Joel McHale jokes his character from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 should’ve been in Spider-Man: No Way Home. As the 27th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and culmination of Jon Watts’ Homecoming trilogy, No Way Home capitalizes on Phase Four’s multiverse theory. The film sees Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) crack up the multiverse, bringing Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men and their respective baddies into the MCU.
Long before McHale was Community’s Jeff Wringer or starred in Stargirl, he was featured in a prominent scene in Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 (2004). Read More...
As a kid growing up in the 1990s, I was fascinated by pop cultural images of women and girls who possessed superhuman strength. There was Pippi Longstocking, who could lift her horse over her head. X-Men’s Rogue, who could absorb other superheroes’ powers. Eartha Brute, from “Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?,” a bodybuilder strong enough to steal the Empire State Building.
If a woman was big and strong enough, I figured, surely she would be safe from men. Read More...
By Amy Charles and Victor Dos SantosFeatures correspondent
NasaDuring their nine days in space, the astronauts aboard Apollo 11 took some of the world’s most famous – and beautiful – photographs.
Nasa16 July 1969
Neil Armstrong leads his crew as they board the Saturn V rocket. He’s carrying his oxygen ventilator, and in four days will be walking on the Moon. (Credit: Nasa)
NasaAt 09.32 EDT, the mission gets underway. Half an hour beforehand, Armstrong had commented that the crew were very comfortable: “It's very nice this morning”. Read More...