warner Bros have been…
Black Panther: Long Live The King #6 (of 6) cover by André Lima Araújo Find out the top 13 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. This week features a bonanza of great comics from Marvel, DC, BOOM! and Comixology. Two Black Panther comics. Two alien symbiote comics and a massive fight with Superman’s greatest enemy. Check them out! Action Comics #998 Action Comics #998 cover by Will Conrad Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Norm Rapmund, Brett Booth Cover Artist: Will Conrad Summary: BOOSTER SHOT PART SIX! – Escape from Planet Zod! Superman and Booster Gold must…
“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” – Christian Slater Here are the actors you’d never know were arrested for domestic abuse. Actors often live very different lives off camera. Domestic abuse has been in the news lately especially with the arrest of actress Heather Locklear. According to the CDC, one in four women and one in seven men will experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. So it makes sense that Hollywood would also have a problem with abuse. Here are some of the most surprising celebrities with a criminal history of domestic violence. 1. Heather…