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Shazam Movie Opens Well Over Weekend

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The state of superhero movies is strong with interest in the genre in all walks of life. The movie Shazam opened with a 56 Million weekend domestically with almost 159 Million worldwide. The film works for younger audiences and older both and is a sign that the DC Films plan to make movies that are not dependant on a connected universe but stand on their own as a single character building movie is working. Critics and fans agree the last two movies Aquaman and now Shazam are good movies and…

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DC Universe Streaming First Episodes Free

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Warner Bros. makes the first episodes of their DC Universe series, Titans, Young Justice and Doom Patrol, available online for free. Details include that starting this weekend and for a limited time, the first episodes of each exclusive original series, Titans, Doom Patrol, and Young Justice: Outriders, will be available for anyone to view without a subscription. If you are having a hard time pulling the trigger to buy the DC Universe Subscription see the first episodes free and make your decision. Check it out HERE.

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James Gunn Re-Hired At Disney

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Writer/director James Gunn has tweeted out a statement following news that Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios have agreed to re-hire him following his July 2018 dismissal over offensive Twitter statements he had made years ago. “I am tremendously grateful to every person out there who has supported me over the past few months. I am always learning and will continue to work at being the best human being I can be,” Gunn tweeted. “I deeply appreciate Disney’s decision and I am excited to continue making films that investigate the…

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Review: About Captain Marvel

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Saw an early premiere in my area for the Movie Captain Marvel. The film is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, with Geneva Robertson-Dworet also contributing to the screenplay. Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. Please note there will be spoilers ahead as I give my full review. I really enjoy the superhero genre and wanted to see a quality film knowing that Marvel movies are…

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Shazam Movie New Trailer

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Shazam the movie coming on April the 5th. 15-year-old Billy Batson becomes Shazam when he says the magic word. A slapstick version of a superhero from a teenagers perspective. Able to buy beer in a single bound. The New Line Cinema adaptation of the DC Comics superhero stars Asher Angel as Billy Batson and Zachary Levi as Batson’s mystically-powered superhero alter ego, the titular Shazam. The film also stars Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Djimon Hounsou Synopsis: “We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit…

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The Lost Episode: Batman the Animated Series Full

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From the Sega CD comes the lost episode of the animated Batman tv show! Cutscenes turned into an episode by your’s truly, Comic Ghost!!! (CREDIT) The 17-minute quasi- episode is made up of somewhat grainy cutscenes from the 1994 Sega CD video game The Adventures of Batman and Robin for Sega CD. Mark Hamill: “Yowza Yowza, Ladies & Germs!”- A “LOST” BATMAN EPISODE I remember recording for this project, but I never owned a Sega game console, so this is the 1st time I’ve seen this footage. Joker comes in…

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Politics and the Social Media War in Entertainment

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The social media war for the minds and hearts of the society we live in today is evident to any rational thinking person. Traditional values are being threatened by progressive thought and the media news and the majority of the entertainment world leans towards liberal ideas and biases. It really is not arguable that this is not happening right here in the land of the free and even worldwide. With this in mind, I want to talk about the content today in TV and film and how it has changed…

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DC’s Negative Man Portrayed as Gay in Doom Patrol

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A founding member of DC’s Doom Patrol, Larry Trainor who is exposed to a mysterious energy field as a Pilot and becomes Negative Man. He miraculously survives the crash but is left disfigured and the vessel for a radioactive being with extraordinary abilities. He’s shown married with two children, while also carrying on a secret affair with one of his ground crew, a man, who witnesses the accident. That double life, of course, serves to reinforce Trainor’s dual nature. During a special Q&A held ahead of Doom Patrol’s premiere, executive…

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DOOM PATROL EXTENDED TRAILER

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Ready for a strange ride? #DCUDoomPatrol series premiere on February 15 with new episodes every Friday, only on #DCUNIVERSE. DOOM PATROL reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of Super-Heroes: Robotman aka Cliff Steele (BRENDAN FRASER), Negative Man aka Larry Trainor (MATT BOMER), Elasti-Woman aka Rita Farr (APRIL BOWLBY) and Crazy Jane (DIANE GUERRERO), led by modern-day mad scientist Niles Caulder aka The Chief (TIMOTHY DALTON). Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and…

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Frozen 2 Trailer

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The first teaser trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2 has been released. Take a look: From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, and the music of Oscar®-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019.

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Who is the Batman’s Penguin?

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Matt Reeves’ The Batman now is moving forward and Warner Bros. has given a date of June 25, 2021, for release. While there are questions of who will play Batman with Ben Affleck out as Batman, the villain has been rumored as the Penguin. Who will play Penguin if that is going to happen has been a mystery hinted by a couple of stars. In January Josh Gad teased Penguin as the villain in the Batman on twitter HERE. If Penguin winds up appearing in The Batman, it seems likely…

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MEET THE DOOM PATROL DC UNIVERSE

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Just like us. Only totally different. Doom Patrol series premieres on February 15 DOOM PATROL reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of Super-Heroes: Timothy Dalton as The Chief, Brendan Fraser as Robot Man, Joivan Wade as Cyborg, April Bowlby as Elasti-Woman, Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody and Matt Bomer as Negative Man, is scheduled to premiere on DC Universe on Feb. 15. Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities but also left them scarred and disfigured.…

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Game of Thrones Re-watch Anyone?

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There are 67 episodes across the first seven seasons of the hit fantasy drama, HBO’s Game of Thrones. With that in mind, some entertainment sites are suggesting that avid viewers begin watching the reruns of the past seasons early in February to prepare for the 8th and final season which premieres on April 14. If my math is right, watching two episodes a day would take 34 days and involve tv watching about 2 hours a day with an average of 60 minutes per episode. That would be quite a…

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No More Hugh Jackman WOLVERINE

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Marvel Studios is thinking about a new actor to play Wolverine, as longtime X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner offers an update. At the recent Television Critics Association press tour Donner confirmed that Marvel has started thinking about looking for a new Wolverine: “Yes, because Hugh, just the physicality of it all, just to bulk up, this man worked so hard to bulk up… his natural state, they used to call him ‘worm’ when he was a kid, his natural state is a very skinny guy. And once you reach a…

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