Monsters

And it looks like this one might actually release outside of Japan Friday night before an extended holiday weekend is arguably the worst time for companies to release video game news. Most people have gone home, and those of us who are still around have to make the choice between enjoying our free time and dragging our butts back to our laptops to crank out one more story for the day. For most games, I’d wait until Monday. But when you’re talking Dragon Quest Monsters, you have my attention. This year marks the 25th…

Is it OK to love a film, a book or a painting if its maker turns out to be a bad person? Not just lovable aw-shucks everyday bad, the sort who forgets to pick the kids up because he or she is too busy making art, but someone whose behaviour is immoral, illegal or both? A monster, in fact.This is the dilemma that Claire Dederer addresses in this exhilarating, gnarly inquiry into the business of separating the author’s repugnant life from his or her magnificent work. It is hardly a new topic – in the middle of the last…

Image: Universal PicturesDirectors Tyler Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin, the directing duo known as Radio Silence, have had a good run as of late with Scream 5 and Scream VI. Though they plan on returning to the series at some point, their very next project will be a Universal Monsters movie that they’re being veeeeeery secretive about, to the point where it’s not even sure which Monster they’re tackling.Ernie Hudson | First FandomsThat hasn’t stopped them from building out that mysterious movie’s cast. Scream VI star…

An artist’s impression of the pliosaur. University of Portsmouth paleontologists have discovered evidence suggesting that pliosaurs, closely related to the Liopleurodon, could have reached up to 14.4 meters in length, twice the size of a killer whale. Credit: Megan Jacobs, University of PortsmouthPaleontologists have discovered evidence that pliosaurs could have reached up to 14.4 meters in length, twice the size of a killer whale, after finding four large vertebrae in an Oxfordshire museum.Over 20 years ago, the BBC’s…

Claire Dederer is a journalist from Seattle and the author of two memoirs, the most well known of which is Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses. In 2017, she wrote a piece for the Paris Review entitled What Do We Do With the Art of Monstrous Men? in which she described the experience of rewatching the early films of Woody Allen (Annie Hall, Manhattan) in the context of the allegations of abuse made against him by his adopted daughter, Dylan. The #MeToo movement was then just beginning and this piece, according to her…

Choosing the newest creative team for the Hulk's adventures was always going to be a challenge. Following the success of "Immortal Hulk" and the drastic changes made to the hero in Hulk's "Smashtroanut" arc, where both runs changed the status quo in a major way, finding a new normal for the character was always going to be difficult. However, pairing Phillip Kennedy Johnson, who is best known for his horror work on "Alien" as well as his fantastic "Action Comics" run at DC, with Nic Klein, whose work on…

After launching a new Hulk title in 2021, the brief run of creators Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley is coming to an end next month. However, fans won’t have to wait long for the Jade Giant to headline his own ongoing series. Today Marvel announced that writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Nic Klein are launching a new Incredible Hulk title this June. No additional members of the creative team were mentioned in the press release. Here’s how Marvel describes the series: The Age of Monsters has begun, and the only being…

Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage If you think what James Gunn has revealed for “Chapter One: Gods and Monsters” is all there is, you’d be wrong. DC’s co-chief revealed on Twitter that there is more to come for the first chapter of his DCU reboot, and fans will have to wait to see when those pieces of information to be revealed. However, the way this information got out was somewhat suspicious according to some. A fan asked Gunn on Twitter if there is more to DC’s Chapter One. Gunn replied with “less than…

Image via DC Comics The time may be ripe for DC to bring their own junior superteam onto the big screen. The internet couldn’t handle James Gunn fulfilling this dire fan prophecy, and these are the secret ingredients DC should start mixing into the new DCU. Could James Gunn Beat the MCU to market with its own Young Superteam? Image via Warner Media It’s practically an open secret that the MCU is slowly (sometimes painfully slowly) but surely forming the lineup of its new Avengers team and that the new squad is…

Buzz Lightyear and Sox.Image: PixarAt the start of 2022, few films felt like as sure of a bet as Lightyear. It was a new film from Pixar, a company known for its high standards in terms of story, and was part of the Toy Story franchise, one of the most beloved animated series of all time. And yet, from the first day the film was announced, everyone was a tiny bit confused about it—and eventually, it ended up being a major box office disappointment.The question at the time was what, exactly, is Lightyear? It’s a question…