When the speed of daily living becomes too much to handle, it’s time for a major reset. A friend stopped me on the beach last week and suggested that I slow down. She was referring to my overall lifestyle, which lately has felt frenetic and crammed with kids’ summer camps, soccer practices, gym workouts, and my tendency to host non-stop social events. As soon as she said it, I knew she was right....
With mere weeks before Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania debuts in theaters, fans have gotten their first official look at David Dastmalchian’s recast character in the MCU. After rumors that David Dastmalchian would not be back for the upcoming threequel, it was recently revealed that the Suicide Squad actor would return, albeit this time in a wholly new role. Dastmalchian - who played Team Ant-Man member Kurt in the first two films - joins an exclusive club within Quantumania of 14 actors to have played two different MCU characters....
Over on Curbed, Robert Khedarian describes how houses were cooled before air conditioning, a theme we have covered on TreeHugger many times. He leads off with a photo of Greene and Greene’s Gamble House in Pasadena, noting that it has a big sleeping porch. But he misses the big lessons from that house: the massively deep roof overhangs that shade the house in summer. Note also that the windows are surprisingly small for such a large house, to minimize heat gain....
Captain Marvel 2 is one of the most anticipated movies in the stacked list of MCU projects over the next few years. Not much is known if the upcoming sequel will be part of the ambitious Phase 4 slate of the franchise, but it’s possible that it will be included in Phase 5 instead due to its 2022 release date. The sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel will see the return of Brie Larson as the titular character, and as expected, the Academy-Award winning actress will be joined by notable MCU additions once again....
Unfortunately for beach lovers and owners of high-priced beach-front homes, coastal erosion in any form is usually a one-way trip. Man-made techniques such as beach nourishment—whereby sand is dredged from offshore sources and deposited along otherwise vanishing beaches—may slow the process, but nothing short of global cooling or some other major geomorphic change will stop it altogether. Beach Erosion Not Simply “Shifting Sands” According to Stephen Leatherman (“Dr. Beach”) of the National Healthy Beaches Campaign, beach erosion is defined by the actual removal of sand from a beach to deeper water offshore or alongshore into inlets, tidal shoals and bays....
The situation surrounding Spider-Man on the big screen has always been a complicated one due to Sony’s ownership of the film rights. Between studio interference, directorial departures, failed reboots, and a historic deal that almost fell apart, the road to the blockbuster crossover of Spider-Man: No Way Home was certainly a long one. With Tom Holland’s Spider-Man now firmly entangled in the MCU as Sony and Disney’s deal continues, fans have been wondering for some time when the web-slinger and his movies will be coming to Disney+....
Marvel Studios’ latest blockbuster release, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has certainly been a crowd-pleaser for moviegoers. Featuring a compelling villain, Multiversal hijinks and some special appearances from around the wider Marvel universe, fans have definitely been having fun with the Sam Raimi-directed sequel. In the film’s mid-credits scene, there’s even a special cameo appearance from sorceress Clea, played by fan-favorite Charlize Theron. Clea confronts Doctor Strange for causing a potentially world-destroying Incursion and whisks him into the Dark Dimension to rectify the disturbance....
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness marked Sam Raimi’s long-awaited return to the world of comic book movies. The longtime horror director made his mark on the superhero genre in the early 2000s with the first Spider-Man trilogy, bringing Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker to life in three box office smash successes. While Raimi was working with new actors and characters in Doctor Strange 2, his core team remained the same as it has for decades....
To say the delay of Halo Infinite brought a dampener to the release of Microsoft’s new consoles is an understatement. Branded as the’ main launch title’ for Xbox and Microsoft, fans were disappointed to hear the game had been delayed until sometime in 2021. Whilst news from 343 Industries has been slow regarding their new release, an updated look into The Master Chief Collection has got long time supporters of the franchise talking once again, whilst also appealing to their new community of gamers....
Adriano Studio shows the future of induction cooking with Ordine When TreeHugger founder Graham Hill designed his LifeEdited Apartment back in 2012, he didn’t include a kitchen stove; instead he used three Fagor induction cooktops, or hobs as they are called in the UK. Many, including me, thought he was nuts. But as David Friedlander wrote, © Adriano Studio Ordine Induction Hob But it was a pain, getting them in and out of drawers and dealing with the wires....
Google Street View has become an invaluable tool. You can use it for everything from checking out a location before you hit the road, to previewing a neighborhoods during your apartment hunt. Equally handy is Google Street View Trekker, which takes that street view camera off a car and clamps it onto a backpack hauled around by a hiker. That effort brings rugged trails, mountain peaks and all kinds of wilderness to your computer, no matter where you live or what kind of wilderness experience you dream about....
Most polyester fabric is not biodegradable. Polyester, or polyethylene terephthalate, is made from a chemical reaction involving crude oil, air and water. The idea of synthetic polymers was first conceived in 1926 at the labs of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. in the United States, but the early research stalled. That work by W.H. Carothers, which involved mixing ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid, was later picked up by British scientists John Whinfield and James Dickson, who patented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or PETE in 1941, according to What is Polyester....
Spider-Man: No Way Home is finally making the rounds in fans’ homes following its digital release, bringing the movie back to prominence after its record-breaking theatrical run. This finally offers the chance to revisit dozens of moments worthy of recognition among the MCU’s best, from Aunt May’s tragic death to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s returns as their respective web-slingers.Although No Way Home had some of the most exciting scenes in any Spider-Man movie ever, it came with absolute heartbreak as well, thanks to May’s death at the hands of Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin....
Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is closing in at the end of its first calendar year. 2021 has introduced the next era of the MCU with a blend of propping up supporting characters into title roles and introducing new faces to the roster. Characters like Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson, and Loki have all taken the leap from sidekick characters to the faces of the franchise, while others like Monica Rambeau, John Walker, and Sylvie have lunged into the spotlight themselves in those respective projects....
Last December was a big month for fans of the previous Marvel Netflix shows. After the cancelation of the entire Defenders slate, fans thought they’d never see those characters on screen again. But thankfully, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had other plans. Audiences got the lovely surprise of not only getting Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin back in Hawkeye, but also Charlie Cox’s Daredevil in Spider-Man: No Way Home. As exciting as those appearances were, they brought one key question to the forefront of every viewer’s mind: when will they be seen next?...
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will not only do a deep dive into the Quantum Realm, but it is also expected to fully showcase the arrival of the MCU’s next big villain, Jonathan Major’s Kang the Conqueror. Majors has already made his debut as He Who Remains in Loki, but this alternate Variant is less ruthless than the one who will appear in the Ant-Man threequel. The ending of Loki Season 1 proved that Kang is just getting started with his evil time travel antics, and unfortunately, team Ant-Man will be one of the first heroes who will experience his wrath....
MCU fans were eating well this past weekend during Comic-Con San Diego 2022. Marvel Studios announced almost all the projects that make up Phase 5, including the previously revealed Thunderbolts movie. The biggest surprises, however, were what they announced in 2025: two Avengers films within six months of each other. The first was The Kang Dynasty, and the second was the highly anticipated (and often rumored) Secret Wars adaptation. These two projects are undoubtedly going to be massive, but who will make up the cast?...
The Thunderbolts have been a topic of conversation for many MCU fans for nearly a year at this point. The villainous team has been hinted at since characters like U.S Agent (played by Wyatt Russell) and Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) began to appear in Phase 4. Now, after many months of speculation, a Thunderbolts movie has been confirmed to be in development with Jake Schreier set to direct. On the page, the team is put together by General Thunderbolt Ross as a group of antiheroes who do the dirty work that the Avengers won’t....
Marvel Studios has been no stranger to the Oscars conversation. Whether it is bringing on Academy Award-winning talent in their projects, winning hardware themselves, or speaking out against the awards show, the MCU and the Academy Awards have been engaged in this tango of sorts for almost as long as the franchise has existed. With Marvel Studios releasing four theatrical releases in 2021 including Spider-Man: No Way Home, the MCU has a fair number of films that could end up being in contention for Oscar gold....
Despite the recent wave of marketing for Spider-Man: No Way Home, the Tom Holland-led threequel featuring a rogue’s gallery of Spidey villains from franchises past still holds a number of secrets. One of those obvious - and the most important Phase 4 of the MCU moving forward - is that of the Multiverse and how it will affect Marvel’s various worlds and realities. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange not only looks to guide Peter through this Multiversal landscape but the audience as well....
