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via Marvel Studios The last couple of years of Marvel Cinematic Universe content have been highlighted by an unprecedented influx of new characters. Whether we can chalk it up to COVID-19 schedules translating poorly to a post-COVID world, Marvel simply being a bit too enthusiastic with the road ahead, or Disney Plus’ ability to just pile on content like no other, it seems like the multiverse is getting a brand-new player every other month. One such player, and perhaps among the most important, is Xochitl…

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will arrive in 2025 and 2026 respectively to wrap up Phase Six. Information about what’s set to go down is thin on the ground, though it’s safe to say that Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror will be the prime antagonist, potentially squaring off against a new team of Avengers led by Sam Wilson as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, and even some of the X-Men. Any predictions at this early point are just theories, but fans are currently wondering which hero would make…

There are many instances in films where we wonder, if this were to happen in the real world how would we even handle it? What would the real-world ramifications even be? That’s what horror fans are now wondering in the case of James Wan’s most recent movie Malignant. The psychological horror follows the protagonist Madison as she experiences gruesome visions. Little does she know these aren’t just visions but things that are happening in real life, that she is committing with her own body, though not her own mind. It…

Despite some naysayers and backlash, Robert Pattinson managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat with his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, a DC Comics film entirely separate from the grander, overarching DCEU (now known as the DCU after James Gunn took over). Similar to Todd Phillips’ Joker, Reeves’ The Batman ignores all other DC live-action films to introduce a brand-new Batman to the mixture in Twilight star Robert Pattinson — an unlikely choice for the role. Apparently, it wasn’t just Pattinson who…

One of our favorite moments in The Empire Strikes Back is when Han Solo opens a door on Cloud City and finds Darth Vader sat at the table. Many Star Wars characters would flee for their lives at the site of the Dark Lord of the Sith, but not Han. He pulls his DL-44 and starts blasting. Naturally, this isn’t going to be enough to take down Vader, who simply blocks the shots and pulls the gun away with the Force, but Solo definitely gets points for trying. Now fans are wondering what Vader made of Han Solo. After all, it…

Offering comic relief in a story on a serious mission, K-2SO easily stole the show in Rogue One. With Andor being about the spy who played center stage in the Star Wars movie, fans are wondering where K-2SO has been. With the first season all wrapped up, the mechanical badass was a no show and now with season 2 set to come out at some unspecified time in the future, fans are wondering how he might make his appearance. There are several ideas swarming Reddit and it really gets interesting. It should make any director in…

Warning: The following article contains spoilers from The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. In terms of plot, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special barely adds anything to the overarching plot of Phase Four or the upcoming Phase Five. But what it does is offer a plot hole that has left fans scratching their heads and coming up with explanations of their own as the 40-minute special either didn’t bother to wrap up its loose end or deliberately left it hanging.  Spoilers ahead. In the first few minutes of the…

Mark McCaughrean has been moving his online home in steps. McCaughrean, an astronomer at the European Space Agency, has had a profile on Twitter for many years. In spring, when Elon Musk first suggested buying the social media platform used by nearly 240 million worldwide, many were concerned that such a purchase would increase the nastiness of Twitter and allow misinformation to drown out reasonable discourse—Musk calls himself a “free speech absolutist” and…

Image via Marvel Studios We all remember that special moment back in 2008, when we got completely caught off guard by the mysterious post-credits scene at the end of the first Iron Man movie, in which Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, sat down with protagonist Tony Stark to talk about the Avengers Initiative. What followed was arguably the largest pop culture phenomenon in the last decade; one that looks primed to continue spilling into the next. But what if it wasn’t Iron Man that housed that faithful…

Via Lucasfilm The Star Wars universe is fortunate that most Sith Lords burn out fairly quickly. The physical strain of devoting yourself to the Dark Side warps your body into something monstrous, and trying to dominate the galaxy in a black cloak with a red lightsaber (scary mask optional) paints a big target on your back for any budding Luke Skywalkers out there. On top of that, the Sith “Rule of Two” means there’s always an ambitious apprentice waiting for you to slip up so they can seize the throne for…