Erica Freeman

Nowadays, it can feel like Marvel is nothing but change. Thor, Wolverine and Hawkeye are women. Captain America is African-American. Spider-Man has a Latina mother and an African-American father. With the end of Secret Wars: House of M coming up on October 28, is it...

The world has at least 154 million people who are either Mexican or have Mexican ancestry. 35 million reside in the United States alone. These are large numbers yet media tends to expect them to stay with their own Spanish language media. While shows like Sense8 and...

The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that this previous television season contained at least 70% of new programming without a female show-runner, creator, director, writer and/or editor. Only two percent of female Directors of Photography...

Despite the increasing prevalence of imported entertainment from Hollywood, two of China's most successful films this year were Chinese productions. Monkey King: Hero is Back aka Xi you ji zhi da sheng gui lai became China's most successful animated release ever,...

Did the holiday season of gift giving come early? It certainly seemed that way this week as Disney gave its fans two precious gifts...and that's not including all the new Star Wars merchandise on Force Friday. Isaac Perlmutter has been Chief Executive Officer of...

Dwayne Johnson first cultivated his good looks, charisma and excellent sense of timing into a multi-million dollar business with WWE. After the Rock became a household name, he expanded to films under his real name. While he's had a couple of bombs like Southland...

The film with the highest August opening for a R rated film wasn't a comedy or invoking religious themes. The fifth best August opening of all time doesn't belong to Marvel or DC. It's a film that just opened last Friday: Straight Outta Compton. Further defying the...

The world has come a long way in the acceptance of others. In the majority of the western hemisphere and Europe, homosexuals are allowed to marry or at the very least, have civil unions. Many are given rights against discrimination. Even in countries without any laws...

In 2005, an amazing thing happened on children's television. There were three animated programs with Asian protagonists: Jackie Chan Adventures, American Dragon: Jake Long, and The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Lee was the first female Asian superhero to have her own...

In school, a large number of people on this planet are required to read the works of William Shakespeare. One of the playwright's most popular writings is Romeo and Juliet. It seems to be the typical story of forbidden romance among rival families with tragic...