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Heavy names like James Cameron, Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg are demanding that the Academy withdraw a controversial decision.
New year, new controversies around the Oscars - and what the TV broadcast should look like.
 
This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - which has awarded Oscars since 1929 - decided to cut eight of the award categories for a tighter and shorter program. According to the Academy's decision, the Oscars for, among other things, the best clips and music will be awarded before the TV broadcast, and then cut into the program.

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But such decisions are not made without Hollywood reacting, and now several of the film industry's heaviest names have put together a letter to the Academy's chairman in which they ask him to step up immediate action.
 
"For almost a century, the Academy Awards have represented a golden standard in how to pay attention to and honor all the professions of filmmaking. As we now approach the 100th anniversary of the Oscars, we are deeply concerned that this golden standard is being tarnished by certain professions. , it says in the letter at Variety.
 
"Seeking new audiences and making the TV show more entertaining is an important goal, but it can not happen at the expense of all the crafts that make film art worthy of praise."
 
The letter is signed by filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron, Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy, composers Howard Shore and Hildur Guðnadóttir with about 70 other filmmakers.

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Earlier this week, Steven Spielberg criticized the Oscars' new changes. In an interview with Deadline, he says:
 
- I do not agree with the decision. I strongly feel that film is a medium that is created together, we all become a family where every profession and craft is equally important. At the Oscars, there is no one who is nicer than anyone else. Everyone deserves a place at the table, at the same time and live.
 
- What would "The Shark" be without John Williams' music ?, adds the director whose "West Side Story" is nominated for 7 Oscars.

The academy continues to claim that all winners will be presented during the Oscars, and that their speeches of thanks will be cut into the three-hour broadcast (in other words, just as the Golden Bug Gala has done for many years). But it's not good enough for Hollywood's giants - and the question now is whether the Oscars' producers can change their minds.

It's time to put on your cloak and head out on the criminal streets of Gotham in the game "Gotham Knights" this fall.
About a year ago, we were told that the launch of the long-awaited game "Gotham Knights" was delayed until sometime in 2022, because the developers wanted to give "the game more time to be able to deliver the best possible experience".
 
Now, however, Warner Bros. Montreal has announced that the game has finally been given a date, which is October 25.

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The game is about Batman dying, which means that his four protégés Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin take over the mantle to keep the streets safe. The adventure can be experienced by yourself or together with other players. Warner Bros. Montreal is already behind "Batman: Arkham Origins".
 
The secret, criminal society Court of Owls will play an important role in the plot.

The game is described as an action role-playing game in an open Gotham City, where you can play as the four different heroes. In addition to playing alone, you can also collaborate with two other players, as well as explore the city with various famous vehicles from the Batman series.

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"Gotham Knights" will thus be released for PC, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S on October 25 this year.
 
In addition, "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League" is also underway, developed by Rocksteady Studios, which is behind the "Arkham" games.
 
Are you going to play "Gotham Knights"? Which is your favorite among the DC heroes?

The "Batman" star tried to audition for Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" already ten years ago. At the time, she was considered "too urban."
DC's latest superhero role "The Batman" is a huge cinematic success, and it's not just Robert Pattinson's reinterpretation of Gotham's savior that is being hailed. Zoë Kravitz also gets her fair share of praise in the role of Selina Kyle, aka the acrobatic thief Catwoman.
 
In new interviews, it has emerged that Kravitz has had his eyes on the role for a long time. She already wanted to audition for Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" - but thinks her skin color got in the way. She tells The Guardian that she was considered "urban".
 
- I do not know if it came directly from Chris Nolan. Maybe it was a casting director or someone's assistant. But as a colored woman and actress, being nobbed from an audition because of my skin color and hearing the word "urban" tossed around like that, it felt really hard at the time, she says.

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In a post on Instagram Stories, Kravitz clarifies that the role she was looking for was not Catwoman. "I wanted to audition for a minor role but was told that they were not looking for 'urban' types. I'm not saying that to point out someone as a racist, I do not think anyone meant badly."
 
Kravitz, who we previously saw in "Mad Max: Fury Road", the "Fantastic Monsters" movies and the TV series "Big Little Lies", is currently on his way to becoming one of Hollywood's greats thanks to "The Batman". You can also see her in HBO Max's original film "Kimi", and soon she will make her directorial debut with "Pussy Island".

Pixar's new family film "Red" lets a cute panda teach children about puberty and at the same time calm anxious parents. Fun and charming when embarrassments take turns, but the change of tone towards the end prevents the film from becoming panda-stick.
What if Pixar made a movie of a 13-year-old diary?
 
I actually think that's exactly what happened when director Domee Shi (who won an Oscar with the short film "Bao") is told about growing up as an Asian girl in Toronto. The cultural clashes between a strict, overprotective family and all the exciting things that the outside world has to offer are mixed with puberty pain and a great dose of humor.

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Mix in a little fantasy and the cuteness meter hits the ceiling - because when Mei Lee turns 13, she magically transforms into a big, red, fluffy panda! The transformation comes in time and untimely so she may become sad, angry or upset. A curse or maybe a superpower? Together with the tight group of girls, Mei Lee finds a way to capitalize on the sweet factor of her involuntary alter ego to raise money for the gig with the hot boy band.
 
"Red" is a very charming story about growing up and taking the scary but exciting steps from childhood into adulthood. The time when the body changes, a look from a good-looking classmate makes one kneel weak, and one has no damn idea what's going on - playfully designed so that even the smallest children can be enchanted while we adult viewers laugh and are ashamed in recognition of all the embarrassment.

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With their latest three films "The Soul", "Luca" and now "Red", Pixar has left the world of fish and toys. It is a nice trio of more mature, human stories, of course with a touch of supernatural magic, but also more personal projects for the filmmakers. It's fun to see new abilities take the lead and that the studio is investing in more original stories.
 
That the film takes place in 2002, the same year when the director himself was 13, is hardly a coincidence. We who remember that time can smile at details such as tamagotchi and portable CD players - you almost wish it was even more driven with the era. But "Red" is a timeless story that everyone who has once been a teenager can recognize themselves in and laugh at while hiding behind the pillow of shame. For families with children, it also leaves open for conversations about menstruation and puberty in a de-dramatized way.
 
And as in Disney's musical "Encanto", questions are raised here about the family, where unconditional love and great pressure sometimes go hand in hand. Do everything to fit in or dare to break free? How do you handle being disappointed in your own mother's eyes? I can imagine that Mirabel and Mei Lee could have been good pen pals in a parallel Disney universe, they would have a lot to talk about.
 
I see "Red" with a big smile on my face. It offers wonderful middle school humor with one foot in Asian culture and the other in a fantasy world, with playful and often anime-inspired animation.
 
That being said, the film is not spotless. It loses a bit of its charm and humor towards the end, to derail in some kind of bombastic Marvel finale we could have been without. That Pixar emotional storm is also missing - you know how their best films can grab your heart and turn the tear ducts? Although I suspect that "Red" will appeal to the female audience more, both mothers and daughters, who can relate to the characters on another level.
 
But the red panda is kind of the cutest thing seen in an animated film in a long time. Beware, parents - it is probably already mass-produced for toy stores.
 
And by the way, I love that Billie Eilish and his brother Finneas have teamed up with Swedish music genius Ludwig Göransson to create quirky, troll-friendly pop hits for the film's fictional boy band 4-Town. This year's most unpredictable music collaboration?
 
"Red" will be released on Disney + on March 11.

Superheroes have increased strength is common in comics, serving as ways to put characters to face more powerful enemies. Robbie Reyes, the Ghost Rider, is one of the most recent examples of this situation at Marvel, as shown in Avengers Forever #3 during a showdown against a villain using a Venom-like symbiote.

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Warning: spoilers!

Reyes has recently become an entity known as the All-Rider, a title that allows him to transform any vehicle into a demonic version of himself, unlike other spirits of vengeance who can normally only transform a single one — especially motorcycles.

And Reyes utilizes that power in spectacular fashion in Avengers Forever #3, right after the room in which he was being tortured by a variant of the Red Skull that utilizes a Venom symbiote.

As the villain tortured Reyes, Earth-818's Ant-Man Tony Stark arrives at the scene, and distracts the antagonist long enough for the Spirit of Vengeance to regain its strength.

The Venom car. (Image: Reproduction/Marvel Comics)

With his energies recovered, Reyes begins his assault, revealing to the villain that the symbiote can also be a vehicle, depending on the user, which causes the hero to convert it into a demonic car - and thus escape captivity.

We don't know if in the next editions the Ghost Rider will continue to use the symbiote as a car, but without a doubt this ends up showing a great use of the character's power - and also that, considering the prominence and strength of these aliens in Marvel, currently, it ends up being making something very impressive.

With his energies recovered, Reyes begins his assault, revealing to the villain that the symbiote can also be a vehicle, depending on the user, which causes the hero to convert it into a demonic car - and thus escape captivity.

We don't know if in the next editions the Ghost Rider will continue to use the symbiote as a car, but without a doubt this ends up showing a great use of the character's power - and also that, considering the prominence and strength of these aliens in Marvel, currently, it ends up being making something very impressive.

At the same time, it is common knowledge that the hosts of the symbiotes are obstinate in retrieving the alien - which may indicate a scenario for the next confrontation between the characters, which may occur in the next editions of Avengers Forever.