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While promoting the Trump biopic “The Apprentice” this week Sebastian Stan mostly known for his roles in the Captain America films as well as Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is once again defending Marvel Studios from critics, both professional and armchair, who were too harsh on the previous comic  based films. where he said how its "really convenient to pick on” Marvel for the overall woes of the Superhero movie industry and that there is a “big part of what contributes to this business and allows us to have smaller movies as well… it feeds in so many more ways than people acknowledge”. Well, he's right about how it feeds, as in it feeds writers, producers, directors and especially actors like Stan who worked in these films. Now during a recent interview with GQ Magazine, he goes on further to address the criticism: “I’ve never been part of a company that puts so much heart and thought into anything. I think if Marvel was gone, it’d be such a big hole to try and fill up. Don’...

The seminal favorite Godfathers of Horrorpunk- The Misfits, had a short but very memorable tenure, when Founder, Songwriter and frontman Glenn Danzig disbanded the group due to creative differences, and from out of nowhere formed a successor to the band, called Samhain which was also short-lived. Then came a new band that carried his namesake but that’s another story. After many years of litigation, both parties, Glenn Danzig and Bassist Jerry Only had reached a settlement and was granted the rights to use the band's name and iconic crimson ghost image to record and perform with the new Misfits lineup was ready to kick things off! Among Only and his brother Doyle, there was Glenn’s “replacement," Michale Graves as the lead singer and drummer Dr. Chud. In1997 the reconstructed band dropped their debut Album titled "American Psycho" loosely based on the Bret Easton Ellis 1991 novel which several years later was adapted into a movie. Despite some skepticism regarding Da...

In honor of its 5th anniversary, Creator VC will stream the critically acclaimed Super documentary, In Search of Darkness for a 24-hour limited time on YouTube around 12 am October 6th. Produced by Robin Block and Written and Directed by David Weiner of Famous Monsters and Entertainment Tonight, In Search of Darkness is a retrospective of Horror Cinema that covers various films and topics throughout the eighties timeline. I would be remised if I did not mention how much I am a fan of the series rank it among the very best of Horror cinema-based Documentaries and I have seen my share of them! What makes ISOD so brilliant aside of the guest commentators, is how the documentary tackles topics that were very relevant towards the 80s era of pop culture whether it’s the VHS boom, the Socio-political undercurrents such as the aids epidemic, America's puritanical approach toward teenage sexuality, objectification of Women, and how the final girl trope began and that's just scratchin...