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26th Aug 2023

Boy Meets World (1993)

17th Aug 2023

Breaking Bad (2008)

16th Aug 2023

The Punisher (2004)

15th Aug 2023

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: One of the antagonists in this series will be a character named Valerie Cooper. Despite debuting in Marvel Comics in December 1983, this will be the first time she has appeared in a medium outside of the comics.

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15th Aug 2023

X-Men '97 (2023)

Trivia: A.J. LoCascio is taking over the role of Gambit from Chris Potter. He said he initially didn't know he was going to be recording for a revival of the original animated series, rather he thought it was going to be for a video game.

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8th Aug 2023

Secret Invasion (2023)

Trivia: This series depicts the Super Skrull as having the superpowers of various MCU characters. In the comics, the Super Skrull has the powers of the Fantastic Four.

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8th Aug 2023

Barbie (2023)

Trivia: This is the first film directed solely by a woman to earn $1 billion at the global box office. Other films with female directors to have earned $1 billion, such as Frozen or Captain Marvel, had a male co-director.

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Trivia: Fabian Marta, one of the patrons who helped crowdfund this film, was ironically arrested and charged with child kidnapping in August 2023. Additionally, Tim Ballard, on whom this film is based, stepped down from Operation Underground Railroad in the same year after receiving multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

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Trivia: With his appearance in the post-credits scene, Loki became the first character to appear in each of the five phases of the MCU.

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Trivia: This is reportedly the final film of the DCEU. Warner Bros. opted to start over because of dwindling fan enthusiasm and diminishing box office returns, and brought in director James Gunn of Guardians of the Galaxy fame to shepherd in a new franchise.

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28th Jul 2023

The Marvels (2023)

24th Jul 2023

Oppenheimer (2023)

Trivia: This is the first Christopher Nolan film since 2000's Memento not to be distributed by Warner Bros. Nolan's partnership with the studio soured over his dissatisfaction with their decision to release new films on HBO Max on the same day as their theatrical releases during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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24th Jul 2023

Oppenheimer (2023)

20th Jul 2023

Oppenheimer (2023)

Trivia: This film, combined with Barbie, became an internet phenomenon, dubbed "Barbenheimer", due to the fact that the two films were released on the same day, with some filmgoers opting to see the movies together as a double feature for no other reason than their vastly different subject matter.

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Trivia: After 24 years and 10 appearances, this film will mark the first time Hugh Jackman will don Wolverine's classic yellow and blue costume.

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1st Jul 2023

Secret Invasion (2023)

Trivia: Nick Fury's wife is played by Charlayne Woodard, who previously played Samuel L. Jackson's mother in the films "Unbreakable" and "Glass."

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Trivia: This is just the second film to feature the character of Matt Murdock aka Daredevil, and both films happen to feature Jon Favreau in a supporting role. According to Charlie Cox, this film had a deleted scene in which Happy Hogan is giving a deposition and states his memory is a little foggy, a reference to Murdock's law partner, Foggy Nelson, whom Favreau played in 2003's Daredevil.

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Trivia: SPOILER: The movie reveals that Indy and Marion's son, Mutt, was killed while serving in Vietnam. Shia LeBeouf, who played Mutt in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has been vocal about his dissatisfaction with his performance in the film, much to the chagrin of both Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg. That, coupled with the negative fan reception of his character/performance, are likely the reasons that LeBeouf did not return for this film.

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1st Jul 2023

Dreamgirls (2006)

Trivia: Eddie Murphy, who received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for this film at the Academy Awards, reportedly stormed out of the building after losing the award to Alan Arkin.

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Trivia: This is the only film in the series in which the Paramount logo does not match-dissolve to a similar shape. The Lucasfilm logo does instead.

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