Which Marvel character you are based on your zodiac sign
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is back in full swing, thanks to theaters reopening in time for “Black Widow.” Find which MCU character fits your zodiac sign!
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To infinity and beyond
But, I told myself, if Thor could handle having to battle the Hulk on a trash planet, I could handle UC Berkeley. And so I did. I closed out my mostly joyful, occasionally thorny freshman year at Cal, feeling like a newly-minted adult.
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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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There’s no reason for ‘Once Upon a Deadpool’ to exist, but at least it’s for a good cause
“Once Upon a Deadpool” is framed by a ludicrous premise that somehow works — Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) reciting the story of “Deadpool 2” to his captive, a now fully grown Fred Savage, à la “The Princess Bride.”
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If ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ left you with superhero fatigue, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ might be the antidote
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” serves as an ideal slice of chill-the-hell-out catharsis after the awesome but exhausting buildup and conclusion to “Infinity War.”
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We rank all 18 Marvel Cinematic Universe films
After 10 years, 32 post-credit scenes, two Hulks and one record-breaking opening weekend for “Black Panther,” it’s time to rank all 18 films set in the MCU.
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ plays it safe with high energy, low stakes adventure
That being said, if anyone can please explain why Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) needed to be in this movie, that’d be extremely helpful.
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For Kyle, who changed the movies I love
Mind the Gap
Kyle’s excitement made my heart flutter. The movie was his — he sent me blocks of exclamation marks and little hearts, unwittingly coloring in magic marker hues over my tangle of nerves.
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Daily Cal Arts’ 10 films to see in theaters this week
It’s the height of summer, but theaters around the Bay Area are currently resplendent in a wide variety of amazing pictures right now, from tentpole superhero movies to quiet, meditative micro-budget films
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Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ puts the amazing back in Spider-Man
The normalcy of Peter Parker (excellently portrayed by bright-eyed Tom Holland) carries this film and helps create a new blueprint for superhero movies — movies more interested in the lives of all of the people, rather than the spectacle of putting those lives at stake.
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