Author: Maurice Mitchell

Today’s May 4th which is traditionally known as “Star Wars Day” because of the pun “May the Fourth be with you”. This year we’re sharing an amazing photo. The company Moonpig put together hundreds of greeting cards to make a mosaic that recreates the classic image of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) facing off against Darth Vader (David Prowse). The mosaic is 16-feet tall and took over six hours. Here’s the press release: April 29th, 2019 (London) – As the world once again comes together to celebrate the Star Wars universe this May the Fourth, the UK’s leading online personalised cards,…

Yesterday Star Wars fans got terrible news. Peter Mayhew, who’s best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, has died at 74. Peter William Mayhew was born May 19, 1944, and died on April 30, 2019. He played Chewbacca in every live-action appearance from the 1977 original to 2015’s The Force Awakens before he retired from the role. The actor’s been around for decades but there are some things even die-hard fans don’t know. Here are 16 touching and interesting facts about Peter Mayhew. 1.​ Peter Mayhew’s Height Mayhew was born on 19 May 1944 in London and was raised…

John Singleton John Singleton revolutionized the movie industry, but he almost revolutionized the science-fiction industry. The revolutionary director John Daniel Singleton died on April 29, 2019, at 51. He died a week after suffering a major stroke. Singleton was a renowned American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known for directing the urban drama Boyz n the Hood in 1991. For that movie, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. At age 24, he’s the first African American and the youngest person be nominated for that award. Regina King called him “one of the greatest to…

The first trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie was released and it’s…interesting. It looks like the worst and best idea for a video game movie. Currently, the trailer has an astonishing 3.5 million views with 83 thousand likes and 107 thousand dislikes. So it’s not going well. Let’s break it down. 1. Sonic is Set in Our World – Worst One of the best thing about the Sonic games is the colorful psychedelic world the game takes place in. For this movie, they put Sonic and the other characters in our world. At least a world where talking…

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – Tony Stark / Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) Here are all the scenes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moments that almost (or may have) brought us to tears. If you think the Marvel movies are all jokes and fun you’re wrong. There have been some truly heartbreaking moments in the movies. Avengers: Endgame opens in a few days and there will probably have more gloomy scenes. It’s expected that a few core Avengers members will die. But, for now, we can look back at all the gut-punching scenes from the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) ranked…

Here’s everything we know so far about the cast and crew of the Suicide Squad movie sequel. in 2016 Warner Bros released Suicide Squad. It was a movie starring Will Smith (Deadshot), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Jay Hernandez, Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Killer Croc), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flagg), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress), Karen Fukuhara (Katana), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), and Jared Leto (Joker). The movie was a box office disappointment but the studio always planned to make a sequel. It went through a variety of writers and directors. Now it’s gotten new life with the hiring of James Gunn. The movie, now called The…

Mama K’s Team 4 For the first time, an African’s children’s series from will air on Netflix. South Africa is slowly growing into a major player in the international animation and live-action production. Triggerfish’s ‘Mama K’s Team 4’ series follows four teenage girls living in a futuristic version of Lusaka, Zambia. They’re recruited by a retired secret agent to save the world. Netflix says “the series joins Netflix’s growing slate of original animated programming designed for kids and families everywhere, brought to 190 countries by artists from around the world”. Malenga Mulendema It was created by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema, who…

Five years ago I said Disney was going to kill Star Wars with their release schedule. I was proven mostly right. The short TLDR; (Too Long Didn’t read) version is this: Two years between movies isn’t enough time to make a good movie, assaults with advertising, ruins characters, and burns out fans. Since then we’ve had two Star Wars movies that have been plagued with production problems. They had to reshoot massive parts of Rogue One and changed directors and reshot huge parts of Solo. While the spin-off movie Rogue One earned more than $1 billion worldwide Solo turned out…

Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker (2019) – Rey (Daisy Ridley) The first trailer for the next Star Wars movie along with a poster and teaser trailer dropped at Star Wars Celebration Chicago today. The new Episode IX teaser, now officially named Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dropped today and it’s a mind-blower. At the very end of the trailer, Luke says “No one is ever really gone” and we hear the Emperor Palpatine’s distinctive cackle. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Here are some HD quality screencaps Here’s the poster which just confirms the title. So many questions. As Pat said…

Back while filming Superman 1979 in London Christopher Reeve got to know about the Special Olympics GB (Great Britain) a program for mentally retarded individuals. That year, he served as a track and field coach at the Special Olympics, alongside O. J. Simpson. Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver asked Reeve to help with the TV commercial shoot. He fittingly wore a jersey with a Superman logo on it. The Special Olympics GB athletes in the PSA are from Gloucester and this television commercial was filmed at Pinewood Studios around 1980 and shown on US TV in 1982. It’s a…

Recently Paramount showed the first trailer and clips for the sixth Terminator movie called Dark Fate. Plus, IGN dropped some exclusive photos. While not directing the original franchise director James Cameron is producing the movie and worked closely with filmmaker Tim Miller (Deadpool). The two are relaunching the franchise with the new movie which will serve as a sequel to Cameron’s The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The new movie is ignoring the three sequels Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009), and Terminator Genisys (2015). Paramount is basically ignoring the unpopular ones. Before showing the footage Miller appeared on-stage…

Find out the top 10 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. Spider-Man faces the Gibbon. Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel team up. Black Panther teams up with Shuri. Spider-Man teams up with Miles Morales. Solo mini-series ends and more. 1. Adventures of the Super Sons #9 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artist: Scott Godlewski Cover Artist: Dan Mora Summary: “Takron-Galtos, the prison planet, may be behind them—but in order to beat the Gang and get home, the boys must saddle up to survive a wild wild world of the west! An unlikely guide on this lawless planet…

Find out everything you probably missed in the new Joker trailer. The first teaser trailer from director Todd Phillips Joker origin movie was shown at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday and was released online Wednesday morning. It’s arguably the most grounded and bizarre comic book movie in history. Joker doesn’t feel like a comic book movie and there isn’t a superhero in sight. There may not be a villain. We’ll see. Here are some things you may have missed in the first Joker movie trailer. 1. Fleck is in Therapy The trailer opens with a shot of Arkham State Hospital. Then…

Director James Wan shared a behind-the-scenes photo from Aquaman (2018). Wan took to Instagram to share what he called his favorite character design. “I’m gonna slowly put out some Aquaman pics from my personal collection,” he said on Instagram. “What better one to start but with Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll). One of my fav character designs (from any of my work).” The photo looks like it’s from the scene where Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Mera (Amber Heard) fights David Cane aka Black Manta and the Atlantean warriors in Sicily. This is high praise. There are a ton of great costume and…

The Matrix (1999) – Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) The ground-breaking movie The Matrix opened 20 years ago on March 31st, 1999. In the movie, a hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) is contacted by a mysterious man named Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne) who promises to show him the secret of “The Matrix”. Many people think they know everything about the enigmatic character named Morpheus, but like the Matrix, you have to let go. You have to let it all go of fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind to these facts. 1. Fishburne Didn’t Think the Film Would Get Made The filmmakers, the Wachowski, said…

Marvel Rising #1 cover by Audrey Mok Find out the top 10 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. Superman goes undercover, Batman’s anniversary issue, and Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel team up and more! 1. Action Comics #1009 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Steve Epting Cover Artist: Steve Epting Summary: As clandestine organizations—both good and evil—continue to fall, the official countdown to one of the biggest stories in DC history begins here! Clark Kent and Lois Lane go undercover to find out who is behind… On Sale: Mar 27th, 2019 Price: $3.99 Buy Action Comics…

Zack Snyder is a visionary director with a singular vision and a master of visuals. A lot of people like him but I just don’t care for his movies. I accept that. But that doesn’t mean I can’t step back and see when someone is making a mistake. If Joss Whedon had said these things I’d still have a problem with them. Zack Snyder held a charity event called “Director’s Cut” where he screened extended versions of some of his films. The event screened the Dawn of the Dead – Unrated Director’s Cut, Watchmen (Director’s Cut), and Batman v Superman:…

High school plays are often dull affairs based on classic books, but a school in New Jersey decided to go to the next level. North Bergen High School hosted a play on March 21st and 22nd, 2019, based on the classic 1978 Ridley Scott film. The stage production was made by the members of the North Bergen High School Drama Club in New Jersey. Everything in the production of Alien: The Play was produced using recycled materials. The cast included Ibrahim Jaludi, David De Diego, Pedro Sarmiento, Britney Gonzalez, Jason Lopez, Dakota Rios, and Gabriella Delacruz. The play was adapted and directed by English…

Now that Disney has officially purchased Fox it opens up the opportunity for hundreds of characters to be in the MCU. Here’s a rundown of characters that should be fast-tracked into the MCU. 1. Mr. Fantastic While the Fantastic Four has been around for decades the team hasn’t always been made up of the core team of Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic, Susan Storm aka Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm aka Human Torch and Ben Grimm aka Thing. But the one man that should tie the whole thing together, no matter who’s in the group, is Reed Richards. He’s one of…

Superman (1978) – Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) Lex Luthor has been Superman’s greatest enemy for years. Who do you think played him best? Yesterday Supergirl debuted the newest actor to play Superman’s greatest villain: Lex Luthor. Lex Luthor first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940). Since then he’s been the most iconic supervillain next to Joker. Many actors have brought him to life and we’re ranking them all. From Zuckerberg to sociopath here are the greatest Lex Luthor actors ranked from stupid to genius. 9. Jesse Eisenberg Justice League (2017) – Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg ) First Appearance: Batman v Superman: Dawn…

Birds of Prey (2002) – Caroline Lance / Black Canary (Lori Loughlin) Two actresses who appeared as a superhero and a scientist on TV have been caught up in the sting middle of a multi-million dollar college entrance scam. Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin have been charged with knowingly breaking the law to try to get their kids into top-tier colleges. According to the FBI and the U.S Attorney’s office for the district of Massachusetts, the two were part of a national campaign to defraud top schools like UCLA, USC, Yale Georgetown, and Stanford. The two, along with 33 other parents, spent…

Shuri #6 cover by Kirbi Fagan Find out the top 10 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. Shuri meets Miles Morales. Supergirl faces an army of undead Supergirls. Tricker returns to fight Flash and Superboy faces off against an evil version of his father. All this in this week’s comic book pull list. 1. Accell #19 Publisher: Lion Forge Comics Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Ramon Bachs Cover Artist: Ramon Bachs Summary: It’s Daniel Dos Santos’s final showdown against George Hayes’s hired supervillains-and the timing couldn’t be worse as Daniel’s condition with the Stream reaches a crisis point. On…

Captain Marvel (2019) – Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) Captain Marvel is a thoughtful and powerful exploration of the glory, necessity, pain, and tragedy of war. There been a lot of digital ink spilled over the online campaign from a handful of fans angry about the supposedly anti-male themes of Captain Marvel. Over the weekend there was an unsuccessful attempt to poison the well of Rotten Tomatoes audience reviews and bring down the box office numbers this weekend. It may have succeeded to a degree but not enough to keep it from breaking box office records at $455 million worldwide.…

Find out some amazing facts you probably didn’t know about the 1970’s superhero show Wonder Woman. In the history of television, only a handful of series have focused on a female superhero. The recent success of Supergirl owes a lot to a pioneering television show starring Lynda Carter. She broke new ground on and off the screen and paved the way for successful genre shows for men and women. Find out more about this amazing show and marvel at the trials and tribulations that led to television history. 1. Lynda Carter Was Broke When She Got the Part Lynda Carter…

Two long-running superhero shows are ending soon. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which started eleven years ago is ending in 2021 while CW’s Arrow is ending in 2020. In a recent interview with KTLA5 on Monday actor, Clark Gregg revealed that the show will end in 2021 with season seven. “Here I am, eleven years later,” he said. “We just started shooting the seventh, and final season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D in Culver City, and it’s been an incredible ride.” Deadline reports season six and seven are shooting back-to-back to reduce the cost. AoS first aired on ABC September 24, 2013, and picked up after the…

Find out the most memorable genre roles of Katherine Helmond. It was announced today that veteran actress Katherine Helmond has died at 89. Helmond was born on July 5, 1928, and was best known for her roles on Soap (1977 – 1981), Who’s the Boss? (1984 – 1992), and Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 – 2004). Brazil (1985) – Mrs. Ida Lowry In 1985 Katherine Helmond played the plastic surgery-obsessed Mrs. Lowry. This led to the most bizarre plastic surgery scene in movie history. Time Bandits (1981) – Mrs. Ogre Helmond also starred in the bizarre time travel movie Time Bandits. Brazil was the second…

Find out how to see the totally rad Magic Eye® posters for Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel opens soon and the marketing campaign is playing up the 1990s setting. Set photos show Carol Danvers with a Rachel haircut. A painfully accurate 90s website went online. As part of Marvel’s viral marketing campaign for Captain Marvel, they released several “Magic Eye” posters for the film. What is Magic Eye? Magic Eye posters were one of the earliest forms of 3D. They were based on the random stereogram images invented by Dr. Bela Julesz in 1959. The random images are offset slightly to create an image…

Chadwick Boseman at 91st Annual Academy Awards (©Jordan Strauss / Invision/Associated Press) Last month we wrote an extensively researched article predicting the Oscar wins for Marvel Studios. So how did we do? Of the 8 nominations, Marvel won three for Black Panther and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. This is a huge achievement and marks a milestone in the studio’s history. They’ve been making movies for over a decade and never won a golden trophy. Let’s run the wins and losses starting from the most to the least surprising. 1. BEST SOUND EDITING, BLACK PANTHER – LostOf all the awards I thought this was…

Captain America: Civil War concept art by Ryan Meinerding Find out why Black Panther is stronger than Captain America. Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman, is super-strong. Captain America, played by Chris Evans is also super-strong. But which one is stronger? Actually, it’s Black Panther and that’s been confirmed by several movies. Steve Rogers first appears in Captain America: The First Avenger and, after being treated by the super-soldier serum, is shown to be super-human. T’Challa first appears in Captain America: Civil War and is shown to be incredibly strong and fast chasing a car and throwing people through the air. While…

Read this review to find out if Miles Morales: Spider-Man #3 is worth buying. Synopsis If you want to avoid spoilers for this comic then skip to the overall section at the end. Warning: Spoilers for Miles Morales: Spider-Man #3 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #3 follows Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich, (AKA Rhino) and Miles Morales (AKA Spider-Man) as they search to find a group of missing children. In the previous issue, they discover that someone has been giving them superpowers and sending them out to fight for them. Rhino is looking for his missing niece and Miles is looking for a friend’s child. Just…