WB Consumer Products’ president Pam Lifford is selling a lot more superhero toys
Has the current Great Licensing Era crested or is it still growing? As The Beat's Taimur Dar wrote the other day, toys and other...
Donald Glover finally appears in the new SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING trailer
For some time now, fans have been wondering who actor/rapper Donald Glover was signed to play in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. Prior to Tom Holland's...
PSA: Prepare to dive into the house of ideas, Marvel Heroes Omega open beta...
It took a bit of time for video game developer and publisher Gazillion's massive online multiplayer game Marvel Heroes 2016 to make its way...
Superhero toys aren’t just for adults any more
A recent article published by Inverse describes how the primary demographic for toys and merchandise related with superheroes and other major franchises has shifted...
On the Scene: The Five Points Festival welcomed “tastemakers, misfits and rebels”
by Zena Tsarfin
“Welcome home, tastemakers, misfits and rebels,” was the message flashing across the digital billboard at NYC’s inaugural Five Points Festival, held at...
After a heartbreaking tragedy, Zack Snyder has elected to step down from JUSTICE LEAGUE
Incredibly sad news has come in this afternoon, with reports that Zack Snyder has decided to step down from this coming November's superhero team-up...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: IndieCade announces 2017 festival dates and a new location
In a week filled with the ups of Destiny 2 announcements and the lows of losing a music scene legend, we take a step...
REVIEW: INJUSTICE 2, Dress for the DCU job you want.
If Injustice: Gods Among Us was Mortal Kombat co-creator and DC superfan Ed Boon smashing his toys together as a child, then Injustice 2...
In a surprising twist, Tom Hardy has signed on to star in VENOM
When Sony announced their intentions to move forward with their long-gestating Venom spin-off, and that it wouldn't be connected to the Spider-Man who appears...
Telltale Games Walking Dead sets season 3 finale date
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - A New Frontier has had its highs and lows, now the studio is set to end this...
The CW debuts the first trailer for BLACK LIGHTNING
We've reported on the development of this series a few times now, but today at the CW Upfronts, the network debuted its first-look trailer...
Review: ALIEN: COVENANT a rehash with father problems
It's arguable that Ripley is one of science fiction's best-known characters, and she anchored the Alien films by providing true stake in the outcome of the humans. The most serious flaw of Alien: Covenant is that it provides us with yet another Ripley-like-stand-in via Katherine Waterston's character, which at this point resembles an illegible copy of a copy of a copy. Waterston isn't at fault, but her character development is almost non-existent, relying wholly on the hope that you'll associate her enough with Ripley to forgive the fact that she's written primarily as a foil for David.
