Avatar, Tron, Fantastic Four and Star Wars: Disney rolls out raft of new films at fan event
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Robert Downey Jr’s MCU return is like trying to bottle lightning twice. Can you hear the Marvel thunder?
July 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine: Marvel Jesus, potty mouths and bloody cameos – discuss with spoilers
Deadpool & Wolverine shatters record for R-rated movies with $205m debut
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The Guide #149: Is Deadpool & Wolverine a symptom or cure to Marvel’s multiversal malady?
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Attack of the spoilers: are trailers giving away too much?
Deadpool’s obnoxious gay panic humour is a tiresome schoolyard taunt
Guy Lodge
Deadpool & Wolverine review – Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s sarky gagathon mocks the MCU back to life
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Avenger angels: can the Russo brothers return to rescue Marvel?
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Deadpool & Wolverine sneak preview hints at a snarky satire on Marvel’s multiverse
Ben Child
‘His skincare regime alone would bankrupt you’: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman bring banter and bromance to London
Despicable Me 4 review – Gru goes into witness protection to keep Minion magic alive
June 2024
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Is Marvel breaking all its own rules with the new Fantastic Four movie?
Ultraman: Rising review – endearing kaiju animation battles the monster that is parenting
Matt Bomer claims he missed out on Superman role because of his sexuality
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Has Venom: The Last Dance’s trailer drawn Spider-Man: No Way Home’s sting?
April 2024
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Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?
The collaboration between the merc with a mouth and the clawed crusader has to work hard to mashup the alternate realities, but it could open portals to a lot of multiversal fun
March 2024
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Where can Marvel take Tom Holland’s fourth Spider-Man film?
The MCU’s wall-crawler is swinging into a fourth headline film, but trading multiverse madness for street-level antics could see your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man turn emo – again
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The Guide #131: Are music biopics the new superhero films?
In this week’s newsletter: Forever searching for box office hits, studios are looking to cash in with the origin stories of bands and struggling musicians
Week in geek
Can a super-grungy The Batman sequel take the DC universe somewhere even darker?
The 2022 film was an outlier, free from the usual superhero trappings and resolutely downbeat, and the follow-up should also go beyond the conventional