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Sunday, July 18, 2021

How to channel your inner Black Widow

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I was lucky enough to watch Black Widow kick butt on the big screen, and I felt inspired to be as courageous and tough as her in my daily life.
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Monday, February 8, 2021
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‘WandaVision’ turns Marvel’s water into wine with charming homage to classic television

“WandaVision” is a wonderfully acted, fascinating and sometimes delightful series, albeit one that occasionally suffers from a reluctance to depart from its parent franchise. 
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Avengers

Infinity Bore: Marvel’s Avengers game is uninspired cash grab

While some may mistake Marvel’s Avengers for a top-of-the-line action game such as Marvel’s Spider-Man, it is in fact a thinly veiled corporate product.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Read, Watched, Podcapped: Children’s literature and the ‘Avengers’ franchise

“Overdue” celebrates Children’s Book Week, while “The Bechdel Cast” delves into the “Avengers” franchise as the series comes to an end.
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College Life

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Things you could do instead of watching ‘Avenger: Endgame’ for 3 hours

The new Avengers movie came out, and it has the audacity to take up a little more than three hours of your life. We at the Clog find that utterly ridiculous and have complied a list of better ways to spend three hour.
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College Life

Friday, April 26, 2019

When ‘Game of Thrones’ meets ‘Avengers: Endgame’ in an alternate universe

Here’s a quick rundown of how “Endgame” would turn out if everyone from “Game of Thrones” showed up — Nightwalkers included.
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College Life

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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The hero we need but don’t deserve: How Oski will defeat Thanos

Our favorite bear, Oski, has what it takes to beat Thanos, and here are the many ways our talented superhero can bring peace to the world.
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College Life

Monday, April 22, 2019
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Preparing for the end of an era: pregaming ‘Avengers: Endgame’

Good luck, fellow Marvelites! Enjoy the marathon, and more importantly “Endgame.” We know we’ll be stocking up on tissues and popcorn for it.
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Culture

Sunday, April 21, 2019

The endgame: Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ and why we like it when our heroes fail

About a week from now, Marvel Studios (but really, Disney) will release “Avengers: Endgame” to what is speculated to be the biggest opening weekend of all time. Fortune magazine ran a piece saying some projections place the movie making close to $300 million in its opening weekend alone. Considering “Avengers:
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Reel Talk episode 4: Avengers

Avengers assemble! In episode four of Reel Talk, Daily Cal arts and entertainment staffers Grace Orriss (a Marvel lover) and Jackson Murphy (a Marvel hater) rank all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films and talk about the road to Avengers: Endgame.

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