It’s more complicated than before and after ‘Flashpoint’ — The following contains spoilers for Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. Justice League Dark: Apokolips War is a spectacular and satisfying finish to the direct-to-video DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU), which began with 2013’s Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. …

Breaking the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s release order is fun, but a chronological viewing doesn’t always feel right — I own every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Blu-ray — a testament to its consistent quality — and as a result I often like to play my stacks of cases whenever feeling idle. Like many Marvel Studios fans, I generally believe the release order is best for newcomers…

What did 007 do between Quantum of Solace and Skyfall? — I recently watched a fun video debunking the fan theory that James Bond is a codename all used by 007 agents, pointing out the instances of loose continuity in the films meant to convey Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan were all playing the same…

Assorted tweets on 2010s movies, music etc. —

It’s been 007 years since Activision’s 007 Legends — Did you know it’s been seven years since the last James Bond video game, 007 Legends? The final Bond game from Activision was a 50th anniversary Skyfall tie-in that presented the events of Goldfinger, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Moonraker, Licence to Kill and Die Another Day in the post-Casino…

The Xfinity commercial wasn’t the first time E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial advertised telecommunications — This week, Universal owner Comcast released ‘A Holiday Reunion,’ a four-minute Xfinity commercial that acted as a sequel to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, complete with Henry Thomas reprising his role as an older Elliott opposite the titular alien. The commercial/short film, which was approved by director Steven Spielberg, is essentially a…

Assorted tweets about the future of the streaming service and a Hollywood major —

10 years of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek, Disney/Marvel and the movies, music and TV I’ve enjoyed these past four months — Been a while since my last round-up hasn’t it? Well, for those who don’t visit Multiversity Comics (and you should, we’re anti-clickbait), here’s what I was up to during May, June, July and August. First up, the start of May marked the tenth anniversary of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek, and…

Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed this week that Planet of the Apes is one of the major Fox franchises the company plans to prioritise continuing in the near future. It’s a pleasant surprise after War for the Planet of the Apes brought the story of Andy Serkis’s Caesar to a…