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Moon Knight Theory: Ethan Hawke’s Character

Ever since its announcement back in 2019, fans have been waiting to see what the premiere of the MCU’s Moon Knight will look like. Now, a little over 2 years later, we finally have a trailer for the upcoming series starring Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke. One of the biggest mysteries has been who the villain of the series will be,

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‘Peacemaker’ Episodes 1-3 Review: James Gunn Turned Up To Eleven

Peacemaker is back and with a vengeance. James Gunn turns the dials all the way to up 11 and brings the raunchiest, weirdest, and potentially most impactful DC project yet. The first three episodes were released at once on HBO Max and that release strategy seems purposeful. The first two episodes lay a lot of groundwork and spend a lot of

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Theory: Secret Wars Could be the Key to Mutants in the MCU

It’s now been almost a year since The Illuminerdi reported that a film titled The Mutants was in development at Marvel Studios. Ever since Disney’s acquisition of Fox, fans have been theorizing about how the X-Men could make their way into the MCU. With the multiverse taking over a majority of the MCU’s recent projects, the inevitable chaos and madness could

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Why Han Solo Showing Up In ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Makes Sense

The Book of Boba Fett has released only two episodes as of writing this, and fan theories about who might pop up are already getting out of control. Before the series ever began, theories about pretty much any Boba Fett adjacent character appearing was hot stuff and now that the series is ongoing the theories and anticipation have only become more

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Loose Threads: Where and How Mysterio Could Return

Ever since the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home, fans have had issues coping with the fact that their favorite Jake Gyllenhaal villain might be left in the past. Fear not, because there’s still a possibility of the fishbowl psycho returning. In fact, I think there are multiple routes set up to do so. [Warning: Potential Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way

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Loose Threads: Where Blade and Black Knight Could Show Up Next in the MCU

Marvel Studios recent ensemble outing Eternals ended with quite the bang. Not only did it tease the future of Dane Whitman as the Black Knight, with the Kit Harington portrayed character unveiling the legendary Ebony Blade; but it also gave fans the first-ever (offscreen and voice only) appearance of Mahershala Ali as Eric Brooks aka Blade. The “appearance” of that character

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NEW IMDb Listing Indicates Peter Dinklage to Return as Eitri in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Since its announcement in 2019, Thor: Love and Thunder seem to have flown the lowest under the radar of all of the announced Phase 4 Marvel films. With not nearly as many leaks as the rest of them, fans have been left to their devices to theorize how the story could shake out the good ol’ fashion way. Well, a new

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How Flashbacks Helped Set Up The Future In ‘The Book of Boba Fett’

Ever since his first appearance in 1980, Star Wars fans of old and new alike have clung to the legend of Boba Fett. Just by standing in the background and saying maybe a single line of dialogue and then dying in his second film appearance, fans have always been dying to know more about the character, and have even been advocating

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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Is A Strong Revival for the Franchise

The Matrix franchise has always had a certain vibe about it. A kind of “Hell yes, this is awesome!” feeling that makes it hard to not enjoy yourself while you watch. I don’t know if it was the green tint, the incredible action, Laurence Fishburne waxing philosophical for six hours, or just some kind of Wachowski magic touch that Lana and

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Pitch: Ways To Move ‘Daredevil’ Forward in the MCU

For a long time, I’ve considered Netflix’s Daredevil series to be one of my favorite TV series of all time, so hearing that Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio would be back in their respective roles was exciting news. In the time since I’ve been occupied by wondering just how these characters and this world could come back into the MCU and

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How ‘Spider-Man Across The Spider-verse’ Can Live Up to the ITSV

In the few short years since the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it has quickly become one of the most meaningful to me. Not only did it open my eyes to a new standard of comic book and animated filmmaking, but its themes have stuck in my head since the very first time I saw it. Watching a character I

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Theory: Untangling the Criminal Web of ‘Hawkeye’

There’s something fishy (or should I say “Fisk-y”) brewing between the lines of the currently ongoing Hawkeye Disney Plus series. From the first sequence of the first episode, I was immediately led to assume that the death of Kate’s father, Derek, wasn’t quite as cut and dry as they wanted us to believe. But, there comes the question of “how” and

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