30 h. ago Marvel fans convinced major actor’s been cut from Fantastic Four

Hollywood star’s appearance has been thrown into question

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31 h. ago First Steps to ruin: Is Marvel’s Fantastic Four finally about to let the bad guys win?

Is cosmic obliteration really what the future holds, as the latest trailer for the forthcoming First Steps appears to show?What if Thanos really had finger-snapped away half of all life in the universe and then kicked back on his scorched Titan homestead like a giant, purple Cincinnatus? What if Ultron had succeeded in uploading himself into the cloud, turning every smart fridge and Fitbit into a genocidal death bot? What if Loki had kept the Tesseract, conquered Earth, and turned Avengers Tower into a golden skyscraper shaped like his own smirking face?These are the Marvel sliding‑doors moments we are secretly relieved that we will never see – too bleak, too bonkers, or too off‑brand to survive outside the whiteboard of producer and Marvel boss Kevin Feige. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review – a hypnotising arthouse game with an A

PS5; Sony/Kojima ProductionsThis is a mystifying and provocatively slow-paced game with more celebrities than you would find on a Cannes red carpetWhat is Death Stranding 2 trying to say? It’s a question you will ask yourself on many occasions during the second instalment of Hideo Kojima’s hypnotising, mystifying, and provocatively slow-paced cargo management simulator series. First, because during the many long and uneventful treks across its supernatural vision of Mexico and Australia, you have all the headspace in the world to ponder its small details and decipher the perplexing things you just witnessed. And second, because the question so often reveals something profound.That it can stand up to such extended contemplation is a marker of the fine craftsmanship that went into this game. Nobody is scribbling down notes to uncover what Doom: The Dark Ages is getting at or poring over Marvel Rivals’ cutscenes for clues, fantastic as those games are. It is rare for any game to invite...

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7 d. ago Harry Kane hits opener as Bayern edge Boca to advance to Club World Cup knockouts

Group C: Bayern Munich 2-1 Boca JuniorsMerentiel equalises for Argentinians before Olise scores late winnerHarry Kane ended the night in Miami bruised, sweat-soaked and perhaps a little weary from repeatedly picking himself up off the ground. Along the way Kane also scored one, made one and walked off with the Superior Player Of the Match laurels as Bayern Munich edged their way to a relentlessly entertaining 2-1 defeat of Boca Juniors in front of a high-energy full house.As a result, Bayern are now though to the knockout stage of the Club World Cup. A European team has also finally beaten a South American opponent at this tournament. But defeat still leaves Boca effectively in charge of their own destiny, with the fall-guys of Auckland City to come. They basically need to win by a spectacular margin and rely on Bayern to beat Porto. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago First Avengers: Doomsday teaser will be released sooner than you think

New film will be teed up in future MCU film

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3 w. ago EastEnders and Bad Girls star Simone Lahbib to join River City in its final year

The actress will play Vivienne 'Viv' Barton in the soap in a new gangster family storyline

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