Fury

Blasting debris clear into the stratosphere, the eruption of Tonga's Hunga Volcano in January, 2022, shattered records for its explosive power.A study by researchers across the US has uncovered more shocking firsts for the event, estimating an astonishing 192,000 flashes of lightning rippling through its tumultuous plume of ash and water vapor in just 11 hours.Those flashes peaked at a rate of 2,615 per minute, the researchers revealed, making it officially the most intense lightning storm on record. It also produced the…

At my public speaking events, the most common question I get these days is, “What gives you hope?” In the face of multiple, cascading crises in American life, the pressure is on to be optimistic. To be sure, despair offers little motivation for action. But there can be fine lines between hope, wishful thinking and denial. And sometimes anger and outrage are more appropriate sentiments than optimism and hope. Consider gun violence, which is now an everyday occurrence in the U.S. In March six people—including three…

Brad Pitt Once Saved The Day As He Sorted Things Between Scott Eastwood & Shia LaBeouf ( Photo Credit – Facebook ) Brad Pitt is one of the biggest Hollywood stars who has performed various characters throughout his acting career. With many movies, the actor has proved his mettle in the showbiz industry. While working on the 2014’s World War II movie Fury, the actor once had to intervene when Shia LaBeouf confronted Scott Eastwood about a filming miscommunication. Released in 2014, Fury was an American war film…

Images via Marvel Studios After a gap of four full years, if you can believe it, Samuel L. Jackson is finally returning to the Marvel universe as Nick Fury in the incoming Disney Plus series Secret Invasion, and he’s wasting no time in admitting the one thing that he wishes would change about his beloved character. Although Jackson’s tongue-in-cheek comments are nothing compared to the shade his Avengers co-star Elizabeth Olsen has thrown on a major part of her own MCU journey. Let’s begin: Samuel L. Jackson…

On the face of it, rage and joy are not an easy aesthetic fit. Rage is engaged, rope-veined; joy is free and light – frivolous, even. And yet the collected works of musical activist Kathleen Hanna – across three bands: 1990s punk outfit Bikini Kill, her electronic bedroom pop project the Julie Ruin, and Le Tigre, a multimedia collaboration alongside Johanna Fateman (mostly guitar) and JD Samson (mostly synths) – dance along the tightrope between fury and fun.Now on a reunion tour – they’re in the UK for the first time in…

There’s a couple of new hints about the Venture Bros. movie, as well as the next Resident Evil film. Peter Dinklage discusses Scourge’s miserable life under Unicron in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Plus, get a look at the next DC animated movie, Justice League: Warworld. Spoilers now!Spoilers of the Week: July 1stResident Evil: The Umbrella ChroniclesAccording to Bloody-Disgusting, Production Weekly and The Resident Evil Wiki, the upcoming Resident Evil movie, The Umbrella Chronicles, will be based on Resident Evil 0…

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Actress Riley Keough Had Self-Doubts Despite Being Elvis Presley’s Granddaughter ( Photo Credit – Bang Showbiz ) Riley Keough didn’t think she’d be “taken seriously” in Hollywood. The 34-year-old star is the granddaughter of late music icon Elvis Presley, her mother is the late Lisa Marie Presley and her ex-husband Danny Keough – and she started her movie career in 2010 at the age of 20 in the supporting role in the musical biopic ‘The Runaways’ as Marie Currie. Riley went on to have parts in…

The Man who Laughs Bandai Namco has revealed yet another veteran fighter headed to the roster of its upcoming sequel, Tekken 8 — And following on from the fun ‘n’ games of Lili Rochefort and Asuka Kazama, this newest trailer brings a whole lot more darkness, fear, and pain, with the return of psychopathic mercenary Bryan Fury! Making his debut in 1997’s Tekken 3, Bryan Fury is a former Hong Kong Interpol agent who was killed in a shootout, also involving celebrated detective Lei Wu-Long. Fury’s corpse was rushed to the…

Do you remember that first post-credits scene in 'Iron Man' when a certain one-eyed man stepped out of the shadows, announcing something called the "Avenger Initiative"? That was our first introduction to Nick Fury, masterfully played by Samuel L. Jackson, a character who has since become a cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). As we eagerly gear up for the premiere of 'Secret Invasion', let's take a whimsical stroll down memory lane and chart the fantastic evolution of our favourite super spy. (ALSO READ:…

Cannes is nothing if not traditional, and this year returned to its newest, grimmest annual tradition: the statement of solidarity with the Ukrainian cause. A short film was shown about the outrage of kidnapping and “Russifying” Ukrainian children from captured territories.As so often, the festival featured its big names, its silverback gorillas and its favoured blue-chip directors, although it annoyed many who couldn’t be included in the club itself: the main competition list. But it wasn’t such a great festival for the…