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in NewsNetflix Animated Film ‘In Your Dreams’ Announces Cast on National Dream Day
Today, on National Dream Day, the upcoming Netflix animated film In Your Dreams has unveiled its voice cast. The top billed actors are an eclectic trio, including one who just had a good awards season run for her role in The Penguin. More below. As per the press release, Cristin Milioti has joined Simu Liu […] More
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Film Review: ‘Barbie’ is Beautiful, Hilarious, Smart, and Utterly Singular
A Barbie movie probably shouldn’t even exist, let alone be this good. An audacious start to this review, I know, but this is an audacious film. Taking a doll and giving it life, while examining both the positives and negatives of its very existence, through the lens of a laugh out loud yet often touching […] More
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Simu Liu Joins Netflix’s ‘Atlas’ as the Villain
Simu Liu has officially joined the cast of Atlas, a new Netflix film directed by Brad Peyton (Rampage, San Andreas). After playing the titular hero in last year’s box office hit Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Liu will join this production in a villainous role. Atlas is also the name of the […] More
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Shang-Chi Sequel in the Works with Destin Daniel Cretton
After taking over the domestic box office and becoming an audience hit, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is getting a sequel. Destin Daniel Cretton, director of the first film, has signed a deal with Marvel Studios to direct and write a sequel. Star, Simu Liu, will return. This deal also includes the […] More
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Simu Liu, Lorenza Izzo Star in Trailer for ‘Women Is Losers’
Lissette Feliciano premiered her new film Women Is Losers at the South by Southwest film festival in March of this year, which received tons of critical acclaim. Ever since then, general audiences have been wondering when they could get a first look at the film. That wait is over. The trailer for the film has […] More
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The Verse Episode 23: ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Discussed
We shift gears this week to review Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Tony Leung. Simu plays Shang-Chi, a trained assassin and martial arts master trying to live his new life away from his father and the terrorist group he founded. But he’s in for the family […] More
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Bringing The Magic of ‘Shang-Chi’ To New Audiences
When Marvel announced Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings many fans were unfamiliar with the superhero. That is all about to change as Marvel brings their first Asian-American superhero and film to the big screens this weekend. In doing so, it does more than provide us with new Marvel characters to fall in […] More
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Film Review: ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ is Among Marvel’s Most Exciting Adventures
Whether you love or hate comic book/superhero movies, it’s fair to say that many of them end up feeling a lot alike. Originality in blockbusters can often be in short supply, so when something, especially based on a pre-existing property, does something different, it’s noticeable. Marvel certainly has a formula or template for their films, […] More
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Legends Arise in Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ Trailer
Simu Liu stars as the titular character in Marvel’s upcoming film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, hitting theaters on September 3. The film will mark Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton’s first Marvel project. The story follows Shang-Chi, a skilled martial artist, being drawn into the Ten Rings organization, leading him […] More
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First Trailer for “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” Teases Marvel’s Most Kinetic Film Yet
Surprise! The first trailer for Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings dropped for Simu Liu’s birthday! Also starring Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, Ronny Chieng, Florian Munteanu, and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, in his first western film role as The [Real] Mandarin, the teaser promises insanely kinetic martial arts action set-pieces, shot by […] More
