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The cultural cinematic ascendency of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the late 2000s gave way to an enormously long glut of superhero cinema that only just started to wane sometime in the mid-’20s. But thanks to the blinding financial success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the superhero wave might yet continue for a few more…

The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set last November when a copy of “Superman No. 1″ was at sold at auction for $9.12 million.. (AP Video: David R. Martin)

Park life … Grace Chow as Pamelia with little friend Big in Dog Park. Photograph: PRPark life … Grace Chow as Pamelia with little friend Big in Dog Park. Photograph: PR

They say that you should never judge a book by its cover — the same goes for TV shows and titles. In a media landscape with endless options, a series needs to be able to stand out in order to keep the audience from changing the channel or scrolling onto the next thumbnail. Sometimes, a…

It’s bedlam over in the Fortniteuniverse, as Override has ripped the battle royale seven ways from Sunday with one of the biggest seasons of crossovers ever.

Video games are great, that’s why we’re here! But some things about video games are greater than others. And so in the spirit of Eurogamer’s Optimism Week – a chance to reflect on just how special the medium can be, at a time it isn’t always easy to remember – we thought we’d switch tack;…

It seems as if everyone under the sun is in Fortnite. If you think of a random franchise, there’s a good chance that one of its characters is already in the game. However, there are a few exceptions. There are a few iconic characters that have yet to be included. That can all change in…

I’ve always been captivated by artists’ sketchbooks. They’re wonderful places for experimentation: random drawings, collages, taped notes, found objects, and whatever else helps make sense of an idea before it’s fully formed. Memory has always felt much the same way to me: a collection of fragments, fleeting images, and moments that seem random, but rarely…

In the new film Tony, we meet chef and author Anthony Bourdain beforehe was in the public eye. He was a wayward, overconfident young guy, and, as played by Dominic Sessa, kind of a piece of work. The movie focuses on a pivotal summer in 1975, when Tony worked in his first kitchen, a tiny…

Homer’s “The Odyssey” is similar to Shakespeare’s most famous works in that it’s such an influential text that you can find its story structure nearly everywhere. For every time “The Odyssey” has been given an official movie, play, or TV adaptation, it’s been given countless more unofficial adaptations.