WARNING: While this review for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is kept free of any significant plot details, there is some discussion about certain aspects of the film that some may consider minor spoilers. If you want to watch this movie completely fresh, then rather turn back now.
Have you seen the #SadAffleck meme? It’s a video showing Ben Affleck’s absolutely devastated reaction to learning of all the negative reactions to Batman v Superman. Pretty funny, right? Not effing at all if you Ben Affleck though! The Batman actor has already been down this dark comic book movie road before with the almost universally panned Daredevil (which, by the way, …
Willem Dafoe sure has enjoyed a varied career and why not, the man is talented. We got to see him play bad guy Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s Spiderman and now Dafoe is switching sides to play good guy in DC’s Justice League. Production began last week on the movie but for now the studio is being very tight-lipped about …
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice stands as a viscerally enjoyable, if monumentally grim spectacle that somehow doesn't feel anywhere as butt-numbingly long or over-populated as many had feared.
Considering the mixed critical and commercial reception – and endless pro/con fanboy soapboxing – garnered by 2013’s Man of Steel, a sequel was never really a sure thing. But Zack Snyder, returning director and main architect of this new DC Comics Cinematic Universe, got crafty. By not just including Batman in the follow-up film, but actually having the Dark Knight throw …
The impending Batman V Superman is pretty dark and foreboding - but the Justice League movie that it sets up will be lighter in tone.
While I’ve certainly enjoyed a fair amount of screenwriter David Goyer’s work, some of the writing decisions he made on Man of Steel were quite sloppy. So I wasn’t too thrilled when it was announced that he would also be penning the upcoming Batman v Superman: Damn This Title Still Sucks After All This Time. But my spirits received a huge boost when …
Well here’s a rumour that makes complete sense, because if there’s anybody that can shoulder the burden of both being Batman and simultaneously directing a Batman movie, it has to be, well, Batman! Ever since Warner Bros/DC Comics tapped Ben Affleck to play their new Dark Knight in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Bad Titles, fans have been …
Blizzard continues to delight players. This time, the developers have shared information about what’s …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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