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Netflix’s Unicorn Store is an odd companion piece to Captain Marvel

2019-04-04T12:27:29-04:00

It's rare that the stars of the year's biggest movie reunite for an entirely separate feature film a month later, but that's not exactly what happened with Unicorn Store, a new movie hitting Netflix on Friday. It's the second 2019 film starring Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson; the first, Captain Marvel, will likely remain the highest-grossing movie of the year until Avengers: Endgame (definitely co-starring Larson, possibly co-starring Jackson) comes out on April 26th. Technically, though, Captain Marvel is a Unicorn Store reunion. Larson directed the film a few years ago, after she won an Oscar for Room but before she suited up as a Marve …

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Captain Marvel is the latest Marvel movie to cross the billion-dollar mark

2019-04-03T14:24:23-04:00

Marvel's latest superhero flick, Captain Marvel, just crossed a big milestone: it's earned more than $1 billion at the global box office, according to Variety. The film is the seventh in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to hit that mark, joining the likes of Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War.

After being teased in last year's Infinity War, fans were eagerly anticipating the film and its titular character to arrive in a standalone spot, given Captain Marvel's expected role in the forthcoming Avengers: Endgame. The milestone comes as the buildup to Endgame has begun. Marvel released a new teaser yesterday in conjunction with advance ticke …

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This weekend, stream a free animated Captain Marvel movie on DisneyNow

2019-03-08T10:41:00-05:00

There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many conflicting recommendations, that it's hard to see through all the crap you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge's Cut the Crap column simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming multitude of movies and TV shows on subscription services, and recommending a single perfect thing to watch this weekend.

What to watch

Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, a 2018 Disney XD animated film, featuring the origin story of a new Marvel super-team. Actor / comedian Milana Vayntrub voices Doreen Green, aka "Squirrel Girl," an ebullient young woman with a furry prehensile ta …

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One of Captain Marvel’s post-credits scenes is great news for Avengers: Endgame

2019-03-07T19:34:13-05:00

Spoilers ahead for Captain Marvel's mid-credits and post-credits scenes, for Avengers: Infinity War, and for one big gag in Captain Marvel itself.

Back in 2008, when Nick Fury arrived at Tony Stark's house to invite him to join the Avengers Initiative after the credits rolled, the sequence felt like most post-credit scenes did back then - a little in-joke for dedicated viewers who cared enough to sit all the way through the credits, instead of bolting for the doors the moment the action stopped. But over the past decade, Marvel's post-credits scenes have become an institution. Occasionally, they're just visual gags and callbacks to previous …

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Captain Marvel meets some of the highest expectations yet for a Marvel movie

2019-03-05T13:47:46-05:00

As the first female-led Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, Captain Marvel is arriving in theaters under a heavy burden of expectations. Even after years of fans clamoring for a Black Widow standalone movie, it took a full decade and 20 MCU films for the franchise to produce a single movie with a woman protagonist. And it took the example of rival studio DC Entertainment releasing Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman to both critical and monetary success. That gives Captain Marvel the triple challenge of living up to past MCU films, proving a female-led movie can make the company money, and squaring off against one of DC's biggest hits.

But even withou …

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Marvel launched a delightful, retro website to promote Captain Marvel

2019-02-09T14:02:00-05:00

Marvel's next big superhero movie is Captain Marvel, and unlike most of the franchise's films, this one's set in the 1990s. Accordingly, Marvel has launched a website that fits the timeframe, a throwback to web design of the era, complete with awkward animations, fonts, and colors.

The result is absolutely delightful. The website taps into the nostalgia for the 1990s that we've seen in the film's trailers, and features a ton of components that were mainstays of the web almost a quarter of a century ago: random animations, zany photo editing, HTML frames, brightly-colored fonts, and of course, a guestbook and hit counter. There's even a Skru …

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Captain Marvel will be the first Disney+ exclusive film following theatrical release

2019-02-05T17:34:17-05:00

Disney is looking to invest heavily in exclusives for its upcoming streaming service, Disney+, and that means having movies like Captain Marvel stream exclusively on the service.

In an investors call on February 5th, Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors that Disney plans to forgo its current rate of $140 million year over year in licensing revenue, in favor of moving its currently licensed content to Disney+. He noted that Captain Marvel will be the first Disney movie that the company will completely withhold from its licensee partners. The news follows Disney's decision in 2017 to stop licensing its films to services like Netflix.

Iger also …

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New Captain Marvel tease from the Super Bowl shows the boys who’s boss

2019-02-03T19:08:48-05:00

A new teaser for Captain Marvel, the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, finds Carol Danvers showing the boys who's boss - including Samuel L. Jackson's Nicky Fury and Jude Law's villain, Yon-Rogg.

The teaser debuted at the 2019 Super Bowl, which saw the Los Angeles Rams take on the New England Patriots. There isn't a ton of new information or scenes in the trailer, but it's a fun 30-second clip. It shouldn't be too surprising that there isn't too much new information, though - the movie comes out in just over a month.

Captain Marvel marks the first time that we'll see Carol Danvers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Danvers …

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New Captain Marvel trailer brings Agent Coulson back to the MCU

2019-01-07T22:53:36-05:00

A new sneak peek at Captain Marvel that aired during the College Football Playoff National Championship game between Alabama and Clemson brought back one of Marvel's most beloved characters within the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Agent Coulson.

Coulson appeared to die in the first Avengers film in 2012, but continued to live on in ABC's Agents of SHIELD. Although, like Agent Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, Coulson (Clark Gregg) is much younger than we remember in Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel takes place before the majority of the current MCU films - with the exception of Captain America: The First Avenger, which took place during t …

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New Captain Marvel trailer stars Carol Danvers fighting in space

2018-12-03T21:47:29-05:00

There are fewer than 100 days until Captain Marvel hits theaters, and Disney is already in full advertising blitz mode, debuting a new trailer for the movie tonight.

This marks the second trailer Marvel Studios has released for the movie, which is set to be released only a couple of months before Avengers 4. The first trailer teased Carol Danvers' (Brie Larson) powers as Captain Marvel, a superhero who returns to Earth after years away. Unlike other films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel is a prequel of sorts. It's not an origin story, but it does take place years before the events of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and T …

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