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Most have probably heard people talk smack about Marvel Studios and the superhero genre as a whole. It’s fairly common, which makes sense given how prevalent the properties are in pop culture. Some of the most prolific negative comments have come from iconic Hollywood directors such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Yet, big names such as Angelina Jolie, Christian Bale, and Ethan Hawke still end up signing onto projects....

It’s an all-too-familiar scenario. Daughter wears brand-new white summer dress to family picnic and barbecue. Daughter has a blast playing hide-and-seek and relay races with cousins. Daughter comes home with two large, irremovable grass stains on beautiful new white dress. Maybe the white dress was a bad idea. Grass stains are probably the most daunting type of stain I have ever tackled (and I’ve tackled many — including poop, blood and, of course, vomit)....

Before the pandemic, Marvel Studios made waves at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 with the announcement that the MCU would bring a reboot of Blade, with Mahershala Ali taking on the starring role of Eric Brooks. This would be the first Blade movie since Wesley Snipes’ trilogy ended in 2004, bringing the titular vampire hunter into the same universe as the Avengers for the first time.But since that time, Marvel has been slow to make much progress on Blade, which only just got its release date set for November 2023 at this year’s SDCC....

Marvel Studios released new footage of the MCU’s new multiversal threat, Kang.Ant-man and The Wasp: Quantumania kicks off Phase 5 next month, and Kang the Conqueror, played by actor Jonathan Majors, is set to take center stage.Majors’ villain was first introduced in Loki as TVA ruler He Who Remains. This Kang variant was the main antagonist for the Disney+ show and came into contact with both Loki and Sylvie when they reached the Citadel at the End of Time....

In a world as connected as the MCU, many seek to keep up with everything Marvel Studios has to offer in order to understand the full picture. That used to be an easy task in the Infinity Saga, one which only involved seeing two to three movies a year, but now, keeping up with Phase 4 involves at least three movies and three Disney+ series annually. As the MCU continues to expand more rapidly than ever, project runtimes have become a topic of great controversy among fans....

Although the Arrowverse is ending, this doesn’t mean the end of the road for its writers, as some have jumped ship to one of Marvel Studios’ Disney+ shows.The Arrowverse has had a long run in The CW, with DC’s small screen universe introducing shows such as The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow. After a nine-year stint and plenty of crossovers, the universe will end with The Flash Season 9.Meanwhile, Marvel Studios is still hitting the ground running as it is set to release many projects on the small screen, one of them being Daredevil: Born Again....

On September 27, 2019, Spider-Man was reportedly re-joining the MCU after a momentary split between Sony and Disney. A part of this new deal between the two movie studios was that Marvel Studios and it’s president Kevin Feige would produce a third Spider-Man film (which ultimately became Spider-Man: No Way Home) and the web-slinger would appear in a future MCU film. This was presumed to be akin to his appearances in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame....

James Gunn introduced audiences to a new team of lovable misfits with 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy - featuring Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot. Each of these roles was filled with star-studded actors, even the CGI raccoon Rocket was voiced by Bradley Cooper, while Vin Diesel tackled the talking-tree Groot, even though he only had to read the one famous line: “I am Groot.“Five years have already passed since the team last enjoyed a solo entry with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Obi-Wan Kenobi made its long-awaited debut exactly a week ago, with the show making history as the premiere broke viewership records in its first weekend on Disney+. Ewan McGregor once again donned the robes of the titular Jedi Master, a man that’s now a shell of his former self and on a mission to rescue Leia Organa from Imperial capture. Kenobi fell directly into the Third Sister’s trap, making way for Darth Vader’s entrance into the series’ events....

The DC Extended Universe surely has a lot of work ahead of them over the next couple of years, even though it still remains to be seen what kind of communication the studio has with its movie-makers on those projects. Some mistakes of the past will hopefully rectify themselves with movies like the Snyder Cut of Justice League, although the future canon slate is still a mystery to the public. One of the more interesting dilemmas is the one that exists with the Shazam!...

The anticipation for Spider-Man: No Way Home has been agonizing for fans with rumors of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield returning surrounding the threequel for months. No Way Home has at least received one explosive trailer that showcased Peter Parker accidentally breaking open the Multiverse, allowing villains like Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus to return to hold over audiences. Despite all the rumors, fans still aren’t quite sure what the film’s plot or who all the characters included will be....

The Kiner family, who serve as musical composers on Star Wars: The Bad Batch, hyped up the role of one Clone Commander Cody in Season 2 of the animated series.The Bad Batch’s second season is quickly approaching. Due out in January, the series will continue the adventures of Hunter, Wrecker, Echo, Tech, and Omega as they try to survive in the wake of Order 66. As most Star Wars fans know, Commander Cody was the clone trooper who most often fought alongside Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Clone Wars, but when the Emperor made the fateful call for the clones to turn against the Jedi, Cody betrayed Obi-Wan and fired upon him on Utapau in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith....

While Star Wars’ sequel trilogy saw its fair share of controversy, almost nothing was more divisive than 2017’s Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson. With Johnson taking over from J.J. Abrams after Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the second movie in this trilogy incited some of the most heated debates about any Star Wars project to date, both positively and negatively.Even though the movie performed well from a financial standpoint, reception to this movie came in with everything from “amazing” to “an absolute train wreck....

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) may have plans for more Harry Potter movies in the future, but will the controversial creator J.K. Rowling be involved?For many years, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter franchise was among the biggest in Hollywood after eight successful movies adapting the seven-book series. That era came to an end in 2011 with Deathly Hallows Part 2, but recent years have seen an attempt to resurrect the world in several ways....

Marvel Studios’ grand plan of a shared universe has relied on audiences developing a connection to its heroes and villains, along with the actors and actresses who play them, through multiple appearances on-screen across many years. As a result, this meant convincing big names such as Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson to sign long-term contracts. Downey, alongside his Avengers co-stars Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth, agreed to six-movie contracts, while Jackson and Sebastian Stan signed nine-movie deals....

From moptops and pompoms to elegant and edgy, celebrate the Year of the Rooster with these beautiful breeds. Every 12 years, nestled between a Monkey year and a Dog year, arrives the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the sign of the rooster share some of the same traits as their namesake mascot – they are said to have a strong sense of self, dress nicely and be excellent timekeepers....

From low-tech to high-tech, concepts and solutions for providing clean drinking water are everywhere. Some are simple and portable while others are large and scalable, and we’re going to need all of these varieties of ideas in order to make sure that access to safe clean water is a right, not a privilege. Using “Super Sand” to clean water: “Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water and researchers are constantly searching for cost-effective ways to purify water for rural villages and developing areas....

The Marvel Studios train keeps on rolling at warp speed as the gap between projects has grown virtually non-existent as of late. She-Hulk is just wrapping up and fans are already turning attention to Werewolf by Night, Black Panther 2, and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special to round out 2022 and Phase 4.But audiences won’t be waiting long before Phase 5 gets things started in February 2023 with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, featuring the return of the whole shrinking family while also debuting Kang the Conqueror....

James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed part of their new DCU’s first chapter, which includes a project focused on the time-traveling hero known as Booster Gold—someone many fans want to be played by Chris Pratt.Recently, Gunn went on record saying that “[his] family” from Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy franchise would likely be joining his DCU at some point.This would include Chris Pratt, known to many as Star-Lord himself.While the actor sometimes gets flak for having been involved in a number of franchises (such as the new Super Mario Bros....

This city used to be a model for the future of biking in North America. Now it is just a deadly mess. Visiting New York City and riding a bike used to be a so exciting. It had real bike lanes! Citibikes! Janette Sadik-Kahn! Every time I visited, there was something new and wonderful. This year, visiting for the North American Passive House Network conference, was a very different experience. There is a different feel to the city....