Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for the book Agatha All Together. We’re already halfway there Agatha all together9 episodes in, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore how well it’s setting up Scarlet Witch’s return to the MCU. And it can’t happen soon enough. MCU Avenger Elizabeth Olsen has been dead for two years since the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but there was always a path back to life (especially since we never saw what happened to her body). Agatha all together Apparently, it was revealed that her corpse was part of Agatha’s body. Mare from…
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Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Episode 5, “Agatha All Together.” IN Agatha all togetherMarketing, Rio Vidal of Audrey Plaza says:the bodies are really piling up”, and the last episode of Marvel’s WandaVision The spin-off actually delivers on that ominous promise. Not only does another member of Agatha’s Coven die on the dangerous Witch Road (at Agatha’s hand, no less), but the episode seems to end with Teen Joe Locke thinning the herd even further. After revealing Tina’s true identity, the fact that Death is already behind Agatha all together could very well be overlooked. We’ve already seen the sad…
23 years after they starred together in I do mom TambienGael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna return to Hulu’s La Máquina For a completely different type of conflict. The Mexican acting duo and frequent collaborators are in strong form again as longtime friends with a complex dynamic as in Alfonso Cuarón’s coming-of-age drama. Far away from the God and glorious spirit of the Rocky franchise – the torch-bearer when it comes to screen boxing stories, of course – La Máquina is an increasingly claustrophobic drama set around the world of boxing. Not afraid to dip into the realms of farce,…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for La Màquina Hulu’s first Spanish-language series, La Màquina Ends with a glorious bout between Esteban Osuna (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his title challenger, with the threat of death literally hanging around the edge of the ring. The miniseries, which reunites Garcia Bernal with frequent collaborator Diego Luna (as his flamboyant manager Andy Lujàn), really hits its stride in the final episode, which brings together a number of bold ideas. While it’s a show about boxing, La Màquina Is about more: it’s about legacy, the balance of expectation, fear of mortality, and above all else,…
23 years after they starred together in I do mom TambienGael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna return to Hulu’s La Máquina For a completely different type of conflict. The Mexican acting duo and frequent collaborators are in strong form again as longtime friends with a complex dynamic as in Alfonso Cuarón’s coming-of-age drama. Far away from the God and glorious spirit of the Rocky franchise – the torch-bearer when it comes to screen boxing stories, of course – La Máquina is an increasingly claustrophobic drama set around the world of boxing. Not afraid to dip into the realms of farce,…
Same week as DC Joker: Folie à Deux released to critical apathy and disappointing box office returns, Penguin Episode 3 – “Bliss” – continues to remind everyone that there is, in fact, a way to tell great stories that rewrite established lore. While Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb is very different from his DC Comics counterpart, his side story draws heavily from his relatively brief appearance in the comics. Batman, no place for accusations of provocation. This certainly helps Penguin there are eight episodes to learn more about him. Episode 3 isn’t traditionally the flashiest of episodes: after the premiere and…
Will Joker 3 Happen after Joker: Folie a Deux ? Does the world need more of the universe built on Joaquin Phoenix’s controversial, transformative Arthur Fleck? Go back to 2019, and the world knew for sure that a sequel would never happen; Director Todd Phillips was adamant that his take on DC’s most famous villain was always intended to be a single release. But fast-forward five years and Phoenix returned as Fleck, with Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn in tow, and one movie became a franchise. Even ignoring the critical reception of Joker: Folie A DeuxIt’s important to acknowledge that this…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Joker: Folie à DeuxOne key scene in JOTurn: Folie à DeuxThe controversial ending was broken by director Todd Phillips, confirming whether it played in the twisted imagination of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix). In the final moments of the DC sequel, after the courtroom explosion interrupts his trial, Arthur Fleet, reuniting with Lady Gaga’s Harley on the now-iconic steps outside his old apartment building. spoke to EWPhillips broke down key aspects of Joker: Folie à Deux’s Finally, Crucial explains why Harley Quinn turns her back on Arthur when they meet. He also confirms that, despite…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Joker: Folie à DeuxOne key scene in JOTurn: Folie à DeuxThe controversial ending was broken by director Todd Phillips, confirming whether it played in the twisted imagination of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix). In the final moments of the DC sequel, after the courtroom explosion interrupts his trial, Arthur Fleet, reuniting with Lady Gaga’s Harley on the now-iconic steps outside his old apartment building. spoke to EWPhillips broke down key aspects of Joker: Folie à Deux’s Finally, Crucial explains why Harley Quinn turns her back on Arthur when they meet. He also confirms that, despite…
Content Warning: The following contains discussions of death, drowning, and suicide. The most notorious Lubricate Fan theory suggests that Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy is in fact dying throughout the movie and the infamous teenage love story is nothing more than a fantasy. Starting out as a raunchier stage play than the eventual adaptation, Randall Kleiser’s 1950s set High School Musical was a mostly grounded navigation through the struggles of typical teenage years. While it has its moments of fantasy, The ending, in which Danny and Sandy fly off to their hopeless future always felt like it didn’t belong. The ending’s strange…