Before Peter Parker slung webs, before Hulk smashed, before there was Deadpool and Wolverine and Wakanda and mutants and infinity stones and cinematic universes — there was the core Four. You can separate the history of superhero comics into Before and After eras regarding Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s creation …
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The Fantastic Four reintroduce themselves in the first teaser for the highly-anticipated superhero flick that finally brings the legendary quartet into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new clip for The Fantastic Four: First Steps doesn’t give away anything in terms of plot, but it does offer viewers a first glimpse …
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Marvel‘s Fantastic Four has been assembled. In a sweet treat to fans, the entertainment studio announced the official casting for the long-awaited film set for release on July 25, 2025. “Happy Valentine’s Day from Marvel’s First Family,” the social media post teased. “Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph …
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Ridley Scott has the giggles. The revelation that I’m a New Yorker has prompted the legendary director to launch into a winding tale of the time he was on a traveling scholarship after graduating from London’s Royal College of Art. “They said, ‘Where do you want to go?’ And, being …
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“All art is autobiographical,” Federico Fellini once said. “The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” No one would accuse Napoleon, Ridley Scott’s two-and-a-half-hour epic (that’s the theatrical cut’s running time, mind you; there’s a four-hour version waiting in the wings as well) about the French dictator’s rise and fall, of being …
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Modern movies can now be slotted into five distinct categories: Comedies, dramas, horror/sci-fi, superhero films and Tom Cruise. The 61-year-old actor has gone beyond being a marquee-name star to becoming his own movie genre, a sort of one-man blockbuster flavor that borrows liberally from those other types and adds in …
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