Pop Culture
Culture is a reflection of your community, and popular culture tells the story of many communities in real time. We talk about the best (and sometimes the worst) it has to offer, while providing keen insight and analysis about the things that you care most about.
That a seismic shake-up was underway at Marvel was apparent. The Sony and Disney standoff over Spider-Man, rumors that Marvel Studios would take over Marvel Television, and an ambitious MCU Phase 4 line-up. However, what that shake-up was remained a mystery until now. Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, was promoted to Chief Creative Officer, […]
The Joker movie is both creating controversy and busting the October box office. Yet, something isn’t really part of the cultural zeitgeist unless Saturday Night Live does a parody of it. Well, SNL’s Joker parody Grouch casts Stranger Things’ David Harbour as a tortured man who decides to paint himself green and live in a trash […]
Wow. First, congratulations to Jonathan Hickman, R.B. Silva, Pepe Larraz, and everyone else involved with House of X and Powers of X. Not only did they tell an incredible and unique story, but they managed to put out 12 issues in 12 weeks straight—not a single delay. And the Powers of X finale demonstrates how […]
What a time to be alive. In just a few days, China has picked fights with a long-running animated TV show and an entire professional athletic organization. The NBA and South Park are both feuding with China over the current situation in Hong Kong. There’s a lot to go over, but before we get to […]
Given the backlash to the Batwoman trailer, it seemed that this show would be in for some trouble. While the series premiere went off okay, we still find ourselves wondering if Batwoman can survive the fan-hate. Today’s controversy is that Batwoman has only an eight percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, but is it a targeted […]
It is a common narrative in the past five years or so; a certain attitude developed after more and more games experienced release date delays. Nintendo famously made it their mission to never release a game because of an arbitrary time frame. Other publishers moved to do the same, and gaming fans suddenly never seemed […]
Kelly Marie Tran’s character in Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the first Asian-presenting figure in the space saga that drew so much from filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa. However, in the time since the previews of the new Star Wars merchandise and their release, fans are asking on social media “Where’s Rose?” It seems Rose […]
Calling all Sassenachs! The trailer for Outlander season 5 officially dropped this week at New York City Comic-Con. The upcoming season of the hit show will follow Diana Gabaldon’s novel The Fiery Cross. The show has so far followed the one book per season format. But the trailer below hints that the show might also […]
Ryan Reynolds may be best known now as Deadpool, but in the upcoming film Free Guy, he’s taking on a slightly less heroic role. Convention-goers at this year’s New York Comic Con got the first details on the action-comedy, and we’ve got everything you need to know. Who is Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy? Reynolds […]
With New York Comic-Con in full-swing, studios and comics publishers are previewing some of their new content for the fall and into 2020. Along with new comics-based stories like the Harley Quinn Animated Series from DC Universe, other hotly-anticipated projects offered teases for what’s to come. CBS All Access just announced the Star Trek: Picard […]