Film writer John Rogers admitted that the 2004 Catwoman movie he co-wrote is, frankly, a bad movie with no cultural relevance whatsoever. Rogers’ comments were made in response to a tweet regarding the overwhelming, record-breaking critical and commercial success of Marvel’s Black Panther movie. One person challenged Michelle Obama’s praise of Black Panther after the former First Lady of the United States said that “young people will finally see superheroes that look like them on the big screen....

Director Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix miniseries When They See Us, which dramatizes the true story of the Central Park 5, is causing quite a stir, especially with regards to the prosecutors who were on the case. In 1989, after the brutal rape of a jogger in Central Park, five boys of color − Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise − were wrongfully prosecuted and sentenced to five to 10 years for a crime that they didn’t commit....

Many hours after the allegations of abuse against him surfaced, Chris Hardwick has responded, specifically to the claims made about sexual assault. For those not following the unfolding saga, early on Friday, Hardwick’s long-term ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra went public with pretty horrific accusations of abuse, both physical and mental, by the prolific TV host while they were together. While Hardwick wasn’t named in Dykstra’s online posting, it didn’t take a genius to put together that she was referring to him....

When we talk about music streaming services, we usually highlight Apple Music and Spotify, but there are many other competitors in this market, like Deezer, Pandora, YouTube Music, and Tidal. This time, I’d like to talk about how does Deezer compares to Apple Music. I’ve been an Apple Music subscriber since day one. In April, I tried using Spotify as my main music streaming service. While I very much enjoyed the experience, there are some things I missed on Apple Music, and now, I’m back to it....

AirPods Max are officially one year old. That means we’re probably getting close to the first revision, assuming Apple is planning to keep them around. There are lots of ways Apple could improve upon these excellent over-the-ear headphones. But, we wanted to think realistically. What might Apple actually do to upgrade AirPods Max? Some level of water resistance AirPods Max are my favorite product that Apple makes right now, but they are missing an essential that makes AirPods and AirPods Pro great: sweat and water resistance....

In addition to the already announced films in Universal Pictures’ Dark Universe, the studio plans on tacking on at least two more reboots to the list. It’s no secret that shared universes are all the rage in Hollywood these days. Marvel Studios popularized the concept with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Warner Bros. has followed suit with the DC Extended Universe. Now, Paramount is gearing up to expand its Transformers franchise beginning with Transformers: The Last Knight later this month....

Actor Dave Bautista is calling out both Disney and the professional troll responsible for getting James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3, by sharing a video in which the troll confesses to orchestrating fake smear campaigns. While all of Guardians of the Galaxy’s core actors have voiced their support for Gunn in recent weeks, Bautista has become the director’s most vocal advocate online, repeatedly slamming both Disney and the “Cybernazis” who led the movement to see Gunn fired....

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Man of Steel #1 The first issue of Brian Michael Bendis’s relaunch of Superman has arrived, wasting no time in rewriting the hero’s origin story - by changing everything we know about the destruction of Krypton. And for fans who thought that the DC Rebirth mystery that revealed Superman’s father didn’t die on Krypton was a controversial change, Man of Steel #1 is even better fuel for debate....

Star Trek: Discovery actor Doug Jones says Saru might become a captain one day, but right now he’s just not ready. Jones (who recently starred in Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning fantasy The Shape of Water) is well-known for taking on challenging roles that require a lot of time in the make-up chair, and Saru is no exception. The Discovery’s first officer is a Kelpien - a species designated as prey on their own planet, who evolved to have heightened awareness of danger, detected by tendrils on the back of their head called ’threat ganglia’....

You don’t have to be a die-hard cinephile to notice that Walt Disney Pictures is one of the most prominent players in blockbuster entertainment. The Mouse House owns both Marvel and Lucasfilm, the studios responsible for two of the most lucrative franchises in 21st century Hollywood: the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars. In 2015, those properties combined to rake in approximately $3.8 billion at the worldwide box office, and J....

Disney Plus’ price will cost less than a Netflix subscription because the site won’t have as much original content. It also will not include any Disney or 20th Century Fox-owned TV shows that currently air, such as ABC’s Agents of SHIELD, FOX’s The Gifted, and Hulu’s The Runaways. The Defenders shows will also keep their place on Netflix. However, anything new - both movies and TV shows - as well as anything that currently being controlled by another party will eventually stream on Disney Plus....

Fresh out of the gate, Marvel Studio’s latest franchise film, Doctor Strange, has already carved out an enviable place for itself amidst the rank and file of other Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpoles like Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Guardians of the Galaxy. The new superhero movie directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister) and starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) has already charted to the top of the box office over the course of the past two weekends, and has made well over $150 million in domestic ticket sales alone....

Bryan Cranston expresses his interest in playing X-Men villain Nathaniel Essex aka. Mister Sinister yet again. Known for his regenerative capability which makes him extremely difficult to defeat, the villain poses a lot of narrative opportunities for any Marvel franchise that would introduce him. And when that time comes, the Breaking Bad alumni is still hoping he’s given the opportunity to portray character. Mister Sinister has long been teased in the Fox Marvel universe, with the stinger for X-Men: Apocalypse blatantly setting up his introduction and another tease in Deadpool 2 with Essex House....

Work on Destiny has finally finished and Bungie now has all hands on deck in creating its sequel as it nears its release in 3 months. This means that fans can no longer expect any new updates or balance work on the debut iteration of the online-only multiplayer first-person shooter video game. Destiny was first released back in 2014 and since then has amassed a following of its own while launching a new video game franchise for Bungie....

While Captain America: Civil War - like most Marvel Studios movies - played host to dozens of amazing visual effects shots, one of the coolest sequences took place near the beginning of the film, and featured Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark using technology to physically relive his last conversation with his parents before their untimely demise. Not only does this scene feature two different Tony Starks in the same shot, it also wowed audiences with a spot-on recreation of RDJ’s 1980s appearance via Tony’s younger self....

An early design for Captain America in Avengers: Infinity War shows Steve Rogers wearing a costume inspired by comic book hero, U.S. Agent. However, this version of the suit never made it into the film. In a symbolic move during his battle with Tony Stark, Steve Rogers gives up his shield at the end of Captain America: Civil War. In Avengers: Infinity War, Steve’s overall look has changed dramatically, with his traditional MCU outfit faded and discolored, detracting from his traditionally patriotic color scheme....

Hulu’s Stephen King series Castle Rock has added IT actor Chosen Jacobs to the cast. The J.J. Abrams-produced series previously cast Jacobs’ IT castmate Bill Skarsgard, unforgettable as Pennywise the Clown, in the role of an inmate at Shawshank Prison. Melanie Lynskey takes the female lead in the series set in the titular town, a recurring setting throughout King’s works. Hulu previously scored a hit with an adaptation of King’s time travel novel 11....

The movie reviews aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes is about to have some competition - and its name is CherryPicks. The site will be a new aggregate movie rating service that will pull its information exclusively from the opinions of female critics. Rotten Tomatoes may be the most trusted site of the sort, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is largely dominated by male critics. Hollywood has become increasingly aware of the desire for better gender representation both in front of and behind the camera....

Despite its mixed success as a satire of the Digital Age, Child’s Play is an otherwise entertainingly bloodthirsty re-imagining of the slasher brand. As ridiculous as the premise is for the original Child’s Play - a dying, foul-mouthed serial killer transfers his soul into the body of a doll - the 1988 slasher classic mostly played things straight. It wasn’t until later films that creator Don Mancini (who wrote all seven entries in the original continuity) took the series further into the realm of horror-comedy and really played up Chucky the killer toy’s sense of humor....

Father and comic book enthusiast Chip Reece has created a superhero with Down Syndrome so his son can have a character to look up to. Upon finding out that his son would be born with Down Syndrome, Reece scoured through his comic book collection hoping to find a hero that his son could connect with. His search, sadly, was fruitless. The comic book medium has moved forward in a lot of ways in recent years, but there was a clear lack of characters with Down Syndrome when Reece completed his research....