Author: Maurice Mitchell

San Diego Comic-Con – Laura Harrier (Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy), Danai Gurira (Black Panther), Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange), Zoe Saldana (Guardians), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel !!!), Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), Rachel McAdams (Doctor Strange), Karen Gillan (Guardians) and Pom Klementieff (Guardians). Tessa Thompson related an anecdote about asking Kevin Feige for an all-female MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movie. He said it might happen. Marvel’s been criticised for not making a Black Widow movie, but they’ve slowly been making steps toward a more diverse universe. They have Captain Marvel coming out and they’ve…

The Flash (2017) – “The Flash Reborn” Kid Flash (Keiynan Lonsdale), Joe West (Jesse L. Martin), Vibe (Carlos Valdes) Title: “The Flash Reborn” (Season 4, Episode 1) Directed by Glen Winter Original airdate: October 10, 2017 Teleplay by: Todd Helbing, Eric Wallace Story by: Andrew Kreisberg Highlights Kid Flash and Vibe team up to protect Central City with mixed results Peek-A-Boo makes a peek-a-boo cameo A Samurai is terrorizing the city and demands Flash fight him Flash comes back from the Speed Force Prison with a neurological condition Caitlin appears to have Killer Frost under control but isn’t back with…

Falcon #1 (2017) comic book cover by Saiz, Jesus Top 7 new comics for Oct 11, 2017, featuring Black characters andor talent. Today is new comic book day and here’s a list of the best comic books going on sale you’ll want to pick up from your favorite comic book source. Falcon #1 Writer: Barnes, Rodney Artist: Cassara, Joshua Cover Artist: Saiz, Jesus Summary: “TAKE FLIGHT, Part 1 – Sam Wilson – winged warrior, avian Avenger and one-time sentinel of liberty – takes to the skies again, reborn and recommitted as the fighter for freedom, THE FALCON! Engaged in an all-new…

Thor: Ragnarok (2017) – Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) Thor: Ragnarok starts a Hulk story arc that ends in Avengers 4. Marvel doesn’t have the legal right to make solo Hulk movies without Universal’s distribution rights, so they can’t make a Hulk movie. But that doesn’t mean the character isn’t important to the studio. Mark Ruffalo talked to Cinemablend about how his character will change and evolve in three of the upcoming MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movies. “So basically, [Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige] pulled me aside before this, and said, ‘If you were gonna do a… if we were…

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) – Rey (Daisy Ridley) Watch the new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and see the new poster and 15 hi-res stills! Many tuned into Monday Night Football for the matchup between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. Others tuned into the half-time show for the release of the highly anticipated trailer for Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. The new trailer gives us our best look yet at Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Daisy Ridley as Rey, Adam Driver as Ben Solo Kylo Ren and Carrie Fisher’s last performance as Princess Leia. Also, we get our first good…

Find out everything you probably missed in the new trailer for the superhero team-up Justice League. In Justice League, Batman unites a team of metahumans—Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), the Flash (Ezra Miller), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to defend the Earth from an alien invasion. The trailer is full of amazing scenes, hilarious quips and fifteen pounds of awesome. But if you only watched it once there are some things you may have missed. Here’s a breakdown of all the inside jokes, Easter eggs and references you may have missed in the Justice League trailer. Warning: Contains possible spoilers…

In anticipation of Justice League’s release next month, fans got a new look at the film this weekend. On Wednesday, the official Justice League Twitter account announced — in a series of tweets with new posters for every Leaguer except Superman — that a new trailer for Justice League would be coming on Sunday, October 8. The meaning of “Unite the Seven” really shines in this trailer as we see them working together. Cyborg carries Aquaman into battle. Wonder Woman saves Batman while Flash assists. The focus of this trailer is on the power of the team. We also get…

Find out the greatest villains of the new season of the Flash! The next season of The Flash starts next week and it’s time to find out what we know about the villains in the upcoming season. From smart to lucky here are the greatest villains we know of for season 4 of The Flash. 1. Amunet Black / Blacksmith Played by Katee Sackhoff Power(s) and Abilities: Brilliant leader and strategist. Ability to fuse organic and inorganic matter. First Episode: “Luck Be a Lady” First Comic Appearance Flash: Iron Heights (2001) Katee Sackhoff who’s best known for playing Lieutenant Kara…

Regina King with Hollywood Confidential Icon Award at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Regina King has been honored with an “ICON Award” at The Hollywood Confidential. King played Janine Davis, the incredibly patient Human Resources Administrator (HRA) at Caltech on The Big Bang Theory. She first appeared in “The Egg Salad Equivalency” and had a recurring role clashing with Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) over his lack of political correctness. The Big Bang Theory – Mrs. Davis (Regina King), Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) King is known for blockbuster films like Ray, Jerry Maguire, Poetic Justice, and Boyz N The Hood, as well…

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) The new trailer for the sequel to Pacific Rim titled Pacific Rim: Uprising is here and it’s mind-blowing. Pacific Rim (2013) was a movie about giant monsters, called Kaiju, destroying the world and the giant robots known as Jaegers, created to fight them. The sequel picks up ten years after the events of Pacific Rim. It focuses on the aftermath of the destruction of the Breach, and the revival of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps and the Jaeger Program when the monsters return. The trailer is set to “Untouchable” by 2Pac from the posthumous album Pac’s Life. I Could listen…

Black Lightning (2018) – Lady Eve (Jill Scott) Grammy award-winning artist Jill Scott has been cast as a villain in the upcoming CW show Black Lightning. Jill Scott is playing Lady Eve who’s described as “a funeral parlor owner in Freeland who quickly becomes an adversary to Black Lightning as she becomes the bridge between Tobias Whale (Marvin ‘Krondon’ Jones III) and a secret group of corrupt leaders.” In the comics, Lady Eve is a member of the cult of the supervillain Kobra. Jill Scott is an American singer-songwriter, model, poet, and actress nominated for over a dozen Grammy Awards and has…

Justice League (2017) Poster – Batman (Ben Affleck) Check out the brand new character posters and the date of the new Justice League movie trailer. Warner Bros dropped some new character posters via their Twitter account in the last couple of days and they show some amazing views of the characters. They’ve also announced that the third trailer will be shown at New York Comic-Con on Sunday, October 8, 2017. It’s noteworthy that the posters have the character logos across the top and highlight each of the superheroes: Flash, Cyborg, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, The only poster missing is Superman. But…

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…