Polarizing

by Holly Thorpe, Jaimie Veale, Monica Nelson and Shannon Scovel, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Given recent and often sensationalist media coverage of the issue, it's easy to overlook the fact that transgender athletes have…

via Marvel Television Now that we know the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be assembling its own team of antiheroes and villains ahead of Thunderbolts coming to theaters in July 2024, speculation has inevitably turned to the potential members of the titular unit. The smart money would be on Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine acting as the ringleader, especially following the passing of Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross actor William Hurt, while the top contenders who come up on every wish-list…

Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios We’re well into Phase Four of the MCU right now, and it would be no understatement to say that the reaction has been mixed. Starting with Black Widow and most recently including Thor: Love and Thunder, the recent slate of Marvel films has been a mixed bag for most viewers, but there is one consistently strong factor within most of these movies. Phase Four has produced some of the most exceptional performances by villains in the MCU so far, and this has been highlighted by MCU fans on…

via Universal It takes a special kind of movie to compete at both Hollywood’s most prestigious awards ceremonies and the notorious Razzies, with Ridley Scott’s wildly polarizing House of Gucci becoming one of the latest prominent examples, which only served to reinforce the bizarre trajectory of a project that nobody could ever seem to agree on. Critics couldn’t decide at first whether it was one of the best or worst films of last year, before it went on to become the highest-grossing straightforward drama of…

via Warner Bros. It’s been over 30 years since Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was released, but if you speak to 100 people that have seen the movie at least once, there’s a very high possibility you’re going to get 99 different opinions. Perhaps the only thing everyone can agree on is that Alan Rickman’s hammy turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham is an absolute treasure, and it never gets old watching the distinguished thespian not just chew on the scenery, but threaten to devour it whole. Everything else? Well,…

Elvis may have left the building, but he’ll be gyrating into theaters this summer, thanks to director Baz Luhrmann (The Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet). Elvis, the story of one of music’s biggest icons, sees rising star Austin Butler in the title role, with Tom Hanks like we’ve never seen him before playing Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The film debuted at Cannes on May 25, and critics have some pretty strong opinions about what they saw. Despite the reported 12-minute standing ovation and huge praise from…

It doesn’t matter whether you prefer Ridley Scott’s original or James Cameron’s sequel, both of which are classics in their own right, but nobody could rightfully claim that the Alien franchise has improved since 1986. That’s not to say the continued adventures of the Xenomorphs have been a catastrophe (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem) excluded, although the bar may have been set too high by the first two installments. Regardless, there was a genuine sense of excitement and intrigue when it was first announced that Ridley…