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It’s been one year since Kang’s light-hearted variant, He Who Remains, was killed by Sylvie in the season one finale of Loki. Before meeting his fate, the TVA leader warned the show’s protagonists about his evil multiversal variants coming to the main Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline to wreak havoc. One of these evil variants is already confirmed for next year’s Ant-Man and
Read MoreThe final episode of Marvels Studios’ latest TV show, Ms. Marvel, is now streaming on Disney+. After six weeks of getting to know a new cheerful, thrilling, and powerful hero with deep roots in her family, friends, and culture, the epic conclusion to this story is here, and it brought quite the revelation. If you’ve seen the final episode, let’s jump
Read MoreWhen you think about summer, what comes to mind? Is it the warm weather, lounging at the pool with good friends? To me, nothing says summer quite like a barbecue with hot dogs grilling away. So while watching Ms. Marvel on Disney+ and having read Kamala Khan’s debut run, all I have to say is that girl loves food just about
Read MoreThor: Love and Thunder debuted this past weekend in theaters with a mighty $143 million at the domestic box office. It is also the biggest opening weekend debut in the Thor franchise history. In the film, The God of Thunder teams up with King Valkyrie, Korg, and the new Mighty Thor, aka Jane Foster, to take on a galactic killer known
Read MoreThe Boys season 3 has wrapped up with a simultaneously meditative and explosive finale. Time and again they have effortlessly delivered some of the most fantastic TV in recent memory, and I just want to wallow in it for a little bit. While I certainly don’t think my writing abilities are on par with that of the writers for The Boys,
Read MoreJames Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy films and characters have time and again been a stand-out in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even when they are relegated to smaller roles such as in Infinity War and Endgame, they were still the best part of that near 6-hour epic. But, I can’t help but feel that within that huge cast of lovable
Read MoreAll good things must end, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 is no exception to that maxim. “A Quality of Mercy” is a strong finish to the season, and successfully sets up the next one. It’s expert storytelling with skillfully layered character development. Heart and emotional nuance are balanced against galactic stakes. [Warning: Heavy spoilers for Strange New Worlds below.]
Read MoreFor years, Marvel Studios has kept hush about their plans regarding the Fantastic Four. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness introduced Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic into the MCU. Or rather, introduced a variant of him, portrayed by John Krasinski. While a film is currently in development, very little is known about the project. However, we may have come across some
Read MoreOn May 10, 2022, actress Jamie Lee Curtis declared war on Disney. This is definitely a bit of an exaggeration. What really happened was the actress, a co-star in the A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once, took to Instagram to attack the box office titan Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Curtis went after the film for being, essentially,
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