Superhero films didn’t start with Robert Downey Jr. declaring “I am Iron Man” — there were blockbuster hits, huge swing-and-a-miss failures, and pockets of comic-book cinematic universes way before the MCU came along. The history of Marvel at the movies is long, complicated, and a virtual multiverse of copyright ownerships …
Read More »Watch Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman Cameo in Stray Kids' 'Chk Chk Boom' Video
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are really ramping up their promotion for forthcoming Marvel film Deadpool & Wolverine. The duo’s latest appearance comes in the music video for Stray Kids‘ new single, “Chk Chk Boom,” which sees the actors pretending to be a weather man and a news anchor on …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds Gave Up His First 'Deadpool' Salary to Fund On-Set Writer's Room
Deadpool and Wolverine, out later this month, is the third release in Marvel Studios’ Deadpool film series. Like its two predecessors, 2016’s Deadpool and 2018’s Deadpool 2, the film is led by Ryan Reynolds on screen and, collaboratively, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick in the writer’s room. In a recent …
Read More »'Welcome to Wrexham' Wins No Matter What
This post contains spoilers for the third season of Welcome to Wrexham, which is now streaming in its entirety on Hulu. Last week, I found myself wildly cheering a play in a game that happened a yearand a half ago, in a sport I had never much cared about previously, …
Read More »Taylor Swift Isn't Making Her Marvel Debut in 'Deadpool & Wolverine' After All
Sorry to the very specific group of people who fall into the center of the Swifties and Marvel fans Venn diagram, but Taylor Swift is not in Deadpool & Wolverine. Over the weekend, a teaser trailer and poster for the upcoming Marvel release, out June 26, sparked rumors that the …
Read More »'Deadpool & Wolverine' Teaser Has People Arguing If These Legs Belong to Taylor Swift or Blake Lively
Today for some reason marks “Best Friends Day,” which gave Ryan Reynolds a good enough excuse to post the latest teaser for Deadpool & Wolverine. While the minute-long clip offers up more footage of Dogpool and the villain’s Giant Man hideaway, it’s a pair of legs — and which famous …
Read More »We Have Reached Peak Ryan Reynolds, Movie Star and 21st Century Celebrity
Withering exasperation is not an emotion one usually expects to encounter at great length in a family film. But what else could John Krasinski have been seeking when he secured Ryan Reynolds to star as a sad clown in his mawkish new live-action fairy tale, IF? Reynolds plays Cal, a …
Read More »'Deadpool & Wolverine' Trailer: What Could Go Wrong With These Two Together?
What would hurt worse, Wolverine‘s claws slicing right into your groin or Deadpool‘s semiautomatic handguns firing into your flanks while he cradles you spread eagle on icy terrain? The trailer for Marvel’s upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine doesn’t answer that question — these two seem to survive on pithy sass and …
Read More »'Deadpool & Wolverine' Super Bowl Trailer Introduces Disney to Pegging
“Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo. But it is for Disney…” With that Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) introduces himself to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the new trailer for Wolverine & Deadpool, premiering during Super Bowl LVIII. Yes, while his wife Blake Lively watched the big game between the Kansas …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds Plays Matchmaker for Imaginary Friends in Inner-Child Healing 'IF' Trailer
In the trailer for John Krasinski‘s upcoming film IF, the portal to the world of imaginary friends is located behind a secret door in New York’s Coney Island — and Ryan Reynolds has the keys. In theaters May 17, the film stars Reynolds alongside Cailey Fleming as their characters embark …
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