Dynasty

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMarvel will reportedly retitle the forthcoming Avengers movie following Jonathan Majors’ assault conviction.Majors, 34, previously played Kang the Conqueror in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the streaming series Loki.The next instalment in the multi-billion-dollar grossing Avengers franchise was set to be titled: Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.However, last December, Majors…

Superhero movies are in a weird place right now, especially at Marvel’s house of ideas. Even as recent films struggle to land with audiences like the surefire hits of old, the studio is ready to look ahead with the heightened interest in what’s on the horizon. But part of that horizon includes navigating the murky waters around the next Avengers movie.Ant-man’s Director on *That* End Credits SceneThe Hollywood Reporter writes—as part of a larger piece examining Marvel’s current trials and tribulations, from the lackluster…

Ben Lanzarone, the composer, arranger, musical director and pianist who wrote music for such shows as Dynasty, Happy Days, Mr. Belvedere and The Tracey Ullman Show, has died. He was 85. Lanzarone died Friday in his Los Angeles home of lung cancer, his family announced. The Brooklyn native toured with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Art Garfunkel, Mary Travers, Anthony Newley, Petula Clark, Lainie Kazan and Mason Williams and for Broadway served as the musical director on the original 1972-80…

Neowiz has revealed that a free update for Lies of P will arrive on February 14. It's Lies of P's collaboration with Koei Tecmo's Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.A new trailer for the update was released and it shows off a new exclusive Azure Dragon Crescent Glaive weapon for the protagonist. The protagonist will also receive the Armor of the Honorable piece of equipment as well as the Bandana of the Honorable costume. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition is also available starting today, and it has…

After Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty received Lies of P-themed DLC back in September, now the puppet souls-like will reciprocate. Neowiz revealed today that a new free Wo Long-themed DLC pack will hit the game next week on February 13. Here is the pack in action which includes weapon and armor costume cosmetics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS8j0CjD4WE The two Souls-like action RPG’s are going to collide once more as Lies of P fans will get access to several pieces of cosmetic DLC as part of the free pack including:…

Not so long ago, we expected Avengers: The Kang Dynasty to be Marvel Studios’ next sure bet for success, but that prediction changed once Jonathan Majors was dropped from the franchise and the fifth Avengers movie had to go back to the drawing board. As things stand, we’re just currently calling the film Avengers 5 as we await updated info on what new screenwriter Michael Waldron (Loki season 1, Doctor Strange 2) will offer up. Originally, Kang Dynasty had a director and a different writer locked in, with Shang-Chi‘s…

The rubbing of a tomb epitaph of a deceased elite (Du Zhongliang 杜忠良) in the Tang Dynasty. Red = surname and choronym; Blue = grandfather and father's full name and office rank; Yellow = the deceased elite's career trajectory; Green = age at death and time of death. Credit: Image courtesy of the National Library of China. In studying social mobility in today's industrialized nations, researchers typically rely on data from the…

Kang came, he saw, but he didn’t conquer. After just one movie and a handful of Loki episodes, Jonathan Majors is officially out as the MCU‘s second big bad. While we don’t know for certain if the character will be kicked to the curb alongside him, there’s a definite strong feeling that Kang’s dynasty is over before it even began. Just look at the fact that 2026’s Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is reportedly being referred to as simply Avengers 5 behind the scenes. Needless to say, this is all a rather embarrassing turn…

There is a snippet of “The Illiad, or The Poem of Force,” Simone Weil’s 1940 essay about the blind poet Homer’s Trojan War epic, that has always stuck with me: “The progress of the war in the Iliad is simply a continual game of seesaw. The victor of the moment feels himself invincible, even though, only a few hours before, he may have experienced defeat; he forgets to treat victory as a transitory thing.” The Golden State Warriors seemed invincible once. Now, far from it. Nobody saw this coming five years ago,…

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty‘s core campaign is overflowing with missions, loot, and more that provide tons of playtime for the average player, but that hasn’t stopped Team Ninja from adding even more into the game with a thrilling trio of DLCs. The game’s final piece of downloadable content comes by way of the Upheaval of Jingxiang, providing fresh main and sub-missions, a brand-new Whip weapon to use, and an even harder difficulty for true enthusiasts to clear. If you’re ready to dive in and see how Team Ninja is…