Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street changed the slasher genre when it introduced the meta-horror killer Freddy Krueger, turning a razor-gloved dream stalker into one of horror’s most enduring icons across seven sequels, a television series, and multiple crossover events. New Line Cinema built its reputation as a horror powerhouse around the character before […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day ends with a promise: a new life for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, as well as Spider-Man. Four years ago, Spider-Man chose to erase all memory of his life as Peter Parker from the world. To be fair, he was facing a literal end-of-the-world scenario if he didn’t. But, still grieving the […]
Avengers: Doomsday is shaping up to be the most ambitious movie in Marvel Studios history, uniting heroes who have spent years operating in separate corners of the multiverse. Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom is powerful enough to force Sam Wilson’s (Anthony Mackie) Avengers, the New Avengers, Shuri (Letitia Wright) and the Wakandans, Namor (Tenoch Huerta […]
After cementing itself as the dominant movie franchise of the 2010s, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has experienced its fair share of ups and downs during the 2020s. Over the past handful of years, there have been multiple Marvel movies that disappointed at the box office — a development that would have seemed incomprehensible 10 years […]
Sony has announced a brand new Venom movie, but it’s likely not what most fans were expecting. With the mainline Spider-Man films as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony has opted to focus on live-action projects featuring Spider-Man villains. Venom was the first and was a box office hit, followed by disappointing releases like […]
For as long as vampires have haunted the imagination, there have also been stories of vampire hunters. Be it the classic Van Helsing of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or Marvel’s Daywalker, Blade, these characters serve as some of the purest examples of good against evil. 32 years ago, a very different type of vampire slayer would […]
The success of Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street would make an icon out of Freddy Krueger. Portrayed by actor Robert Englund, Freddy gave audiences what few slashers could at the time: a villain with personality and charisma. Across multiple sequels and even a TV series, Freddy dominated the horror genre. That reign would […]
Fans have been eager to see what Disney’s D23 event has in store this weekend, and while we await news regarding possible trailers for projects like Ahsoka season 2, VisionQuest, Star Wars: Starfighter, and Avengers: Doomsday, there have already been a number of thrilling reveals. Among the biggest news thus far has been confirmation that […]
Alan Cumming’s return as Nightcrawler in Avengers: Doomsday is giving the teleporting mutant a second chance at live action after more than two decades away. The Traitors‘ host first played Kurt Wagner in 2003’s X2: X-Men United, poofing into one of the most memorable introductions of the franchise as Nightcrawler invaded the White House in […]
There aren’t many horror film franchises out there that are as prominent or consistently good as Scream. If you do stumble upon someone who hasn’t seen any of the installments, there’s one specific quote from the first movie that could kind of explain the entire premise to them. It’s one of the most iconic lines […]