Variety published an article titled “Why the Fall of Comic-Book Movie Culture Is Inevitable”. He writes: “It’s not just the bad sequels. It’s far simpler: The fantasy heroes have been strip-mined” and “Comic-book movie culture is, after all, only as good as the movies it gives us. And this was the year that the corporations […]
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REVIEW: Wonka Starring Timothee Chalamet is the Rightful Heir to the Gene Wilder Throne
I was dubious about Wonka with Timothee Chalamet as a prequel film. The two worst things about twenty-first-century film production are lack of imagination, i.e., “Let’s do a sequel to something that we know sold, instead of producing something new.” and “Let’s make sure we cover all the minority buttons and go as woke as […]
Top Ten Worst Films of 2023
2023 featured a lot of bad films, and the box office results showed it in a lot of cases. Disney’s failure was just part of the problem of some of these top ten worst films of 2023. I have never had trouble finding material for a list like this before, but this year, the term […]
Toho Studios’ Godzilla Minus One SKREEONKS To Highest-Grossing Godzilla Film Ever With $78 Million Global Box Office
“Godzilla Minus One” has emerged as the highest-grossing Japanese language film globally, outpacing its predecessor “Shin Godzilla.” The film’s resounding success, amassing a staggering $78 million in worldwide box office earnings, has not only captivated audiences but also solidified its place in cinematic history. The journey to this remarkable achievement began in November when “Godzilla […]
Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy But Retaining Viewers Is Difficult When BBC Goes Full Woke
The first instalment of the two part BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy was watched by 3.6 million viewers, but the BBC couldn’t retain those viewers and the second instalment was down 800,000 BBC viewers from the first instalment. There was a time that the BBC’s Agatha Christie adaptations could pull 5 million […]
Marvel and DC Writers Mags Visaggio and Sean McKeever Beg For Rent Money Online While The Comic Industry Collapses
It’s been a bad year for mainstream Marvel and DC Comics writers. After having a comic shop owner expose how terrible sales are because of poor self-insert writing, now Rebel Moon writer Mags Visaggio and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane writer Sean McKeever are begging for money for their rent. In September, writer Mark Millar revealed […]
The Dark Herald: Exploring 1980s Eclipse Comics Through Chuck Dixon’s Airboy And More
Generation X is the last real comic book generation, as comic shops were prevalent for independent start-ups like Eclipse Comics to publish great books, including Chuck Dixon’s Airboy and others. Don’t get me wrong, storytelling by sequential art will be a thing so long as humans are humans, but an adolescent boy sitting on […]
Actor Ed Skrein Hopes Tentacle Porn In Zack Snyder’s Director’s Cut Will Save Rebel Moon
With the less than stellar reception of Rebel Moon by audiences and critics alike, Rebel Moon star Ed Skrein is doing his best to hype up the Zack Snyder director’s cut of Rebel Moon: Part One: A Child Of Fire by alluding to “hardcore” tentacle porn cuts. Ed Skrein, who portrays Atticus Noble in the […]
Mark Millar Was Right: Screenwriters Can’t “Come Up With Anything” While Zack Snyder Hoped Rebel Moon “Becomes A Massive IP”
In Mark Millar’s now famous interview with big comics retailers, Millar made the astute observation that Hollywood needs creators and that screenwriters can’t “come up with anything”. In an interview during 2021, Snyder said of the yet-to-be-produced Rebel Moon: “It’s my love of sci-fi and a giant adventure. My hope is that this also becomes […]
China Gaming Market Takes $80 Billion Loss Limiting In-Game Rewards For Daily, First Time Players
The bureaucratic bring-downs of the CCP dealt a blow to the world’s largest games market, which had resumed growth this year, by announcing a plethora of new regulations aimed at restricting video game spending and rewards in China. A few days ago, the new regulations—which essentially set spending caps for online gaming—caused a panic among […]
Alan Scott Shown To Frequent Homosexual Prostitutes In New Tim Sheridan Green Lantern Issue From DC Comics
Tim Sheridan’s Alan Scott: Green Lantern has been disgusting since the first issue. It was so bad that Tim Sheridan posted a video to X urging readers to buy it to upset the independent rebellion in comics known as #ComicsGate before its release. It came across as desperate and embarrassed DC Comics when sales were […]
REVIEW: Doctor Who Sinks To New Lows In The Church On Ruby Road With A Musical Number About Chopping Up And Eating Babies
The BBC Television program Doctor Who, beloved by millions for decades, has been on a slow, but rapidly escalation spiral down the toilet in the past decade or so. It continued further with the new Christmas Special, The Church On Ruby Road, premiering the new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa. While the titular character, known as ‘The […]
