Marvel’s first major steps onto the cinematic stage came with 1998’s Blade. 24 years later, the MCU is revisiting the era of horror comics that Blade came from, with the first major on-screen appearance of Jack Russell… the Werewolf By Night.
Author Archives: Alexander Case
October Countdown: Body Bags (1993)
We have another anthology film, with a more modern take on the genre – following in the success of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt – and this one with some legends of horror cinema attached.
October Countdown: Tales from the Crypt (1972)
We’re starting our horror reviews for the month of October today, with an anthology film from Amicus, adapting a collection of short stories from various American horror comics, such as Tales of the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear.
Movie Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
This weekend has our first MCU Phase 4 theatrical installment that moves the actively moves the timeline forward, along with our first film with a predominantly Asian lead cast.
Kentaro Miura Passes Away At The Age of 54
Hakusensha’s editorial department and the writer’s official Twitter account have reported that Kentaro Miura, the writer and artist of the manga Berserk, has passed away at the age of 54 of an acute aortic dissection.
Berserk, which started in 1988 and was still ongoing as of Miura’s death has been adapted into several anime series, one in 1997 adapting the Golden Age Arc (which was followed by a trilogy of films adapting that arc), and a later series in the late 2010s picking up where the Golden Age Arc left off (which has run for 3 seasons).
Miura’s work had been credited as influencing various works, from video games like Dragon’s Dogma, Dark Souls, and Monster Hunter and the design of Cloud Strife’s Buster Swordin Final Fantasy VII, to various other anime and manga series like Demon Slayer and Vagabond, as well as the Netflix Castlevania animated series.
Marvel Releases Phase 4 Sizzle Reel
Marvel has put out a new sizzle reel promoting the film releases for phase 4, with updated release dates, including some new footage from The Eternals (from Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao).
Film Review: Mandy (2018)
I’m starting off our Halloween Countdown with the second film from the director of Beyond the Black Rainbow.
RIP Chadwick Boseman (1977-2020)
Variety is reporting that Chadwick Boseman has died of colon cancer at the age of 43. Most recently he was best known for the role of Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, however his earlier film roles including playing the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and the first African-American man to break the color barrier and play in the MLB, Jackie Robinson, in bio-pics for both people (Marshall and 42, respectively).
Weekly New Releases for January 28th, 2020.
A lot of anime and a lot of award contenders this week.