The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Mutant Mayhem has a visual style inspired by the doodles and notebook sketches of teenagers — a perfect way to infuse this movie about teenagers (who happen to be mutant ninja turtles) with authentic adolescent energy. But if you watch closely, you’ll notice that sometimes we see the Turtles’ own dreams … Read more
The trailer for Loki Season 2 gives us our first look at Ke Huy Quan’s new Marvel character. When he appears in the trailer, he’s wearing a jumpsuit with an “O.B.” on it. That almost certainly stands for ouroboros, the snake eatings its own tail, an ancient symbol for the cyclical nature of life. And that matches perfectly … Read more
That’s a wrap on Secret Invasion. The Skrulls invaded, and it ain’t a secret no more. A couple of characters died, a few were replaced by Skrulls (and then re-replaced), and the table was set for Captain America: Brave New World and The Marvels, where Nick Fury will play a key supporting role. But what does it all mean? … Read more
The following post contains SPOILERS for Episode 4 of Secret Invasion. Episode of Secret Invasion is the week that cemented the show’s full storylines into place. Alliances were strengthened or broken, and as many suspected, James Rhodes—better known as War Machine—was revealed to be a secret Skrull agent. (How could you Don Cheadle?!? We trusted … Read more
Did you catch the reference to “Dreykov” on this week’s Secret Invasion? That’s actually an important character in the lore of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He was first mentioned in the original avengers movie (when Black Widow is referred to by Loki as “Dreykov’s daughter”) and then he was seen in the Black Widow movie, … Read more
The following post contains SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The themes of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny include time and regret. And the two go hand in hand. When we get older we have to recognize the mistakes we made in our lives, and deal with the fact that … Read more
The following post contains SPOILERS for the first two episodes of Secret Invasion. This week’s episode of Secret Invasion draws a bunch of material from the original Secret Invasion comic book, but it also changes some major elements. For example, in the comics Maria Hill takes over SHIELD during the Skrull invasion, while Nick Fury … Read more
That’s a wrap on The Mandalorian Season 3. It was a year of high highs and some lows as well, and a season that really reshaped the Star Wars galaxy moving into Ahsoka and, eventually, Dave Filoni’s big movie that will wrap up the storylines from the various Disney+ Star Wars shows. If you want … Read more
Welcome back, Marvel zombies. The Marvels trailer is here, and it is chock full of deep Marvel lore that you’re going to need to know for when the movie comes out. That’s what our latest Marvel Cinematic Universe video is all about. In it, we take a long look — the trailer is like two … Read more
This was the week where all the plot threads on the first half of The Mandalorian Season 3 started to come together: The Mandalorians, the Children of the Watch, Moff Gideon, the New Republic, the First Order, Nevarro, they’re all here and they are all important. Plus, did you spot that cameo by Zeb from … Read more