Villainy

Posted in: Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News, DC Comics | Tagged: Absolute Power, amanda wallerLast month, Bleeding Cool looked at how in Suicide Squad: Dream Team, Amanda Waller puts together her latest version of the Suicide SquadArticle Summary Amanda Waller recruits new Suicide Squad, including Dreamer, for a power play. Waller's plan involves extorting a Senator and strategic moves on Gamorra's metahumans. Dreamer's abilities are key to passing Gamorra's shields and foreseeing events. …

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: cable, x-menIn Cable #2, our time-traveling duo encounters the Grey Gargoyle. Let's hope they don't take their rocky bromance for granite!Published Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:27:07 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Join Cable & his younger self in "Cable #2" as they combat the Grey Gargoyle's petrifying touch. Cable's chronal chaos continues with a battle against stone-cold villainy, on sale Feb 28, 2024. Facing extermination, our duo must stop the…

Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images While Stephen King is the barometer by which horror is measured, the maestro himself remains supremely impressed with a 1967 thriller, especially the actor who plays its sinister villain.  When the celebrated author is not busy reprimanding Warner Bros. or opposing the retirement of a horror legend, King talks about the books, shows, and films he likes. And the latest edition of his favorite of the week includes the memorable psychological horror film, Wait Until Dark, starring…

Today’s Ubisoft Forward closed out with a whopping 10 minutes of gameplay footage for the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws, only a day after its debut trailer was released at this summer’s Xbox Games Showcase. You can view the entire gameplay video directly below, but we’re also breaking it down for you. For longtime Star Wars fans, there’s a lot to unpack here. Historically, Lucasfilm’s galaxy far, far away has been a ripe setting for video games, yet it’s been almost 20 years since the heyday of games like Star Wars:…

via Marvel Studios Now that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is out there for the world to see, even the most ardent of James Gunn‘s critics have been given a handful of reasons to be quietly optimistic about the filmmaker’s Superman: Legacy. Based entirely on the levels of critical acclaim enjoyed by his four feature-length comic book adaptations and solitary season of television so far, it’s not a stretch to suggest the new co-CEO of DC Studios is one of the medium’s finest and most consistently proven talents,…

via Sony There was always something very strange about the prospect of seeing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry helm a $120 million superhero blockbuster with Seth Rogen in the lead role, but such unusual parts turned out to be the least of The Green Hornet‘s concerns. While the film was a reasonable success at the box office after earning $229 million during its theatrical run, Rogen didn’t mince his words in the aftermath. In various interviews following the release of the…

via Disney If you were asked to name the best Marvel Comics adaptation, then your mind would instantly wander to the litany of acclaimed blockbusters to emerge from Kevin Feige’s cinematic universe. Similarly, if you were asked to name the finest Academy Award-winning animated superhero movie, then the chances are high Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse would roll off the tip of your tongue, which leaves Big Hero 6 overlooked on both fronts. Which is strange when you think about it, considering the action-packed…

Loki episode 5 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — set up the end of the new Marvel series, and possibly, the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As we head into the season finale, Loki episode 6, due next Wednesday, Loki episode 5 was naturally a table-setting episode in some ways. That's fitting, for so much of it took place in a vast purgatory called The Void. There, we were introduced to a new Marvel villain, the dark purple cloud mass known as Alioth, that consumes everything it touches. Per Sylvie…

| All of Steve Rogers' old enemies — and some friends — are teaming up against him in this preview of Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #2. Check out the preview below. Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #2by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing & Carmen Carnero, cover by Carmen CarneroFIND THE KEY. CRACK THE CODE. Steve Rogers follows a trail of coded breadcrumbs to Germany, where an elusive organization is making bold and deadly moves, while Bucky Barnes' own investigation leads him to the high rollers tables in…

The boundary between “literary” and “genre” fiction is semipermeable in the literary thriller. In the accomplished hands of an author like Upamanyu Chatterjee, the thriller engrosses and excites with adrenaline surges even as it presents insights about society and stimulates cultural epiphanies.His new book, Villainy, depicts a city, Delhi, where badness is embedded in everyday life. Not that virtuous folks are missing from the story – there are protagonists – but they are outnumbered. 336pp, ₹699; Speaking Tiger…