Captain Marvel's MCU Future Might Be Saved By The Marvels' Major Trend Break

Marvel Studios broke a major MCU trend with the 2023 release of The Marvels, which may benefit Captain Marvel’s future in the ever-growing franchise. Brie Larson debuted as Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, in 2019’s self-titled 1995-set Captain Marvel, and made further appearances in Avengers: Endgame, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and … Read more

Captain America's Most Important Mentor Was a Shocking Real-Life Figure

Warning: Spoilers for Captain America #3!He’s learned under some of the finest minds the Marvel Universe has to offer, but Captain America‘s most important mentor was a full-blown criminal in real life. Captain America is normally the one offering mentorship in the Marvel Universe (even if he doesn’t always stick the landing), but before he … Read more

Why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish's Wolf Is an Awesome Villain

DreamWorks Animation has delivered no shortage of fantastic villains over its decades-long career, particularly from the Shrek franchise with Lord Farquard (John Lithgow), the Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders), and Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn). There are of course examples from their other films as well, like the complex Ramesses (Ralph Fiennes) from The Prince of Egypt and … Read more

The Boys' Subtlest Comic Reference Exposes Compound V's Surprising Inspiration

Within The Boys canon, Compound V is the substance that gives regular humans superpowers, with the most common being super strength and near invulnerability (something that can even be achieved temporarily with the right cocktail). Given the fact that The Boys is a pretty consistent parody of Marvel and DC, one would assume that Compound … Read more

15 Movies That Reinvented The Martial Arts Genre

The martial arts movie genre has seen a plethora of entries that have helped reinvent things. Whether through clever filmmaking, unique subversions of the genre, or popular martial arts styles, the long-running martial arts movie genre has continued to sustain audience interest for nearly a decade. Most martial arts films center around naive protagonists looking … Read more