During a routine scroll through Hulu’s Newly Added Movies feed, surrounded by Treasure Planet, 28 Weeks Later, and other typical licensed library additions, I spotted a film I had genuinely never heard of before. This is a rare case for me: I would never claim to have seen every new movie that winds up on streaming, but based on the 27,000 emails I get every day promoting upcoming releases, I...

James Gunn’s Superman isn’t the first project released in the new DC cinematic universe he and DC co-chair/CEO Peter Safran are building — that honor went to Creature Commandos in late 2024. But Superman is certainly a decisive moment for the new DCU, both a statement of intent for DC’s new tone, and a big, splashy testing of the waters, to see whether Gunn’s vision can find a foothold in a...

James Gunn’s Superman is a reset for the DC Comics Universe on the big screen, moving away from Zack Snyder’s portrayal of superheroes as godlike beings, and favoring a sillier world where metahumans are commonplace. That includes the Justice Gang, a questionably named superhero squad funded by billionaire Maxwell Lord. His name is referenced several times during the film, and the character (played by Gunn’s brother and frequent collaborator Sean...

It’s time to usher in a new era of DC movies. Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran have taken the reins of the rebranded DC Studios, and they brought a long-term plan to DC with them. The new projects on the DC docket are meant to reboot or reshape the movie versions of DC’s best-known heroes as established in the Snyderverse,...

Twisted Metal season 2 is set to premiere on July 31, and based on the trailer, it appears the Peacock show will finally be taking its in-game premise of a demolition derby to heart with a proper tournament. The first season detoured from adapting the video games in a straightforward way to give our protagonist, John Doe (Anthony Mackie), a proper origin story and character arc. Putting an actual Twisted...

Disney Plus’ Ironheart is an underwhelming series for many reasons. It’s tonally inconsistent, zipping between whimsical singalongs and somber sequences tracking the long-term impact of gun violence. Like so many MCU shows, it’s more concerned with setting up the next part of the franchise than telling a satisfying standalone story. Its biggest fight scene takes place in a White Castle, reducing the impact with egregious product placement. But in the...

Netflix and CD Projekt Red announced a second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners at the 2025 Anime Expo, and it’s no surprise — the anime, which won the prestigious “Anime of the Year” award at the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, played a major part in making 2020’s Cyberpunk 2077 so successful following its troubled debut.  Before Cyberpunk: Edgerunners debuted, Cyberpunk 2077 struggled to recover from bugs and backlash over a gameplay...

While, yes, Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ Superman is all about the super and man elements of the iconic hero, the movie is also about Supes’ bond with his best friend Krypto, the super-powered canine set to make his DC Universe debut. However, Krypto’s first big-screen outing wasn’t without some challenges. In an exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming Superman: The Art and Making of the Film book, visual effects supervisor...

When celebrities, actors, and filmmakers visit Japan, there’s a chance they’ll get a summons from Hideo Kojima, the game director and Metal Gear Solid creator, to come to his studio and have their likenesses scanned and added to his collection. Kojima is never above using his fame in the non-gaming world to meet famous people and post about it, but I always wondered what this process was like from the...

Jurassic Park Rebirth does pretty much what fans of the franchise expect, and seem to want: Director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Creator) and original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp (Presence) gather up a bunch of characters with varying motivations and throw them into a wilderness setting where they risk getting eaten by dinosaurs. Some die, some survive, but before the final tally is taken, the...