Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s buff Marvel hero is overshadowed by unabashedly fun villains.
Category: Marvel Entertainment
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7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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Disney Comes for ‘Deadpool’
Making fun of schlocky, overwrought superhero movies used to be the Deadpool signature. But with “Deadpool & Wolverine,” and Disney’s push into the Marvel Universe, that thread is lost.
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Robert Downey Jr. to Return to Marvel as Dr. Doom
The actor announced his return to Marvel’s superhero movie franchise five years after ending his long run as Iron Man.
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Jonathan Majors Is Cast in First Movie Role Since Assault Conviction
Mr. Majors, who was sentenced to a year of domestic violence programming and was dropped by Marvel, is set to star in the independent thriller “Merciless.”
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The Takeaways from Disney’s Proxy Battle with Nelson Peltz
New voting rules made for sharper attacks, while a bold defense kept the activist investor at bay. But pressure remains on the company’s chief, Bob Iger.
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For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now
The writer and filmmaker discusses the blend of theoretical cosmology and Black culture in Chicago’s newest planetarium show.
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‘The Three Musketeers’ and the Joy of Old-School Blockbusters
With its practical effects and broad-minded approach to story, the French franchise revives the pleasures of earlier movie spectacles, but with a Gallic twist.
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Marvel Flounders at the Box Office With ‘The Marvels’
“The Marvels” cost about $300 million to make and market and arrived to $47 million in domestic sales.
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Jonathan Majors’s Accuser Is Arrested but Won’t Face Prosecution
Grace Jabbari, who accused the actor of assaulting her in a car, was herself arrested on a countercomplaint.
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Book Review: ‘MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios,’ by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzalez and Gavin Edwards
“The Reign of Marvel Studios” captures how movies based on comic-book properties came to dominate pop culture. At least until now.
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Disney Lays Off Ike Perlmutter, Chairman of Marvel Entertainment
The New York Times – Movies:The move was part of a company cost-cutting campaign and came after Mr. Perlmutter was part of an unsuccessful attempt to shake up Disney’s board.