'Secret Invasion' turns loose Samuel L. Jackson's fast and Fury-ous side
Nick Fury started out in comics leading a group of soldiers known as the Howling Commandos. In "Secret Invasion," the latest Disney+ series, the SHIELD chief, a.k.a. Samuel L. Jackson, fronts a mostly entertaining game of Marvel-supporting-character Bingo, seeking to thwart a plot by shapeshifting Skrulls with their cinematic roots in the "Captain Marvel" movies.
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3 trades Grizzlies can make to survive Ja Morant suspension
In light of Ja Morant's 25-game suspension, here are three trades the Memphis Grizzlies can make to salvage next season.It was recently announced that Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant would be suspended for 25 games to start the 2023-2024 season due to conduct detrimental to the leag...
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'The Walking Dead: Dead City' breathes life into its most satisfying spinoff yet
After a long stretch of pretty weak-to-indifferent spinoffs as AMC has sought to milk life out of "The Walking Dead," "The Walking Dead: Dead City" arguably delivers the most satisfying spinoff yet by combining the signature characters, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan. Throwing the pair into a zombie-ravaged Big Apple merely adds to the (OK, kind of depressing) fun.
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Boeing to lift 737 MAX output to 38/month 'pretty soon'
PARIS Boeing expects to increase production of its best-selling 737 MAX to 38 jets a month "pretty soon,"
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'Stan Lee' remembers his Marvel-ous life, as presented in his own words
Before Marvel conquered the pop culture and cinematic universe, Stan Lee served as the genial goodwill ambassador of the comic-book industry. As such Lee created a rich archive that provides the basis for "Stan Lee," a breezy Disney+ documentary looking back at the colorful comics patriarch's life and career in commemoration of what would have been his centennial year.
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Chris Hemsworth hammers home another rescue mission in 'Extraction 2'
Premiering in April 2020, "Extraction" landed at a fortuitous time, showcasing "Thor's" Chris Hemsworth in a muscular, theatrical-style action vehicle on Netflix at a moment when Covid brought theaters to a grinding halt. The sequel, "Extraction 2," hammers away at the same basic outline, while feeling particularly simple minded even by the standards of the genre.
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'The Blackening' finds the life in its 'We can't all die first' concept
The promotional line for "The Blackening" is so good -- "We can't all die first" -- there was reason to fear the movie couldn't live up to it. Yet like other self-referential horror/comedies (the "Scream" franchise come to mind), the film ably delivers on its premise, mining enough life from its satirical concept to deliver plenty of crowd-pleasing moments.
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BOJ to weigh pros and cons of its tool-kit in review -governor
By Leika Kihara TOKYO The Bank of Japan will scrutinise the effects and side-effects of its unconventional monetary
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'Nothing to hide': AIIB will investigate claims of Chinese Communist Party control
A Beijing-based multinational lender is launching an internal review after Canada suspended its ties with the regional development bank, citing explosive claims that the Chinese Communist Party had infiltrated the institution.
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Climate and Ukraine loom over supply-strained Paris Airshow
By Tim Hepher, Valerie Insinna, Joanna Plucinska and Allison Lampert PARIS Global aerospace and defence companies will tout
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DOJ expected to announce findings of review of Minneapolis Police Department after George Floyd murder
Top Justice Department officials on Friday are expected to announce the findings of a two-year long investigation of the policing practices of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, people briefed on the matter said.
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'Black Mirror's' new season is only occasionally all it's cracked up to be
A new season of "Black Mirror" is always something of an occasion, especially since Netflix opportunistically scooped up the sci-fi-ish anthology series in 2015. Coming four years after Season 5, the latest batch bats roughly two out of five in terms of memorable episodes in a run that tilts more heavily toward horror, and falls short of feeling like everything the acclaimed show is cracked up to be.
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