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Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood

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Anthony Stokes on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Sexism and Hollywood… Like many, I feel as though Hollywood has a major diversity problem, with the status quo being handsome white males.  Look no further than Avengers: Age of Ultron as an example. Marvel Studios has been trying to diversify the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the limited […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron becomes the eighth-biggest film of all time

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Having hit the $1 billion mark on Friday, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has now cracked the top ten list of the highest-grossing movies of all time, climbing to eighth with $1.142 billion and counting. Despite falling to third in the States behind Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road is closing in on […]

Matthew McConaughey has “circled” Marvel and DC movies

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Prior to the Cannes premiere of his latest film The Sea of Trees – which was met with a “chorus of boos” – Matthew McConaughey was asked by Variety if he’d ever considered starring in a superhero movie, with the Oscar winner revealing that he’s “circled” some scripts for both Marvel and DC projects. “I’ve […]

Animated storyboard offers up an alternate look at Hulk vs Hulkbuster from Avengers: Age of Ultron

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There’s no doubt that seeing The Hulk going up against Iron Man in his Hulkbuster armor was one of the highlights of Avengers: Age of Ultron, and now thanks to storyboard artist Federico D’Alessandro, we’ve got a look at an alternate take on the big showdown; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtnXbHxEXY SEE ALSO: Read our […]

The Week in Spandex – Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, The New Mutants, The Incredibles 2

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Gotham, Titans, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron hits $1 billion at the global box office

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Avengers: Age of Ultron has reached a box office milestone today, with the Joss Whedon-directed superhero sequel becoming the twenty-first film to pass the $1 billion mark world wide, and the third Marvel Studios movie to hit ten figures after The Avengers and Iron Man 3. It’s taken twenty-four days for Age of Ultron to […]

Asa Butterfield reportedly cast as Spider-Man

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If reports are to be believed, it looks like Marvel and Sony may have settled on their new Spider-Man, with Umberto Gonzalez (a.k.a. former Latino-Review writer ElMayimbe) claiming that Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Ender’s Game) has been cast as the wall-crawler for his Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot and an official announcement will be made once the […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Finale Review – ‘S.O.S’

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Danny Hale reviews the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 finale… Warning: FULL spoilers for S.O.S Parts 1 and 2 below. Wow, where to begin? I haven’t had so much fun watching a finale since the good old days of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. S.O.S had a bit of everything; it boasted some of the strongest […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron opens big in China with record day for Marvel

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As it continues its march towards the billion dollar mark, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron opened in China yesterday, pulling in a whopping 95.5% of all box office takings to debut with $33.9 million. That’s a record opening day for Marvel in that market, and is almost double the opening of Iron Man 3, and […]

Selma director Ava DuVernay to direct a Marvel Studios movie

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According to The Wrap, Marvel has tapped Selma director Ava DuVernay to direct one of its upcoming Phase Three movies, with the site reporting that Black Panther is the most likely candidate, although Captain Marvel is also a possibility. The report goes on to state that Marvel “is intent on hiring an African-American director for […]