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Ralph Macchio has been the face of The Karate Kid since the franchise’s inception with the 1984 film. However, the actor has admitted that one Cobra Kai star, Tanner Buchanan, has outshined him when it comes to performing the fighting sequences in the series.

A still from Cobra Kai | Credit: Netflix

Known for portraying Robby Keene in the hit Netflix series, the 26-year-old actor impressed Macchio with his precise and skillful fight choreography. Looking back at his own performance in the original film, he admitted that he was not as skilled as Buchanan at the time.

Ralph Macchio admitted Cobra Kai’s Tanner Buchanan outshined him in fight sequences

Among the new introduced characters in Cobra Kai, Robby Keene quickly ascended to being one of the best fighters in the series. And Ralph Macchio has given the much-needed credit to the actor behind the role, Tanner Buchanan.

Tanner Buchanan as...

In Hollywood, marriages flicker out faster than shooting stars, but Ralph Macchio and his wife, Phyllis Fierro, have defied the odds. The Cobra Kai and The Karate Kid star has somehow managed to keep his personal life away from the glitz and glam.

Ralph Macchio in Cobra Kai | Netflix

While his career has soared again since 2018, Macchio’s family life is still going strong. So what’s his secret, and has the actor learned lessons from the Miyagi-Do that have stayed with him in real life?

Ralph Macchio’s Daniel Larusso is a reflection of Miyagi-Do principles A still from The Karate Kid III | Columbia Pictures

Ralph Macchio’s portrayal of Daniel Larusso embodied the philosophy of Miyagi-Do, both in The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. At its core, Miyagi-Do happens to be about balance, defense, peace, and inner harmony. Daniel went from being a bullied teenager to an evolved mentor,...

Cobra Kai has officially come to an end. After six seasons, we’ve watched how two karate Kid rivals found a path to friendship.

Ralph Macchio talked with us about the development of the story. The final season saw a lot of questions about Mr. Miyagi and who he really was, and it also gave Daniel a chance to channel his inner-Johnny when Johnny needed it the most.

Daniel gives Johnny the coaching he needs in Cobra Kai

There’s a great moment in the final episode of the series where we get the classic Karate Kid training montage. This time, it’s Daniel training with Johnny, who will need to go up against Sensei Wolf in the final of the Sekai Taikai.

There’s a lot riding on this for Johnny. He wants to feel like he’s worthy of something in life—and he needs to make up...

Guillermo del Toro, as a filmmaker, understands horror and fantasy, unlike any other director in Hollywood. So it stands to reason that the horror icon would have been blown away by the work that was done on the first Blade film.

Blade has been put on an indefinite hold | Credit: New Line Cinema

Guillermo del Toro talked about being completely taken aback by how awesome the film was, and in doing so also revealed how he did the sequel a little differently. Given that del Toro has made a name for himself in the science fiction-fantasy side of Hollywood, his take on Blade II was bound to be a treat for fans and audiences alike.

Guillermo del Toro loved the James Cameron nature of Blade Blade || Credit: New Line Cinema

Guillermo del Toro revealed that he was very taken by the night-club James Cameron aesthetic of the film, which took...

Split into three parts, the final season of Netflix's teen karate romp Cobra Kai has been, so far, all about its main and secondary characters making their way through a worldwide martial arts tournament known as the Sekai Taikai. The kids and senseis at the Miyagi-Do dojo have been defeating foe upon foe in the form of old rivals and new ones, each just a little bit more threatening than the previous one. Besides that, the core meaning of Miyagi-Do itself has come under threat, as sensei Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) has found some damning evidence about the past of his beloved master, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita). And that's not to mention the return of a feared nemesis, one so evil that even Kreese (Martin Kove) himself has reason to fear. But even with so much at stake, the members of the Miyagi-Do dojo still have reason to...

Audiences familiar with K-dramas know that several series are led by incredible women. Many popular K-dramas are filled with cheesy but lovable clichés or action plots that are led by men or women lacking depth, which doesn't always make way for strong and inspiring female leads. Still, there are a great number of series led by women, and the number of such shows seems to increase more and more as the years go by.

Though many of the K-drama's protagonists do find themselves in a romantic relationship, they aren't defined by their male counterparts and are just as complex characters as individuals. The women leading these series are entertaining and amazing for a variety of reasons. The women in The Glory, Happiness, and Strong Girl Bong-soon are physically tough and find themselves taking down others for drastically different reasons. In Agency and Memorials, the leading women are ambitious and career-driven.

The following contains spoilers for season 6 of Cobra Kai.

The Cobra Kai season 6 part 1 finale finally unveiled the teams for the highly anticipated Sekai Taikai tournament. First teased in season 5 as an international karate competition, the Sekai Taikai is being treated as the final destination for Miyagi-do, with Daniel Larusso even calling it his "karate swan song." Whether that's the case or not, there's little doubt that the Sekai Taikai is the greatest stage Cobra Kai's characters could be competing on in the series.

After all, the tournament gathers dojos from all over the world. Rather than just fighting the best fighters in the Valley, Daniel and Johnny's students are fighting at a higher level than ever in season 6 part 2, battling kids from dojos they've never even heard of. That creates a huge unknown factor for the show, with Daniel himself originally acknowledging to Johnny that they have no idea what they're up against.

Things are getting a little fuzzy This Week in Star Wars Comics. It's the anniversary of Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure this month, so it's only fitting there's a big focus on Ewoks this week. There is also a bit of The High Republic thrown in there too. Let's dive into it!

This Week in Star Wars Comics is all about Ewoks!

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It's a battle for the heart of Endor and Bright Tree Village. While the Ewoks debate whether or not they should be welcoming to outsiders, bounty hunters 4-lom and Zuckuss invade to search for Imperial weapons. Will this sway the debate to close welcoming offworlders for good, or can Wicket, along with the warrior Meedro, convince his people there are good people in the world? And who is the Red Ghost and what role does she play in all of this? Ewoks #2 is written by Steve Orlando,...

There are many great canon comic book stories in a galaxy, far, far away since the return of Star Wars to Marvel Comics in 2015. Quite often, moments can have a lasting impact that can shape the way we look at some of our favorite films from The Skywalker Saga.

From the many titles in the library over the last 10 years, I present you a ranking of 10 of the greatest single issues to hit the stands.

10. Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade #1 Marvel Comics Star Wars: The High Republic The Blade. Image Credit: StarWars.com

A fascinating tale set in the High Republic era, The Blade #1 features the legendary Jedi Porter Engle and Barash Sylvain and explores their early encounters using training flashbacks. It plays like a prequel to The High Republic novels, showcasing an introduction to two Jedi siblings on a strange planet called The Boneworld. Both demonstrate...

“Cobra Kai,” Netflix’s hit martial arts dramedy, is in the midst of its sixth and final season, which is being released in three parts. Netflix released a trailer for Part 2 on Wednesday, and it’s a kick in the head.

In the five episodes of Part 2, Miyagi-Do heads to Barcelona for Sekai Taikai, the world’s most prestigious martial arts tournament. Per Netflix’s official synopsis “At the Sekai Taikai, Miyagi-Do faces new challenges and old enemies as they fight to become world champions — can they stay united as internal rivalries bubble back to the surface?” In other words, Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (Billy Zabka) are at each others’ throats again, while the kids are feeling betrayed by Tory’s (Peyton List) defection to Cobra Kai.

In addition to Macchio, Zabka, and List, the cast includes Martin Kove (John Kreese), Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz), Jacob Bertrand...

A stunt choreographer tries to recapture his 80s and 90s youth in a movie that pays tribute to Hong Kong action cinema. Our Stuntman review:

Exploring similar territory to this summer’s The Fall Guy, but made with less noisy bombast, Stuntman is a heartfelt ode to the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema. It opens with what looks strikingly like the climactic set-piece in Jackie Chan’s 1985 masterpiece, Police Story – a bruising fight in a shopping mall, with hoodlums being side-kicked down escalators and sent crashing into glass display cases. This, we later learn, is the set of mid-90s martial arts crime movie Operation Vulture, on which Sam (Stephen Tung) was at the height of his powers as a stunt choreographer.

During the making of that film, however, a high-wire stunt involving a leap from a bridge and a moving truck went catastrophically wrong, almost fatally injuring...

Netflix's hit series Cobra Kai features a significantly different style of karate than the one popularized in The Karate Kid movies. Set over 30 years after The Karate Kid, Cobra Kai follows a washed-up Johnny Lawrence as he reopens Cobra Kai Dojo to teach a new generation of kids karate. Although Mr. Miyagis defensive style of karate, Miyagi-Do, is featured, the more violent and offense-based Cobra Kai style is at the forefront of the six-season series.

Cobra Kai features a large ensemble cast, including William Zabka and Ralph Macchio reprising their roles as Johnny Lawrence and Daniel Larusso, respectively. The Karate Kid movie antagonists John Kreese (Martin Kove) and Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) also returned in Cobra Kai, along with a slew of supporting characters such as Yuki Okumotos Chozen Toguchi and Tamlyn Tomitas Kumiko, both of whom were prominent characters in The Karate Kid II.

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Potential spoilers follow.

After six years and two streaming platforms, "Cobra Kai" is entering its final round. We have seen Ralph Macchio's Daniel Larusso and William Zabka's Johnny Lawrence beat John Kreese and Terry Silver, but now they're going global, with the first part of season 6 being all about the preparations for the Sekai Taikai, including picking the fighters that will represent the newly formed Miyagi-do and Eagle Fang Karate joint dojo, and also figuring out if they can actually work as a single dojo despite all the bad history between both sides. Though the season stumbles in its middle section with an underwhelming reveal, there's enough to entertain and intrigue while teasing the big tournament clashes to come.

Let's get the negatives out of the way first. The return of Kreese, who is trying to team up with Kim Dae-eun and enter the tournament, is a big let down.

Cobra Kai’s Season 6 trailer has been released, and as it also happens to be the series’ final season, fans need to gear up for some top-notch martial arts action, as well as a massive Miyagi secret set to be revealed!

“Cobra Kai” Season 6 (Final) – The End Is Near

Cobra Kai’s Season 6, Part One is set to premiere on Netflix this July 18, with Part Two being released in November of this year, and the last installment sometime in 2025. So, what should fans expect for the first installment of Season 6?

Martin Kove (John Kreese) will return with a rival dojo, setting things up for more tension between him and the unlikely duo of Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio).

As this is the final chapter of Cobra Kai, everything will come to a head, with possibly some resolution around events that took place over four decades ago.

Zhang Bo is a concept art director, storyboard supervisor, art director, and animation director based in Beijing. He earned his Ma in Animation at Beijing Film Academy. Zhang Bo's diverse portfolio spans from live action films to animation and video games. He is the concept art director and storyboard supervisor for “The Wandering Earth”. All of his capacities and work seem to come together in “Ruthless Blade”.

Ruthless Blade is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia

Starting with a quote by Siegried Sassoon, the impressive animation of the film becomes quite apparent from the get go, as an ominous voice is narrating, and a lone fighter with a sword enters a building, evidently to have a fight. It turns out that the lone warrior is a humanoid cat who has come to save his comrades, but has to face scores of enemies, headed by Ruthless Blade, Master of Six Lanterns.

The Blade reboot has gotten more bad news. After multiple production delays and setbacks, the film has now lost its director... again.

Per TheWrap, filmmaker Yann Demange is no longer set to direct the Blade reboot for Marvel Studios. It's reported that the parting was amicable, but no further clarification was offered as to why Demange departed the project. He becomes the second director to leave the film after first signing on, following the previous departure of Bassim Tariq. Tariq left the project in 2022 after signing on in 2021, and Demange's hiring was announced in November 2022.

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The new Blade movie has similarly been juggling out writers and reportedly undergoing several rewrites. Stacy Osei-Kuffour was brought on board to write a...

This article contains spoilers for The Acolyte episode 2.

What we know about the Jedi in Star Wars can — and has — filled not only several films and TV shows but a ton of books and comics, too. And, tellingly, one seclusive Jedi practice while introduced on screen in the films, was only given a name in the comic books. We’re talking about “the Barash Vow,” a Jedi tradition first explicitly mentioned in 2017 in issue #2 of Marvel’s first Darth Vader comic book miniseries. But, at this point, the Barash Vow is a big deal in Star Wars canon, having impacted the latter years of both Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

And, sneakily, this practice makes its way into the second episode of the newest Disney+ Star Wars TV series, The Acolyte. Here’s why the Barash Vow is such a big deal in Star Wars, why it appears in The Acolyte,...

Before announcing the title of the third installment of his "Knives Out" series, writer/director Rian Johnson took to social media to say, "I love everything about whodunits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is." He continued by noting there's a "whole tonal spectrum from [John Dickson] Carr to [Agatha] Christie, and getting to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making Benoit Blanc movies." He also indicated that the title will give a "little hint" of where this next installment is going.

"Knives Out" is a reference to a Radiohead song, "Glass Onion" is, of course, The Beatles, and the upcoming third film, "Wake Up Dead Man," is a song by U2. With all of these titles serving as references to some of the greatest musicians to ever do it, and Johnson's use of "tonal spectrum" and "range" while describing a "malleable" genre,...

Even before the prequels, Jedi were leaving the order, with thousands taking the Barash Vow. The decline in the Jedi's connection to the Force led to many walking away. The Barash Vow allowed Jedi to realign with the Force and distance themselves from the Order.

25 years ago, the Star Wars prequels introduced the idea of a decaying Jedi Order to the audience, yet failed to touch on the 14,000 Jedi whod already left. Mace Windu later confirms that the Orders ability to use the Force had greatly diminished in its final years. The hubris of the Jedi blinded them to Palpatines plot to destroy them. But some Jedi saw this decay beforehand. For example, Qui-Gon Jinn distanced himself from the Council in order to regain a sense of freedom, while otherssuch as Count Dooku and Barriss Offeecompletely turned away from the Order.

While characters like Dooku and Offee were among some...

Rebecca Ferguson is set to star in Best Served Cold, adapted from the violent fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie. Rebecca Ferguson will play Monza, a mercenary out for vengeance, similar to John Wick. Best Served Cold's subversion of fantasy norms and ruthless action could make it a commercial hit.

Following the enormous critical and commercial success of Dune: Part Two, Rebecca Ferguson will return to the realm of the imaginative for an upcoming fantasy movie that bears some resemblance to John Wick. The 40-year-old actress has recently cornered the sci-fi/fantasy market with some of Rebecca Ferguson's best movies & TV shows based on acclaimed sci-fi novels. She's also recently starred in the sci-fi thriller Reminiscence with Hugh Jackman and will return to the genre in 2025 for Mercy, co-starring with Chris Pratt.

Rebecca Ferguson is, of course, best known for her role as Ilsa Faust in the Mission: Impossible franchise, with...

Marvel's Blade remake is seemingly on track to begin filming this year. The exciting update follows a hectic production for the film, entailing an extensive scriptwriting process and multiple delays. It would seem the movie may now be finally getting on track.

Per Dark Horizons, a listing on Production Weekly points toward a Fall 2024 filming schedule for the upcoming Marvel film. This is reportedly in line with Blade's current tentative release date of Nov. 7, 2025, though as of yet unconfirmed reports have noted that there is a chance the film will be pushed to 2026.

Related 'I Feel Awful': Oscar-Winning MCU Star Exits Hit Netflix Series Secret Invasion's Olivia Colman opens up about her surprise exit from a popular Netflix series.

A new Blade movie centered around Marvel's premier Daywalker has been in the works since as early as 2013. In 2019, acclaimed actor Mahershala Ali was confirmed as the film's star,...

Fox’s free streamer Tubi has added more than 200 movies to its service in Canada through a string of deals with the U.S. majors.

Library deals have been struck with NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery for franchise blockbusters and classic movies.

An agreement with NBCU sees titles such as The Girl on the Train, 8 Mile, the 1984 version of Dune and the Halloween and Back to the Future franchises, with Despicable Me, Jurassic Park, The Mummy and Fast & Furious films coming soon.

From Sony comes As Good As it Gets, The Whole Nine Yards, Salt, S.W.A.T. and XxX, with 21 Jump Street, Hancock, Step Brothers and Fury joining a later date.

The Wbd deal gives Tubi features including Assasins, Demolition Man, Constantine and The Blade series, with Final Destination, American History X, Central Intelligence and Cloud Atlas soon to be added.

The...

The Highlander reboot, directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Henry Cavill, is in good hands due to Stahelski's success in the action genre and Cavill's rising star power. Movies like Dragonslayer, The 13th Warrior, Escape from New York, Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonja, Mortal Kombat, The Blade trilogy, Equilibrium, Excalibur, and The Duellists share similarities with Highlander in themes, setting, aesthetics, and characterization. Highlander's unique premise, distinct personalities, dazzling special effects, and amazing sword fights contribute to its appeal within the action, fantasy, and science fiction genres.

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Although the Highlander reboot is one of the upcoming movies by John Wick director Chad Stahlehski and set to feature A-list actor Henry Cavill in the lead as Connor MacLeod, there are plenty of movies in the action, fantasy, and science fiction genres that are very similar to the 1986 original. Written by Greg Widen,...

Following part one of our 2024 preview, we’re counting down our 50 most-anticipated films of the year.

50. The Actor (Duke Johnson)

Duke Johnson, one half of the directing duo behind Anomalisa, makes his solo directorial (and live-action) debut with The Actor. For being based on the posthumously published novel from Donald E. Westlake, a synopsis points towards an amnesia thriller with André Holland as a New York City actor beaten and stranded in 1950s Ohio. Gemma Chan and Toby Jones co-star. As a state native I’m intrigued how they shot Budapest for small-town Ohio––the two don’t exactly scream perfect matches, but I won’t doubt the movie magic before I see it. Anomalisa was a wholly original stop-motion feature; we’re intrigued how Johnson continues that creativity in the live-action realm. – Caleb H.

49. Presence (Steven Soderbergh)

Steven Soderbergh has flirted with horror before––2018’s Unsane in particular nearly...

One of my favorite comic book story arcs is the “Rise of the Midnight Sons”, which saw Doctor Strange overseeing the formation of a team of supernatural heroes – Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, Morbius, the Nightstalkers, and Darkhold characters Vicki Montesi, Louise Hastings, and Sam Buchanan – who were brought together to battle Lilith, the Mother of All Demons, and her evil offspring, the Lilin. There have been different variations of the Midnight Sons over the years, with other team members like Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, The Hood, Doctor Voodoo, Elsa Bloodstone, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, Scarlet Spider, Kushala, Magik, Wolverine, and Nico Minoru coming and going. The latest version of the team was even called the Midnight Suns rather than Sons. Now Cosmic Circus has shared the Rumor that a version of the Midnight Sons might be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Cosmic Circus recently posted...

Echo, a spinoff of Hawkeye, will premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on January 9, featuring Alaqua Cox's Maya Lopez going to war against Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin. The new trailer showcases violent action and Maya's fight against Daredevil, played by Charlie Cox. The success of Echo is important for the future of MCU projects, including Daredevil: Born Again and the Blade reboot, in maintaining mature filmmaking.

Alaqua Cox's Maya Lopez is going to war in a new trailer for Marvel's Echo. The upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe show acts as a spinoff to 2021's Hawkeye, following the eponymous character as she returns to her hometown to confront some of the demons of her past while also struggling to leave behind her life in Wilson Fisk's crime organization. Alongside Cox, the Echo cast will feature the returns of fellow MCU stars Vincent D'Onofrio as Fisk/Kingpin, Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock...

"Five Nights at Freddy's" started its life as a simple but terrifyingly effective indie game in which the player must survive the night shift in a family restaurant where the animatronics get restless after the sun goes down. Now, the movie adaptation from director Emma Tammi has set a new record for the Halloween weekend box office, and will likely supplant 2018's "Halloween" to be crowned as Blumhouse Productions' biggest ever debut.

Existing fans of the games excitedly gathered for Thursday night previews, propelling the movie to $10.3 million at the domestic box office before it had even got to its official opening day. By the end of Friday it had already grossed $39.5 million, a number that most horror movies would be delighted to hit in an entire opening weekend. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Five Nights at Freddy's" is now heading for a Thursday-to-Sunday total of $78 million, which would be...

Knock Off.Tsui Hark’s Knock Off (1998) begins with an amniotic scene: baby dolls underwater, suggesting birth or possibly rebirth. Submerged off the coast of Hong Kong, which passed from British to Chinese governance in the historic 1997 Handover, the dolls gesture toward new beginnings. But these aren’t flesh-and-blood infants: they’re products, manufactured imitations of the real thing and copies of each other. Detached from any sense of originality, these toys can be reproduced and distributed wherever the market leads. The movement of the dolls through the water evokes the global flow of goods under late capitalism, as well as the postmodernist shift away from reality into simulacra. Moreover, their synthetic nature complicates the birth allegory—in what sense was the Handover a “real” rebirth?This is a fitting prologue for a film obsessed with the ersatz. Delivering on its title, Knock Off tracks two expat businessmen in Hong...

It doesn’t move, it doesn’t think, it just kills… introducing ‘the mannequin’ in horror thriller Don’T Look Away, released in the UK on Digital Platforms from 25th September 2023.

From award-winning writer/director Michael Bafaro (The Barber), Don’T Look Away stars Kelly Bastard, in her debut feature, as Frankie, a college student who accidentally unleashes a curse, and is stalked by a seemingly unstoppable – and murderous – mannequin.

Brilliantly inventive and delivering some superbly scary set-pieces, including a disturbing disco bloodbath – not to mention enough shocks that the film should come with a health warning – Don’T Look Away will have you jumping at shadows for days after. Kelly Bastard is outstanding in the lead role as a woman attempting to keep hold of her sanity, at the same time as unravelling the mystery of the murderous mannequin – a truly spooky character who could rightly take his place in the horror hall of fame.

The Jedi Order of Star Wars is characterized by many harsh rules its adherents must follow, and perhaps the hardest to obey is the rule against attachments. The Jedi recruited children as early as possible in order to keep them from forming attachments that might lure them into temptation and darkness. However, there is one species who didn't obey this rule, since there was no way the Jedi could enforce it.

This is demonstrated in Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade #3, by Charles Soule and Jethro Morales. In the issue, Barash Silvain reveals to fellow Jedi Porter Engle that her people, the Kage, remember their lives from birth. That means that despite being taken as a child, she remembers the love and care of her family and is seeking to recreate it. Indeed, the existence of a species like the Kage that have evolved an ability for hyperthymesic...

Welcome to this week’s review of Aew: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the Fla Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review!

Match #1: Aew International Championship Match – Orange Cassidy def.. Bandido The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:

Bandido and Cassidy chain wrestled in a great exchange in the early goings of the match. Cassidy connected with a hurracanrana (with his hands in his pockets) and followed up with a dropkick to Bandido. Bandido caught Cassidy, who was attempting for a tope. Bandido dropped Orange throat-first across the guardrail. Bandido drove his shoulder into Orange’s midsection. Bandido applied a stretch muffler to Orange Cassidy. Cassidy managed to crawl to the ropes to force the ref break. Bandido flew over the top rope with a tope con hiro. Back in the ring, Bandido chopped at Cassidy’s chest.

Spoilers ahead for Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade #3 and Star Wars: Yoda #4While Yoda and the Jedi Order present themselves as the benevolent guardians of peace and justice across the Star Wars universe, they themselves are guilty of adhering to a callous policy that perpetrates injustice upon some of its members.

Despite Yoda's support for the Jedi recruitment policy, two recent issues of Marvel's Star Wars franchise prove that it's broken in a way that will necessarily result in disgruntled members who are easily susceptible to the dark side of the Force. One of the most controversial aspects of the Jedi Order has always been its recruitment policy. The policy calls for the conscription of children as young as possible who are then required to cut off all links with their former family, friends, and home. Yoda and the Jedi Order believed this was necessary to create...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade #3Despite the fact that Jedi are some of the most powerful warriors in the Star Wars universe–believed to be matched only by the might of the Sith–one story reveals that a solo Jedi is much more vulnerable than one would assume, which confirms why they need an Order to survive, and truly thrive, in the galaxy.

When Star Wars fans were introduced to the idea of a Jedi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, the Order itself had long-since fallen, and the few Jedi who remained were scattered and hiding across the galaxy for their own safety. However, skip backwards roughly two decades and the Jedi Order was thriving in the galaxy, temporarily acting as something of a galaxy-wide police force in light of the Separatist movement, which led directly into the Clone Wars.

With so many strong women in the Star Wars franchise, this year's Women's History Month covers have plenty of heroines to spotlight. There are eleven variants, each drawn by Peach Momoko. Star Wars fans will recognize Leia easily, but numerous women from across the comics are similarly being featured.

Shared by StarWars.com, the cover will release throughout March and early April. The characters included in this year's art are Amilyn Holdo, Barash Silvain, Chanath Cha, Domina Tagge, Gheyr, Grammy Thea Starros, Khel Tanna, Leia Organa, Matthea Cathley, Nakano Lash, and Sabé, aka the Queen's Shadow. These women span the galaxy through its different eras, from the High Republic to the fall of the First Order, with allegiances that are just as varied.

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Welcome back to another review of Aew Dark: Elevation, which features nine matches on the card. We’ve got regulars Paul Wight and Matt Menard (who also opens the show in a match) on commentary. So let’s get into the review!

Match #1: Matt Menard and Angelo Parker def. The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate)

My Thoughts: This was a standard squash match from Menard and Parker, the only notable thing was that the crowd really weren’t into this match at all. A damp squib.

My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Juice Robinson def. Jake Crist

My Thoughts: Woah… Former Impact wrestler Jake Crist in an Aew match-up against Juice Robinson and it wasn’t a total squash! In fact, Crist gave Robinson a run for his money in this one.

My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #3: Dark Order def. Renny D, Matt Brannigan, and Crash Jaxson

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Warning! This post contains Spoilers for Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade #2

In the latest issue of Star Wars' new series The Blade, the history of the High Republic's Porter Engle continues to be revealed along with the confirmation that some Jedi found a way to maintain their attachments. Attachment is largely forbidden in the Jedi Order, a mandate that forced Anakin Skywalker to marry Padmé Amidala in secret which played a key role in his fall to the dark side. However, this new issue reveals how two Jedi Padawans found an ingenious way to stay together.

In the new Star Wars: The High Republic - The Blade #2 from Charles Soule, Marco Castiello, and Jethro Morales, the impressive Jedi duo Porter Engle and Barash Silvain is attempting to break a siege between to rival factions on the planet of Gansevor. This issue also reveals their shared childhood at...

Welcome to this week’s review of Aew Dark: Elevation, the opening salvo in the Aew wrestling week. We’ve got the usual [new] commentary team, Excalibur and Matt Menard, for this episode so let’s see what the show has to offer!

Match #1: Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose def. Jc Storm and Joelle Clift

My Thoughts: Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose make a great team and they look So dominant in squash matches like this. But still we’ve opened with a squash match on Elevation. Again.

My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Julia Hart def. Tiara James

My Thoughts: Another strong match for the former cheerleader turned [possible] leader of the House of Black. She squashed her enhancement talent opponent with ease.

My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #3: Dante Martin and Matt Sydal def. Zack Clayton and Serpentico

My Thoughts: What the actual f*ck?! Less than one minute...

Another week, another episode of Aew: Dark which emanates from Grand Rapids, Michigan – which means this was taped at the same time as this past weekend’s Battle of the Belts special. We’ve got Taz and Excalibur on commentary as usual so let’s get to the action!

Match #1: Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade def. Isaiah Broner, James Alexander, Brayden Lee, & Sam Moore

My Thoughts: So we open Dark with an 8-man quasi-squash match. Hey, at least Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade are getting “TV” time right? Right..? It seems both teams are floundering somewhat after the end of the Hfo/Ahfo so to see them in action is good, even more so when the in-ring action is good too!

My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Anna Jay A.S. def. Megan Meyers

My Thoughts: Anna Jay gets a new name and new attitude… Hopefully her...

If you’ve recently seen Lawrence Of Arabia, Wim Wenders’ The Goalie's Anxiety At The Penalty Kick or Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali, chances are that you saw a modern restoration. In much the same way that a good restoration will cause you to see an old film anew, Inés Toharia’s documentary will make you consider the restoration process with fresh eyes.

A deep dive into the world of film archives and individual archivists, this film tracks the history of film preservation from its nascent stages, when the very notion was thought frivolous, to the present day when organisations like the BFI maintain vast facilities lined by row upon row of film cannisters. The archivist’s gift and ambition – to unearth lost treasures to expand the film canon and uncover obscure histories - is highlighted by glimpses of recent prize discoveries, such as Mother Dao and directors like Albert Samama Chikli and.

The Untamed, a Chinese web drama starring Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo as cultivator soulmates fighting injustices in a fantasy version of ancient China, broke through to international audiences in 2019 and remains one of the most popular shows in English-speaking transformative fandom two years later. The live-action xianxia series is based on Mo Dao Zu Shi, a very popular web novel written by Chinese author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Mxtx). Despite the danmei’s many adaptations and international popularity, it is currently not officially available to read in English. Starting in December, that will change. Seven Seas Entertainment—an American publishing company that licenses manga, webcomics, and “light” Japanese novels—announced last week that they will be releasing an official, uncensored English-language translation of Mo Dao Zu Shi, complete with original art, glossary, end notes, and bonus chapters.

The new English-language Mo Dao Zu Shi translation will be published in five volumes,...

Welcome to this week’s Aew: Dynamite review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big problem: carnies. F–king circus folk piss me off. A buck for two balls? How about a buck for my foot up your ass?! Don’t stare at my ass! You ain’t gettin’ s–t! Gimme those ducks! You ain’t eatin’ duck d–k you d–k! Wakakakakakakakakakaka! Sorry, sorry, Canadian sorry. I just hate those Carney f–ks. Okay, let’s get to Dynamite.

Match #1: Cody Rhodes def. Penta El Zero M The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:

Penta El Zero Miedo is 5-2 in his past 7 singles matches. Cody’s shoulder was still taped up from his battle at Revolution 2021. As Cody was making his way to the ring, Penta El Zero Miedo surprised him by diving over the top rope with a cannonball onto Cody!

The Outsider, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, has become a popular new miniseries for HBO. And while Jason Bateman headed up the cast and was the main draw for the series, the cast is full of bona fide star talent.

Related: The Outsider: 5 Things We Love About The Stephen King Miniseries (& 5 We Don't) 

Bateman is, of course, a well-known actor from as early as the '80s in series like Silver Spoons and The Hogan Family, right up to his impressive career today with series like Arrested Development and Ozark, and films like Horrible Bosses, Office Christmas Party, and Game Night. While you might recognize the cast beyond Bateman from other projects, you might not be able to place them. Here's where you probably saw them before.

Spike Lee paid a fashionable tribute to Kobe Bryant at Sunday’s Oscars by wearing a purple and gold tuxedo, made by Gucci, with the number 24 stitched onto his lapels.

Lee, a basketball fanatic, directed the 2009 documentary “Kobe: Doin’ Work” for ESPN.

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Bryant, along with his 13 year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, was killed on Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash. The cause of the incident is still unknown.

The Lakers icon is expected to be part of the Academy’s “In Memoriam” segment on Sunday night. In 2018, Bryant won an Oscar for his short film, “Dear Basketball.”

For Lee, it’s not the first time he has rocked an Oscar suit in honor of one of his fallen heroes. Last year, the “Do the Right...

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Ryan and Andy Tohill set to breathe new life into an old leatherface as Texas Chainsaw Massacre begins again.

Sally and Franklin Hardesty are picking up one last goddamn hitchhiker. Legendary Entertainment has their hand on the starter rope of another The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, according to Variety.

With a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, the film will be directed by Ryan and Andy Tohill, who made their feature-directing debut with The Dig (2018). That movie was about a convicted killer with amnesia who gets out of jail to dig up a body he can’t remember. Much like the last film made from Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic: the 2017 film Leatherface directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo.

“The Tohill’s vision is exactly what the fans want,” producer Fede Alvarez said in a statement. “It’s violent, exciting and so depraved that it will stay with you forever.

Did you know there are five Ice Age films? That’s a lot, right? The 2002 original is widely loved for its poignant storyline and brilliant characterizations; by the time we reach the fifth film, its legendary status has become a lot more questionable. From a humble film following the journey of the central characters to the huge scope of an adventure that covers everything from pirates to dinosaurs to space, the series has certainly come far in fourteen years.

Related: Don't Forget Your Mitts: 10 Best Animated Winter Movies, Ranked

Either way, all five of these films possess their own unique plot holes that question the logic of everything from minor moments to character errors to the entire existence of the Ice Age universe. Here are ten of the best.

Stars: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Alfred Molina, Mykelti Williamson, Brian Tyree Henry, Byron Mann | Written and Directed by Jacob Estes

Sitting down with a cup of coffee and clicking onto Rakuten TV to watch Don’t Let Go was nice and simple. A quick search for the film, a few clicks of the mouse and I was ready to go. The interface is slick and finding what you want is easy, but I also like the lists that are available to scroll through, similar to streaming services such as Netflix, which allow you to have a look through popular films, new releases or specific genre-based titles. It’s a service I’m new to, but one I had a nice time exploring, and the HD quality is delightful too. Oh, yeah… onto the film itself.

Don’t Let Go was written and directed by Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) and is a real mishmash of genres,...

Santa Monica, CA – Rian Johnson’s Academy Award®-nominated (Best Original Screenplay) and Golden Globe®-nominated whodunnit with an all-star ensemble cast exposes its secrets when Knives Out arrives on Digital February 7 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand February 25 from Lionsgate and Mrc Film.

Written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper), and produced by Ram Bergman (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper) and Johnson through T-Street, the film is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 97% (as of 1/21/20) and has received awards from AFI, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics, Philadelphia Film Festival, The Hollywood Critics Association, Rotten Tomatoes’ Golden Tomatoes Awards, and more. Knives Out stars Daniel Craig (James Bond franchise, Logan Lucky, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Chris Evans (The Avengers franchise, Captain America,...

The critically acclaimed whodunnit Knives Out is finally coming home. Dive deep into the mystery with megastars like Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Golden Globe&#174 winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Oscar&#174 nominee Michael Shannon, and so many more! Knives Out arrives on Digital February 7 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand February 25 from Lionsgate and Mrc Film.

Rian Johnson's Academy Award-nominated Best Original Screenplay and Golden Globe-nominated whodunnit with an all-star ensemble cast exposes its secrets.

The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure-everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth. From acclaimed writer-director Rian Johnson comes this suspenseful, twist-filled whodunnit with...

Leanne Tonkes, Martin Sacks and Victoria Garrett.

Martin Sacks enjoyed working with director Victoria Garrett in her debut feature Don’t Tell so much that he was keen to collaborate with her again.

The actor had been mulling the idea of a film about a father and son relationship which is tested by an unforeseen tragedy, so he pitched the concept to Garrett early last year.

She immediately sparked to the idea and is now developing the project with Sacks, screenwriter John Ridley and producer Leanne Tonkes.

Sacks will play the lead, the father of two teenage sons who live in a small country town. He’s an ordinary man on an ordinary day until he finds his life turned upside down by an indiscriminate tragedy.

Susie Porter, Nathaniel Dean and Daniela Farinacci will play supporting roles.

For the key role of the 15-year-old son the producers are keen to find a fresh face.

This last week in April has seen, with Avengers: Endgame and the Battle of Winterfell episode of Game of Thrones, the culmination on the largest scale possible in our fractured culture of a long-simmering trend in American action filmmaking away from color in favor of a grim, murky, monochrome darkness. The TV show was immediately criticized for being nigh unwatchable on a normal television, its images being so dark and cluttered with digital artifacts, while the Marvel movie chose to stage its splash page final battle, the climax of a decade of franchise-building, not as a triumph of four-color majesty but as a dull smear of muddy gray. I’m not sure where exactly the trend started, it might have been when Tim Burton’s shadowy Batman movies outpaced Warren Beatty’s lively Dick Tracy, or it might have been when the pseudo-realism of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan...