Flopping

A funny thing is happening with The Marvels. Despite enduring no end of negative press during its theatrical run, fans are coming to the much-maligned sequel’s defense now that it’s available on digital. As new viewers discover it and others give it another go from the comfort of their couches, The Marvels‘ reputation looks to be receiving a much-needed boost in MCU fandom circles. Unfortunately, this will do little to turn the movie’s metrics around in the grand scheme of things. With a worldwide gross of a little over…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIt had been coming. The Marvel Cinematic Universe – the superhero franchise that has dominated the box office for the better part of 15 years – is crashing back down to Earth. It’s spent the past few years drifting out of its lucrative orbit, mind you; ever since 2019’s cathartic crossover film Avengers: Endgame, the MCU has struggled to curry consistent interest in its ever-ballooning…

At first blush, it would seem that the right wing would be just as excited as everyone else for the Barbie movie, which opens in wide release this Friday. There is, to be sure, much for conservatives to love: the doll Margot Robbie’s character is based on is a white woman who hews to conventional feminine beauty standards. She has no reproductive organs, so she can’t have sex out of wedlock or get pregnant; nor does she have any orifices, so both speech and sodomy are out of the question. And she’s married to a blandly…

SAN FRANCISCO —  Anthony Davis, who exited Game 5 after getting hit in the head by Golden State’s Kevon Looney, was the last player to leave the Lakers locker room Wednesday night, walking to the team bus alongside a Lakers staff member and team security.When the team’s locker room opened nearly 30 minutes after the game, Davis’ locker was empty.The Lakers didn’t say for what Davis was being evaluated.“I didn’t see the shot. I just the aftermath,” LeBron James said. “But the medical team said he’s doing better. That’s…

via Warner Bros. The ongoing existence and success of such properties as James Bond, Jason Bourne, Mission: Impossible, Jack Ryan, Kingsman, and many others indicates that audiences are eager for recurring espionage adventures on both the big and small screen, but Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. didn’t even get a chance to state a case. Despite winning stellar reviews and almost immediately securing a status as a fun-filled and frothy spy caper, the adaptation of the classic TV show cratered at the box…

Focus Features Wes Anderson is bringing the entirety of Hollywood to bear on the box office through his new sci-fi rom-com Asteroid City, but the inclusion of Margot Robbie might bode ill for the flick when it premieres in theaters later this year. From across the geekdom, MCU fans are mourning the loss of certain characters all over again. More specifically, a lot of them regret the fact that some iconic character duos will never happen. Check out these beats and more in today’s sci-fi roundup down below. This…