Bradley Russell

3 days ago | inkl.com | Bradley Russell

. With all the talk about Tony Stark and his legacy in the first three episodes of Ironheart, it should come as little surprise that the new Disney Plus series features connective tissue that links it back to the MCU's debut outing. We just didn't quite expect it to happen in this form – a shocking family reveal that digs into the heart (pun intended) of the Marvel show's themes, as well as one that sets up the final batch of episodes next week very nicely indeed.

3 days ago | gamesradar.com | Bradley Russell

Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger offered up a rare mea culpa – one that would have far-reaching ramifications for Marvel Studios. "We all admitted to ourselves that we lost a little focus by making too much," Iger told Wall Street analysts in May. The big picture readily became apparent: Marvel Studios would course correct, only dishing out home runs and big hitters instead of flooding the streaming landscape with quantity over quality.

3 days ago | inkl.com | Bradley Russell

Perhaps unfairly, Ironheart is one of the poster children of that approach, an unlikely spin-off greenlit at a time when Marvel Studios probably felt they couldn't fail. Dropping with relatively little fanfare across two weeks on Disney Plus, Ironheart arrives in the long shadow of that Disney mandate. Worse still, it has to contend with the spectre of what any hero with 'Iron' in their name – I Love You 3000 and all the rest of it – conjures up in the MCU.

3 days ago | gamesradar.com | Bradley Russell

Everybody Loves Raymond stars have shot down any talk of a reboot or sequel down – because doing it without their late cast mates would be a "disservice" to the classic sitcom. "There won't be a reboot," Ray Romano, who played the titular lovable everyman in the comedy, told The New York Post. "The obvious is Peter [Boyle] and Doris [Roberts], and one of the kids – they’re no longer with us. We’re all heartbroken.

3 days ago | inkl.com | Bradley Russell

Everybody Loves Raymond. Everybody Loves Raymond stars have shot down any talk of a reboot or sequel down – because doing it without their late cast mates would be a "disservice" to the classic sitcom. "There won't be a reboot," Ray Romano, who played the titular lovable everyman in the comedy, told The New York Post. "The obvious is Peter [Boyle] and Doris [Roberts], and one of the kids – they’re no longer with us. We’re all heartbroken.