In the X-Men comics, Nightcrawler is everyone’s best friend. Since his introduction in 1975’s Giant Size X-Men #1, he’s been one of the most beloved characters in Marvel’s mutant pantheon, in large part because he’s a mutant that’s overcome tremendous adversity to become not just comfortable in his furry blue...
Spider-Man can finally come to Disney Plus
Disney Plus is the streaming home for almost the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of its most glaring exceptions has always been one of its most popular superheroes: Spider-Man, specifically his MCU solo outings Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. On Wednesday, however, Sony and Disney — who share...
Watch the trailer for Ted Lasso season 2 and believe in good things again
Taking a page out of a book of things Ted Lasso would do, on Tuesday Apple released a trailer for the second season of Ted Lasso, and also announced its shockingly close release date: July 23. If you’ve watched Ted Lasso, you would know that Ted Lasso is mostly a...
One weird trick animators use to make movement look fast
Some seemingly normal video game animations have a single still frame of body horror snuck in. They’re called smear frames. There was a time when smears were vital in games, but they don’t happen much anymore, and there’s a very good reason for their disappearance. Smears harken back to the...
Ben Barnes knew he was the perfect Darkling for Shadow and Bone thanks to Tumblr
If a popular book exists, Tumblr is chock full of ideas for an imagined adaptation. The fan casting goes beyond dreaming up who would play who in a hypothetical movie. Mood boards, GIF sets, and fan edits pay homage to users’ favorite material, collaged from a multitude of sources to...
Attack on Titan couldn’t escape controversy in the end
After a 12-year run, Attack on Titan has come to an end. The final panels of the manga jumped years after the Rumbling, focusing on a plot conceived by series protagonist Eren Yaeger to effectively enact genocide on the world at large. The coda is a tangle of images, sprinting...
The Demon Slayer movie Mugen Train carves out characters with exhilarating action
The 2020 Demon Slayer movie made headlines and history when it premiered in Japan in late October. The first feature-length film based on the popular Shonen Jump manga and anime series amassed more than $350 million at Japan’s box office during its opening weekend, surpassing not only the record set...
Are you watching The Nevers or The Irregulars? A handy guide
Every once in a while, there’s a moment of pop-cultural serendipity suggesting that a bunch of film and TV creators are thinking about the same things at the same time. Consider when Turner & Hooch and K-9 both premiered in 1989, a year when we clearly had a lot of...
Netflix’s import Ride or Die turns a manga story into a bloody, sexy queer road movie
Few things feel as lazy as a tidy film. When all the loose ends fall gracefully into place, and not a single plotline is left dangling, a story can feel too engineered to be real. People aren’t neat and tidy creatures: We do things that make no sense. We believe...
From action epics to cartoon comedies, here are 13 animated movies you should stream soon
The world of animation is as boundless as it is extraordinary, brimming with more classics than any one person could hope to see in a lifetime. The variety of animated films available across streaming, well ... not as expansive. But impressive nonetheless! When you’re not too busy catching up on...