Author: Jessica Oliver

Nerdy trans girl. Loves anime and video games. Probably drinking Pepsi right about now. Who knows?

The days leading up to the release of Logan become fewer and fewer and many fans of the X-Men film franchise have a lot to be excited for. Not only are early reviews showing that this is actually a GOOD solo Wolverine film (about damn time), but it’ll be the first X-Men film outside of Deadpool to have an R Rating, the tone looks extremely dark for the series, trailers have already shown plenty of promise, the cast looks fantastic, and probably the most bittersweet reason of all: It’ll be Hugh Jackman’s last outing as Wolverine. This will especially hit…

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Video game adaptations rarely ever work. So it should come as no surprise that with all the video game movies that came out this year, none were a critical success. Amidst their failures, it was up to Assassin’s Creed to come in and prove once and for all that video game adaptations can be done well. Sadly, it failed at that job miserably and I feel the only reason I’m not gonna call this thing the worst video game movie I’ve ever seen is because Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within still exists. The film follows death row inmate Callum Lynch…

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The upcoming Power Rangers film has slowly been showing off the designs of all the classic characters from the Rangers themselves to Rita Repulsa to Alpha 5. Typically, the studio reveals these designs online, but a recent reveal of toys based on the upcoming film may have revealed the design of another character….well, not really a character per se, but something Power Rangers fans may recognize. Now with any big movie based on a popular and marketable brand, there comes a toyline for all the kids to enjoy. Recently, a bunch of pictures of the new toys were released. These…

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The DCEU has a weird reputation. While their films so far have seen mixed reactions from fans, a lot of their future films have been building up anticipation. With the fantastic trailers for Wonder Woman so far as well as the promise of finally seeing the Justice League on the big screen, it’s hard to really blame them. However, one film that people seem to be looking forward to the most is Ben Affleck’s upcoming standalone Batman film. With his debut made in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice reactions to Affleck’s portrayal of the character has been cited as…

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Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, Dunkirk, has had an interesting ad campaign. The teaser just had a couple scenes of soldiers before cutting to the title and even with a new detailed trailer released, its hard to get a grasp on the plot and characters, but in weird way, that’s what makes it look interesting. The film’s official synopsis is that soldiers of the British Empire, Belgium and France are surrounded by German forces in Dunkirk during World War II, specifically between May 26 and June 4 in 1940. Now they have to evacuate the area in the real life Operation…

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Actress Rosario Dawson is no stranger to world of comic book adaptations. Not only is she currently playing the role of Claire Temple in the hit Netflix series Daredevil, but she’s also been in both Sin City films, provided the voice acting for Wonder Woman in a couple DC animated films and is set to voice Batgirl in the upcoming LEGO Batman film. She seems completely a-okay with doing these films so it should come as no surprise that when a fan suggested she play Jennifer Walters should Marvel ever include the character in the MCU, Dawson seemed up to…

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Spider-Man: Homecoming only just released its first trailer a day or two ago and already the folks of Marvel Studios and Sony have a release date planned for the not-even-scripted-yet sequel. According to Deadline, Marvel has announced the intended release date for the upcoming film’s sequel will be July 5, 2019 and will either land on Phase 3 or 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Tom Holland’s interpretation of the character making his big debut in Captain America: Civil War, fans of the web-slinger have expressed positive feedback to this version of the character as well as Holland’s performance.…

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Live action adaptations of nostalgic media is nothing new, so it should be no surprise that while properties like Transformers are gaining huge success at the box office, a live action film based on the popular toyline, Barbie, is in the works. Now this is hardly the first time the doll has been featured in film. She has had plenty of straight-to-video animated films for years. However, this new film, should it come to be, would the first live action film based on the property as well as the first one with a wide theatrical release. It was recently announced…

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Next year, the DCEU will be giving a long overdue film in the form of Wonder Woman, which will also be the first big superhero film with a female lead. Despite the mixed reception to the DCEU’s previous three entries, the film’s trailers have been showing a ton of promise and hopes that DC and Warner Bros. have learned from their previous mistakes. Aside from Gal Gadot reprising her role as the titular character after Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice as well as actors showcased in the trailers such as Chris Pine, one actor who has gained a lot…

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Ever since Tim Miller stepped down as the director for Deadpool 2, there has been plenty of speculation on who would take his place. There were many different directors people were hoping to see do so and there was even a petition for Quentin Tarantino to take the helm. While the Kill Bill director won’t be taking the director’s chair for this one, another highly regarded contender was recently confirmed to direct the sequel to the hit superhero comedy. That director is David Leitch. Back in 2014, Leitch impressed audiences with his neo-noir thriller, John Wick. Along with that, this…

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