The Defenders may be returning, but not quite as we know them. According to That Hashtag Show, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the Punisher will show up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they’ll be played by Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, and Jon Bernthal, as they were on their Netflix series. Vin...
Read More“One World, One People” is, if nothing else, the blissful end to this tedious chore of a series. It’s as obnoxiously preachy as you’d expect after last week, but it’s worse because it revels in its effectively admitted ignorance. Parts of it are good, though, and those parts frustrate beca...
Read MoreThe Skrulls are beginning to take shape, as Marvel’s Secret Invasion has added some new cast members. The first to be reported was Kingsley Ben-Adir via Deadline; Ben-Adir, known for portraying Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, is supposedly playing one of the main villains, which must make him a S...
Read MoreThe superhero updates are coming in strong today, as Marvel has released the first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi is about a warrior whose past – a past he thought he’d abandoned – catches up with him, and he’s called upon ...
Read MoreThe condescendingly titled “Truth” (which, since no big answers to anything are revealed, can only mean “We’re about to lay some truth on you”) is the episode where The Falcon and the Winter Soldier goes all-in on identity politics and makes Captain America all about race. People who want ...
Read MoreWith “The Whole World is Watching,” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier continues to continue. That’s all it feels like at this point; it’s going through its paces to get to the end. There are bland characters (some of whom used to be fun and cool), weak humor, dull conversations written by pe...
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