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 From early classics like Dirty Harry to modern day hits such as the Crow, and John Wick, vigilante cinema has been a popular genre for decades. But what exactly is vigilante cinema?  Vigilante cinema is a sub-genre of action films that typically centers around a protagonist who takes the law into their own hands, seeking revenge and justice against criminals and wrongdoers. The vigilante may be a police officer, a citizen, or someone who has been wronged via a traumatic experience from being sexually assaulted to having their friends and families murdered by criminals. These films often have gone too far in their depiction of extreme violence, gore, and graphic content. They appeal to our most primal instincts and provide a sense of catharsis – we get to see the bad guys get what's coming to them.  Vigilante movies have been around for decades, but it wasn't until the 1970s that the sub-genre began to really take shape starting with 1971’s Dirty Harry starring Clint Eastwood a

It's been 10 years already?? Everybody got something to say "talkbacker" well, I had plenty to say about my first published article 10 years ago in early September 24, 2013. Y'see, I was your average commentator at the Aint it Cool News forums, who would shitpost during downtime at work like everyone else and for the most part, those were interesting times going at it with a few trolls, incels, racists, etc. But for the most part, we drop comments about the reviews and articles published by Harry Knowles and Co. Then after one too many incidents happening i.e., Harry’s firing of "Billy the Kid" or "Herc constantly banning commenters" and then there was this proposed TV show that was crowdfunded but at the time did not come to fruition. Those who donated were pissed and out of disappointment and disdain, thus began Talkbacker.com . Now I forgot where and when I first heard about Talkbacker but when I found out that there was an open publisher progr

The current state of Warner Brothers DC Universe is dare I say it, "Dire straits!" With previous films failing to make a dent at the box office and a shakeup changing of the division being met with both praise and skepticism, not to mention the WGA and SAGFRA strike still ongoing, how will the studio that gave us 1989's Batman, will overcome the odds? I can't answer that, but for now here is the latest offering from Warner Brothers DC division, Blue Beetle.Although  Xolo Mariduena was one of the highlights from the popular Netflix series Cobra Kai but can even his star power help to pull Warner Brothers from out of their Superhero slump? Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto Blue Beetle centers around Jamie Reyes, a college grad who becomes infused with a symbiotic scarab thingamajig. Jamie comes off, optimistic i.e. naive, and believes he can achieve the American Dream by being a successful attorney and to get his impoverished family from out from their unsavory conditions t

So, co-founder and editor of Rolling Stone magazine Jann Wenner has been embroiled in a bit of controversy due to insensitive comments made during a recent interview with New York Times While promoting his new book, “The Masters” which is a collection of his interviews throughout the years with rock stars like Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Springsteen, mostly from the pages of Rolling Stone — omitted women and especially Black recording artists as subjects. Weiner, 77, said that none were “as articulate enough on this intellectual level,” and that he did not view them as “philosophers of rock.” He doubled down with statements like : “You know, just for public relations’ sake,” he added, “maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism. Which, I get it. I had a chance to do that. Maybe I’m old-fashioned and I don’t give a fuck whatever.”  I'm okay with what he

Well, this is interesting news. In a recent interview with Telegraph UK, controversial Author Alan Moore of iconic graphic novels such as Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke, V for Vendetta and comic stints for Swamp Thing all from DC Comics, mentioned that all future royalties from live action adaptations based on his compelling work, will be given to Black Lives Matter! While it's of no surprise how the legendary comics scribe has often shared disdain for film adaptations of his work, it seems that Moore has doubled down not only by stating that he will no longer share royalties from the film adaptations with screen writers but instead, will donate future residuals from both tv shows and film toward the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. But wait! He's not done yet. During the same interview, Moore mentioned his dissatisfaction with the state of Comics.  Moore, who took a permanent sabbatical from writing Comics, many years ago is content with avoiding public appear

The long awaited sequel (Says, almost no one.) to the Indiana Jones franchise has arrived! but is it any good or at least better than the previous installment? Our roundtable armchair critics give their unapologetic opinions and how the ending should have been handled much better.