Author: Jacob Dressler

One of the most anticipated upcoming Marvel films is Thor: Love and Thunder, which will see Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi behind the camera once again. Obviously his involvement has plenty of fans excited, considering Ragnarok is considered by many to be the best Thor movie yet. But now a new bit of news from actor Vin Diesel might be enough to get fans hyped for a completely different set of reasons – as it turns out, Thor: Love and Thunder apparently includes “some of the Guardians of the Galaxy.” Vin Diesel revealed that some of the Guardians would be…

The original Space Jam movie is well remembered for the way it handled bridging real world celebrities and events with the fictional world of Looney Tunes. It’s been a fan favorite movie for decades, and as such many follow ups have been attempted. While we did get Looney Tunes: Back in Action, which was something of a sequel, this new attempt at Space Jam 2 once again returns to the premise of the Looney Tunes recruiting basketball players – although this time things are going to be very different. In fact, according to a variety of new reports, it appears…

Many horror fans tend to believe that Robert Englund is not only the greatest actor to have ever portrayed the iconic slasher villain Freddy Krueger, but also the only actor that could fit the role. As it turns out, however, he wasn’t exactly the first choice to play Freddy Krueger in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street. In fact, a much different actor from Englund almost took the part. As revealed in the 2010 documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, Wes Craven originally wanted to have actor David Warner bring the Freddy Krueger character to life. Obviously…

It is a sad day today as one of cinema’s greatest actors has been reported dead. It has been stated that iconic screen actor Max von Sydow has died at age 90 on March 8, 2020. Max von Sydow made quite the name for himself during his career, which spanned an enormous 150 credits over decades of work. His talents have contributed to some of the greatest movies ever made, and seeing his death is no doubt the end of an era. The news that actor Max von Sydow was first reported by THR, who were able to state that…

There’s been an unfortunate bit of news this past week as it was reported that actor Nicholas Tucci has died at age 38. The young actor’s death was confirmed on the actor’s Facebook page in a post written by his father Alexander Tucci. Apparently he had died from a battle with cancer that he chose to keep secret in order to further pursue his acting dreams. Here’s what Alexander Tucci wrote on Facebook: “To the friends of Nicholas Tucci: This is Alexander Tucci, Nick’s father. On Tuesday, March 3, Nick died at the Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut.…

It has been yet another exciting new year so far for fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Disney continues to push the Marvel brand across all mediums. One of the newest mediums that Disney has been taking advantage of is their new streaming service, Disney Plus, which will be hosting a variety of new original series which take place in the MCU. The series include The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and several other projects such as the upcoming Loki series all about Hiddleston’s character from the films. While there’s still quite a bit that has yet to…

One of the most notorious controversies that has stemmed from the pop culture entertainment industry is the alleged influence video games have on real world violence. It’s an argument that’s existed perhaps just as long as video games have themselves, with many citing games like Doom in the 90’s to be major influences on violent crimes at the time such as the Columbine shooting. But now a new statement from APA (American Psychological Association) president Sandra Shullman suggests otherwise. According to her, there is no actual link between video games and real world violence. As she began with her statement…

The horror genre finds plenty of its popularity through the slasher subgenre, and that’s mostly due to the iconic slasher villains that have become pop culture mainstays. And as many pop culture icons tend to do, they’ve inspired one particular artist to come up with a rather unique and interesting project – this one comes in the form of a great photo shoot series called Everyday Horrors. What makes it so great, you ask? It places our favorite horror icons in normal everyday settings performing errands or simply walking about in normal everyday society. It’s a funny series of photos…

Tom Holland has quickly become one of the most beloved Spider-Man actors after his time as the character over the last few years. One of those reasons, aside from his clever performance in front of the camera, has been his fun personality off camera as well. And now fans can get an even deeper look at the mischievous shenanigans Tom Holland has been up to – mainly a variety of Spider-Man related props from the productions of both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Tom Holland revealed some of the Spider-Man props he’s stolen over the years while speaking…

Luckily for fans of video games, it seems the filmmaking industry is putting more effort in making sure their video game film adaptations are much more faithful to their source material. Obviously this means studios are revisiting and rebooting plenty of other previously adapted franchises, perhaps none more anticipated right now than the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie. Now in a new interview with one of the film’s stars, Ludi Lin, they brought up some rather interesting points about Mortal Kombat – including a bit that the film will pave the way for a kind of Mortal Kombat Cinematic Universe. Here’s…