Between the three Marvel Cinematic Universe movies Disney released in theaters in 2018, it’s easy to slot each of them into a set of pretty simply defined critical roles. Black Panther is the big prestige picture, helmed by an up-and-coming directing star, tackling complicated emotional and political themes, and…
Since the announcement of the merger between Disney and 21st Century Fox, people have wondered how, exactly, all of these disparate comic book characters would finally be brought together. For years, Marvel superheroes like the X-Men and the Fantastic Four have been sequestered to separate franchises, timelines, and…
Fans of Marvel’s superheroes, sick and tired of never having any Marvel superhero movies to watch, are eagerly anticipating the next Avengers. Desperate for any clues as to what’s next after this year’s Infinity War ended on a big old cliffhanger, they’ve now been given something huge to look into: a photo of an empty…
Leslie Jones uses her Twitter account as an endless source for infectious enthusiasm, like when she managed to make the Olympics seems really cool in 2016 despite the fact that NBC’s real commentators couldn’t seem to care less. Late last night, she finally got around to watching Avengers: Infinity War, and as you…
Michael B. Jordan’s time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is probably over, barring some flashback scenes in the Black Panther sequel or a weird side effect of the snap heard ’round existence at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. But his raw and powerful performance as Erik Killmonger (a.k.a N’Jadaka) earned him lots…
Actor Josh Brolin, 50, has peed his pants.
Jeremy Renner has had an unusual year. And we’re not just saying that because the guy broke both of his arms filming a movie where grown men play tag, although that might be part of it.
Multiple characters in Avengers: Infinity War state that intergalactic warlord Thanos’ ultimate goal is to restore balance to the universe by wiping out half of all life, and by the end, he finally makes it happen thanks to the limitless power of the Infinity Gauntlet. The movie then showed the devastating aftermath…
(Spoilers for The Avengers: Infinity War below.)
Marvel really went out of its way to keep a lid on Avengers: Infinity War spoilers, including using misleading trailers, letting Thanos threaten Twitter users who might drop hints about the [REDACTED], and making Benedict Cumberbatch sign a contract to remain at Tom Holland’s side 24/7 for the next two years or so…
[Warning: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War below.]
Most people in the world have no idea what’s going to happen in Avengers 4, but Samuel L. Jackson has come up with a pretty good theory. Speaking with Vulture, he says he’s pretty sure the resolution to Thanos’ genocidal dreams—which have gone largely unchecked up until now—will involve Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel.…
Avengers: Infinity War has just passed $2 billion at the global box office after only 48 days, putting it in an exclusive club of Hollywood elites that also includes Avatar, Titanic, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens—the only other movies to have reached this milestone. That comes from Variety, which notes that …
Marvel fans are still trying to keep track of who was and was not wiped out by Thanos’ genocidal finger-snap at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, but aside from who we actually see in the movie and who gets a good result from this Thanos website, we’re just going to have to depend on Marvel actors arbitrarily decided…
[Warning: Spoilers for a movie that’s been out for a while now. If you haven’t seen Avengers: Infinity War yet, but are excited enough about it to not want any spoilers, what’s the hold-up?]
It’s always fun when a phone number or website URL mentioned in a movie or TV show actually works, as the How I Met Your Mother fans who spent hours watching the Slap Bet countdown know, but nothing is as soul-crushing as testing out a phone number or URL you heard in a movie and realizing that it doesn’t go anywhere.…
First, the great news: Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be back for a sixth season. The perpetually on-the-bubble show rallied and overcame adversity yet again, almost like some sort of group of heroic fighters would or something, and will return to save the world anew. That just leaves us with one more big…
Mom doesn’t want flowers or a bottle of bubble bath for Mothers’ Day. She wants Captain America’s beard. That’s the takeaway from this weekend, where Avengers: Infinity War easily topped the domestic charts for the third weekend in a row with $61.8 million, beating the week’s two new wide releases: Melissa McCarthy’s …
(Spoilers for Infinity War and whatever the next movie is called below.)
[The following contains major spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War and the Guardians Of The Galaxy films.]
