Zack Zagranis

1 week ago | comicbook.com | Zack Zagranis

If you’re a fan of ’80s movies, there’s a good chance you’ve seen The Karate Kid at some point. The film had an impact on pop culture that continues to this day with the spinoff series Cobra-Kai and the soon-to-be-released Karate Kid: Legends.

2 weeks ago | thehardtimes.net | Zack Zagranis

Hate is a word usually reserved for one’s most despised enemies, but what if the most pustulant, putrid, revolting human being you can think of is yourself? Well, if you’re self-described “subhuman clown boner,” Fleck Changstein, you spend the day loathing every inch of yourself, from your stupid hair to your weirdly knobby ankles. However, in a surprise twist of fate, Fleck recently found someone he hates even more than himself.

2 weeks ago | comicbook.com | Zack Zagranis

A long time ago, in a galaxy called “Mobile, Alabama,” George Lucas and Steven Spielberg made a friendly agreement that would go on to earn the latter a cool $40 million without lifting a finger. The agreement? Lucas would trade Spielberg 2.5% of the gross profits from Star Wars in return for the same piece of Close Encounters of the Third Kind‘s profits. While the deal ended up earning both filmmakers millions of dollars in passive income, Spielberg definitely got the better end of the bargain.

2 weeks ago | comicbook.com | Zack Zagranis

A good plot twist can make or break a movie. Give the audience too many clues, and they’ll figure out the surprise too early; have the surprise make no narrative sense, and viewers will feel like you’ve wasted their time. A great twist surprises you the first time around and inspires you to watch the film again through new eyes. The best twists not only do this but continue to blow your mind even after they’ve been explained.

3 weeks ago | comicbook.com | Zack Zagranis

If you ask any comic fan what Batman‘s main rule is, they’ll tell you without hesitation: no killing. Batman’s commitment to preserving life is so strong that he once went out of his way to give the Joker CPR after Nightwing snapped and beat him to death. That may be the case for the Dark Knight in the comics, but Batman in the movies has a more loosey-goosey approach to killing. Though several different Batmen have taken lives in feature films, Michael Keaton’s Batman is the worst offender by far.