Author: Maurice Mitchell

The Postman (1997) – Tom Petty Tom Petty has died and he’s best remembered for his music and a bizarre cameo. Petty had a long and illustrious career as an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Sadly he died October 2, 2017 in Santa Monica, California. He was best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. His soulful rock style and vocals helped him achieve worldwide fame. What many people don’t know is that he notably had a role in one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made. The 1997 movie The Postman is based…

Black Panther (2018) has a look inspired by the classic Blade Runner (1982) film. Update: Beachler expanded on her statement “The forward thinking in the part tech played in that world and the density of the city. Texture and tone. Lots of movies inspired.” The forward thinking in the part tech played in that world and the density of the city. Texture and tone. Lots of movies inspired. Samsara. — Hannah Beachler (@chinchilla1970) October 3, 2017 Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a huge hit and uses the original as a reference. The upcoming superhero movie Black Panther has been blowing people…

Carrie Fisher on the set of Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (1980) Carrie Fisher tragically passed away last year and there’s still a disturbance in the Force from it. But there’s hope. The hillside estate where Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds lived is being sold, and a number of personal items and movie memorabilia they own are being auctioned in a few weeks. The Profiles in History auction house will sell more than 1,500 items that belonged to the two actresses, who died a day apart in December and were buried together in January. Reynolds and Fisher lived in separate…

Justice League (2017) is coming and Empire Magazine has some new pics. The November 2017, issue of Empire Magazine focuses on the upcoming Justice League movie The regular newsstand cover will be revealed next week, but Empire subscribers get a special cover designed by comic book penciler, colorist, artist, cover, variant cover, covers, inker, designer, and sculptor Jason Fabok. Here are the cover and the inked version he shared on Twitter It features Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa and Ray Fisher and the magazine features an extensive eight-page set report. The November 2017 Empire Magazine goes on sale…

Stranger Things (2017) This month the second season of Stranger Things premieres on Netflix and there’s a veritable Godzilla marathon starting on Hulu with 11 movies. This isn’t a list of everything coming out in October, but just the best sci-fi movies and TV on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon in October. Grab your popcorn, find your favorite spot and binge on the best Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon has to offer this month. Amazon Prime/Video October 1 Escape from L.A. (1996) on Amazon Prime Sunday, Oct. 01, 2017 Synopsis: “The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. His job: wade through…

Spider-Man 2 (2004) – Peter Parker (Tobey McGuire) Find out the greatest poems quoted in science fiction movies. Yesterday was “National Poetry Day” and to celebrate I’ve put together a list of the top 10 poems in genre movies. From Shakespeare to Longfellow many classic poems have made the move from the page to the screen. It helps to bring some culture and makes a movie about a guy who dresses in a red-and-blue spider costume feel a little more refined. Enjoy the greatest movies to feature poetry of all time. 1. “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.…

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) – Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) Learn 16 things you probably didn’t know about Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor. for fans of the Terminator movies, it’s been quite a week. First, we find out that Linda Hamilton is returning for a new Terminator movie and now we know the scheduled release date: July 26, 2019. While several actresses have played Sarah Connor, none have matched the power and range of the original actress Linda Hamilton. Here are some fascinating bits of trivia you probably didn’t know about Linda Hamilton’s character. 1. Linda Hamilton Suffered Permanent Hearing Loss…

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) – Thor (Chris Hemsworth) A new behind-the-scenes featurette for Thor: Ragnarok gives an inside look into how director Taika Waititi wants to bring some fun to the god of thunder. Many of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are light-hearted and fun. But lately, the movies have gone to darker places with Captain America: Civil War. In the clip, actor Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, says he and Watiti both agreed that Thor needed some attitude. Hemsworth said, “In this film, we wanted to kind of strip it back and wanted have more fun with it you know.…

Watch the first trailer for the new science fiction thriller film Annihilation starring Natalie Portman and directed and written by Ex Machina’s Alex Garland based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. The movie also stars amazing actors including Tessa Thompson from Thor: Ragnarok, Michelle Rodriguez from Avatar and Oscar Isaac from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Portman plays a biologist who signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply. It’s hard to describe this movie with its shimmering colors, pounding music and terrifying visuals. Kind of like Arrival meets Avatar. The is…

Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) is currently filming in Atlanta and a behind-the-scenes video has made it online via the Spanish language site NoticiasGeekTV. The video is a fight scene between The Wasp and Ghost. Ghost will be played by Hannah John-Kamen from SyFy’s Killjoys and Game of Thrones. The quality is poor, but you can make out several interesting details like her costume and that she’ll be wearing a mask. Ghost first appeared in Iron Man #219 (1987) as a man. In the comics Ghost is an anticapitalist saboteur who wants to destroy political and economic institutions he views as…

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5 poster Here’s every Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season poster ranked from worst to best. In 2013, Marvel TV debuted Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC. It’s the first television spin-off from Marvel Studios and follows a team of super-spies as they try and track down and contain super-villains. Led by Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) the show has run for four years and, while the ratings have been mixed, it’s been a solid show. So anticipation for the next season is high. Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly shared the first poster for season five of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Let’s look…

Black Panther is coming next year and the excitement is already building. A panel at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 47th Annual Legislative Conference last week shared an exclusive set of clips from the upcoming blockbuster movie. What I wouldn’t give to have been a fly on the wall in that room! We couldn’t be there and everyone was banned from sharing video, but thanks to Jason Johnson from The Root we can find out how insane this movie will be. Johnson wrote a detailed summary that’s worth reading, but here are the highlights. I’ve also included publically available pictures from the…

Maze Runner: Death Cure (2018) The new trailer for the long-delayed movie in the Maze Runner trilogy was released today. It looks darker, grittier and more intense than either of the two films. Here are a few things you need to know. First, watch the Maze Runner: Death Cure (2018) trailer below: You Don’t Need to Read the Book Maze Runner: Death Cure (2018) The second Maze Runner movie Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) was a significant deviation from the book and it looks like Death Cure is different too. While the cast has promised there may be some spoilers in the book,…

Marvel’s The Inhumans (2017) – Crystal (Isabelle Cornish), Lockjaw Here are the top science fiction shows and movies on TV this week! This week The Big Bang Theory comes back for season 11 along with the series premiere of the spin-off Sheldon. Marvel’s newest superhero TV show The Inhumans series, which may or may not last the season much less season two, airs this Friday. Some classic sci-fi movies come on like Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) and I’ve thrown in a few guilty pleasures like Green Lantern (2011). Unless noted all times are Eastern Standard Time (ET) Monday, September 25, 2017…

Ever since Superman died in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice there’s been constant denials from the studio that Superman is coming back in Justice League. Well, they don’t outright deny it, but they refused to confirm it. Even though the tagline is “Unite the Seven”. Even though we know Cavill is filming. Even though we know there’s no way they’d kill off a major character in the third DCEU (DC Extended Universe) movie. Still, the studio is cagey. Now finally it’s been confirmed in promotional material. A new promotional banner for the Justice league movie site JoinTheLeague.com features the…

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) – Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) Linda Hamilton is returning to the Terminator movies along with director James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hollywood Reporter says that at a private event James Cameron announced that Linda Hamilton will be returning to the franchise after 25 years. Hamilton, 60, plays Sarah Connors, a woman who’s hunted by killer robots because her son is destined to lead a revolution against the evil computer network known as SkyNet. Schwarzenegger, 70, plays the T-800 robot sent to kill her and the re-purposed protector robot in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator Genisys (2015). The movie…

According to reports, the ABC showInhumans won’t get a second season. How the mighty have fallen. Once upon a time, the Inhumans were the star of Marvel Studios. It’s irritating to Marvel that the movie rights to superhero mutants like the X-Men are owned by Fox. With a wide range of powers and a flexible origin, Marvel planned to replace the mutants with Inhumans in the MCU. “November 3, 2018, will introduce dozens of characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” promised Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, “We really do believe the Inhumans can be a franchise or a series of…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) Disney is extremely secretive about the upcoming Star Wars movie. Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker in the movie, loves to engage with his fans. Unfortunately, the two just collided. Yesterday, my wife asked me when the new trailer will be released for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I said I had no idea, but figured it would be fairly soon since the movie opens in a few months. Someone on Twitter said “today is a good day to release the new trailer for #StarWars”. Hamill replied, “Watch Monday Night Football on…

A new rumor surfaced today saying Brie Larson, who plays Captain Marvel in the 2019 movie, and Captain America actor Chris Evans were seen in Fayettesville, Georgia, the site of principal photography of Avengers 4. But it hasn’t been confirmed. Hi… #BrieLarson 🙂 (And #ChrisEvans…) Like Chris is an after thought when Brie is here. — Atlanta Filming (@AtlantaFilming) September 18, 2017 When Will We See Captain Marvel in the MCU? Originally Carol Danvers was supposed to show up in the Jessica Jones TV show when it was being developed for ABC. This matched the comics where Carol Danvers is Jessica’s best…

Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) comic book cover In 2019, Marvel Studios is releasing their first female-led superhero movie Captain Marvel (2019). Since it’s announcement fans have been wondering what the Captain Marvel movie costume will look like? Here’s everything we know and don’t know about Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel suit. Who is Captain Marvel? The character of Carol Susan Jane Danvers was created by writer Roy Thomas and designed by artist Gene Colan. She first appears in Marvel Super-Heroes featuring: Captain Marvel #13 (1967). Major Danvers was a member of the United States Air Force and a test pilot. She left…

Here’s another sneak peek at the beautiful costume designs of Black Panther. We’ve already seen the incredibly beautiful costume designs for the upcoming Black Panther movie, but here is one more. Last night Lena Waithe won an Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series on Master of None. She’s the first African-American Woman to win an award in this category. To celebrate, Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer for the upcoming Marvel superhero film posted a design from the movie on her personal Instagram account @iamruthecarter saying, “In honor of @LenaWaithe and her awesome win tonight lm [sic] breaking the…

J.J. Abrams on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Find out which J.J. Abrams science fiction movie is the best and the worst. J.J. Abrams is now directing Star Wars Episode IX and fans are on the fence. He’s done some amazing films but made some stinkers too. Abrams has had a long career and is loved by audiences. He’s been a writer, director andor producer on all these films. Find out which J.J. Abrams movie is a blockbuster and which is a bomb. 1. Star Trek (2009) J.J Abrams produced and directed the reboot of the Star…

Justice League (2017) – Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) There’s a new photo of the “Flash Cave” from the upcoming Justice League movie! Warner Bros released the pic and it shows Ezra Miller as Barry Allen in his lair working on various projects. The upcoming superhero movie unites Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Superman, and Cyborg against the villainous Stephenwolf. Here are some hidden details, or Easter Eggs, to look for in the pic. Tesla There’s a photo of Nikola Tesla on his work table. He was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, and futurist. He’s best known for his work on alternating…

Will Marvel ever get the movie rights to all the characters back? Stan Lee says yes. Marvel has a huge cache of characters and a hugely successful movie run. But the question remains: when will the rights to fan-favorites like Wolverine and the Fantastic Four return to Marvel? Back in the 90s Marvel sold the movie rights to X-Men, Fantastic Four and related characters to other movie studios. The movies have done well and some, like the Wolverine movies, have been cash cows. Others, like the Fantastic Four, have been duds. Now that Marvel secured a deal to bring Spider-Man…

Season 3 of Supergirl starts next month and The CW has released a teaser for the new season. One new season three villain will be Robert DuBois who goes by the name Bloodsport. Bloodsport is the name for three villains in the DC comic universe. The character first appeared in Superman #4 (1987) and was created by John Byrne and Karl Kesel. He’s an African-American mercenary named Robert DuBois. After learning that his brother took his place in the Vietnam War and became a quadruple amputee he has a nervous breakdown. He becomes obsessed with the Vietnam War and, after…

You may have seen some surprising interpretations of Star Wars, but you’ve never seen anything like this. In advance of the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in December a folding screen painted in ink featuring the main characters of the movie was unveiled this week. The screen was painted by 39-year-old Masayuki Kojo and went on display at Byodoin, a Buddhist temple on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in Kyoto Prefecture. A traditional Japanese Kyogen (comedy play) inspired by the movie was also performed at the event. It starred Master Kisyu Shigeyama Chisaburo, Shigeyama Shoji, Suzuki Minoru playing R2-D2,…

J.J. Abrams has been confirmed as the new director of Star Wars: Episode IX. This was confirmed by Disney and Lucasfilm in a blog post today. He’s replacing Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow. “With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,” said Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams is the awesome director of the massive Star Wars: The Force Awakens film which restarted the Star Wars trilogy after 12 years. He’s also the mastermind behind the Star Trek (2009) reboot and the…

Hasbro’s Black Panther Erik Killmonger figure Get your first look at Erik Killmonger’s costume and the new Black Panther suit for the upcoming movie! This past weekend Hasbro’s first ever toy expo HasCon 2017 kicked off in Providence, RI. It showed off the new toys for the upcoming Black Panther (2018) movie. They look amazing and really showcase the power of the characters. Plus, there are subtle clues to the film. Slash & Strike Back Black Panther “Kids can imagine slashing into combat as Black Panther with this 13-inch electronic figure! Simply pull back and release the Black Panther figure’s arm…

The Orville (2017) – Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane), Commander Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) Here are the best sci-fi shows and movies on TV this week. Gotham returns for season four this week. Batman returns in the third Christopher Nolan film. Cassini dies in the Nova retrospective. Check your local TV listings for times and dates. Monday, September 11, 2017 Scorpion “Maroon 8” on CBS Season 3 Episode 24 Synopsis: The team’s plane crash lands on a remote desert island while en route to Toby and Happy’s honeymoon, leaving them all with little hope for rescue. The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) on…

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) – Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) A new TV spot for Thor: Ragnarok was released and it shows Thor’s new super team name. Sort of… In the new Thor movie, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) teams up with Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) to fight Hela (Cate Blanchett). “I’m putting together a team,” he tells Valkyrie. She says, “This team of yours, does it got a name?” Thor looks a little flustered and says, “Yeah, it’s called the Re… Revengers.” When it’s clear Valkyrie isn’t impressed by the name he backtracks, saying, “Well,…