Author: Jacob Dressler

The Harry Potter series isn’t exactly a stranger to being controversial according to religious groups. Now a Catholic school in Tennessee has taken it upon themselves to ban the book series from their classes. According to a pastor, the fictional books utilize “actual curses and spells,” which could be considered “a possible threat” to their beliefs. Rev. Dan Reehil, a member of the faculty at St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville, devised an email to teachers about the books. He states that they “present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception.”…

The latest Halloween sequel from 2018 was a bold new entry in the franchise which didn’t just return to the roots of the original film, but ignored the events of every other film in between. And because of this controversial decision, the movie dropped a major plot line featured in every film featuring Michael Myers ever since Halloween II in 1981. The movie removed the familial ties between Laurie and Michael – they were no longer siblings, a concept introduced in Halloween II. There’s been plenty of debate between the concept, whether or not it should’ve been included in the…

The latest Halloween sequel titled Halloween Kills is in the beginning stages of production, which means casting announcements are underway. We already heard that actor Anthony Michael Hall will be portraying the adult counterpart to Tommy Doyle – the young boy that Laurie Strode babysat in the original film. Now it looks like the other child from the movie, Lindsey Wallace, will return too. And she’ll be played by original actress Kyle Richards! The two characters have appeared in other Halloween sequels, but mostly in cameo roles, aside from Paul Rudd’s portrayal of Tommy Doyle in Halloween: The Curse of…

As with every season of the series before it, American Horror Story’s upcoming season titled American Horror Story: 1984 has had a lot of hype attached to it. Many viewers are eager to know whether or not it’ll recapture the spark some of the earlier seasons managed to have – and, now that the official full trailer has been released, it gives us an idea of how this next chapter will pan out. The trailer dedicates itself to showing off the slasher subgenre influences that this season uses. In particular, it shows off its new killer named Mr. Jingles and the…

As Halloween Kills continues to race towards production, we’ve been getting a variety of rumors regarding who could be appearing in the new sequel. One character that was rumored to make an appearance was Tommy Doyle – the child that Laurie Strode babysat on Halloween night in the original 1978 film. Now Tommy Doyle is conformed to be in Halloween Kills, and his adult counterpart will be played by none other than Anthony Michael Hall! The character was originally played by child actor Brian Andrews. Halloween 4 later gave Tommy Doyle a small cameo appearance where he was played by…

Disney has presented many interesting new details on their upcoming Disney+ content, including their new Marvel original series. One big reveal happened to be a poster for WandaVision, a series which will focus on the titular Scarlet Witch and Vision as they go about their days in a 60’s sitcom-esque style setting. Although we don’t know much else beyond that information regarding the series’ plot, the new poster revealed at the D23 Expo has hinted at a new change for Scarlet Witch. If you pay attention to the background on the left side of the image, you’ll notice that the…

Disney continues to reveal new content from the endlessly expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now that Black Widow, one of the franchise’s major characters, is finally getting her own solo film – Disney has unveiled the first poster. The image presents us with a version of Black Widow that features an entirely new costume design. In fact, there’s also concept art which sports a completely unique variation of Natasha’s Black Widow played by Scarlett Johansson. First ‘Black Widow’ poster has been revealed; shows off David Harbour’s Red Guardian for the first time. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/HKYoJ5Zbib — Lights, Camera, Pod (@LightsCameraPod) August 25,…

Although Marvel has announced a plethora of new television series which will debut on the Disney+ streaming service, the pop culture giant has also announced a new casting choice for their upcoming film Eternals. The movie is already boasting a powerful cast, featuring stars Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, and Brian Tyree Henry.The new casting announcement happens to be Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, who will be playing the character Dane Whitman otherwise known as Black Knight. The news was revealed at D23’s Marvel panel, and it’ll certainly be exciting now knowing who will portray the…

After much anticipation from fans of the Breaking Bad franchise, the wait for a major announcement is over. Netflix has released the first official teaser trailer as well as the title for the film, which is called El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. The news was speculated by a small handful of Breaking Bad fans, who noticed the title and synopsis located on the Netflix website. While some were reluctant to believe the news at first, it’s finally been officially confirmed. What happened to Jesse Pinkman? El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie October 11 pic.twitter.com/PuoWBgfDJ0 — Netflix US (@netflix) August…

The partnership between Sony and Disney which allowed Spider-Man to appear within The Marvel Cinematic Universe was a special one to begin with. You could consider it a legal miracle, with intricate details which allowed the two massive corporate entities work together. Now within this last week, that deal has fallen apart, likely ruining the chances of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man reappearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or any references thereof appearing in another Sony Spider-Man flick. Well, when speaking with EW, Holland commented about the future of the character, saying: “Basically, we’ve made five great movies. It’s been five amazing…