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Eight years after being introduced to the MCU in theGuardians of the Galaxytrilogy, I still think the most powerful member of the team is being overlooked. Given thatGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4is yet to be announced by Marvel Studios, many are taking the team’s MCU absence as an opportunity to look back on prior stories. After all, theGuardians of the Galaxy have a lengthy MCU timeline, stretching back to Phase Two of the Infinity Saga....

Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone reunited forA Working Man, and the new action movie avoided setting a box office record neither of them wanted to break. The two action movie stars first got together on the big screen in 2010 withThe Expendables. It proved to be the start of a continued partnership between them where they star in films together. But, there are also examples likeA Working Manwhere Stallone works on one ofStatham’s action moviesin a different capacity....

Actor and comedian Jim Carrey was almost the live-action version of the iconic anime heroLupin the Third,according to a new post byHellboyscreenwriter Peter Briggs. Though theLupinfranchise has been helmed by visionaries like Hayao Miyazaki, a Western live-action adaptation could have launched Monkey Punch’sLupin the Thirdinto the global spotlight. In a post onBluesky, Peter Briggs talked about writing a script for a live-action version ofLupin the Thirdthat was set to star Jim Carrey, presumably as the titular lead....

Nearly all fantasy stories contain a hero’s journey in which a character must rise to the occasion and go on a journey to prove themselves, while also transforming who they are as they go. While in a way, every member of the fellowship in theLord of the Ringsendured a hero’s journey of their own, the level of success that each of them achieved on that journey varied from character to character....

Love Island UKseason 12 is just days away, and Hulu has now revealed the cast.Love Island UKseason 11ended withJosh Oyinsan and Michelle “Mimii” Ngulube walking away as the winners. Ciaran Davies and Nicole Samuel were the runners-up, Matilda Draper and Sean Stone landed in third place, and Ayo Odukoya and Jess Spencer finished in fourth place. Josh didn’t arrive at the villa until Day 26, while Mimii started on the show on the very first day....

Love Island USAseason 7 is about to hit the air, andone of the OG Islanders will be Austin Shepard, who many are already curious about. Austin, who shares a lot about himself online, will join 9 other Islanders as the original cast ofLove Island USAseason 7. Throughout the season, things will change and the Islanders will go from part of the cast to a thing of the past, but Austin seems like he may wind up lasting for the duration of the season....

Mark Hamill is now synonymous with the Joker thanks toBatman: The Animated Series, but hisDCcasting was once unthinkable. Mark Hamill joinedBatman: The Animated Series' cast afterTim Curry dropped out of the Joker roledue to health reasons. Since then, Hamill has voiced several versions of the Clown Prince of Crime, including the animated adaptation ofBatman: The Killing Jokeand theArkhamvideo games. In an episode ofBullseye with Jesse Thorn,Mark Hamill revealed that"nobody believed"he was the one voicing the Joker inBatman: The Animated Series....

TheMarvel Cinematic Universehas seen some of its releases not perform as well as expected, and that was the case withThe Marvels, but even though the film turned into a box office bomb, a rewatch makes it clear that it is key to the next Avengers films.Marvel’s 2025 movieshave faced issues with their box office performance. That is a symptom of a problem that has been plaguing the MCU since the start of the Multiverse Saga....

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eaterwill be getting a new multiplayer mode at launch. The previousMetal Geargames featured an additional multiplayer offering calledMetal Gear Online, but for thisremake of the belovedSnake Eatergame, Konami has decided to take a new approach to its multiplayer modes, and it sounds remarkably similar to another franchise’s multiplayer mode. Revealed duringKonami’s Press Start live stream,Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eaterwill have anew multiplayer mode called Fox Hunt....

Meta just released the next generation of its free and open source LLMs. The new Llama 3.2 models can be run locally (even on mobile devices) and they’ve now gained image processing capabilities. Vision-supported multimodal LLMs that are also open source and free are still rare. The Llama 3.2 comes in two medium-weight and two lightweight models. The 90B and 11BLLMscan process images like photos, documents, charts, and graphs. “For example, a person could ask a question about which month in the previous year their small business had the best sales, and Llama 3....

Netflix’sThe Sandmanspinoff, which boasts an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 92%, could have been the perfect series to continue the Neil Gaiman franchise. Unfortunately, Netflix canceled it after season 1. An upcoming Prime Video show now seems to hold the responsibility of being the new torch-bearer ofNeil Gaiman’s television adaptations. Based on Neil Gaiman’s comic,The Sandmanpremiered on Netflix in August 2022 and garnered positive reviews from both viewers and critics. The show drew promising numbers on Netflix, which paved the way for the streamer to renew it for another season almost three months after its release....

Netflix has canceled a well-receivedShonda Rhimesmystery show. After her extensive success with the ABC seriesGrey’s Anatomy,Scandal,How to Get Away with Murder, andStation 19,Rhimes made a multi-year deal with Netflixand pivoted to the streaming platform, where she has helped create more beloved series in the ever-expanding roster ofShondaland shows. The most popular of Rhimes' Netflix shows isBridgerton, which is entering its fourth season, and there is aQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Storyspinoff as well....

The summer 2025 anime season is proving itself to be one of the most exciting in years, with top-tier shows making their returns and highly anticipated new titles looking to make strong first impressions. Some of those shows have found their way intoNetflix’s growing lineup of anime, as the streaming service continues to target what is reportedlya large portion of its users. However, not everyone in the community is entirely happy with Netflix bringing in an increasing number of exclusives every season, and the service isn’t giving them much reason to be....