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03 Dec

Batman/Catwoman Brings Back a Second Villain from The Animated Series

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This Batman article contains spoilers. Batman/Catwoman, the long-awaited follow-up to Tom King’s 85-issue run on Batman, has finally hit your LCS with a first issue that packs quite a punch. True to the book’s marketing, Bat/Cat #1 positions the maxi-series as a true sequel to Mask of the Phantasm, arguably the best Batman movie ever made. The book features the return of Andrea Beaumont, Bruce’s first true love who was later revealed to be the killer vigilante the Phantasm. Bruce thought she was dead after all these years but Bat/Cat quickly moves past the impact of this surprise reunion and…

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02 Dec

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s Slow Burn Villain Reveal

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 has a narrative focus and patience that previous seasons have not. We are more than halfway through the season and, while the crew of the Discovery have encountered a variety of obstacles in their new future, they have not yet come up against a true Big Bad. “The Sanctuary” seems poised to bring them one step closer. In the exclusive clip we have from this week’s episode, Admiral Vance and Book give Michael and Saru (and, you know, us) more information on The Emerald Chain, the Andorian-Orion crime syndicate that has been causing trouble in…

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17 Nov

Link Tank: How Keegan-Michael Key’s Villain Song Made Netflix’s Jingle Jangle

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Perhaps the best thing about Netflix’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is Keegan-Michael Key’s villain song. “We have to talk about something, and it’s the fact that I can’t get Keegan-Michael Key’s villain song from Netflix’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey out of my head. I didn’t expect this to happen to me, but, then again, we never expect these things, do we?” Read more at Thrillist. From Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Airplane!, here is an inconclusive list of the best comedy movies fo all time. “Comedy generates an immediate, undeniable audience response. If audiences are smiling…

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16 Sep

Kang the Conqueror: What the New Villain Means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Jonathan Majors has reportedly been cast as Kang the Conqueror and will make his debut in Ant-Man 3. Considering that Kang is a time traveler, it’s probably to let Paul Rudd know how many decades he has left until he starts showing signs of aging. Other than the fact that Peyton Reed will return to direct, there aren’t many official Ant-Man 3 details yet (it doesn’t even have a release date at the moment), so we don’t know how major Kang’s appearance in this film will be. Is he the full-on villain of the movie? Is he a glorified cameo…

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14 Sep

No Time to Die Villain Safin Unmasked in New James Bond Video

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“We both kill people to make the world a better place. I just want to be a little tidier.” These are the words spoken by Safin, the latest megalomaniacal baddie who James Bond 007 needs to take down. Yet despite being played by one of the most interesting leading men in recent memory in one Rami Malek, the mysterious Bond villain has largely kept to the shadows in the marketing for No Time to Die—only coming into the light long enough to reveal gnarly scars or an elaborate mask and wig get-up that would work for a Phantom of the…

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20 Aug

Wonder Woman 1984’s Maxwell Lord is a Trumpian Villain For Our Time

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The best movie villains are ones who tie into a deeper theme. The Dark Knight Joker isn’t scary solely for his mad unpredictability, he is terrifying because he embodies a thematic nihilism that Bruce has chosen to fight against every time he puts on the cowl. It will (hopefully) be six weeks before we see Wonder Woman 1984, but Den of Geek had the chance to garner some insight into the sequel film during a set visit two years ago. Coming away from that visit, I was most excited about the relevance of the film’s main themes to contemporary America.…

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12 Aug

Stargirl Season 2 Villain: Who is the Shade?

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This article contains Stargirl spoilers. If Stargirl has succeeded at one thing with its finale–and it achieved a lot–it was introducing some very exciting new concepts and characters for season two. The biggest hint at where we’re headed next is the late-stage tease of a new Injustice Society member who brings the promise of danger, mystery, magic, and maybe… time travel. Say hello to the Shade.  During the Golden Age of comics, the DC Universe was filled with weird and wonderful characters who shaped the massive comic book company into something magical and otherworldly, far from the street level noir…

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12 Aug

Stargirl: How Cindy Burman Became the Most Intriguing DC TV Villain

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This article contains Stargirl spoilers. Stargirl is the sort of superhero show that has no right to be as good as it is. A story about a teenager discovering a glowing, sentient staff and fighting supervillains with names like “The Gambler” in a costume that’s little more than a midriff-baring Captain America rip-off should, in all honesty, be a joke. Therefore, the fact that it’s actually one the best DC television series currently on the air may come as a surprise to many, but this little show has proven over the course of its first season that there’s basically nothing…

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22 May

Villain

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After being released from prison, ex-con Eddie Franks (Craig Fairbrass) wants nothing more than to start a new life. However, his dreams of normalcy are tested when he learns of his brother's dangerous debt to a menacing drug lord. To protect his family, Eddie is forced to go back to his former life of crime and learns that stepping back into this world can have devastating consequences.Rated: RRelease Date: May 22, 2020

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21 May

Esai Morales Replaces Nicholas Hoult as Mission: Impossible 7 Villain

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The recently-delayed duo of Mission: Impossible movie sequels may still be on schedule, but it now appears that the films will do so without the version of an unnamed villain that had been cast, due to the apparent exit of Nicholas Hoult. However, the vacancy was short-lived, and Hoult’s replacement as the mystery antagonist is now confirmed to be Esai Morales. The exit of Hoult, as reported by Deadline, was the result of the aforementioned release date delays of sequels Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, a coronavirus measure that created a conflict with another commitment for the actor, although, with…

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