Can you go too woke for the woke? Of course you can; they wouldn’t be woke otherwise. The newest example of these people never being satisfied even when they’re unfailingly catered to comes from Kumail Nanjiani. Nanjiani was in the Marvel film Eternals, which I won’t hold against him, but he w...
Read MoreMarvel Studios is facing a much more menacing villain than Kang the Conqueror or Doctor Doom: declining profits. The Wall Street Journal reports that Marvel’s Phase 4 output has been underperforming mightily. “Since Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, the studio has produced 25 superhero films that ...
Read MoreA pack of rabid, angry Gail Simone fans attacked me on Twitter after I called her out for her Eternals take, which you can see below. Okay, I loved the Eternals. I am not that familiar with the comic, I’ll admit it. But I loved the film. Lovely characters, avoidance of the usual formulas, and &hel...
Read MoreAngelina Jolie is massively coping with the revelation that several Middle Eastern nations (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar) have decided to pull Eternals from their cinemas, sparing their denizens from the MCU’s lowest-rated film. “I’m sad for [those audiences],” said Jolie to news.com.au d...
Read MoreIf Eternals proves anything, it’s that the cosmic wing of the Marvel Cinematic Universe peaked with Thanos. This is a movie that thinks it’s much smarter than it is, content to have its soulless characters speak monotonously about ideas it has no interest in exploring. It’s pretty to look at ...
Read MoreAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel’s newest MCU addition, Eternals, has been banned in the Middle Eastern countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar. The Hollywood Reporter states that the film may have been removed due to LGBTQ+ representation in countries where homosexuality is ...
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