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Christopher Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy is arguably the definitive live-action depiction ofBatman. Although four other filmmakers — Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher, Zack Snyder, and, most recently, Matt Reeves — have all tried their own hand at bringing the Caped Crusader to the big screen in live-action spectacles, none of them have succeeded in transcending Batman’s origins as a children’s comic book character and using him as a vehicle for mature and complex themes to quite the same degree as Nolan....

Warning: This Article Contains Spoilers For Superman The first film in the DC Universe has finally arrived with the release ofSuperman, personally spearheaded byJames Gunn, the co-CEO of DC Studios, who also served as the film’s writer and director. Gunn’s take on Superman is not only meant to kick his DC Universe into high gear, it’s also meant to make it clear that the old phase of the character is no more and that this version is here to stay for the foreseeable future....

Thesuperherogenre is now a billion-dollar monoculture: sleek, hypermanaged, and algorithmically calculated to maximize audience retention across demographics and continents. But just beneath that polished surface lies a grimy, glittering underworld of misfires—movies that tried to fly and crash-landed into something weirder and far more interesting. These are the films that never stood a chance againstMarvel’s airtight synergyorDC’s tortured self-mythologizing. They are passion projects, studio embarrassments, and what-the-hell oddities that—despite financial failure—found redemption in the chaotic democracy of cult fandom....

The 1980s were a heyday for themystery moviegenre.The popular Italian giallo genrewas blowing up in Europe, while a slew of Hitchcock-inspired directors were pumping out suspenseful Hollywood thrillers every year. The decade offered up many of cinema’s finest whodunits, although not all of them had the most exciting of final reveals. Most times, a shocking and completely unexpected twist can make (or break) a mystery movie, but there are a select few whodunits that don’t rely on the final reveal to impress audiences....

Horror movies have formulated a lot of tropes over the years, from the comic relief dying first to the killer wearing some sort of mask to hide their identity. The trope that stands out the most across all other tropes and even subgenres of horror would be the final girl trope. A final girl is almost always the sole survivor and the one to finally put an end to the person or entity that has terrorized her and either her friends or family....

We all know the popular superheroes and supervillains of Marvel Comics. But what you may not know is that behind their flashy costumes and superhuman abilities often lies a real person who influenced that character. That’s right, some of Marvel Comics' most iconic characters were inspired by actual people. Some of these names may be unfamiliar to you, ordinary people who knew and inspired the character’s creator. Others are famous people that you’ll definitely recognize, whose lives and appearances were used to shape some of Marvel’s biggest creations....

The Netflix romantic comedy seriesNobody Wants Thiswas created by Erin Foster,based loosely on her real life romance. The show centers on Joanne, an unlucky-in-love agnostic sex podcaster played by Kristen Bell, who finds herself falling for Noah, a nice, charming, unconventional Rabbi played by Adam Brody. Nobody Wants This It turns out almost everybody wanted this. With 10.3 million views in the first four days of streaming, the series quickly became a megahit....

Two cleverBlack Pantherfans dressed up in one trench coat in an attempt to only pay for one ticket to watch the movie. That just shows how massive the popularity ofBlack Pantheris right now. Theaters are still selling out showings, 3 days after the movie premiered. Additionally,Black Pantheris dominating the box office and now has the biggest February opening in history, easily knocking the previous record holder,Deadpool, out to second place. So it stands to reason that tickets are in limited supply and aprankof this magnitude needs go be pulled....

The 77th Golden Globe Awards were held earlier this evening and Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywooddominated. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association honored the best in movies and television, while Ricky Gervais gave out a pretty healthy roast of all things Hollywood. Joaquin Phoenix took home the award for Best Actor award for his performance inJoker, whileFleabagtook home some awards on the TV side of things. It was a big night full of surprises....

One day, aStar Warsmovie will be directed by a woman, it’s just not clear when that will happen or what the movie will be exactly. Be that as it may, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy assures that they will have a female director at the helm of a big screen adventure in a galaxy far, far away at some point in the future. To date, no woman has been behind the camera for aStar Warsmovie, at least not in the main chair anyway....

The world of adult entertainment is perhaps not as glamorous as some would have you believe.Nacho Vidal, known in the Spanish speaking world for his adult movies, has been charged with reckless homicide, following an unorthodox ceremony where the ‘actor’ used lethal amounts of toad venom on another man. Ignacio Jordà González uses the alias Nacho Vidal when going in front of the camera toperform sex acts. The man was arrested this past May for ‘suspicion of manslaughter’ after an 11-month investigation....

The North American thirst forUK crime showshas grown considerably over the past decade, largely thanks to streaming, and can seemingly never be quenched. American audiences aren’t limited to what the wonderful PBS can air once or twice a week, and now whole streaming services are devoted toUK television series.BritBoxis a major one that also produces original content, and we have a behind the scenes feature for their newest series,After the Flood, acrimemystery led by Sophie Rundle ofPeaky BlindersandThe Diplomat....

These are cool! We’re seeing some of the first set photos from directorRidley Scott’s upcoming franchise sequelAlien: Covenant, which is a follow-up to 2012’sPrometheusand a direct prequel to the 1979 original sci-fi classic. They show us what appear to be two new Xenomorphs fighting in the desert. We also get to see a massive massacre of what look to be Engineers. This extraterrestrial slaughterhouse comes courtesy ofThe Daily Mail, which also show us more from the set, including the giant Engineer heads that we saw in a previous production update....