Tag: Black Widow
Marvel’s Avengers Price Drops 90% Ahead of Delisting
That Avengers game almost nobody played and even fewer people liked is going out with a whimper instead of the bang you’d expect from Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. At the beginning of the year, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics announced that their big superhero video game, Marvel’s Avengers, would...
Read MoreScarlett Johansson Rules Out Returning to Marvel
Black Widow will sting no more, at least in the movies. In a recent appearance on Gwyneth Paltrow’s podcast Gloop (because of course Gwyneth Paltrow’s podcast is called Gloop; I know it’s the name of her product line, but still, it screams Gwyneth Paltrow), Scarlett Johansson told her fellow M...
Read MoreD23 Updates: Marvel Edition
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Sep 10, 2022 | 0
The recent Marvel D23 panel was underwhelming, to say the least. Marvel Studios didn’t confirm any major casting like those rumored for Fantastic Four, roles for Henry Cavill or John Boyega. The grand total of the public revelations boils down to a few posters, confirmation of previously e...
Read MoreMarvel’s Phase 4 Profits are Down by Half
Marvel Studios is facing a much more menacing villain than Kang the Conqueror or Doctor Doom: declining profits. The Wall Street Journal reports that Marvel’s Phase 4 output has been underperforming mightily. “Since Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, the studio has produced 25 superhero films that ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 5 “Ronin”
“Ronin,” the penultimate episode of Hawkeye, is maybe the worst yet. It’s little more than connective tissue, a series of dull scenes that move characters into place for the finale, but not in exciting or fun ways. There are plot developments that further diminish what should have been the ser...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 4 “Partners, Am I Right?”
Every so often, a show will deliver an episode that, though unintentionally, perfectly encapsulates the series as a whole. “Partners, Am I Right?” is that for Hawkeye, at least so far. It gives the characters a breather after last week’s action-heavy episode, and while a few meaningful moments...
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