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Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. Tim Brown was vice captain of the Wellington Phoenix soccer team in New Zealand nearly a decade ago when he began thinking about a second act after his sports career. He was interested in design, particularly footwear. And being a Kiwi he also had a particular fondness for wool (New Zealand is home to some 27 million sheep)....

Tobey Maguire, the original cinematic Spider-Man, starred in a trio of films affectionately known as the Raimi Trilogy, named for its director, Sam Raimi. The three movies are arguably bona fide fan favorites and fondly looked upon by many as classics of the superhero genre. Of course, 2007’s Spider-Man 3 wasn’t the last time audiences got to bear witness to Maguire’s Spidey. He, along with Andrew Garfield, made their grand comeback when they teamed up with the MCU wall-crawler Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home....

For a long time, fans have been wondering how Marvel Studios was going to handle Ms. Marvel and her Inhuman origins. Given how much of an absolute disaster the Inhumans television show was, it seemed certain those characters would stay in retirement for the foreseeable future. But with Kamala Khan getting her own show, their involvement had to at least be a possibility, right? Warning - the rest of this article contains spoilers for Episode 3 of Ms....

Not too long ago, the notion of living in an 8- by 20-foot box was enough to stop a potential homebuyer in his tracks and send him running for the exits. The rise of innovative green architecture has created an increasingly in-vogue practice: rejiggering, stacking and linking rugged and versatile freight shipping containers and transforming them into fully inhabitable homes. An excellent method of reusing — there are more than 300 million shipping containers sitting empty at ports around the world — shipping containers are used to build full- and part-time single-family homes and much more....

After kicking off 2021’s DC FanDome with an electrifying look at Dwayne Johnson’s The Rock, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom followed up with a featurette of its own. The Jason Momoa-starring sequel is set to change Arthur Curry in a big way, suiting him up in all black while potentially giving him his bleach-blonde hair from the comics. Joining Momoa is returning actress Amber Heard, whose reappearance has certainly stirred some controversy....

Marvel Studios is hard at work developing close to a dozen projects for release in 2022, in which the theatrical run will now conclude with November’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. After the first movie became Marvel’s highest-grossing solo film ever at over $1.3 billion globally, fans are looking forward to seeing how the franchise’s narrative expands in the Wakanda-centric sequel. Filming for the sequel has taken place for the better part of Summer 2021, serving as one of Marvel fans’ sources for exciting information about the sequel’s story and new faces that will join the MCU family....

In 2023, Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel returns to the big screen with The Marvels. But despite being a sequel to her 2019 origin story, Captain Marvel 2 isn’t just Carol Danvers’ next chapter.Instead, The Marvels is set to continue the story of Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani’s Ms. Marvel, alongside Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers.According to the film’s D23 trailer, the trio’s light-based powers have become “entangled,” resulting in them switching places each time they attempt to use them....

Whether planned or not, Warner Bros. is on the verge of a Batman renaissance. The studio just released the hotly-anticipated The Batman in theaters, Batgirl will swing onto HBO Max later this year, and the studio is hard at work on a Gotham Knights TV series for the CW. That series has also just signed on its lead star and continues to round out its cast. Focusing on members of the Bat-Family as well as the offspring of some of Gotham’s biggest and baddest criminals, Gotham Knights looks to tell the story of a Gotham City that does not have Bruce Wayne to help them....

As the old expression goes, what’s old is now new again; and that certainly applies to Marvel’s former television shows. While the MCU is continuing to bring new content to Disney+ with new shows like Moon Knight, Marvel Television shows like Jessica Jones, Agents of SHIELD, Iron Fist, and Daredevil recently found a new home - and new fans - on Disney’s streaming service. Since these shows aired on Netflix and ABC before the start of the MCU’s Disney+ series, their canonicity has been a hot topic of debate and made all the more interesting by their new categories on the Disney platform, as well as Marvel Studios’ to revive and utilize Netflix’s Daredevil stars, Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio....

The state of entertainment is largely in flux, with ongoing events forcing major production companies and studios to shift their release strategies for upcoming releases. Warner Bros. recently made the shocking move to release their 2021 line of films simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. This has led many to wonder how other large studios will respond, particularly the House of Mouse. Disney has seen some success with their releases on Disney+, most notably The Mandalorian....

Marvel Studios is inching closer to its first theatrical venture of 2022 with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - a film set to blow the MCU wide open from beginning to end. While new potential players like Patrick Stewart’s Professor X are in the spotlight, the sequel will also focus on classic Marvel heroes and villains from the Infinity Saga - even ones that have been in the background like Karl Mordo....

While Dwayne Johnson is presently preparing for the release of his long-awaited Black Adam in the coming weeks, he’s also taking an expanding role behind the scenes with the DC Universe as a whole. This comes as the company searches for a new leader during its merger with Discovery, and it appears that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is in mind for the mold.While Feige is firmly set in his role with Marvel Studios as the MCU expands to new heights in the Multiverse Saga, Warner Bros....

The balloon bubble is about to get popped as the anti-plastic movement gathers force. When a night club in the Philippines announced that it would host an enormous balloon drop on New Year’s Eve in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record, there was international outrage. The spectacle was decried by Greenpeace Philippines as “nothing short of an arrogant and senseless enterprise” and the Climate Reality Project blasted it as “wasteful, unsustainable, and ecologically apathetic....

Two prominent characters from Star Wars’ upcoming Knights of the Old Republic remake have recently been revealed.Originally released in 2003, Knights of the Old Republic is one of the most acclaimed Star Wars video games of all time. In September 2021, Sony revealed that a remake of the game was currently in the works and would be developed by Aspyr exclusively for the PlayStation 5.However, the game was delayed indefinitely in July when Aspyr parted ways with the game’s art director and design director....

Chris Petersen has a firm belief that if you build it, they will come — in this case “it” being a water feature and “they” being frogs. Petersen is co-chair for Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC), a network for anyone who has an interest in conserving and managing amphibians and reptiles and the habitats in which they live. “In a reasonable suburban environment, with a little bit of natural habitat scattered in, certain species such as green frogs, bull frogs and leopard frogs are just great at finding gardens with non-chlorinated water features and setting up residence, especially for breeding,” said Petersen, who is also a Navy biologist....

The MCU is set to introduce a new president of the United States, and an unexpected newcomer plays the character. Iron Man 3 was the first MCU movie to introduce the United States president in live-action, showcasing William Sadler’s Matthew Ellis in a significant role. The actor then reprised his role for three episodes in Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.Given that Ellis’ presidential term appears to be finished, Secret Invasion is set to introduce Dermot Mulroney as new U....

Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock has finally gotten the chance to truly integrate himself into the larger MCU, which all started with his short cameo in the early moments of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Now, after eight weeks of waiting, Cox’s Daredevil persona has gotten that same shine thanks to an appearance in Episode 8 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law alongside Tatiana Maslany’s Jennifer Walters.Daredevil was shockingly included as part of She-Hulk’s promotional run with the show’s second trailer that debuted at San Diego Comic-Con, teasing the Man Without Fear in his new red-and-gold suit....

About three months ahead of its Disney+ debut, Marvel Studios delivered the first full look at Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo in the official trailer for She-Hulk. With this being the first Hulk-centric project in the MCU in over 14 years, She-Hulk comes as a major turning point for the MCU as a brand-new character takes her place in Phase 4. Part of what makes this series such a game-changer for the MCU is that it’s the first project, streaming or theatrical, to feature a leading character brought to life with as much CGI as Jennifer Walters....

The Flash Season 9, a.k.a. the farewell season, appears not to be done yet with Arrowverse crossovers as another major DC hero is set to be included in an upcoming episode.The anticipation surrounding the upcoming final season is high, especially after the barrage of leaked set photos that have consistently emerged in the past weeks. From returning villains to a major Arrowverse hero comeback with an added twist, Season 9 is poised to be an unforgettable last hurrah for the titular DC speedster....

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically. Got a car? You won’t be able to cruise across New York’s 14th Street any more, as if you ever could. It’s getting new traffic controls designed to reduce the number of cars so that buses can get through more quickly and on schedule. The New York Times says the cars are “all but banned” and that it is a “war on cars....