Marvel is doing one thing extremely good with its new MCU Spider-Man launch. If you happen to had been to say that Tom Holland's Spider-Man movies had been something however wonderful, you'll - rightly - be accused of being false, simply as claims of perfection could be met with the identical cynicism. The fact is someplace nearer to the optimistic finish of the spectrum, however there's one thing that bothers me in regards to the MCU's Spider-Man. Tom Holland's Spider-Man is a baby thrust into an grownup world, which was all the time the purpose of his involvement. Captain America:…
Author: Simon Gallagher
Marvel is doing one thing extremely clever together with her new MCU Spider-Man launch. For those who claimed that Tom Holland's man's movies have been something however glorious, you'll be - rightly - accused of being false, simply because the claims of perfection can be so cynically obtained. Actuality is someplace nearer to the constructive excessive of the spectrum, however there's something that bothers me in regards to the Spider-Man of MCU. Tom Holland's Spider-Man is a boy mendacity in an grownup world, which has at all times been the purpose on his half Captain America: Civil WarfareAfter which the…
While Judgment Day is just around the corner, the next Avengers film faces a challenge the MCU has likely never faced before, and an unlikely source may have quietly solved it. Even before Jonathan Majors' firing amid legal issues, the Multiverse Saga's narrative direction was struggling to match the power of his performance. Faced with the burden of replacing Thanos as the MCU's next Avengers-level threat, Kang the Conqueror simply wasn't the answer. Initially cast as He Who Remains in Loki and Kang for Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaKang had huge potential as a multiversal villain, but MCU audiences just…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for What If...? season 3 Just over a year ago, Loki'The story of No MCU had a perfect ending. Having survived the original plans to kill him outright in Phase 2, Thor's adopted brother has run the spectrum from villain to antihero to bona fide hero, all while saving billions of lives by negotiating his own freedom. In Loki At the end of Season 2, the God of Mischief ascends to a new role as God of Stories, on a throne at the heart of the multiverse. The twist is the moving culmination of Loki's…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for What If...? season 3 finale It looks like the tide may actually be turning in the MCU's post-credits scenes, after years of Marvel setting the expectation for a future tease in each project. It took until Avengers: Endgame to the end of the MCU's post-credits trend, as the Russos chose to leave Tony Stark's death to breathe a genius move. After 16 years, post-credits scenes are back to what they were always supposed to be: non-guaranteed bonuses. Unfortunately, some of Phase 5's post-credits scenes still look like mistakes - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniain…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for What If...? season 3 finale It looks like the tide may actually be turning in the MCU's post-credits scenes, after years of Marvel setting the expectation for a future tease in each project. It took until Avengers: Endgame to the end of the MCU's post-credits trend, as the Russos chose to leave Tony Stark's death to breathe a genius move. After 16 years, post-credits scenes are back to what they were always supposed to be: non-guaranteed bonuses. Unfortunately, some of Phase 5's post-credits scenes still look like mistakes - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniain…
Early review scores on Rotten Tomatoes for the final MCU release of 2024 have changed the bottom of the rankings for Marvel TV shows released in the Disney+ era, with She-Hulk: Lawyer leaving the unfavorable podium. Tatiana Maslany's 2022 show still holds the lowest audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at 32%, but critics scored it higher at 79% amid speculation about user review bombings. And if...? season three has now fallen to the bottom of the MCU TV shows on Rotten Tomatoes for both critic scores and audience scores. The initial critic score for the current multiversal show is 75%,…
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for What If...? season 3 Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, has been a key part of some of the MCU's coolest moments, driving the narrative of the first three entries in Chris Hemsworth's Thor franchise (thanks to his crisis of existential value), as well as giving Captain America your show. -stopping Avengers: Endgame moment. It was also destroyed by Hela, replaced by Stormbreaker, inherited by Jane Foster, and finally returned to Thor himself in Thor: Love and Thunderis ending. At no point during the entire arc were the hammer's true powers revealed, according to a new MCU…
25 years ago, the Wachowskis challenged everything we knew for certain about reality with The Matrix. The sibling directors channeled that wickedly irresistible part of the human brain that whispers a seemingly unified conspiracy theory that everything is a projection designed to deceive us. They did so by presenting simple, indisputable truths in a completely new way. One of these truths has grown in importance since The MatrixThe government's message of cognitive oppression has become a buzzword for people who preach personal freedom. Between the incredible action scenes and the Messiah's promise of The MatrixBy the end of, something much…
This article covers a developing story. Keep checking back with us as we will add more information as it becomes available. Sony's CEO broke cover to address the dismal box office performance and critical reception of the company's Spider-Man spinoff films, placing the blame on critics who "trashed" the Marvel films. Outgoing executive Tony Vinciquerra, who joined the company in 2017 to oversee a difficult period following the now-infamous 2014 cyberattack that damaged the studio. Asked about his management, Vinciquerra told the LA Times that the recent launch of Kraven: The Hunter “It's probably the worst release we've had in…