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Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War was everything fans wanted. It was a decade in the making, a culmination of a whopping 18 movies, dozens of incredible characters, and some of the best storytelling we’ve ever seen. In the past ten years, many of us who hid our geekdom behind textbooks in high school finally found ourselves flying our nerd flags high as we proudly wore our Iron Man, Black Widow, and Captain America shirts, discussing the merits of superpowers versus super gadgets with people who’ve never read a comic book....

Spy. Assassin. Superhero. – Marvel Comics’ Black Widow has been all these things and more since she first debuted in 1964. Created by Stan Lee, Don Rico, and Don Heck, the Widow started out as an undercover agent, plaguing Iron Man and Hawkeye on behalf of Mother Russia. She soon defected to the United States, becoming an occasional ally of the Avengers, before eventually signing on as a fully-fledged member of the famed superhero team....

How to Get Away With Murder, better known as HTGAWM, gave us soapy plotlines, humor in the middle of criminal activities, and the powerhouse character that is Annalise Keating. Not only has the show broken barriers, but it’s also become an almost guilty pleasure for many who would not normally watch a show in this format. However, even fans that obsess about the show don’t know all about the little details behind it, whether it be details about what goes into making the show, or things about the plot of the show....

Developer Giant Squid’s Abzu is just as hard to quantify now as it was when it originally released in 2016. This is due in large part to Abzu being a wealth of contradictions. The world feels expansive and breathless in the moment but on reflection the experience is actually quite short. Abzu is also all about the narrative journey but there’s very little “actual” story. Most off-putting of all, Abzu is a video game where there’s very little in the way of traditional gaming mechanics....

HBO Max users have been facing a couple of hard months with the main app from WarnerMedia. Now, an HBO executive has promised that the company will build a new app for the “ground up to match the needs of the current service.” As reported by Vulture, an HBO executive said the company is “going to replace every single connected TV app in the next four or five months.” Ever since Warnermedia decided to remove the HBO Max app from Apple TV Channels in May, Apple TV users have complained about an update for tvOS that broke multiple key features for its users....

Ideally, when a TV series premieres on a network, it stays on that network for as long as possible before it eventually comes to an end. In some cases, though, a series can be canceled and picked up by another network. It’s rare, but not unheard of. In fact, some of the most popular TV shows in history have switched networks at one point or another. But a show doesn’t always need to be canceled to switch networks....

The reboot for the Tomb Raider movie is officially moving forward, and Lara Croft is getting ready to find her way back onto the big screen. It was recently announced that Daisy Ridley (who you may know best as Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is on the short list of auditions for the role of Lara, but other details are still scarce. It’s still extremely early in the filming process, with a script not even finished yet, but it’s impossible not to be excited about the news that one of the most iconic characters in gaming will be getting another movie....

In the immortal words of Claude Rains’ Captain Renault, “Round up the usual suspects.” Renault was referring to the muggers, murderers, and misanthropes generally found hanging around his corner of the title city in 1942’s Casablanca, but in a modern context, he could be referring to the filmmakers who over the years have frequently found themselves winning Golden Raspberry Awards. Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Bay, Madonna — the list is long… and rather predictable....

The CW is a breeding ground for hugely successful shows, whether that be series of the past, or current huge hits on the network. Fans of Gossip Girl, Arrow, The Flash, Riverdale, The Vampire Diaries, and all other sorts of shows have flocked to the broadcaster time and time again for their fix of addictive and compelling viewing. Though the writers who bring such shows to fruition are undoubtedly talented, there are a number of glaring plot holes running throughout CW shows that we just cannot ignore....

A lot of celebrity couples become known as relationship goals. However, a lot of those iconic couples end up breaking up or having a terrible scandal surface about them. Beyoncé and Jay-Z recently confirmed rumors that he had actually been unfaithful to the queen. Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were one of Hollywood’s best-loved couples right up until they shockingly filed for divorce. There are plenty of surprises hiding inside the marriage of beloved celebrity couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt....

Despite being a relatively new storyline introduced in Captain America #1 in 2005, Bucky Barnes’ transformation into the original Winter Soldier has captured the imagination of countless fans for over a decade. The character’s boost in popularity is in part thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sebastian Stan’s portrayal of Bucky is perhaps the most recognizable iteration of the character ever, since he first took on the character in Captain America: The First Avengers back in 2011 and his alter ego in Captain America: The Winter Soldier....

Like many series, Parks and Recreation started out slow, with a lot of awkward comedy, characters that didn’t make a lot of sense and wince-worthy jokes that made people wary about the show. After some reinventing and adding new characters, the show perked up into one of the best comedy series in the history of television. The saddest moment of the show was, as Chris Traeger would say, literally when it ended....

Ask any movie industry fan or studio executive, and they’ll tell you the same thing: R-Rated movies almost always make less money than a PG blockbuster at the box office – and if the movie you’re making can appeal to fans of all ages, then it definitely should. At least, that’s what they used to say… but Deadpool may have changed all that. The Merc with a Mouth’s road to reality wasn’t easy, with the final rating one of the most debated topics among fans....

Warning: SPOILERS for Avengers #11 Agent Coulson is back, but with a dark twist. Avengers #11 reveals that the fan-favorite S.H.I.E.LD. agent is now one of the bad guys after murdering a man working for Black Panther. It appears that Captain America’s biggest fan is about to become a major threat to the Avengers, and possibly to the entire Marvel Universe. Agent Coulson was famously killed off in the controversial 2017 event, Secret Empire, which saw Captain America go from hero to villain....

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actress Elizabeth Henstridge, who plays Jemma Simmons in the series, has shared her thoughts on the ongoing fan campaign for the ABC program to finally crossover with the bigger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since its inception in 2013 sprung from Agent Phil Coulson’s supposed death in the first Avengers film, the small screen show has operated separately from the rest of the MCU - despite the fact that they were supposed to be co-existing in the same shared universe....

Disney may have been making animals into people for nearly a century, but Zootopiatook that to the next level, putting a breathtaking amount of world-building and sociological thought into the simple idea of different talking species all interacting in the same place. Isaiah 11:6 says that in Heaven, the lion and the lamb (and the wolf, leopard, goat and calf) shall live together in peace, so in Zootopia (which rhymes with that other fictional society striving for an ideal, Thomas More’s Utopia), the lion and lamb share a mayoral office....

Marvel and DC are the two titans of the comics industry. They’ve been in the business since the 1930s, and their impressive roster of titles and heroes has naturally led to endless argument about which is better. One of the biggest lynchpins in the argument is which company is more original. In other words, which has ripped off the most from the other. It’s a classic battle, like Coke vs Pepsi, and much like the Cola Wars, this comics rivalry has seen both sides dip into each other’s ideas....

It’s no secret that the world of movie merchandise is a lucrative one for Hollywood. Many fans enjoy collecting tokens that transport them right back into the movie, but some products on the market are a little more questionable than others. Keep these in mind the next time the next time you need gift inspiration for the movie buff on your list. Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Weirdest Movie Merchandise Ever Made....

For a company that’s nearly a century old, Disney is sure going strong. Currently the world’s second largest entertainment company, The Walt Disney Company is known around the globe for making movie magic and being home to the most recognizable characters in film and television history. Although most of Disney’s famous characters have been based on centuries old stories (Aladdin, Snow White, Goldilocks, Cinderella, the list goes on and on), and their more recent output has come from acquisitions including Lucasfilm and Marvel, there’s no denying the creative impact that they’ve had on nearly every living person since the 20th century....

Tracing its origins all the way back to the original Norse mythology, the Thor series (created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby) debuted during the 1960s and has maintained steady popularity in the years since. He’s especially grown in popularity with the help of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being portrayed by Chris Hemsworth. However, Thor only became Thor because he was worthy, and other people haven taken up the mantle for one reason or another over the years....