Tag: Ant-Man
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It’s Time for Dracula To Join the MCU
Since the original Iron Man, Marvel Studios has stuck strictly to superhero content, focusing on the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as they battle corporate criminals, alien invaders, secret societies, and otherworldly demons alike. Even now, this branch of the Disney conglomerate still deals largely in superhero media, be it feature films, television events, animated series, and…
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No Pressure, but Can ‘Loki’ Season 2 Save Marvel From Mediocrity?
There’s no denying that the MCU is in a bit of a lull at the moment. Except for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, they haven’t exactly been knocking it out of the park of late. Secret Invasion was underwhelming, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania couldn’t recapture what made Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp…
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Edgar Wright’s Unmade Movies, From ‘Ant-Man’ to a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Sequel
Many, many directors have careers filled with passion projects that never got made, scripts that died in early development, or projects they were attached to briefly before departing. Edgar Wright has a lot of those misses in his back catalog, but the “Shaun of the Dead” and “Baby Driver” director can rest comfortably knowing that…
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The History of the MCU’s Favorite FBI Agent, Jimmy Woo
The character of Jimmy Woo (Randall Park) delighted MCU fans when he appeared in Phase 4’s WandaVision, becoming part of a supporting character super-group with Thor’s Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) and Captain Marvel‘s Monica Rambeau (now grown-up in WandaVision and played by Teyonah Parris). This was in no small part due to the lasting impression…
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We Need More Practical Effects, Hollywood!
2023 has been an interesting year for movies. What was once Hollywood’s easy go to for major box office returns in the form of sequels, nostalgia, and superheroes has not worked this year. Films like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Fast X, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Flash, and The Meg 2…
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Word of Mouth Matters More Than Ever at the Post-Covid Box Office
The summer box office hasn’t been looking so great. So far, films such as The Flash and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny have performed less than predicted and are on their way to losing money for their studios. If you could go back a few months prior, the box office has had a…
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Have Hollywood studios blown it with the streaming glut? They can’t say they weren’t warned
Walt Disney’s CEO Robert Iger says the studio ‘lost focus’ by concentrating on its Disney+ content. Can the blockbuster movie ever recover?Should Marvel and Star Wars fans be starting to get worried that the Disney mea culpas are coming quicker and faster? It was only in February that the mouse house’s CEO, Bob Iger, told…
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We Need More ‘Jack Ryan’ Badassery From Michael Peña
Michael Peña has one of those faces. He’s been in so many movies and television shows that when you see him you likely recognize him from somewhere. Chances are it’s from his fairly recent turn as Luis, the former cellmate of our MCU hero Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) in the first two installments of the…
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M.O.D.O.K Funko Pop Swaps the Quantum Realm for Sdcc
San Diego Comic Con is right around the corner. Because of that, many of the most popular brands have been revealing their exclusive Sdcc lineup of merchandise over the last couple of weeks. This of course includes Funko who’s iconic Pop line is growing by the second and their latest Sdcc Pop is of M.O.D.O.K…
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There’s More to the ‘Batman & Robin’ Hate Than You Think
Every generation gets its own all-time bad comic book movie. Not too long ago, there were so few of these films that the most reviled entries would stick around as stand-ins for innately bad cinema for decades. 2023, however, has already delivered five different American superhero movies within the first six months of the year.…