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Cosmic Circus is a pop culture entertainment website owned and run by Editor-in-Chief Lizzie Hill since July 1, 2021. The website's coverage includes film and TV / streaming series reviews, news, interviews, podcasts, book reviews, game reviews, and comics guides, as well as coverage of concerts, comic-cons, expos, film festivals, and other events.

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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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Secret Wars, Venom, and The Next Spider-Man Saga

It’s officially been one week since the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters, and it’s safe to say that this installment in the MCU Spider-Man’s origin story is perhaps the favorite amongst fans of the web-slinger’s story so far. It’s been an emotional week for everyone who grew up with the character. Regardless of the iteration and after such

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Exclusive: Hawkeye Finale Changes and Kingpin’s Future in the MCU

The fourth live-action Marvel/Disney+ series has come and gone and with it, a very big and not-so-well-kept secret is now out. The Kingpin’s back baby! Or is he? Spoilers for Hawkeye season finale below! If you were eagerly anticipating Vincent D’Onofrio’s return as the big bad man, you may have had a bit of a shock when it appeared at the

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News & Rumors

‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Trailer: A Lesson in Deception

The trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness just dropped, and Marvel fans are buzzing about the upcoming sequel. Given that the “Multiverse (of Madness) is a concept of which we know frighteningly little,” we’ve prepared a breakdown of what the trailer gave us and how Marvel Studios and Sam Raimi are treating us with their most deceitful trailer

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Secret Macro Marvel: ‘Secret Wars’ May Be The Next Step

As Anthony Flagg and I wrote the previous articles of the Macro Marvel series, it began to feel that there was a missing piece to a gigantic puzzle. We had a fairly good structure for each individual level, but the colliding event that brought our heroes together was lacking from our theory. However, after some investigation, it seems as if there

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Features

Phase 4: The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Deep Dive into Grief

Phase 3 ended with large losses for our characters, including the death of Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and the disappearance of Steve Rogers to the rest of the world. This world is in pieces and disarray, our characters have lost everything, and we the viewers have lost something too. Phase 4 now has the opportunity to explore the themes of grief,

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Marks “Culmination of Peter Parker’s MCU Origin Story”

After months of rumors, leaks, and speculation relating to the film, Spider-Man: No Way Home was finally released this past Thursday in cinema. With a current 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, critics have been raving about the film, referring to it as arguably the greatest Spider-Man film ever made. I call it an absolute “fever dream” (read my full, non-spoiler review here). While

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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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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Review: A Spider-Man Fever Dream

It’s been two years since Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures collectively blew our minds with the jaw-dropping post-credit scene from Spider-Man: Far From Home. “Spider-Man’s name is Peter Parker.” Those five words changed the course of the MCU Spider-Man lore forever. Since then, fans and theorists from all over the world have speculated the directions that Peter Parker’s story could have

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