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The Most Overhated Modern Superhero Movies

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EJ Moreno looks at a selection of unfairly maligned superhero movies… Nowadays, all we hear is “superhero fatigue,” with audiences and critics growing tired of the genre. As cinema has been dominated by DC and Marvel for decades now, it seems like almost every superhero movie is met with a blah reaction. But that wasn’t […]

Mondo unveils Rogue and Gambit X-Men: The Animated Series sixth scale figures

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As Disney+ gears up to release Marvel’s new X-Men ’97 series, Mondo has unveiled the sixth scale Rogue and Gambit figure which are based on the appearance of the heroes in the beloved 1990s series X-Men: The Animated Series and are available to pre-order now; check out the promotional images below… A badass who always […]

Mark Ruffalo says a standalone Hulk movie might be too expensive to ever happen

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There has been numerous rumours throughout the years about whether-or-not Mark Ruffalo would get to burst through his purple shorts in a standalone Incredible Hulk movie, but now even the actor himself appears to have come to the conclusion that it might never happen.  During an interview with GQ in which the Poor Things Oscar-nominee discussed […]

Marvel’s Avengers 5 drops The Kang Dynasty from its title

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In a not-so-shocking update to the upcoming Avengers 5, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Marvel Studios will no longer be calling the fifth outing its original name of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. During a piece looking at how the MCU must retool itself, given recent backlash and overall superhero fatigue, the outlet also […]

Bob Marley smokes Madame Web at the weekend box office

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Bob Marley: One Love outperformed expectations over the holiday weekend to the tune of $51 Million, but there was little love at all for Sony’s latest Marvel stinker Madame Web, which opened in second place with $25.8 million.  Paramount’s Bob Marley biopic, which stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary reggae singer, was projected to open […]

Comic Book Preview – Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1

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Marvel Comics releases Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 this coming Wednesday, and we have the official preview for you below… Groot has been on a journey for the past year, and all the growth and loss and heartache have been for this moment. Can the Guardians confront their pasts to ensure their family has […]

Comic Book Preview – Predator: The Last Hunt #1

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Marvel Comics releases Predator: The Last Hunt #1 on Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below; check it out… THE HUNT CONTINUES! HUNT. KILL. REPEAT. For years, Theta has hunted and killed Predators in her search for the one that killed her parents. Now she’s on a mission to […]

WWIII is about to erupt in new Deadpool & Wolverine series from Marvel

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As well as teaming up in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine movie, which received its first trailer during last weekend’s Super Bowl, Wade Wilson and Logan are set to reunite in comic form in May as the creative team of Joe Kelly and Adam Kubert unleash the three-part limited series Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII. […]

Comic Book Preview – Alien: Black, White & Blood #1

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Marvel Comics unleashes Alien Black, White & Blood #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below… THE ALIEN UNIVERSE AS ONLY MARVEL COULD IMAGINE IT! Black, white, red—and GREEN! Marvel Comics and 20th Century Studios present a kill-fest of an anthology in chest-rending artistic detail! Superstars […]