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The Academy Awards Revives the Best Popular Film Award, But Worse
Back in 2018, the Academy Awards announced a new Oscar, to be given to the Best Popular Film of the year. The idea was to recognise the blockbusters that typically dominate the box office but never manage to make it to the Best Picture category. It didn’t go over well, and now, it’s getting worse.
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Kevin Smith Wrote a Death of Superman Script for Ben Affleck
There are few pop culture stories more fascinating than those about projects that were in development but never happened. George Miller’s Justice League. James Cameron’s Spider-Man. Tim Burton’s Superman. And that last one has an even better origin story than the Man of Steel himself. At one point, it was Kevin Smith’s Superman.
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Black Adam Wants to Be PG-13 and Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
The Black Adam footage revealed at DC Fandome back in October featured a moment where a soldier aims his gun Dwayne Johnson’s hooded antihero. In a flash (not that one), Adam grabs the soldier by the throat and quickly electrifies him to the point of being dust. It’s a pretty gnarly moment that feels like…
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Sure Sounds Like Zack Snyder’s Justice League Derailed Ava DuVernay’s New Gods Movie
When Warner Bros. announced back in 2018 that Ava DuVernay had signed on to direct a New Gods film penned by comic book writer Tom King, the news was intriguing — if only for the promise of the creative team potentially bringing the likes of Mister Miracle, Big Barda, and Granny Goodness to the silver…