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News & Rumors

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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ReviewsTV & Streaming Series Reviews

Review: ‘Doctor Who’ New Years Day Special

After a small break since the season thirteen finale, Doctor Who returned on New Years Day. Titled “Eve of the Daleks,” the first of three specials spread out over the course of 2022 serves as the swan song for current Doctor, Jodie Whittaker. So where did the beginning of the end take the Doctor and the fam? Manchester England on New

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FeaturesRankings

My Most Meaningful Marvel Quotes of 2021

There was a lot of heaviness in the MCU in 2021, but also a lot of heartwarming hope (just like the real world, I guess). So I’m choosing to end this year with a few quotes that have stuck with me, and here they are. The worst thing I can think of has already happened to me and I can’t change

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FeaturesOpinion

Treatment of Women in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a great movie and I had a blast with it. But I also had some issues, which I talked about briefly in my spoiler review last week. One of the issues that really stuck with me was how few women are in the movie, and whether or not the filmmakers did justice to those characters. It rubs

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FeaturesSpeculative Space

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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News & RumorsSpeculative SpaceWhat I Heard

What I Heard: About May Calamawy’s Character in ‘Moon Knight’

When we think about Moon Knight, we often get this idea of him being the Marvel equivalent to DC’s Batman. The key difference (besides the drastic color contrast in costume) is that this complex vigilante is set in a more mystical ambiance focused on the Egyptian mythos. Not only that, but Marc Spector also has a cognitive condition known as Dissociative Identity

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ReviewsTV & Streaming Series Reviews

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Has a Slow Start but Promises More

After a year-long wait, The Book of Boba Fett is finally here! In the first episode writer Jon Favreau and director Robert Rodriguez bring back everything fans love about The Mandalorian’s western feel while finally giving Boba Fett his own story after 40 years.    After seeing Temuera Morrison give an amazing performance as Boba Fett in The Mandalorian, fans including myself wanted to see more

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Movie ReviewsReviews

Review: ‘Don’t Look Up’ All the Makings of a Great Movie (but it wasn’t)

Don’t Look Up was finally released on Netflix on December 24, after an initial limited run in theaters. From the first commercial alone, I was excited to see this film directed by Adam Mckay. With an interesting concept, told through the humorous lens of satire, this movie should have been a slam dunk. Especially when you factor in the incredible cast

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Podcast

Cosmic Circle Ep 5: Spoilery Hawkeye Series Finale Discussion

Here is episode 5 of our new roundtable-style podcast The Cosmic Circle featuring the writers from the site. For this episode, host Uday, along with Emily, Ayla and Brian have a SPOILERY discussion of Marvel’s Hawkeye mainly focusing on the finale! There’s a little bit of Spider-Man: No Way Home talk too but you can expect a full spoilery discussion of the latest Spider-Man film

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