Lisa Laman

Some children's book authors are lucky enough to have just one hit literary series. Author Dav Pilkey, though, has managed to routinely produce stories that resonate with kids all over the world. The creator of Captain Underpants, Pilkey's penned other major youth-skewing books that have garnered prominent fan bases, such as the

Despite countless brass from both comic book companies reassuring otherwise, the public remains enamored with the idea of a rivalry between Marvel

It appears that at least part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future lies in its past. Some of the most high-profile upcoming MCU movies and TV shows will involve characters from its most nascent projects from Phase One. Tim Blake Nelson’s Samuel Sterns/The Leader will finally return from The Incredible Hulk to menace global politics […]

Writer/director Nicholas Stoller has often embraced the chaos of romance in relationship-centric comedy like Forgetting Sarah Marshall The Five-Year

Reshoots. That single word can instill viewers with a sense of dread. That phrase, fairly or not, has come to indicate that a big-budget feature desperately needs an overhaul.

North Texan members of the trans community turn to inclusive local business for respite from recent attacks on trans rights.

Adaptation brings beloved graphic novels to charming, hyperactive, and visually imaginative life. If only it jettisoned the pathos.

By Lisa Laman | Film | January 29, 2025 | 0 Comments Outside of Britney Spears devotees, few people had ever been so happy to hear something toxic as many film geeks were on January 21, 2025.

January 2025 continued its weak run this weekend, as no movies in the marketplace exceeded $15+ million and only one cracked the eight-digit mark.

Though it may seem hard to grasp for many moviegoers, 1995 is officially turning 30 years old in 2025. The year of TLC and The Notorious B.I.G. wasn't just famous for delivering tunes and musicians we're still talking about today. It was also a year containing countless major big-budget motion pictures that took the world by storm. Franchise fever had officially taken over Hollywood by this time, and that was reflected in the deluge of tentpoles dominating the box office.