2 h. ago Marvel's 'Thunderbolt' storms box office with £60m debut – but but can the movie rescue a fading franchise?

Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’ has tops box office but doubts linger over whether the movie has enough magic to inject new life into the franchise

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8 h. ago Thunderbolts dethrones Sinners' box office winning streak while Snow White continues to plummet

Thunderbolts soared to the top of the box office over the weekend, dethroning the previous champ, Sinners.

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10 h. ago Thunderbolts* opening box office defended by analysts: ‘Average is a big number’

The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe made $76 million across its opening weekend

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12 h. ago 'Thunderbolts' kicks off the summer movie season with $76 million at the box office

Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales

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19 h. ago Marvel’s Thunderbolts* has successful opening day at box office while Sinners continues to have impressive hold

The new release, which follows a misfit squad of Marvel’s antiheroes, has drawn positive reviews

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43 h. ago Why are some trying to silence our film on Columbia’s Gaza protests? | Hamza and Badie Ali

The Encampments tells the story of campus activism last year. But Palestinian films are facing intimidation campaignsRecently, The Encampments opened at the Angelika Film Center in New York to a record-setting box office for an independent film – along with a storm of controversy. For us, as the distributor, the atmosphere was far from celebratory. The theater was forced to hire additional security, notify police and prepare staff for harassment in response to protests and threats from people who hadn’t even seen the film.What is so dangerous about Palestinian films? Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Has Marvel shot itself in the foot by bringing superfreak Sentry into Thunderbolts*?

The inconveniently irrational god-being makes Rocket Raccoon look positively humdrum. Would it be wise to let him monopolise the multiverse?Is there ever a right time to introduce into your superhero universe a psychologically unstable god-being with the potential to sneeze a continent off the map? It is probably not when – 17 years in – you are being accused of having lost half your audience to superhero fatigue. But that’s exactly what Marvel is doing this weekend as Thunderbolts* brings us Sentry, quite possibly the freakiest superhero to ever grace the comic book publisher’s hallowed pages. You thought Rocket Raccoon was weird and unhinged? Reckon Moon Knight is a bit of a handful? This guy makes them look like well-adjusted professionals with decent pensions.Sentry first appeared in 2000 in The Sentry miniseries which offered a sort of meta-commentary on superhero mythology; the character was initially presented as a forgotten Silver Age icon, retconned into Marvel history via ...

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3 d. ago Even Marvel haters will be won over by new Thunderbolts* movie starring Florence Pugh who could save the ailing franchise

For an actress not yet 30, Florence Pugh has a thrillingly varied set of credits.

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3 d. ago Lewis Pullman reveals dad Bill Pullman’s candid take on Thunderbolts* script

Lewis stars as the mysterious Bob in Marvel’s new film that’s being touted as the franchise’s ‘best movie in years’

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4 d. ago VE Day 2025: 50,000 kids write heartwarming letters to veterans as some meet King

A campaign to connect the generations before next week's VE Day celebrations has seen unprecedented success as more than 50,000 children have connected with a Second World War veteran by mail

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4 d. ago When is Thunderbolts* Out? New Marvel film release date, cast, plot, astrix

It’s the second MCU release of the year.

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4 d. ago When is Thunderbolts* Out? New Marvel film release date, cast, plot, asterisk

It’s the second MCU release of the year.

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5 d. ago A divisive Will Smith action film with a unique twist is airing on TV tonight

The film is one of the biggest box office bombs of its time

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5 d. ago Thunderbolts* review – Florence Pugh is saving grace of Marvel’s hit

The Oscar nominated actor is the most impressive member of a ragtag Suicide Squad-esque team in an often charmingly unusual yet still baggy adventureThunderbolts* can be messy. Not just the movie, with its clumsily forced narrative beats and whiplash tonal shifts. But also, its title characters, the broken and lonely souls who ditch the colourful costumes and wear their emotions on their sleeves, as if it’s their brand.These reluctant heroes, led by Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, the troubled sister to Scarlett Johansson’s late Black Widow, are defined by how much they need therapy. They wrestle with themselves more than the bad guys, in a way that’s more pronounced than the most unstable among Marvel’s stable of wisecracking world saviors. They’re endearingly vulnerable, at times devastatingly so, and yet still fun and exciting enough to save Marvel. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Thunderbolts* is the best Marvel movie in years – for one simple reason

This James Gunn-style team-up movie – starring Florence Pugh and David Harbour – won’t singlehandedly save the beleaguered MCU, but it boasts enough surface pleasures that future Marvel filmmakers should sit up and take note

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5 d. ago Summer Movie Guide 2025: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming from May to August

Hollywood is pulling out the stops this summer movie season, which kicks off with Friday's release Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*.”

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5 d. ago David Harbour explains why Thunderbolts trailer moments are missing from new Marvel film

The new film is being called one of the ‘best MCU films’ in years

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6 d. ago Playing to win: are video game movies replacing superhero blockbusters?

The record-breaking box office for A Minecraft Movie has been followed by a rush of announcements for more films based on gamesMargot Robbie and Sydney Sweeney are two of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood. As such, they’ve both logged their time in superhero movies of recent vintage (though Robbie’s turn as Harley Quinn is probably better-known than whatever Sweeney found herself doing in Madame Web). It feels notable, then, that in recent weeks they’ve both been connected to multiple projects based on video games. Robbie’s Lucky Chap plans to produce a movie based on The Sims; Sweeney, meanwhile, will produce OutRun, based on a 30-year-old arcade game, and has also signed to star in a movie based on the more recent hit game Split Fiction. Score a bunch of points for the gamers. Is the dawn of gamer cinema finally here?Regardless of this Hot Lady defection, superhero movies and other comics-based properties will likely stick around for years to come. Marvel still kicks off the ...

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7 d. ago Sinners reaches box office milestone in its second weekend as Rachel Zegler's Snow White continues to tank

The horror film starring Michael B. Jordan and directed by Ryan Coogler made a solid $45M at the weekend domestic box office - a dip from the $48M it earned last weekend.

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7 d. ago Pep Guardiola: Winning FA Cup not enough to make Man City season a success

City reached their third successive final on the day when they lost their Premier League title to Liverpool.

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