Superman Soars Again in Home Release
When James Gunn was first announced as the director of DC’s new Superman reboot, skepticism was high. Could he bring something fresh to a character so tied to history and…
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When James Gunn was first announced as the director of DC’s new Superman reboot, skepticism was high. Could he bring something fresh to a character so tied to history and…
Thomas E. Snigoski and Jeannine Acheson are longtime collaborators whose creative partnership has spanned comics and prose, most notably with their work on Vampirella, Vampiverse, Pantha, and Vampirella: Dark Reflections.…
Italian illustrator Roberta Sammarco discovered her path to comics through her father’s Bonelli Tex collection and her brother’s PlayStation games, where watching Spider-Man swing across virtual skylines sparked a fascination…
“Don’t be a mascot.” For much of the runtime, Justin Tipping’s Him telegraphs its intentions so clearly that the movie might as well have runway lights. However, the movie pulls…
This year, I had the privilege of attending Anime NYC 2025. In the same vein as having covered press for Comic-Con since 2022, after a decade of writing reviews on…
Peacemaker blasts back onto Max for an all-new, eight-episode second season, and the chaos, comedy, and carnage have never been better. Christopher “Chris” Smith, aka Peacemaker, returns with his absurdly…
“I knew you were dangerous the moment I met you. You were covered in blood.” Nobody 2 is an assassin-action-family-comedy. It’s a warped version of 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation if,…
In Butterfly, the shadows of espionage conceal wounds far deeper than bullets or betrayals, as a father and daughter find themselves on opposite ends of a deadly mission neither can…
After years of buildup, misdirection, and anticipation, Marvel finally brings this chaotic crew of anti-heroes together on screen—and Thunderbolts* does not hold back. A volatile team of anti-heroes—Yelena Belova, Bucky…
Everyone’s favorite reformed criminals are back—and this time, they’re not the only ones breaking the rules. In The Bad Guys 2, the crew is dragged into a globe-trotting heist by…