Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), 2021. Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. SYNOPSIS: During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for […]
Marvel’s Heroes Reborn explores a world without Avengers
The Marvel Universe will be reborn this May as Marvel launches its new Heroes Reborn event, answering the question of what the world would look like had the Avengers never assembled. The main series, from creators Jason Aaron and Ed McGuiness, will be joined by several tie-in one shots revealing the history behind this new […]
Marvel’s WandaVision – The Biggest Questions Coming Out of Episode 5
Hasitha Fernando on WandaVision’s big questions coming out of the fifth episode… Now, that was a real doozy of an episodes wasn’t it? Just when we think we’ve got things figured out, WandaVision throws a proverbial curve ball at us with Friday’s fifth episode, and what a curve ball THAT was. I’m still reeling from […]
Gillian Anderson to star in White Bird: A Wonder Story
Gillian Anderson is set to follow up her Golden Glove-nominated turn in The Crown by returning to the big screen for White Bird: A Wonder Story, which is being directed by Marc Forster (World War Z) from a script by Mark Bomback (War For the Planet of the Apes). Based on the graphic novel by […]
Movie Review – Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)
Batman: Soul of the Dragon, 2021 Directed by Sam Liu Starring David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, Michael Jai White, James Hong, Josh Keaton SYNOPSIS: In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman. During the 1970s cinema […]
Viggo Mortensen reuniting with David Cronenberg on new project
During an interview with GQ to promote his directorial debut Falling, Viggo Mortensen has revealed that he’s planning to reteam with his A History of Violence and Eastern Promises director David Cronenberg on a new project this year. “We do have something in mind,” said Mortensen. “It’s something he wrote a long time ago, and […]
James Gunn’s Peacemaker series adds Nhut Le as Judomaster
As filming continues on the HBO Max series Peacemaker, Deadline is reporting that Nhut Le (Raven’s Home) has become the latest addition to the cast of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad spinoff series Peacemaker. Le is set to take on the role of Judomaster, a superhero whose origins trace back to Charlton Comics, having debuted […]
Marvel announces Fantastic Four: Life Story
In the tradition of Spider-Man: Life Story, Marvel has announced that it will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the First Family with Fantastic Four: Life Story, a six-issue miniseries from writer Mark Russell (Second Coming, Wonder Twins) and artist Sean Izaakse (Fantastic Four, Avengers No Road Home). “What I’ve always loved about the Fantastic Four […]
Comic Book Preview – Morbius: Bond of Blood #1
The Living Vampire returns this week as Marvel launches its new series Morbius: Bond of Blood, and we’ve got a preview of the first issue for you here; take a look… MORBIUS, THE LIVING VAMPIRE, FACES A GHOST FROM HIS PAST: HIS FIRST KILL! Emil Nikos was Morbius’ research partner…until the bloodlust made Emil the […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Robert Port on the films that inspired Recon
Robert Port is a filmmaker who earned enormous praise for his 2003 Oscar-winning short film Twin Towers, which depicts two brothers (one a firefighter and one a police officer) remembered for their bravery in New York on September 11th 2001. Working as a producer in television for a number of years, he has now made […]
