Tag: superheroes
What Does Quantumania’s Box Office Drop Mean for Marvel?
Ant-Man and the Wasp are being squashed like bugs. In its second weekend, Marvel’s latest superhero outing, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, dropped from its $106 million domestic opening to just under $32 million, according to The Numbers. This is a 70% drop, the worst in the MCU’s history. I...
Read MoreWas Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Almost a Good Movie?
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has been out for a week – with no apology to moviegoers forthcoming, it would seem – so it’s time to get into the nitty-gritty of the film and why it doesn’t work. As luck would have it, screenwriter Jeff Loveness did an interview with The Hollywood Reporter...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 3 “Rogues of War”
“Rogues of War” should be a lot better than it is. The Rogues used to be cool; they were an outlaw band of thieves led by Captain Cold, and their episodes were fun. Now, they’re a bunch of losers who should’ve been one-off villains (and not even that, in some cases), spouting corny lines and...
Read MoreAre Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan Coming Back to Marvel?
Professor X and Magneto may not be done with their chess game yet. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight while promoting season 3 of Picard (which is supposed to be really good), Stewart was asked if he’d be returning to play Charles Xavier after his brief appearance in Doctor Strange in the ...
Read MoreDisney Slowing Marvel TV Production, The Marvels Delayed
Disney may be trying to combat “superhero fatigue” in addition to cutting costs. A week ago, Bob Iger talked about “curating” the company’s top brands. “In additionally[sic] we are going to lean more into our franchises, our core franchises, and our brands. I talked about curation in gen...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 9, Episode 2 “Hear No Evil”
“Hear No Evil” is a big stumble for The Flash after a good premiere, and it bodes ill for the show’s final season. While there are some good themes of personal choice and weighing human lives, one of the main characters is treated with shocking callousness, a new character fails to impress, an...
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