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Watching Madame Web just made me miss Birds of Prey
02.05.2024 - 14:03 / polygon.com / Harley Quinn
I didn’t have many expectations when it came to Madame Web, and it was not really a surprise when the movie didn’t meet any of them. The sorta-kinda-maybe?? Sony Spider-Verse tie-in got absolutely horrible reviews and earned a modest $100 million at the global box office. Now that it’s on Blu-ray, 4K SteelBook, and non-premium digital VOD, people might want to see it, if only out of morbid curiosity.
If I’m being honest, it was little more than morbid curiosity that brought me into Madame Web in the first place. Back when it was coming to theaters, I had a delusional moment about what the film could achieve. Seeing the three young heroines masked up and kicking ass under the tutelage of an older woman, I thought perhaps there was something good in this superfluous Spider-adjacent movie. I was raised on magical girl shows, so any prospect of superheroines teaming up excites me!
But Madame Web director S.J. Clarkson does absolutely nothing with her four cool female characters, in spite of the mysterious circumstances that connect them. Sure, she gives us a lot about a tribe of strange Spider-People in the Amazon, but we never actually find out why the protagonists are all tangled up in that web of fate. (Ha.)
One of the more frustrating parts of Madame Web was the tease for Aña Corazón, Mattie Franklin, and Julia Carpenter as superheroes in full spider-powered glory. And yet over the course of this movie, they never get any sort of superpowers. Even though we get a whiff of their personalities and backstories, that’s all shunted aside by the baffling story choices, like protagonist Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson) taking these three endangered superheroes-to-be under her wing, then promptly dumping them on her dear friend Ben Parker for a week while she goes to the Amazon. (You know, where her mother was researching spiders right before she died.)
I left the theater mulling over what could have been. There’s a notable dearth of female leads in modern superhero movies, and even less focus on interactions between the female members of superhero teams. The MCU keeps killing off its leading women. The Marvels tried to compensate, but its take on a female team-up was too little, too late, even if it is kind of a fun time. My interest in superhero movies has been tapering off for some time now, as we’ve been seeing the same sorts of heroes and stories over and over again. Madame Web had the potential to finally fill that void. I foolishly let myself hope; those hopes were crumpled up and tossed into a trash bin.
But then I remembered that there is a movie out there that delivers on the promise of a superheroine team-up. 2020’s Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)wasn’t quite a
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16.05.2024 / 21:57
Shōgun’s coming back for season 2, but no one’s quite sure how just yet
Shōgunis an early contender for 2024’s best TV show. The series, which debuted in February, is smart, complicated, tremendously well made, beautifully acted, and the most watched FX series ever, according to a press release from the network. All of which makes Thursday’s announcement that the show is coming back for more season pretty unsurprising. The only question that remains is what exactly those seasons are going to be about.
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16.05.2024 / 09:55
Bridgerton Season 3 Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Netflix
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gamingbolt.com
16.05.2024 / 09:53
Red Dead Redemption 2, Watch Dogs and More Coming to PS Plus Extra/Premium in May
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ign.com
15.05.2024 / 20:39
Toys for Bob Updates Website With Simple Purple Tiki Mask, Sparking Speculation Over Next Project
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engadget.com
15.05.2024 / 17:39
Xbox Cloud Gaming finally supports keyboard and mouse inputs on web browsers
Microsoft just released a new update for Xbox Cloud Gaming that finally brings mouse and keyboard support, after teasing the feature for years. The tool is currently in beta release and works with both the Edge and Chrome web browsers. It looks pretty simple to use. Just select a game that supports a mouse and keyboard and have at it.
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15.05.2024 / 14:01
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15.05.2024 / 11:09
I’m not sure if FPS The Explorator is real or I just fell asleep watching Adult Swim, but I’m already in love
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12 big announcements made at Google I/O 2024 that you can’t miss: Gemini 1.5 Flash, Veo, Project Astra and more
Google hosted its annual developer's event, Google I/O 2024 on May 14 with a promise to discuss AI. The company was true to its word, as the entire event it announced several new AI features and enhancements for Android, Search, Workspace, Photos, and other services. However, there were some key announcements which grabbed the attention of the audience watching from home or live. The major focus of the event was its AI model Gemini and its integration with other Google apps, let's check out all the major highlights of the event.
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14.05.2024 / 18:57
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11.05.2024 / 19:57
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11.05.2024 / 11:13
Play the Planet of the Apes game that time forgot after watching the new movie
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