Marvel’s new limited series, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, premiered on Disney+ on 19 March 2021, and received the highest streams on the platform over its opening weekend. Along with the return of the charismatic duo Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan (as the Falcon and the Winter Soldier respectively), the series also sees the return of Emily Van Camp […]Read More
Set in the Marvel universe immediately after Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision depicts a grieving Wanda Maximoff and her ‘family’ living a suburban life in a fabricated micro-universe of Wanda’s own making. Liked WandaVision? Read Yasmin’s review here and Andrew’s take here! Growing up on sitcoms, Wanda seemingly desires the traditional happy family portrayed on TV. These […]Read More
Read Andrew’s take here. Marvel’s latest offering is a deep dive into the most powerful human emotions, with plenty of supernatural and superhuman elements thrown in. *Spoilers ahead * For the last nine weeks, the latest cultural phenomenon has been Marvel’s newest TV show WandaVision, with each episode streaming weekly on Disney+. With the temporary […]Read More
Read Yasmin’s take here. It might be time to reconsider the notion that you know what you will get from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). WandaVision, the MCU’s first foray into television using their movie stars, redefines the perception of the franchise. It opens up some exciting possibilities for the future of the superhero genre […]Read More
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been on our screens for nearly 15 years now. Since then, we have been treated to over twenty films – most recently, Marvel and Disney+ have teamed up to create several miniseries’ following different Avengers. The first installment was WandaVision, with its final episode released last Friday (March 5). Personally, WandaVision was something that I […]Read More
Contains spoilers for Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Endgame and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Just over a week ago, Marvel delighted its fanbase by releasing a clutch of new trailers—including one for upcoming Disney+ show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which sees Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles as the eponymous superheroes, Sam […]Read More
With Wandavision finally premiering on Disney+, we have our first look at Marvel Studios’ foray into television. The strange sitcom spoof is already baffling viewers, and although Marvel is often criticised for its cookie-cutter movie formula, the new show signals that they are open to taking risks in the domain of television. Out of the eleven other […]Read More
As England braces itself for another lockdown of an indeterminate length, many people may be faced with the same bleak feelings of despair and anxiety that accompanied them throughout most of 2020. It’s easy to fall into a pattern of wake up, eat, work, sleep, repeat, all without actually feeling like we’ve accomplished anything with […]Read More
Christmas came early for Marvel geeks as Disney’s Investor Day unleashed a tonne of announcements and updates, including a first look at multiple exciting up-coming MCU shows. This included the much-anticipated and long-awaited Marvel series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier which, originally, was set to premiere in August this year. Now expected to debut […]Read More
The God of Mischief is to return to our screens in May 2021, according to an announcement made by Kevin Fiege at Disney’s 2020 Investor Day presentation. The series, simply titled Loki, will be released in six parts on Disney+. Loki will be directed by Kate Herron, with screenplay from Michael Waldron. Tom Hiddleston will […]Read More
2020’s Walt Disney Company Investor Day established one thing: Marvel fans have a lot to look forward to over the next few years. Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, gave fans an exclusive look at the studio’s first animated series, What If…?, which is heading to Disney+ in 2021. What If…?, which is based on […]Read More
Disney has announced that it will have two new series focusing on female superheroes, as part of their ever-growing empire of new projects. Ticking the diversity boxes that the industry has been very much lacking in, Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk will be added to their highly-anticipated Marvel lineup to be released over the next few […]Read More
Stemming the misery of 2020, if only for a moment, the Disney Investor Day was truly a day to behold, with truckloads upon truckloads of new content announced to look forward to in the coming years. But in the stream of new faces added to the MCU in shows like Moonknight and Ms Marvel, it […]Read More
Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series ‘Ms. Marvel’ has finally found its face – in the form of young, up-and-coming actress Iman Vellani. The teen actress is a newcomer on the scene, with her role as Kamala Khan set to be her very first major Hollywood production. However, she participated at the 2019 Toronto International Film […]Read More
Ryan Gosling has proven himself the go-to man for… well, any film with “man” in the title. The Wolfman, The Gray Man and an untitled Stuntman project. Maybe someone should give him a CGI role in the next Marvel film for a bit of variation. Then again, he probably won’t even have time for that, […]Read More
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