Despite an awkward social media deluge about wokeism before its premiere, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has proven to be a refreshing return to form on Disney+. In a series of batch releases, the animated show captivated audiences weekly with its remix of Peter Parker in the MCU while also throwing in a cornucopia of references […]
Marvel Insists Liv Tyler Was on Set for Captain America: Brave New World Despite Her Scenes Looking Like That
Captain America: Brave New World is one of the most peculiar MCU watches we’ve had in a while. While there are certainly narrative reasons that could be the case–mostly in that it is, bizarrely, more of a sequel to 2008’s Incredible Hulk film much more than it is a fourth Captain America movie–it’s mostly because it feels […]
Madame Web’s Love Language Is Hitting People With Cars
The season of love is in the air once more, but a different anniversary is joining it this year: it’s been one year to the day since Madame Web‘s web dared to connect us all, often in spite of itself. In the last 12 months I have found myself embracing the camp period movie vibe that Madame […]
Pop Culture Gear Is Getting More Luxurious, But Maybe It Shouldn’t
Pop culture goods have come a long way from basic black tees with movie titles screen-printed on them—you know the ones, you’d find them tucked away in a corner of a video store by the posters and collectibles. As millennial culture expanded the demand into mall mainstays like Hot Topic, which went on to grow […]
The Complicated History of Sabra, Marvel’s Israeli Superheroine
Ever since Captain America famously leaped into action decking Hitler 85 years ago, Marvel Comics has been fascinated with the idea of superheroic nationalism. In Steve Rogers’ wake, flag-bedecked heroes representing a plethora of world powers, either as a response to the American creation of the supersoldier serum or the simple necessity of a superheroic […]
Anthony Mackie Hated a Huge Part of His Falcon and the Winter Soldier Cap Costume
When you’re playing a well-established superhero, certain parts of the super-suit are set in stone. But while the shield is always going to be part of Captain America‘s get-up, turns out there’s some wiggle room for parts of the costume that the star wearing it—in this case, Anthony Mackie in Captain America: Brave New World—can […]
Thunderbolts’ New Trailer Dropped a Big Tease for Its Actual Villain
Yesterday during the Super Bowl, Marvel gave us another solid look at Thunderbolts, the final movie to bow out the current phase of the MCU, as we prepare to take some fantastic First Steps just a few months later. But while the trailer largely covered re-introducing us to its rag-tag team just like our first big […]
Thunderbolts*’ New Trailer Promises Quippy Chaos and Questionable Heroics
The ragtag ne’er-do-wells are back in action, for better and worse, in Marvel’s latest look at Thunderbolts*—featuring a team-up of second banana characters finally getting to cut loose in their own film. These anti-heroes may not be Avenger-level, but the actors playing them are certainly A-list, including Florence Pugh (as Yelena Belova, seen in Black […]
Marvel Rivals’ First Merchandise Is Both Expected and Unexpected
In a tale that is practically as old as time in internet standards at this point, there is a sense of inevitability that any big new thing—movie, TV show, game, or otherwise—is in want of its own little plastic army of big-headed, occasionally bobble-headed Funko Pop! Vinyls. Marvel Rivals, and its roster of hero designs that […]
Captain America: Brave New World’s Producer Addresses Changes Made to Its Most Controversial Character
Marvel movies are by design meant to appeal to the widest possible audience. They aim to rake in tons of dollars while exciting people about all the other Marvel projects that are inevitably planned for months and years ahead. And while the studio’s not always controversy-free, it obviously does its best to avoid scandal—even when […]