It's been 20 years since the first X-Men movie came on the big-screen scene and introduced the likes of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier, and Ian McKellen as Magneto. A lot has changed since then. The Hollywood franchise as we've come to know it has shuttered; The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox properties brought the cinematic rights to these mutant heroes under their umbrella, but the focus is now expanding the Avengers universe. Read More...
Liberal Arts Jacob Hutchings Josh Radnor, who's like Paul Rudd's puppyish cousin, wrote, directed, and stars in a sharply thoughtful comedy about a 35-year-old dude who returns for a weekend to his leafy, idyllic Midwestern college and becomes involved with a 19-year-old sophomore. The movie both celebrates and deftly satirizes the castle-in-the-air romance of undergraduate life, and Elizabeth Olsen, as the precocious Zibby, proves that she has star power to spare. Read More...
The agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. first appeared way back in 1965, and has appeared in various iterations in a wide variety of Marvel properties since then. Now, almost half a century later, S.H.I.E.L.D. is getting its biggest-ever moment in the spotlight with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new ABC series. Here are ten essential facts to know about S.H.I.E.L.D. (Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is a spy operation, all of these facts are classified and subject to aggressive retconning. Read More...
