Category: Movies

LUKE CAGE First Trailer

Mike Colter as Luke Cage courtesy Marvel
Mike Colter as Luke Cage courtesy Marvel

Unbreakable.

Unstoppable.

Badass.

“Sweet Christmas!”

Marvel superhero Luke Cage breaks out the new trailer for the next Marvel Netflix original series.

Spinning off from Jessica Jones, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) is the story of a man who survived a sabotaged experiment that gave him super strength and unbreakable skin. Cage becomes a fugitive who wants to rebuild his life in Harlem, New York. Cage wants to live off the radar but answers the call to become a hero.

Old school fans will spot an homage to Cage’s original costume when he was Power Man.

Gritty, action-packed and with Cage as lead…cool.

The new series picks up after Cage’s breakup with private detective Jessica Jones and reveals his origin.

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading LUKE CAGE First Trailer

SUICIDE SQUAD Easter Egg, HARLEY QUINN’S Crime?

Suicide Squad Rebirth #1 courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad Rebirth #1 courtesy DC Comics

One of the many Easter Eggs in Suicide Squad is tied into a big mystery set up in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

It could be just one stop on a trail of tragedy and vengeance in the DC Comics Movie Universe.

In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Bruce Wayne keeps a statue of Robin in the Batcave.

The symbol of his sidekick is defaced with spray paint:

“Ha Ha joke’s on your Batman!”

The implication is a “Robin” was killed in this past of this movie universe.

In the comic storyline Death of the Family, the second Robin/Jason Todd was murdered by the Joker.

Is the guilty party revealed in Suicide Squad? Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD Easter Egg, HARLEY QUINN’S Crime?

SUICIDE SQUAD About THAT Scene

Suicide Squad War Crimes courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad War Crimes courtesy DC Comics

Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) of Suicide Squad is a woman of secrets.

Does she know the biggest secret of the DC Comics movie universe?

In the all-villain (with two superhero cameos) movie Waller assembles the super criminals of Task Force X.

In a first for the DC Universe movies there’s a mid-credits bonus scene.

What do the event of this pivotal scene mean for future films?

Before we break it down… Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD About THAT Scene

SUICIDE SQUAD For Virgins

Suicide Squad #1 courtesy DC Comics
Suicide Squad #1 courtesy DC Comics

Bring on the bad guys!

Get ready to get down, dirty and dangerous as Warner Brothers unleashes the worst heroes ever in Suicide Squad this Friday.

A new Joker and the motion picture debut of other classic Batman and Flash villains will blitz across the big screens with director David Ayer running the asylum and revving up the DC Comics film franchise.

But who’s who? Where are the good guys? What this could mean for the future of DC movies?

If you’re a veteran comics fan or new to the dark side of DC, here’s our Suicide Squad for Virgins:

The version of the team that inspired the movie was conceived by a trio of legends: writer John Ostrander with writer Len Wein and artist John Byrne.

The team’s first mission was against Brimstone, an elemental creature unleashed by Darkseid who was plotting to conquer Earth. The Justice League film villain is said to be Steppenwolf, Darkseid’s ruthless general. Given the comic book canon connections, could the Squad and League team up in a future movie in the war against Darkseid? (Exciting but let’s get back to the new movie!)

Who’s who? Continue reading SUICIDE SQUAD For Virgins

CAPTAIN MARVEL, BLACK PANTHER, DOCTOR STRANGE, SPIDEY MARVEL Movie Updates

Marvel unleashed a tidal wave of updates on their upcoming movies at San Diego Comic Con.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced the Oscar winner who will play Captain Marvel, the villain of the next Spidey movie plus Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy (Star-Lord’s father!) news and unveiled the new Doctor Strange trailer. Here we go:

Spider-Man: Homecoming:

New Marvel concept art confirmed Spidey will face the Vulture in the reboot directed by Jon Watts.

Spider-Man Homecoming concept art courtesy Marvel
Spider-Man Homecoming concept art courtesy Marvel

A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his debut in Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinger. Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL, BLACK PANTHER, DOCTOR STRANGE, SPIDEY MARVEL Movie Updates

JUSTICE LEAGUE Trailer

DC Comics biggest icons united for the big screen!

Warner Brothers and DC Comics give fans a surprise bonus from the San Diego Comic Con panel. Following the debut of the Wonder Woman trailer, the hits kept coming with the first trailer for Justice League.

Justice League courtesy Warner Brothers and DC Comics
Justice League courtesy Warner Brothers and DC Comics

Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) search the globe for metahumans to get ready for a fight from an “enemy coming from far away.”

Bruce Wayne recruits Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Barry Allen/The Flash (Ezra Miller) and we see the before and after of Victor Stone/Cyborg.

We get a look into the past and the idea that Mother Boxes (technology seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) are buried across Earth. Those alien computers are the signal that a powerhouse villain is approaching.

Action, mystery, icons, humor and fun.

Watch and enjoy the first Justice League trailer: Continue reading JUSTICE LEAGUE Trailer

HARLEY QUINN & SUICIDE SQUAD Previews at SDCC

Harley Quinn #2 courtesy DC Comics
Harley Quinn #2 courtesy DC Comics

Harley Quinn strikes again with DC Rebirth.

The anti-hero has a horrific homecoming when her solo book reboots with a new number one.

A legendary creator returns to Suicide Squad.

It’s all in a packed panel devoted to the unstoppable Harley and her TWO gangs.

At San Diego Comic Con DC Comics shared big updates and new art from upcoming issues of Harley Quinn, Harley and Her Gang of Harleys and the new Suicide Squad and spinoffs starring members of the all-villain team.

Fan favorite Harley Quinn creative team Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Chad Hardin along with Suicide Squad team Rob Williams, Jim Lee and Phillip Tan plus Mauricet (Gang of Harleys) answered fan questions at the Suicide Squad: Most Wanted panel.

In her solo book Harley returns to Coney Island to protect her neighborhood from a zombie apocalypse. HARLEY QUINN #1 kicks off Die Laughing on August 3. We also see interior art and preview covers for issue #2 and issue #3 featuring guest-star Poison Ivy. Continue reading HARLEY QUINN & SUICIDE SQUAD Previews at SDCC

WONDER WOMAN 75TH ANNIVERSARY Celebrated with Stamps

The celebration of Wonder Woman’s 75th Anniversary continues. Fans will be able to add Diana stamps to their comics collection honoring the Amazon Princess. The four “Forever” stamps celebrating the styles and moments in Diana’s wondrous history in pop culture.

The U.S. Postal Service will partners with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment to create Forever stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of the iconic super hero. The stamp pane will be among other Wonder Woman Saturday at Comic-Con International: San Diego.

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

Wonder Woman first appeared in October 1941 in a back-up story for All Star Comics #8, in a time when female superheroes were rare. Diana became a breakout hit and headlined her own title by the next year. New generations of fans came to know the super hero via her hit 1975-79 television series starring Lynda Carter and roles in animated shows like Super Friends and Justice League. Diana made a historic appearance on the cover Ms. Magazine #1 in 1972.  Gal Gadot played Wonder Woman on the big screen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earlier this year.  It was Wonder Woman’s first appearance in a live action motion picture. Gadot reprises the role to tell Diana’s origin in the standalone Wonder Woman movie next summer then in the big screen Justice League movie.

The U.S. Postal Service will celebrate Diana’s diamond anniversary by sharing her evolution on Forever stamps from her World War II origins to today. This new issuance showcases four different stamp designs on a sheet of 20 stamps depicting Wonder Woman during four eras of comic book history: Golden Age (1941–55), Silver Age (1956–72), Bronze Age (1973–86) and Modern Age (1987–present). The selvage, or text outside of the stamp images, features the current block-letter Wonder Woman logo in white against a comic book style power burst rendered in shades of blue. Continue reading WONDER WOMAN 75TH ANNIVERSARY Celebrated with Stamps