Summary There are few superhero symbols as recognizable asBatman’s black bat silhouette. However, while it is commonly believed thatBruce Wayne’s choice of the Bat symbolfor the caped crusader arises from his fall into a cave filled with bats as a child, the true reason has much more complicated roots in his earliest days as a budding crime fighter. In the “Super Powers” story arc fromBatman Confidential#50-54, Marc Guggenheim and Jerry Bingham delve into Batman’s first encounter with the Justice League....

The movies ofTim Burtonaren’t explicitly connected to each other, but there’s a popular theory connecting some of his most famous works, and another one adds to it while also explaining the origins ofThe Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sally. Tim Burton is one of the most beloved filmmakers of his generation thanks to his unique visual style and the type of stories he tells in his movies. Burton’s filmmaking career began in 1985 withPee-wee’s Big Adventure, and three years later, he fully displayed his style inBeetlejuice....

Top 7 Best Anime of December 2022 You Should Watch As we head toward the final stretch of the Fall 2022 anime season, the dust is finally starting to settle. Some shows have asserted their dominance and managed to hold their own among the glut of other series vying for people’s time. Others have lost steam and sputtered out, falling behind the pack and losing their chance at being remembered by the wider community....

WhileDoomsdayis coming, the next Avengers movie faces a challenge that theMCUhas arguably never tackled before, and an unlikely source may have just solved it quietly. Even beforeJonathan Majors’ firingamid legal issues the narrative direction of the Multiverse Saga was struggling to match the power of his performance. Faced with the weight of replacing Thanos as the MCU’s next Avengers-level threat, Kang the Conqueror simply wasn’t the answer. Initially cast as He Who Remains in Loki and Kang forAnt-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania, Kang had huge potential as a multiversal villain, but MCU audiences simply didn’t connect with him the same way they did Thanos....

Welcome To Plathvillestar Olivia Plath has been sharing her unfiltered opinion on the Plath family, and though she’s been through a lot,she should be canceled for her upfront honesty. Olivia, who has been featured onWelcome To Plathvilleseason 6as an isolated outsider after her divorce from Ethan Plath, has been keeping up with the Plath family after her exit. While Ethan and Olivia’s marriage may be over, the eldest Plath son’s ex-wife has been doing her best to make sense of what happened in her relationship with him and with his family, sharing her unfiltered thoughts....

Welcome to PlathvillestarEthan Plath has a new girlfriend, and there are signs she will appear in season 7, but Ethan might have ulterior motives.Welcome to Plathvilleseason 6wrapped up in early October 2024, and was the wildest season yet. Not only did Ethan andhis now-ex-wife Olivia Plath’s divorce become official, but Ethan also reconnected with his family after distancing himself because of his marriage. Ethan and nine siblings (one deceased and one not appearing on the show), and his parents, Kim and Barry Plath, are the big characters in the series....

The mythology of thePlanet of the Apesfranchise is built on time travel, but it seems unlikely that the more grounded modern-day reboot series will ever utilize that plot point. Although it’s a lot weirder than blockbuster sci-fi properties likeTransformersandThe Avengers,Planet of the Apeshas endured as a popular franchise for over half a century. The series keeps evolving to keep up with the times. The original series captured the zany zeitgeist of the New Hollywood ‘70s, while the grittier reboot movies of the 2010s and 2020s are more in line with modern big-budget fare....

The bestWilliam H. Macymovies and TV shows feature some of the 1990s best independent films and work on both big-budget and mainstream TV shows throughout his career. Macy studied under playwright David Mamet at Goddard College, which gave him not only his first break but also a great start as a filmmaker and creator. After graduating, he moved on to collaborate with Mamet. This connection led to a few smaller movie and TV roles before he finally got his first big break in 1996 whenhe signed on to the Coen Brothers movieFargoas one of the key characters....

NBCis premiering a new cooking competition show titledYes, Chef!—and here’s everything we know about the upcoming series.Cooking competitionshave been around for years, but this new series will turn up the heat with fresh contestants, exciting challenges, and beloved hosts viewers won’t want to miss.Yes, Chef!is produced by the same company behind beloved and iconic cooking shows likeTop Chef, andNailed it!—Magical Elves. However,this new competition is raising the stakesin more ways than one....

There’s been a lot of activity recently surrounding the franchisesA Certain Magical IndexandA Certain Scientific Railgun. Just last week, it was announced that the long-running sci-fi seriesA Certain Scientific Railgun, featuring popular characters like Mikoto Misaka, would be returning this year after a five-year absence. Now,word is breaking about an all-new spin-off anime series set in the world of Academy City. The upcomingToaru Anbu no ITEManimewill be based on the light novel series written byA Certain Magical Index’s original creator, Kazuma Kamachi, and illustrated by Nilitsu (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?...

A new teaser trailer for Marvel Studios' upcomingThunderboltsmovie reveals that the Sentry will be more powerful than all the Avengers in theMCUcombined.Thunderboltswill bring together the MCU’s newest team of superpowered individuals, but reformed villains and antiheroes rather than superheroes. The Thunderbolts team is expected to join forces in lieu of a Multiverse Saga Avengers team, and they’ll continue to operate as a team in the MCU’s future, as most ofThunderbolts*impressive cast has been confirmed to return inAvengers: Doomsday....

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Death of a Unicorn. Death of a Unicorndirector Alex Scharfman explains why the cliffhanger ending is meant to feel full-circle. Shortly after Elliot Kintner (Paul Rudd) is killed and resurrected duringDeath of a Unicorn’s ending, he and his daughter, Ridley (Jenna Ortega), are arrested for the deaths of the Leopold family and taken into a police car. The movie concludes with the unicorns charging down the road and knocking the police car into the water in an attempt to save Elliot and Ridley, whose bond has been restored....

TV writer, producer, and directorTaylor Sheridanmay have been popularized by his neo-Western series,Yellowstone,but as it turns out,he actually made his directorial debut with a horror movie that he now publicly dislikes. Sheridan has been part of the entertainment industry since the 1990s. Though he began his career as an actor, he eventually transitioned to screenwriting, and eventually showrunning. Currently, he has his hands full running anempire of popular neo-Western and thriller series, but long ago, he dipped his toes into another, more unexpected genre....