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In the raging, never-ending debate on whether or not superhero films qualify as art, it seems like we’ve finally ran out of voices to weigh in. Legendary director Martin Scorsese started the war when he compared Marvel movies to theme parks, and seemingly ended it ...

Marvel's Avengers: Endgame is the last time fans can see the Avengers assembled, but that doesn't mean we'll no longer see them individually.Although Endgame marked the end of an era in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney boss Bob Iger has since promised that the Avengers will ...

The still-rumbling Martin Scorsese versus Marvel showdown, which has dragged in players as diverse as James Gunn, Francis Ford Coppola and Ken Loach, has taken another turn today, with Scorsese dropping an emollient—if unrepentant—opinion piece in the New York Times."Many franchise films ...

However you feel about Martin Scorsese’s criticism of Marvel films, or highfalutin debates about the true definition of ‘cinema’ in general, you have to admit that watching comic book fans collectively lose their minds has been one of the highlights of 2019.‘Marvel ...

Most die-hard Pinoy comic book fans know that Bishop—a time-traveling, energy-absorbing mutant in the long-running comic book series X-Men—was originally supposed to be Filipino.The character's co-creator, comic book artist Whilce Portacio, revealed another quirk in the superhero's origin story: that he was inspired by billiards great Efren 'Bata' Reyes when he was conceptualizing ...

Is Tony Stark actually dead? For all the enduring mysteries of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that's a question Avengers: Endgame seemed to answer quite definitively in its very tragic and misty-eyed finale. I mean, we saw the guy's gravestone. It doesn't get much more ...

While everyone was busy over the weekend debating the Joker's questionable take on incels, the Marvel world was keeping busy with a controversy of its own. The debate: Are Marvel movies… art?The Irishman director Martin Scorsese kicked this debate off last week, saying ...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is perhaps the best ever feature film about the web-slinging hero. And because its story revealed the existence of parallel universes and a whole variety of Spider-People, it was kind of a big Spidey love-in, featuring variants of the hero ...

After Avengers: Endgame, then the very slightly extended Endgame rerelease, then SpiderMan: Far From Home, then the very slightly extended Far From Home rerelease, it's a wonder that more Marvel fans haven't got whatever the cinema-goer's equivalent of gout is. It's been a very, very rich summer.From the ...

Disney’s D23 Expo was filled with exciting casting announcements, like Kit Harington’s role in Marvel’s Eternals and Ewan McGregor’s return to the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and trailers ranging from The Mandalorian to Lady and the Tramp. But casting a shadow over the festival of all things Disney ...

Avengers: Endgame climaxes with a twist that brings the heroes of the MCU to tears and broke the hearts of legions of fans too. Yet, it didn't necessarily have to happen.We're of course referring to the powerful moment in the Avengers' battle with ...

Thanos may be a pile of dust, but The Avengers still aren’t safe from a massive extinction threat. Instead of a big purple dude, this existential risk comes in the form of studio heads waving billion dollar wads of cash over Tom ...

The announcement that billionaire Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins, Equinox, and SoulCycle, is hosting a Hamptons fundraiser for Donald Trump sparked a boycott by some members of the gyms, including celebrities like Chrissy Teigen and Billy Eichner. And now Armie Hammer has pointed ...

Wave, Marvel’s first Filipina Superhero, steals all the attention in a promotional video released by Marvel this week. The video is for Marvel’s popular mobile game, Marvel Future Fight, a role-playing game (RPG) that uses over 200 Marvel characters.Wave’s appearance in the clip may signify ...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has faced many criticisms over the past 11 years. Complaining seems to be routine part of life for the faction of comic book superfans who are very vocal on the internet. Places like Twitter and Reddit are set on ...

As the initial excitement calms down from Disney's big Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four announcement at Comic Con, a few lingering questions are starting to pop up. And one big one is: Where the hell was Deadpool? Despite the massive critical and box office success ...

While there have been many Batmen, Spider-Men and Supermen, until now there's only ever been one Blade. The character played by Wesley Snipes has remained in the pantheon of cool superheroes thanks to his vampire-slaying credentials and, now very on-trend, Nineties all ...

Curses aren't what they used to be. Time was you could end up covered in pustules or tending to fields of dried up cows if you didn't tip your squire enough. These days all you have to do is avoid getting a ...

The Cebuana Marvel character Pearl Pangan a.k.a. Wave received much fanfare from Filipinos when comic book writer Greg Pak, who also wrote the miniseries where Wave made her debut, posted her design. The character artwork, designed by co-creator Leinil Yu and colored ...

By introducing time travel into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame creates a number of questions for its audience that not even the greatest scientists in the history of humanity have been capable of answering. But, even outside of the quantum mechanics of the ...