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Identifying all 26 superheroes on DC Studios' Superman movie mural in the Hall of Justice
There are some deep cuts and some obscure characters here, but we think we've identified them all.
July 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Tom Holland's Fright Night (1985) is a stone cold classic with a tepid opening [The Coldest Open]
Eventually, Fright Night will give us some stellar vampire makeup effects. But first, we have to sit through an awkward (and decently uncomfortable) opening sequence
July 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Summer Hikaru Died delivers its cosmic horror at an agonizingly slow pace [Popverse Jump]
Romance with an eldritch horror twist is what makes this Netflix anime so wonderfully hard to watch.
July 25, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How the visual identity of the Fantastic Four makes it feel like a real family
Marvel's First Family is all about family unity and matching outfits
July 25, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Is Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four: First Steps? Explaining what the director said AND what happened in the MCU movie
Robert Downey, Jr. will play Doctor Doom in next year's Avengers: Doomsday
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Spoilers!Fantastic Four ending explained: What happened, what the surprises are, and all about that post-credits scene with you know who
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is finally out, and Matt Shakman's film brings big changes to the MCU.
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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ReviewMarvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie feels like a Marvel movie directed by Reed Richards - and that concerns me
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps makes Mister Fantastic a little too likable, a little too safe, and a little too perfect
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Long Walk is Stephen King’s dark take on The Odyssey for Vietnam War-era America [If It Bleeds, It Reads]
Stephen King's book, The Long Walk, lifts elements from The Odyssey by Homer for a dystopian story reflecting the bleakness of the Vietnam War
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Fantastic Four's Human Torch wasn't a womanizer until the '00s - but somehow it stuck so much Marvel Studios is fighting back in First Steps
How Chris Evans and the Ultimates creators changed Fantastic Four's Human Torch into a womanizer.
July 24, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the freshest piece of the MCU we've seen in almost a decade
Forget the MCU, and just enjoy a superhero movie with The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
July 24, 2025
Gavia Baker Whitelaw
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Follow along as DC unveils 2025 Batman plans, as well as his Gotham City friends, live from SDCC 2025
Get all the news about Batman, Robin, Batgirl, and more as DC goes full-on Gotham City at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2025.
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Follow along as Marvel Comics unveils the Endgame of its Ultimate Marvel line (and more) in its Next Big Thing panel from SDCC 2025
Avengers: Endgame was the highpoint of the MCU so far, and now Marvel Comics is looking to do it their way.
July 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Follow along as Marvel Comics unveils its big 2025 X-Men event Age of Revelation at SDCC 2025
Marvel EiC C.B. Cebulski, top X-Men boss Tom Brevoort, and more talk about the drastic revamp of the X-Men line coming this fall as part of Age of Revelation.
July 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Follow along as DC unveils its big 2025 event plans for Absolute Evil, DC K.O, Absolute Batman - and Absolute everything from SDCC 2025
Absolute Batman's Scott Snyder, Superman's Joshua Williamson, Justice League Unlimited's Mark Waid, and more convene to unveil DC's big plans for the rest of 2025 and beyond.
July 24, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Before The Fantastic Four: First Steps, prepare to head into space with these three retro sci-fi classics, offering Space Odysseys, Men in Space, and Fantastic Voyages [FYC]
Marvel Studios' new movie lifts from a number of mid-20th century sci-fi classics - so before hitting the theater, it's time to revisit Fantastic Voyage, First Man into Space, and 2001: A Space Odyssey
July 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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HBO's The Gilded Age was originally a prequel to Downton Abbey, and now as The Grand Finale approaches its creator teases a connectionThe star-crossed connection between Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age, and the crossover fire creator Julian Fellowes can't help but keep stoking
The star-crossed connection between Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age, and the crossover fire creator Julian Fellowes can't help but keep stoking
July 23, 2025
Alex Zalben
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How Kickstarter is kicking its comics division into high gear by finding a place for big companies while continuing to nurture small press
As Kickstarter comics has its biggest hit ever with $4.5m Transformers Compedium, Popverse talks with its comics lead Sam Kusek about the platform and future plans.
July 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The 5 most popular Marvel characters, including in the MCU and the original comics [Marvel Matters]
Spider-Man, Wolverine, and more make the list of the most popular characters Marvel has right now.
July 22, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The best Fantastic Four comics ever published: Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and The Thing unite in the best tales since 1961's first issue
Can you get caught up on sixty years of Marvel's First Family before Fantastic Four: First Steps kicks off Phase 6 of the MCU? Er, no. But we can tell you which of the best comics you can read before then
July 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Even as Adam Sandler courts nostalgia for Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix, he refuses to be confined by his past
Happy Gilmore 2 is more than a nostalgia play; it's part of Adam Sandler's wildly unique career.
July 21, 2025
Alex Zalben
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Katey Sagal opens up on Sons of Anarchy, Futurama, her singing career and being a karaoke virgin [Popversations]
Katey Sagal, the actress who voices Leela on Futurama, spills some secrets about her life as a singer and beyond in this edition of Popversations
July 21, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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The departure of The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann from the HBO series shows how difficult it is to balance video games as sprawling franchises [Gamify My Life]
With Death Stranding and The Legend of Zelda movies on their way, Naughty Dog's boss shows that it isn't so easy to balance making film and games.
July 21, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The Descent delves deep into human trauma from its first moments [The Coldest Open]
We may only be diving into the first 6 minutes of Marshall's cult classic, but what we find there is as deep as any cannibal-housing cave system
July 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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I never wanted a Cyberpunk Edgerunners sequel, but God help me I'm going to watch it [Popverse Jump]
David is Dead but the brutality of Night City continues when Cyberpunk Edgerunners returns to Netflix.
July 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Why have a family vacation from hell when you could read one instead with Jennifer Thorne's Diavola? [If It Bleeds, We Read]
For a fraction of the price of a trip to Italy, you can experience the thrill of vacation horror with Jennifer Thorne's Diavola
July 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Spoilers!Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Q and Trelane connection explained, with our Our Flag Means Death captain Rhys Darby
How Star Trek: Strange New Worlds may have finally confirmed that Trelane is part of the Q Continuum.
July 17, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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The most unhinged deaths from Star Wars' High Republic period live in my head rent-free [Rebel Rouser]
Star Wars has largely only flirted with heavy violence, but the High Republic books take it to another level
July 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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What to Watch August 2025: Wednesday's making Netflix go goth, Alien: Earth creeps onto Hulu, and Peacemaker returns to Max... er, HBO Max
Plus - King of the Hill returns, Eyes of Wakanda takes us back in time, and Long Story Short brings the mood down. Here's what to stream in August, Popverse
July 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns mid-conflict, and we're looking at some of the best Trek at War episodes from the Original Series, Next Generation and Deep Space Nine [FYC]
The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds concludes the 'Hegemony' arc, but it's not the first tim Star Trek has gone to war - or fought to prevent one, as these TOS, TNG and DS9 episodes demonstrate
July 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The success of GTA 6 rides entirely on how much fun it is to drive around the city [Gamily My Life]
If Rockstar makes me want to use the inevitable fast-travel system, then GTA 6 will be a failure in my mind.
July 14, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
I went to a Superman movie screening for dogs - and I have the pictures to prove it
I met some of Los Angeles's cutest dogs at an outdoor screening of the first DC Studios release, Superman, sponsored by Milk-Bone
July 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Dexter: Resurrection has the opportunity to fix New Blood’s biggest plothole (and bring back two original series characters)
Dexter: Resurrection could finally answer questions viewers have about two missing characters
July 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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60 years ago before The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Galactus arrived in the Marvel Universe and made everything stranger
The creation of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's Galactus in 1965's Fantastic Four #48 transformed the FF from crimefighters into something far stranger and more memorable.
July 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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SpoilersJames Gunn’s Superman movie wants us all to live... even the internet trolls among us
In 2025, for a cinematic Superman to value all life, even the most troublesome among us, is a breath of fresh air.
July 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Inside the evolution of Tillie Walden from "sweet gay stories" to The Walking Dead: Clementine and beyond
Clementine Book 3, the final chapter in Tillie Walden's critically acclaimed trilogy of Walking Dead graphic novels, is finally here!
July 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The original I Know What You Did Last Summer movie turns your slasher expectations into roadkill [The Coldest Open]
As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. slasher classic (and a franchise reboot), Popverse is putting it in reverse to examine the OG film's opener
July 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How AI translations of manga continues the 'enshitification' of the medium, and why Japanese publishers are "less precious" about it [Popverse Jump]
Translating a manga from Japanese to English isn't a straightforward process, which is why AI will always be terrible at it.
July 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Summer of Superman: The 10 best Superman comics ever published
From All-Star Superman to Red Son: The top 10 Superman comics you must read.
July 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Reading slasher novels killed any interest I had in watching a new Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer movie [If It Bleeds, We Read]
After feeling underwhelmed by Hollywood's recent crop of slasher movies, I discovered the wonders of slasher novels by Stephen Graham Jones and Philip Fracassi
July 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Inside the minimalist misdirection that helps Superman, Clark Kent, and his secret identity work
The art of disappearing: How Clark Kent's design hides Superman in plain sight.
July 10, 2025
Carl Waldron
Features
3 essential Superman stories to watch or read after seeing the new James Gunn movie from DC Studios [FYC]
Before the James Gunn Superman reboot flies into theaters, here are three of the best Superman stories in any media.
July 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Superman, Patron Saint of the Socially Awkward who just desperately wants to connect with people
How Clark Kent and Superman attempts to understand and be a part of humanity as a superhero and a journalist.
July 09, 2025
Jim McDermott
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Iconic Marvel writer Chris Claremont dishes his vision for the X-Men, Marvel Rivals, & his unmade Gambit movie with Channing Tatum [Marvel Matters]
Chris Claremont has ideas and opinions on the X-Men - and after creating so many of them, we want to hear it.
July 08, 2025
Dave Buesing
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When the world thinks about superheroes, they think about Superman: here's why
How DC's Superman brand design is the DNA that defines all superheroes.
July 08, 2025
Carl Waldron
Features
The Magic: The Gathering and Star Trek crossover deck 'leak' that was actually a Ferengi-style hustle aimed at you and your search engine
A New Jersey MTG store overplayed their hand when it came to rumors of a Magic: The Gathering x Star Trek Universes Beyond deck
July 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Watch the Spotlight on Jeremy Renner from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Hawkeye (the first one) is leaving Kate Bishop to protect New York while the man himself, Jeremy Renner, heads down to FSC '25
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Cosplay Central Costume Showcase from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Your favorite heroes and villains will be at FSC '25 to strut their stuff on the Cosplay Showcase stage, and Popverse is gonna be there with a camera
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Spotlight on John Boyega from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
He's a Force to be reckoned with - John Boyega is headed to FSC '25, and Popverse will be there to film it!
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Cosplay Central Crown Championships from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Cosplayers from across the US are headed down to Miami's FSC '25, and you can watch all the action right here
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the LOST Cast Reunion with Josh Holloway and Henry Ian Cusick from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
We have to go back... to the Sunshine State, where Sawyer and Desmond themselves will be taking the stage at FSC '25, and Popverse will be showing up with a camera
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch The Cast of Doctor Who with Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Is that a TARDIS we see? The Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler (perhaps the 16th Doctor?) themselves will be at FSC '25, and Popverse will be there catching the action
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Heroes of Dragon Ball Z panel with Chris Sabat, Eric Vale, and Sonny Strait from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Popverse is going Super Saiyan! At least, that's how we expect to feel while filming the English voices of Vegeta, Krillin, and Trunks on stage at FSC '25
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Pokémon Cast Reunion with Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Dan Green, and Megan Hollingshead from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
You gotta catch this! Popverse filmed the voices of Ash, Brock, Mewtwo, and Nurse Joy when they met up at FSC '25.
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Cast of Star Trek: Voyager reunion with Kate Mulgrew and Robert Picardo from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Captain Janeway and The Doctor are beaming down to FSC '25, and Popverse is going to film their entire panel
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the God of War Ragnarök voice cast with the Kratos, Atreus, and Freya themselves from Miami's Florida Supercon 2025!
Christopher Judge (Kratos), Sunny Suljic (Atreus), and Danielle Bisutti (Freya) left the mythic mayhem of God of War Ragnarök to head to the Miami Convention Center for Florida Supercon, and Popverse filmed it all.
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Meet the high school math teacher who is on a mission to read every Superman comic ever published
One man’s never-ending battle to read every single Superman comic
July 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Nearly 40 years ago, The Legend of Zelda changed the way I saw video games [Gamify my Life]
The music, the gameplay, and the massive scale of the game opened my eyes to the potential of video games and made me a gamer forever.
July 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
How Wes Craven's Scream sets the bar for horror movie openers [The Coldest Open]
The Drew Barrymore-starring opener to 1996's Scream not only kicked off a three-decade franchise; it perfected a piece of filmmaking a century in the works: the cold open
July 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Netflix's Leviathan is a Ghibli-inspired snapshot of the future of the anime industry [Popverse Jump]
How a hit Miyazaki-esque book became a Netflix anime in Leviathan
July 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
How DC Studios' Superman movie co-star Guy Gardner with Nathan Fillion sets up HBO's Lanterns [Lore Corner]
After Nathan Fillion brings Guy Gardner to the DCU in James Gunn' Superman, he's headed to the small screen for HBO's Lanterns. Here's what his involvement means for the series
July 03, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Re-reading the Percy Jackson books as an adult, my adolescence as a disabled and mixed-race kid finally makes sense now [If It Bleeds, We Read]
Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books gave me a world where I could finally feel normal as a disabled and mixed-race kid
July 03, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
How the horror of dinosaurs replaced the wonder of dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park franchise in Jurassic World Rebirth
The latest Jurassic Park movie is a more cynical film that eschews the wonder of seeing dinosaurs on the big screen in favor of a more terrifying portrayal.
July 02, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The Sandman on Netflix marks a new watermark of comic book fantasy on TV, but Preacher, Doom Patrol, and Legion paved the way
Before Netflix's acclaimed comic book fantasy comes to an end, revisit some of the comic book shows that paved the way for The Sandman
July 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
The attempt by Jurassic World Rebirth to emulate the first Jurassic Park movie is about as real as those 'de-extinct' dire wolves
Jurassic World Rebirth's collaboration with Colossal Biosciences undermines the bioethics discourse from the original Jurassic Park film
July 01, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Remembering the divisive and revolutionary Secret Wars creator (and former Marvel Comics' EiC) Jim Shooter following his death at age 73
How a comics writing child prodigy named Jim Shooter came to be Marvel Comics' boss, created Secret Wars, and wasn't afraid of making enemies to do it.
July 01, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Move over, Batman. Guy Gardner is the real foil to Superman and James Gunn's first DC Studios movie is going to prove it
Guy Gardner is the Green Lantern you never want to hang out with but can always rely on in a fight, which makes him the perfect counterpart to Superman.
July 01, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Behold the jukebox biopic: the new subgenre Hollywood has on repeat, from Bohemian Rhapsody to upcoming films on Prince, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, and more
The overnight success that's been in movies for decades, from Jimmy Stewart's Glen Miller story to Amadeus and Bohemian Rhapsody.
June 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Despite what Date Everything is doing, dating sims aren't a joke genre - just see Hatoful Boyfriend, Arcade Spirits, Monster Prom [Gamify My Life]
When you reduce an entire (and influential) genre to a joke, it is bound to fall a little flat.
June 30, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Marvel Comics has a superhero problem solver, Jonathan Hickman, with a goal to create (or revamp) ideas that be their next Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four
After successfully reviving the Ultimate Marvel line, Jonathan Hickman comes forward with his new job at the company: building new franchises (by rebuilding old ones).
June 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The great Spider-Man "rip-off:" Marvel artist says his work was "plagiarized" by another, and that artist says Marvel told him to do it
Marvel Comics published a Spider-Man cover homaging a classic one, but one of the original artists says it went to far and "plagiarized" the whole thing
June 27, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
M3GAN eventually gets into a groove, but it starts out with no rhythm and not enough murderbot [The Coldest Open]
In honor of M3GAN 2.0 coming to theaters, we take a look at director Gerard Johnstone's first moments into his murderous AI saga
June 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Piracy is baked into anime's past, but, like Crunchyroll, we should move on from it [Popverse Jump]
It used to be very hard to get new anime to watch without flying the black flag. Now? We've got more legit anime than we know what to do with.
June 27, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Inside Disney's failed Lizzie McGuire revival: Family-friendly vs. PG-13, changing showrunners, two full episodes in the Disney Vault, and more
Lizzie McGuire’s Jake Thomas says Disney+ politics and a global pandemic got in the way of the show’s adult reboot
June 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The found-footage subgenre finds new bite as a trend in horror lit with Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie and Richard Chizmar's Memorials {If It Bleeds, We Read]
Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie and Richard Chizmar's Memorials rewrite the scares of found-footage horror.
June 26, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Spoilers!The MCU Ironheart TV series makes the case for why killing Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame was the smartest thing the Marvel Studios has ever done
Without Tony Stark walking around amongst the living in the MCU, the Ironheart show on Disney+ takes aim at tech moguls like him
June 26, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The Bear is coming back! But before FX's hit food show returns, make a reservation with Big Night, Boiling Point, and La Cocina
FX's critically acclaimed The Bear isn't the first onscreen culinary horror show, and we've picked three more to amuse your bouche: Big Night, Boiling Point, and La Cocina
June 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
How Marvel's Ironheart is related to Iron Man: The Riri Williams/Tony Stark connection, explained [Lore Corner]
Dominique Thorne is back in the suit as Ironheart after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and her role is a LOT more than "a female Iron Man." We'll explain why right here
June 24, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
How Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four quietly re-envisioned superhero gender equality in 1961
Instead of wearing a skirt or a dress, Sue Storm matched her Fantastic Four teammates by wearing their now iconic jumpsuits
June 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters is the perfect gateway drug to the world of K-Pop bands
With songs that wouldn't feel out of place coming from Blackpink, BTS, and Twice, Kpop Demon Hunters delivers a soundtrack that feels worthy of saving the world.
June 24, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Marvel Studios is quietly learning, mistakes and all, how to replace their heroes with Fantastic Four: First Steps, Ironheart, Captain America 4, and Daredevil: Born Again [Marvel Matters]
New MCU hero, who dis?
June 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
William Shatner talks about enjoying the icing and the cake in Star Trek, movies, TV, and in real life
William Shatner discusses his greatest impersonator, Star Trek, Star Wars, and the biggest mistake his fans make.
June 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
The Walking Dead: How every major character died (and became a walker) in the hit AMC TV series
How the main characters of AMC’s The Walking Dead die (and get turned into zombies).
June 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Nintendo expects the Switch 2 to sell as well as the Switch in its first year, but I doubt it will happen [Gamify My Life]
A strong launch lineup might not be enough to help the Switch 2 equal Nintendo's best-selling console of all time. They might need a little (bad) luck.
June 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Zombie fiction usually highlights the worst in humanity - so why did I leave 28 Years Later filled with hope?
Heads up: Part of this 28 Years Later review is going to be me venting at Danny Boyle and Alex Garland for making me cry at a horror movie
June 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Coldest Open: How Danny Boyle introduces an all new type of zombie (and an all type of new zombie movie) in 28 Days Later
Even before we meet Cillian Murphy's Jim or get a facefull of zombies that *can actually run,* Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland hook us for what's become the most innovative zombie movie of this century (so far)
June 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
From Tomo-Chan to Oshi No Ko: How some of your favorite manga creators got their start in hentai [Popverse Jump}
Want to know who the next big manga star? Start reading some hentai. No we're not joking.
June 20, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
28 Years Later ending explained: Danny Boyle returns to the Rage Virus, sets up The Bone Temple
What happens, who dies, and what's next in the long-anticipated zombie sequel 28 Years Later
June 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The case for listening to audiobooks: accents [If It Bleeds, We Read]
I'm a freak who likes to listen to audiobooks at 1x speed for good reason: to hear all the wonderful accents
June 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Before KPop Demon Hunters, these three fake bands topped our charts (That Thing You Do!, Josie & The Pussycats, Popstar) [For Your Consideration]
We love comedies with bands that we wish were real, and Popstar, Josie and the Pussycats, and That Thing You Do! delivered that thrill even before Netflix's new KPop Demon Hunters
June 18, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
What to Watch July 2025: Netflix awakens The Sandman, Max lets Sinners in, and Paramount+ explores more Strange New Worlds
Summer's bringing scifi and sharks to your favorite streaming platform - from Hulu and Prime Video to Disney+ and Crunchyroll
June 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Meet Eric Pearson: Marvel Studios' unheralded fixer that helps save movies like Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man, Fantastic Four, and Blade [Marvel Matters]
Some call Eric Pearson the MCU script doctor, the Marvel Studios closer. But for Marvel Studios, they just call him... frequently.
June 17, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Jurassic Park is about the hardships of working in academia, and it treats both scientists and nature with respect
Not to be an old man romanticizing the past, but the first Jurassic Park film captured why we need to listen to scientists now more than ever
June 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The new Spy x Family manga arc is the most badass Yor has been since the Cruise Arc in season 2
The Spy x Family manga continues to deliver great moments and stunning art - plus Yor Forger beating the snot out of an incel. What's not to love?
June 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Lord of the Rings' John Rhys-Davies hijacks our interview to talk Shakespeare, James Bond, and LotR (of course!) [Popversations]
John Rhys-Davies, who you might know as Gimli from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, schools us on how to be a gentleman actor at C2E2
June 16, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Why we can't have a great Superman video game (and it isn't because he's too strong) [Gamify My Life]
The reason for Superman (and most of DC's) failure in gaming is because of Batman's overwhelming success.
June 16, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The Coldest Open: Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th is un-campy camp horror with a killer score
In the first edition of The Coldest Open, where we judge the most infamous opening scenes of horror history, we're tackling the movie that introduces us to the Voorhees family
June 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Summer Anime season return of Kaiju No. 8, Sakamoto Days & Dan Da Dan are forcing me to break my vow of watching less anime [Popverse Jump]
With the return of Panty & Stocking, Kaiju No. 8, and Dan Da Dan looming, plus new shows like Leviathan and The Summer Hikaru Died - and Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man movies coming, I'll never have free time again.
June 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
45 years ago, The Death of Phoenix changed the X-Men (and superhero comics) forever - or at least, until the next Marvel retcon changed everything all over again
Amazingly, the X-Men creators' original plan wasn't even to kill off Jean Grey for the Phoenix's genocidal actions - but then Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter stepped in
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
From one generation’s Horror Stephen to another: introducing Stephen Graham Jones to my father [If It Bleeds, We Read]
My dad launched my lifelong love of horror with Stephen King, so I've returned the favor by introducing him to Stephen Graham Jones
June 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Lore Corner: How to Train Your Dragon character guide - The dragons (and riders) you need to know ahead of Universal's live action reboot
Sure you've heard *How* to Train Your Dragon, but do you know *Who* to Train Your Dragon? We'll let you know ahead of the DreamWorks live-action remake
June 12, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
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