The trailer for Thunderbolts* is here, and it is not what we were expecting. For one thing, the trailer is scored by the Pixies’ song “Where Is My Mind?” And that’s a fitting choice for this trailer because it introduces Bob — AKA the Sentry (played by Lewis Pullman) — to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the … Read more
In one of the strangest spinoffs in comic-book-movie-to-TV-show history, Colin Farrell is now starring in an HBO and Max series of The Penguin, based on his version of the character who first appeared in Matt Reeves’ movie The Batman. Unlike the version of the Penguin from Batman Returns and many DC comics, Farrell’s “Oz Cobb” is not a dapper dude … Read more
The Penguin Easter Eggs in Episode 1 are sparking curiosity among DC fans, especially those captivated by the hidden details and references to Batman. The series is set in the aftermath of Matt Reeves’s The Batman. These easter eggs are pivotal in connecting fans with the original DC universe, offering intriguing details. As the first … Read more
Agatha All Along is here. And it is filled with all sorts of deep cut Marvel lore and Easter eggs from WandaVision, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and a whole lot more. For example: The book that Agatha investigates in the faux crime show that makes up most of the series premiere is written by someone … Read more
There’s a new Batman animated series on Prime Video and SPOILER ALERT it is pretty fantastic. Batman: Caped Crusader is not only made in the style of the classic Batman: The Animated Series, it’s from some of the same creative team, most notably, artist and animator Bruce Timm. No wonder, then, that the new show contains so many … Read more
The following post contains SPOILERS for Deadpool & Wolverine. And maybe for Deadpool. And a little Deadpool 2. There’s probably some X-Men spoilers in there too. And Last Year at Marienbad for some reason. That’s a weird one. There are so many Marvel Easter eggs in Deadpool & Wolverine. So many. In fact our Easter egg breakdown … Read more
The finale of The Acolyte gave us the answers (and big cameos) we’ve been waiting for all season. But it was also an episode with some really important connections to Star Wars history, and it showed how this series has actually been setting up the events of the Star Wars prequels all along. For more on that, plus every hidden reference and secret … Read more
The new episode of House of the Dragon, “Regent,” is full of Game of Thrones references, and also a bunch of really smart visual storytelling that you might have missed. For example, all season we have seen the corpses of the ratcatchers hanging, as they have all season. But now they are reduced to skeletons. Throughout House of … Read more
Captain America is back — but not Steve Rogers. Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson takes up the mantle of America’s Sentinel of Liberty in Captain America: Brave New World, the character’s first starring film after The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In that show, the government tried to militarize Captain America by giving his shield to John Walker. But … Read more
Episode 7 of The Acolyte had ties to the prequels, the sequel trilogy, and the long history of Star Wars. And just as earlier Star Wars films and shows have drawn from Kurosawa movies like The Hidden Fortress and Seven Samurai, The Acolyte draws from Rashomon, where a crime is shown multiple times from multiple perspectives, and each time you see the events … Read more