Andy Muschietti’s The Flash has been surrounded with a lot of buzz recently as the Flashpoint adaptation looks to leave a significant impact on the DCEU moving forward. Fans of the Scarlet Speedster have been waiting some time to see The Flash brought to the big screen. Having taken years to secure a writer, director, and lead actor, the DC blockbuster is finally filming in the UK and is currently set for a November 2022 release....
With Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness just around the corner, it’s easy to forget that there’s another big Marvel Studios blockbuster right after it: Thor: Love & Thunder. After all, there hasn’t even been a trailer yet, so general audiences might not even know it exists. But, it does, and with it, not only will it bring a new Thor to the table in Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster, but also a terrifying new villain in Gorr the God Butcher, portrayed by Academy Award winner Christian Bale....
Unsurprisingly, Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home was a complete and utter success. It broke box office records left and right, with many fans declaring it the best MCU movie ever. It certainly helped that the project saw the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as their respective Spider-Man, and five of the webhead’s previous live-action villains. Now, that movie is coming back to theaters for another run at it....
The Flash is designed to answer important questions about the DCEU’s future due to the fact that the Multiverse is involved in its narrative. However, the issues surrounding Ezra Miller have led to uncertainty about his time with the franchise. The actor was charged with second-degree assault in Hawaii, with him being arrested twice. Despite addressing the allegations thrown at him, Miller responded by posting memes on his Instagram account, fueling even more controversy in the process....
I do go on about those ridiculous sliver towers going up in New York City, but have to admit that they are remarkable feats of engineering. Buildings that are tall and slender have to bend with the wind, and they often have what’s called a mass damper so that you don’t get seasick zillionaires seeing whitecaps in their toilets as they throw up. The structure would still stand without the dampers, but as an engineer noted in the New York Times,...
In which we tackle one of life’s more pressing queries. In this wacky world so full of wonders, there are many questions to be asked. Why is the sky blue? What came first, the chicken or the egg? What do polar bears smell like? OK, maybe that last one isn’t on the top of everyone’s list of essential mysteries, but I for one really have pondered this. In my mind, they smell like part dog/part blizzard – but of course, that’s coming from the the brain of a city mouse living in Brooklyn....
It changes everything – how you think about bikes and how you think about cars. I often paraphrase analyst Horace Dediu and say, “E-bikes will eat cars.” I have now been riding a Gazelle Medeo e-bike for six months and can report that it’s true; it ate my car. Figuratively, of course. We still own a Subaru Impreza that my wife drives. But the e-bike has totally changed my habits, how much I drive, and even my actual ability to drive....
The age of diesel and petrol cars is ending. It’s time to do the same for fossil fuel heating. It’s hard to convince anyone in North America about the evils of gas furnaces (or boilers, as they are called in Europe where most people heat with hot water) when gas is so cheap and the industry has done such a good job of brainwashing us about how clean it is. And it is true that it is lower in CO2 emissions than any other fossil fuel....
After Marvel Studios’ short hiatus following the season finale of What If…?, attention will shift to the theatrical release of Chloé Zhao’s Eternals in early November 2021. While the MCU is just beginning to tackle its overarching narrative after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Eternals has a chance to span thousands of years of history thanks to the central heroes’ immortality. The promotional material and reporting on the movie have both teased numerous periods of human history that the plot will explore, although the core story seems to take place after Endgame according to the second full trailer....
Almost nobody has a higher number of recent MCU appearances under his belt than Benedict Wong as the now-Sorcerer Supreme, Wong. Within the past year and a half alone, he appeared as a minor cameo alongside both Simu Liu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Most recently, he took on his biggest role yet in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....
Forget the idea that you need to be an expert. Give yourself permission to dabble if you’re curious. Seven years ago, I was invited to a knitting group. I didn’t want to go because I’d never knitted before in my life, but I was alone in a strange town, had nothing else to do, and it was my birthday. Much to my surprise, I discovered I liked the repetitive act of slipping a pointy needle under a loop of yarn....
Todd Philips and Joaquin Phoenix are set to reunite in Joker: Folie A Deux, the sequel to 2019’s Joker. Phoenix will be joined by a stellar cast that includes returning actress Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, Brendan Gleeson, and Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn. The exact plot details are still being kept under wraps, but the first teaser confirmed that it will tap into musical elements. In addition, Joker: Folie A Deux will take place inside Arkham Asylum....
The DCEU’s The Flash film will look to shake the franchise to its core by incorporating the Flashpoint storyline combined with the multiverse approach. The film will see the return of Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen, and the actor will be joined by fellow Snyder Cut actress Kiersey Clemons, who is set to reprise her role as Iris West. So far, the exact plot details of The Flash are still being kept under wraps, even though story beats of DC’s Flashpoint event are expected to factor in the core narrative....
Marvel Studios is already proving itself to be taking bold steps forward in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to its efforts on Disney+, a path that will continue this week with Tom Hiddleston’s Loki series. The next one on the docket is this August’s What If…?, which will be the MCU’s first step into the world of animation through the lens of the Infinity Saga. The biggest characters from Phases 1-3 will get their shine in alternate reality stories like Natasha Romanoff tackling a post-Ultron scenario and Tony Stark finding himself stuck on Sakaar, all after things open up with Peggy Carter becoming Captain Britain....
Sony’s Spider-Man universe had its fair share of ups and downs over the years, mainly due to the departure of the franchise’s famous webslinger when he transferred over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite that, Sony decided to capitalize on the situation by pushing Eddie Brock’s Venom to the forefront, thus leading to the birth of a new anti-hero. After being initially introduced in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, Marvel’s famous symbiote was rebooted to fit in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters....
A new report detailing events in the upcoming Blue Beetle movie teased similarities between the new DC Universe hero and Marvel’s Spider-Man.Becoming the third of four new DC movies to hit the big screen in 2023 for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Blue Beetle will introduce a hero that’s never gotten his own theatrical spotlight before in Jaime Reyes. Featuring an all-star cast of actors like comedy icon George Lopez and Susan Sarandon, Xolo Maridueña will embody Reyes as the young teenager embraces his new superpowers....
We all have to change the way we live or we are in big trouble. But let’s be real about it. One of the first things they tell you when you start writing stuff that goes on the Internet is DON’T READ THE COMMENTS. Many websites have given up on comments because it’s so hard to manage the trolls. I personally love comments and always read them, and have learned a lot from them; we have commenters who know so much about the subjects we write about, they correct our mistakes, they add a valuable component of discussion and exchange....
With a title like Spider-Man: No Way Home, fans aren’t sure where the upcoming threequel will leave Spidey by the time the credits roll. Interestingly enough, leading up to the film, the same could be said for Tom Holland and his future as the web-slinger under Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios. Due to the studios’ short-lived Spider-Man split which Holland reportedly helped remedy, the Spider-Man actor has been vague about his character’s future while promoting No Way Home....
The High Republic is the next exciting initiative to come out of Lucasfilm, bringing Star Wars fans an entirely new era in the galaxy far, far away. The series takes place in a time when the Jedi and the Republic are at their peak, enjoying a period of peace as revealed by the project’s ‘opening crawl.’ The new initiative will be set around 200 years prior to the events of The Phantom Menace, according to a promo video about The High Republic....
With a franchise like Star Wars, love for the world goes far beyond film and television. The world of gaming has always been one of fans’ favorite places to get lost in a galaxy far, far away. Whether it be with Battlefront, Knights of the Old Republic, or Squadrons, literally becoming part of that universe in the digital sphere is a unique experience other mediums can’t achieve. One of the most recent successful Star Wars games was Respawn Entertainment’s Jedi: Fallen Order, which introduced a new hero for fans to fall in love with....
