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Across the Spider-Verse Explores Spider-Man’s History With Cops in Messy Ways
From the very beginning and all the way to a multiversal web of Spider-heroes, anyone who takes on the legacy of Spider-Man’s mantle — across the comics that started it all, to the myriad film, tv, and game adaptations — has had to navigate a complex relationship with the police. Both Into and Across the…
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Even Chris Hemsworth Thinks Thor: Love and Thunder Was Too Silly
Taika Waititi’s vision of Marvel’s God of Thunder helped radically redefine the character in Thor: Ragnarok. But though his follow-up, Love and Thunder, was largely a box office success, it drew a much murkier reaction from fans and critics — and according to Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, some of those critics were a little too…
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How The Flash Plays With Some Man of Steel Expectations
In Zack Snyder’s 2013 film Man of Steel, General Zod comes to Earth looking for a Kryptonian he believes has the key to bringing his planet back to life. That Kryptonian — Superman — shows himself quickly, setting off a chain of events that ends with Zod and Superman fighting and destroying both a small…
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Take a Delightful Hell Ride With Animated Short Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse
It’s a simple tale: a lowly underling does more and more to please his demanding boss, until everyone and everything cracks under the pressure. But animated short Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse elevates its story with near-perfect execution, pairing vibrant, kinetic artwork with a tone that pinballs between elation and terror.