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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Agatha All Along episode 6, "Familiar By Thy Side."

Marvel Studios has introduced an exciting character in Agatha All Along who could have a connection to Doctor Doom in the MCU, perfectly explaining his upcoming debut. Robert Downey Jr. was confirmed to be rejoining the MCU as Doctor Doom at this year's Sdcc, set to become the primary antagonist of Phase 6's Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. However, it's possible Doctor Doom could make his first MCU appearance sooner than these crossover events, and Marvel Studios may have already introduced a character who can reveal how.

As one of Marvel's most notable and powerful supervillains, Doctor Doom's debut in the MCU is very exciting, and there has been a huge amount of speculation about when this could happen. While some believe The Fantastic Four: First Steps would be a great place to introduce Doctor Doom,...

As previously reported , Lupin The 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a series of theatrical screenings in Japan beginning on November 29, 2024, and now new details about the revival screenings have been revealed: the film will be displayed in an IMAX format for the first time at 52 cinemas across Japan. Lupin The 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro IMAX poster Additionally, Lupin Zero director Daisuke Sako is creating a series of original illustrations based on famous scenes from the film, such as the one below in which Lupin attempts to cheer up Clarisse with a flower and some sleight of hand. The new illustrations will be featured on merchandise sold at the theaters. Original illustration by Daisuke Sako Related: Hayao Miyazaki's Lupin The 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro Gets 45th Anniversary Screenings Released in 1979, Lupin The 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro is the feature film debut...

From the 1930s into the ‘50s, Universal brought the horror genre some of its greatest icons. Dracula. Frankenstein’s Monster. The Wolf Man. The Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Invisible Man. The Mummy. The studio has returned to these characters multiple times over the decades. But the one that has had the most successful revival was the Mummy, who was brought back to the screen in a family friendly adventure film in 1999. A film that mixed monsters with Indiana Jones style action… and became a blockbuster that’s now seen as a beloved classic. So let’s take a look back at the making of The Mummy ‘99 and find out What the F*ck Happened to This Horror Movie.

To properly cover The Mummy, we first have to flash back to 1922. That’s when the discovery – and the opening – of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb captured the world’s imagination.

With The Boy and the Heron gearing up to be one of Hayao Miyazaki's best movies ever, it makes sense to start looking back on his legendary career. Miyazaki's directorial debut was his first and only movie not to be produced by Studio Ghibli, the second feature film in the Lupin III franchise, The Castle of Cagliostro. The Castle of Cagliostro premiered in 1979. Ghibli was founded in 1985. The Castle of Cagliostro may not be a Ghibli movie, but it has many of the hallmarks of Miyazaki's style and although it was not initially popular, it has gone down as a masterpiece and helped to establish Miyazaki as an icon of anime.

Lupin III is one of the longest-running and most consistently popular anime and manga franchises in Japan. Originating in 1967 with the manga by artist Monkey Punch, the franchise has grown to include eight anime series, 11 theatrical films, a...

Warning! Spoilers about Lupin season 3 ahead.

Lupin season 3 ended with a surprising cliffhanger, raising questions that will need to be answered in season 4. Assane's betrayal and imprisonment suggest that someone close to him may have been working against him. The motivations and actions of various characters, such as Benjamin, Mariama, and Juliette, will need to be explained in season 4.

Netflix’s Lupin season 3 ended on a surprising cliffhanger after Assane’s purportedly last heist aimed to tie up all loose ends, leading to various questions ensuing that Lupin season 4 will have to answer. Lupin season 2’s ending bringing Hubert Pellegrini to justice finally avenged Assane’s father Babakar, with Assane posthumously restoring Babakar’s reputation by sharing with the world how Hubert employed Babakar only to let him take the fall for a robbery that never happened before killing him. However, Lupin season 3 soon brought Assane back to Paris, after...

Following the release of Frankenstein, Boris Karloff, at nearly 45 years of age and having spent twenty years as a professional actor, became an overnight sensation. As the film was still raking in its rewards, Universal signed him to a star contract and immediately began searching for a property for him. As it turned out it took nearly a year, between his outstanding commitments to other studios and Universal’s inability to find a suitable script, for Karloff to appear in his first starring role for the studio. The film was a decidedly different, but no less remarkable, from Frankenstein. Instead of being quickly paced and sensationalistic, The Mummy was deliberately plotted with a slowly unfolding story, but its restrained direction and masterful performances made it a unique entry in Universal’s growing library of horror cinema of the early 1930s.

Writer and journalist Nina Wilcox Putnam was tasked by Universal...

Spoilers for Batman vs. Robin #3 by DC ComicsThe Bat-Family have all gained incredible power upgrades as the heroes are trying to kill Batman with their magical new weapons. In a new preview for Batman vs. Robin #3 by DC Comics, The Dark Knight faces off against his closest allies, including Nightwing, Batgirl, and the Red Hood - all of whom wield impressive weapons courtesy of Damian Wayne, the Devil Nezha and Mother Soul.

In the Batman vs. Robin miniseries from DC Comics, Damian Wayne is going to war with his father, Batman, as Robin has turned to the Devil Nezha and his great-grandmother Mother Soul as he's become corrupted by their dark, magical powers. Robin has helped the two ancient villains acquire some of the most powerful magical weapons in the DC Universe, including Doctor Fate's helmet, while taking down some supernatural heroes from the Justice League Dark who have stood in his way.

Orson Welles in fine form! This lavishly produced costume drama, beautifully cast and directed, was filmed on location in gorgeous Italian palazzos, churches and villas. Welles is cast to type as the literally mesmerizing mountebank Cagliostro, who aids Madame du Barry in a scheme to seize the throne of France. Welles almost certainly ‘helped’ the credited director; the highly theatrical goings-on look exactly like Orson’s style. Super performances from Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Valentina Cortese, Margot Grahame and Charles Goldner turn Alexandre Dumas’ tale into swashbuckling mind-control excitement; the disc tops it off with a sensationally good restoration.

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1949 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 105 min. / Street Date January 25, 2022 / Available from ClassicFlix / 19.99

Starring: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Goldner, Stephen Bekassy, Valentina Cortese, Margot Grahame, Frank Latimore, Gregory Gaye, Berry Kroeger, Robert Atkins, Raymond Burr, Harriet White Medin, Silvana Mangano, Milly Vitale.

Cinematography: Ubaldo Arata, Anchise Brizzi

Art Directors: Jean d’Eaubonne,...

For writer/director Takashi Yamazaki, Lupin III: The First was an extraordinary opportunity, allowing him to craft his own adventures for a classic manga character.

Based on a series created by Monkey Punch, which dates back to 1967, the film follows a charismatic thief, as he battles with Nazis over control of a mysterious artifact. The first feature-length Lupin film produced in over 20 years, Yamazaki’s latest would also be the first to bring the titular character into the medium of 3Dcg animation.

Naturally, the director felt a great deal of responsibility, when he was handed control of a storied franchise and its ever-popular protagonist. “But the great part is that different creators have worked on him, so Lupin really has a wide range of what kind of character he could be,” Yamazaki says. “So, I was really able to express him freely, the way I could.”

In shaping the...

Eye-popping action steals the show in “Lupin III: The First,” the first computer-animated feature entry in the classic franchise about the French gentleman thief and master of disguise. Casting the hero as an Indiana Jones-like adventurer tussling with Nazis to unearth an ancient scientific invention, visual effects wizard Takashi Yamazaki has pulled off another hit since directing “Stand By Me: Doraemon,” .

As mainstream entertainment on a par with big-budget Hollywood studio fare, the animation will have no problem breaking into the international family market. However, the unflaggingly perky caper has no down time, so one can’t help wishing for more the laid-back gamesmanship and boyish banter of the older renditions.

Kazuhiko Kato, under the pen name Monkey Punch, created his character in 1967, as the grandson of Arsene Lupin, the hero of Maurice Leblanc’s novels. He persevered with the manga series until 1991, spawning a collection that encompassed 27 TV specials,...

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May 27, 2020 is a day Studio Ghibli fans have been waiting for since the Japanese animation powerhouse announced last fall it was making HBO Max its exclusive streaming home in the U.S. The debut of HBO Max brings 21 Studio Ghibli movies to streaming in the U.S. for the first time in the studio’s 35-year history, from the pre-studio release “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” to Hayao Miyazaki’s most recent directorial effort “The Wind Rises.” The initial collection of Ghibli films streaming on HBO Max includes many of the studio’s most definitive works, including the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away,” but it also features lesser-seen titles such as “Ocean Waves” and “Only Yesterday.” The latter wasn’t released theatrically in the U.