Charles Pulliam-Moore, Author at Gizmodo

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Here’s What Comic Book Stores Are Doing to Help Combat Covid-19

One of the biggest challenges facing comic book store owners as more cities are implementing measures to combat the covid-19 outbreak is the fact that people simply do not want to (and in some cases can not) patronize their brick and mortar businesses. But because most cities aren’t making the choice to suspend rents, shop…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 18 '20

AMC, Regal, Alamo Drafthouse, and Cinemark Are Closing Theaters Because of the Coronavirus

With every day comes a new report of someone having contracted the novel (which is to say distinct) coronavirus that has the world on high alert. Right now, the smartest thing people who don’t feel sick can do is to minimize the amount of time they spend in public spaces, and theater chains are doing…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 17 '20

Stargirl‘s Latest Promo Wants You to Laugh and Think About the Justice Society of America

As more of DC Comics’ superheroes like Stargirl make their way onto the small screen, Warner Bros. is getting to the important business of…trying to carve out new thematic spaces for each of its series to exist in. The Arrowverse has it covered in terms of straight-up comic wildness, and DC Universe’s Titans, Doom Patrol,…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 16 '20

The Midnight Gospel‘s First Trailer Wants to Ask the Multiverse a Question

Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and Duncan Trussell’s new Netflix series.

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 16 '20

The Reality of Westworld‘s Futuristic Dystopia Becomes Clear in This Behind-the-Scenes Look

Westworld’s season three premiere profoundly changed the playing field by bringing the hosts out of the park and into the larger world, where they might gain a modicum of freedom in the process of burning the human world down. But the series’ amazing vision of a futuristic society is more grounded in our present day…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 16 '20

Rebecca Sugar Opens Up About How Healing from Trauma Shaped Steven Universe Future

After saving the Earth multiple times, learning the truth about his mother’s past, and bringing peace to the Gem homeworld, Steven Universe is finally being forced to confront the kinds of personal demons that he’s never really had the time to in the past. The experience is proving to be the most difficult challenge he’s…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 16 '20

Netflix, Warner Bros., Apple, and Amazon Are All Halting Production on Series Due to the New Coronavirus [Update]

As more and people test positive for covid-19, many studios are making the difficult but ultimately smart and appropriate decision to halt production on their TV shows. Following The Flash unit manager Brent Crowell announcing on Friday morning that the show would stop filming and crew members were not meant to show up on set,…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 13 '20

Melanie Martinez’s K-12 Is a Spellbinding Film About Breaking Free from Society

When you listen to Melanie Martinez’s K-12, the album’s themes about bullying, insecurity, and the importance of learning to embrace one’s imperfections are all readily apparent. But when you watch the accompanying K-12 film and visually drink in the story Martinez has created, it becomes a much more powerful fairytale about the lives we lead…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 13 '20

My Hero Academia Turned a Tired Comic Book Trope Into Something Fascinating

My Hero Academia’s not-so-secret superpower has always been its ability to take the mainstays of superhero fiction and figure out ways to make them feel genuinely innovative and fresh despite the fact that they’re concepts we’re all more than familiar with. Take, for example, the idea that children born to superpowered parents are destined to…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 13 '20

Richard E. Grant Will Grace Loki With His Presence

The adopted Asgardian god of trickery and general mischief is set to meet a number of new faces in Disney+’s upcoming Loki series—including, but not limited to, one belonging to a person very recently spotted in a galaxy far, far away. Variety reports that The Rise of Skywalker’s Richard E. Grant is set to make a…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 11 '20

New Mutants Latest TV Spot Highlights Magik and Mayhem

New Mutants’ stripped-down, horror-focused vibe has always made it appear as if the movie might be somewhat more grounded compared to most of Marvel’s other live-action movie adaptations. But the fact that Anya Taylor-Joy’s Illyana Rasputin is set to seemingly wield the full scale of her mystical abilities in the film introduced the compelling possibility…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 10 '20

Black Lightning‘s Season 3 Finale Was a Family Affair at the End of the World

In Black Lightning’s third season, the Pierce family and their allies found themselves at the center of a crisis threatening Freeland. The city was occupied by the corrupt American Security Agency and besieged by operatives from the nation of Markovia in attempts to gain control of Freeland’s population of young metahumans. The war that’s been…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 10 '20

DC’s Three Jokers Comic Will Revisit Batgirl and Red Hood’s Most Devastating Traumas

Both A Death in the Family and Batman: The Killing Joke are infamous for featuring stories in which the Joker waged war against the Dark Knight by targeting other members of Bat-Family, like Jason Todd and Barbara Gordon, in ways that left them brutalized. Over the years, Batgirl and the Red Hood have both worked through…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 9 '20

Steven Universe Future Returned With Mindbending Stories About Fanfiction, Anxiety, and Love

At the same time that Steven Universe Future has been exploring how the beginning of Era 3 and the end of the Gem War have ushered in a new age of personal freedom for the vast majority of Gemkind, the series has heavily alluded to how Steven himself has become unmoored without a clear and…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 9 '20

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Doctor Strange’s New School of Magic Is Cool as Hell

Because Marvel’s comics have always been filled with a large number of superpowered children, it’s made sense that there have been schools founded specifically to help teach the young, would-be heroes how to hone and control their extraordinary abilities. But unlike Marvel’s mutants and similarly evolved characters, magic users of the world have never exactly…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 6 '20

Emerald City Comic Con Is Officially Delayed Due to Coronavirus Worries

As more and more people announced their plans to skip Emerald City Comic Con because of concerns regarding COVID-19, one of the biggest questions on everyone’s minds was whether the convention would actually go on as planned next week. While ECCC isn’t being canceled outright, things are changing for the convention. Today, Reed Exhibitions released…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 6 '20

Antebellum‘s Latest Trailer Hints at an Unexpected Sci-Fi Twist

Antebellum’s first trailer made it obvious that Janelle Monáe’s Veronica Henley was destined to become mixed up in all types of wildly dangerous situations over the course of the film. What wasn’t clear was whether the racist dangers she was facing were from the present day or whether, somehow, Veronica was literally dealing with people…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 6 '20

Disney+’s Hocus Pocus Sequel Has Found Its Director

After years of being stuck in various circles of development hell, the Hocus Pocus sequel is finally becoming a reality, now that the Disney+ project has found a director to bring Salem’s sinister Sanderson sisters back to life (again). Variety reports that Adam Shankman (What Men Want, Step Up) has signed on to to helm Hocus…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 4 '20

Kumail Nanjiani’s Eternals Superhero Has the Coolest Secret Identity

Unlike most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s established superheroes, who—aside from Spider-Man—have never really bothered to hide their secret identities, the family of characters at the heart of Eternals have spent thousands of years living among humanity, all the while hiding the fact that they’re a race of superbeings created by the Celestials. One of…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 4 '20

Hot Damn, Look at The Batman‘s New Ride

You’ve seen The Batman’s new suit, but who would the Dark Knight be without a fancy set of wheels to prowl Gotham’s streets in? This afternoon, Matt Reeves posted the first official photos of the Batmobile that Robert Pattinson’s Batman will drive in the upcoming film, and the ride is, in a word, subtle. Though…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 4 '20

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Here’s What Comic Book Stores Are Doing to Help Combat Covid-19

AMC, Regal, Alamo Drafthouse, and Cinemark Are Closing Theaters Because of the Coronavirus

Stargirl‘s Latest Promo Wants You to Laugh and Think About the Justice Society of America

The Midnight Gospel‘s First Trailer Wants to Ask the Multiverse a Question

The Reality of Westworld‘s Futuristic Dystopia Becomes Clear in This Behind-the-Scenes Look

Rebecca Sugar Opens Up About How Healing from Trauma Shaped Steven Universe Future

Netflix, Warner Bros., Apple, and Amazon Are All Halting Production on Series Due to the New Coronavirus [Update]

Melanie Martinez’s K-12 Is a Spellbinding Film About Breaking Free from Society

My Hero Academia Turned a Tired Comic Book Trope Into Something Fascinating

Richard E. Grant Will Grace Loki With His Presence

New Mutants Latest TV Spot Highlights Magik and Mayhem

Black Lightning‘s Season 3 Finale Was a Family Affair at the End of the World

DC’s Three Jokers Comic Will Revisit Batgirl and Red Hood’s Most Devastating Traumas

Steven Universe Future Returned With Mindbending Stories About Fanfiction, Anxiety, and Love

Doctor Strange’s New School of Magic Is Cool as Hell

Emerald City Comic Con Is Officially Delayed Due to Coronavirus Worries

Antebellum‘s Latest Trailer Hints at an Unexpected Sci-Fi Twist

Disney+’s Hocus Pocus Sequel Has Found Its Director

Kumail Nanjiani’s Eternals Superhero Has the Coolest Secret Identity

Hot Damn, Look at The Batman‘s New Ride

Maine Governor Vetoes Landmark Data Center Moratorium

Apple Is Setting Its New CEO Up to Be Synonymous with the $2,000 Foldable iPhone, Report Says

The New ‘Spider-Noir’ Trailer Is as Colorful As You Want

The First Look at ‘Alien: Isolation 2’ Calls You Back for More

Scare Your Neighbors With This Incredible Life-Size ‘Alien’ Halloween Decoration (Exclusive)

A Dangerous Bacteria Is Moving Up the East Coast. Here’s What That Means for You

Ecovacs Deebot X12 OmniCyclone Robot Vacuum and Mop Drops $250 Off, All-in-One Cleaning Solution at Its Lowest Price Yet

Soundcore Space 2 Review: A Shockingly Stellar Value for Budget ANC Wireless Headphones

Largest 3D Map of the Universe Is Adding Serious Fuel to the Cosmology Crisis

SpaceX Becoming a Publicly Traded Company May Rob Elon Musk of a Cool Source of Easy Cash

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real