The Monday Edition - Dec 10, 2018
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Movies, LEGO Batman (movie), The LEGO Movie, The LEGO Movie Sequel

LEGO Batman Gets Into The Holiday Spirit in Emmet’s Holiday Party Short

Emmet’s Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part may not be coming out until February 2019, but that doesn't mean that our favorite master builders can't get in on some holiday fun.
TV, Doctor Who

Revenge Isn’t For the Doctor on This Week’s Doctor Who

Doctor Who season 11 episode 1 review
If you travel with the Doctor, you follow her rules, and this week, Graham proved that he is one of the bravest men she has ever met.
Sponsored, books, fantasy, science fiction, sponsored ads

A (Brief) Timeline of Female Authors’ Influence on Sci-Fi and Fantasy

LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 9: Author Ursula K Le Guin poses with her award at the PEN USA Annual LitFest Awards Gala at the Biltmore Hotel on November 9, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ursula K Le Guin
Women in science fiction and fantasy have a legacy that is much longer than people give them credit for.
Movies, Amy Adams, DCEU, Lois Lane

Amy Adams Might Be out of the DCEU, Which Really Points to a Reboot

Justice League featured Amy Adams as Lois Lane
It's not a happy holiday for those of us who love Amy Adams' turn as Lois Lane in Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Justice League.
Big on the Internet, John Cho, Star Trek 4 (Kelvin)

John Cho’s Latest Comments On Star Trek 4 Give Us All Some Hope

"For me it would be important personally to make one more at least."
Books, Cover Reveal, Rebecca Schaeffer

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer

Only Ashes Remain RD 7 Final
The awesome people at HMH Books have allowed us to share an exclusive first look at the cover for the second book in the Market of Monsters series, Only Ashes Remain, which continues with Nita on her journey to villainy.
Big on the Internet, homophobia, Kevin Hart, Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon Seems to Defend Kevin Hart’s Homophobia by Pointing Out White Female Comedians’ Use of Similar Slurs

nick cannon kevin hart, tweets, homophobia, slur, defend
Over the weekend, Nick Cannon offered what appeared to be a defense of Hart by reposting old tweets from a number of white female comedians. Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, and Chelsea Handler have all posted tweets using homophobic slurs, namely the f-word. Cannon retweeted them, commenting "Interesting, I wonder if there was any backlash here..." and "I’m just saying... should we keep going???"
Movies, Birds of Prey, Bumblebee, Christina Hodson

Bumblebee Screenwriter Christina Hodson on Girls, Geekdom, and Writing Superheroes

christina hodson bumblebee
We sat down with the British screenwriter to find out more about the inspiration behind Bumblebee, growing up geeky, and why Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2: Judgement Day remains one of the best onscreen heroines ever.
Movies, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Is Maybe a Perfect Film?

Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shameik Moore in Spider-Man- Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
The movie starts just as every origin story does—except that we're seeing multiple origin stories at the same time, and it does an incredible job of mocking the typical format for a superhero movie while also giving us all the necessary information we need about the new spider-characters we meet.
Comics, Shonen Jump, Viz Media

Shonen Jump’s Digital Platform Gives Unparalleled Access to Full Back Catalogue and Free Chapters

Dragon-Ball-Z
Shonen Jump has announced a new digital platform giving readers access to free new chapters and, for a price, a full back catalog of different series like One Piece and Dragon Ball Z
Movies, If Beale Street Could Talk, review

Review: If Beale Street Could Talk Makes Love Seem Powerful Again

If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is important, topical, beautiful, and most importantly, a magnificent piece of art.
Movies, Sonic the Hedgehog

Brief First Look at Live-Action Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Is Already Viscerally Upsetting

sad sonic the hedgehog
The Detective Pikachu trailer does not have the market cornered on upsetting takes on our favorite video game characters. No, there's still, really, a live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie on the way (with a computer animated Sonic) and this first look that gives us a quick view of the blue bur reaches Mr. Mime levels of unsettling.
TV, Netflix, Stranger Things

Stranger Things Releases a “Title Tease” for Season 3

The description reads "In the summer of 1985, the adventure continues."
Big on the Internet, Google Doodle, Nelly Sachs, poetry

Today’s Google Doodle Honors the Haunting Works of Jewish Poet Nelly Sachs

Born on this day in 1891 Berlin, Jewish poet Nelly Sachs is the subject of today's Google Doodle.
Big on the Internet, Ellen Page, The Umbrella Academy, things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: Ellen Page Heads Up The Umbrella Academy Teaser

ellen page
The first teaser has dropped for Netflix's The Umbrella Academy series, based on the comic book series written by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá.
Movies, Bumblebee, Hailee Steinfeld, Transformers

Bumblebee‘s Warmth and Nostalgia Reinvigorate the Tired Transformers Franchise

bumblebee trailer hailee steinfeld
Bumblebee takes us back to the 1980's (literally and figuratively) for an intimate, character-driven fable that hearkens back to the beloved Spielbergian family films of the Amblin era.
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