Author: Matt Harris

With DC Studios bringing Hal Jordan and John Stewart to the Gunn-Verse in HBO’s Lanterns series, the spotlight returns to Sector 2814’s greatest defenders. While both heroes wear the same ring and answer to the Guardians of Oa, their origins, philosophies, and outlook represent two vastly different eras of comic book storytelling. I’ll be looking at their history within the comic books, TV shows and movies that shaped them in the public eye and why their dynamic remains one of the most compelling partnerships in superhero history. Before we dive into their history, let’s watch the trailer for Lanterns season…

For over a decade, sitting through ten minutes of scrolling text at the end of a Marvel Studios film was a sacred ritual. The post-credits scene was the cheeky little reward: an intriguing glimpse into the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When Nick Fury mentioned the “Avengers Initiative” in 2008, or when Thanos picked up the Infinity Gauntlet in 2015, audiences knew these moments carried real narrative weight. They were ironclad IOUs from Kevin Feige and the rest of the teams making these films. However, in the era following Avengers: Endgame, that sacred contract has frayed. As Marvel Studios…

Ted Lasso is quite the underdog story, both on and off the show. With the first episode of season 4 now streaming on Apple TV we’re taking a look back at the story so far. Originally based on a character Jason Sudeikis, Ted was first portrayed in a series of promos for NBC Sports’ coverage of the Premier League for American fans. The show itself follows Ted Lasso, an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team whose new owner Rebecca Welton secretly hopes his inexperience will lead it to failure as a final middle finger to her cheating ex husband; instead, Lasso’s…

If there is one thing J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot love more than the overuse of lens flare, it is hiding a film’s true identity in plain sight. When the trailer first dropped for David Robert Mitchell’s sci-fi thriller The End of Oak Street, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, audiences were promised a tense, survival film about a suburban American street ripped away by a unknown event and dropped into prehistoric times forcing the residents to try and survive impossible odds. But for seasoned sci-fi fans, the trailers didn’t just look like an original sci-fi thriller with a cool…

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is streaming globally now on Paramount+. Synopsis Avatar Aang, the world’s last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands. Review Nearly two decades after the original series wrapped up, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender finally brings fans what they’ve spent half a lifetime begging for: a return to the animated world of the Gaang, fully grown up. While we got glimpses of them in the follow up…

Horror titan James Wan and director Rob Savage are teaming up to ensure you never look at your mother the same way again. The first teaser trailer for Other Mommy has officially arrived, promising a terrifying dive into psychological dread about a child and their trust in their parents. Check out the trailer in the player below: Leading the nightmare is Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain (It Chapter Two, The Eyes of Tammy Faye), taking on dual roles. Chastain stars as young Bela’s real mother and the titular “Other Mommy”—a sinister, malevolent entity taking up residence in the family home…

In major news dropping straight out of San Diego Comic-Con, publisher Oni Press has officially announced Scott Pilgrim Ex: Dawn of Metal Scott #1. The upcoming release marks a huge milestone for the franchise as creator Bryan Lee O’Malley’s first return to drawing a new Scott Pilgrim comic since the original series wrapped 16 years ago. The standalone one-shot serves as a prequel to the Scott Pilgrim EX video game, expanding the beloved universe after the original comics story concluded. Dropping on November 11th, the 24-page release features a main cover by O’Malley alongside a complete 16-page story introducing a…

If you like your horror fast-paced, claustrophobic, and a healthy dose of psychologically unhinged, pack your bags the upcoming horror thriller Hellcat takes the classic “ticking clock” trope and throws it into a speeding camper trailer with no clear exit. The premise wastes no time pulling you into the nightmare scenario: Lena wakes up disoriented inside a moving camper trailer, nursing a deeply horrifying wound. Her only source of information is the driver, who delivers a chilling ultimatum: they have exactly one hour to reach a doctor, or she will succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As Lena’s grip on…

Here we are folks, the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer has dropped from Marvel Studios. No longer just the short teasers, but a full length story trailer and there is a lot to unpack here! So we’re breaking down all the biggest moments, reveals and Easter eggs. But before we do, why not watch that brilliant trailer one more time first… We open to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters and the first lines of Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom saying the following “Something’s coming, something we may not be able to detur, before this day is done, we shall be faced…

With Director Destin Daniel Cretton taking directing control for Tom Holland’s fourth solo outing, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is shifting the Marvel Cinematic Universe away from the higher stakes, multiversal high-fantasy and dragging Peter Parker back down to the grimy, street-level alleys of New York City. Operating entirely in isolation following the tragic conclusion of No Way Home, Peter is set to collide with a plethora of comic book villains. Marketing materials and promotional footage have confirmed the list below, with some extras thrown in for assumed curiosity but lets breakdown the colourful comic book history behind these villains. Scorpion…