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Saturday Night Live: Benedict Cumberbatch jokes about being ‘beat by Will Smith’

‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ actor made the quip while fronting the sketch show

The Independent UK

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review – one for diehard Marvel fans

Self-referential in the extreme, this latest outing for dimension-hopping Benedict Cumberbatch is a largely joyless affair

The Guardian - UK

From Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to The Big Conn: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re up for a mystical trip through time and space or fancy a spot of white-collar crime, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

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'Doctor Strange 2' ending explained: How it sets up 'Doctor Strange 3'

'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' is here, and it's ending may surprise you. But what does it mean for a potential 'Doctor Strange 3'? Let's discuss.

Inverse

Remember feeling excited for Marvel?

In the age of superhero overload, mediocre comic book TV and films are overwhelming our desire to see the good ones

Salon

Benedict Cumberbatch struggles to understand Ariana Grande lyrics: ‘Something about a cat in an elevator?’

Actor said that despite not understanding what Grande was singing, he thinks she has ‘raw talent’

The Independent UK

Marvel's 'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' is all over the place

The latest MCU film is at its best when director Sam Raimi leans into its horror elements, and at its weakest when it coasts on cameos and callbacks from a now-diffuse network of Marvel properties.

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The MCU will swallow Sam Raimi's soul

Fear for the fiendish troublemaker and purveyor of gonzo violence when he enters the multiverse of blandness

Salon

Pushing the boundaries

Besides 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home and its follow-up No Way Home (2021), Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness is the first film from Marvel's Phase 4 to feature a storyline after the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Bangkok Post

Jaeger-LeCoultre's connection to the cosmos

On the wrist of Benedict Cumberbatch, Jaeger-LeCoultre's perpetual calendars hit both the digital and big screens, showing the brand's prowess in the highly-sophisticated complication.

Bangkok Post

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: Benedict Cumberbatch and Sam Raimi team up for Marvel's crowd-pleasing but creatively lacklustre latest

The director of the OG Spider-Man trilogy and Evil Dead is no match for Marvel's multiverse madness and increasingly fan-driven franchise.

ABC News

SNL: Who is hosting next?

Benedict Cumberbatch and Arcade Fire will be featured when the show returns on 7 May

The Independent UK

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review: Sam Raimi can’t rescue what amounts to a total mess

Marvel sequel kicks off with relentless exposition, before buckling further and further under the weight of its magical MacGuffins

The Independent UK

'Doctor Strange 2' mid-credits scene explained: How Charlize Theron's Clea sets up a dark future in the MCU

Who is the stranger in purple at the end of 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'? Here's what Charlize Theron's magic user is all about.

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Chicago Tribune

‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ review: Sam Raimi drags the Marvel universe halfway to hell

“He makes zombie movies, and he makes superhero movies. And sometimes he makes both in the same movie!”

France 24

Film show: Making ‘Mincemeat’ of the enemy

Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why British film “Operation Mincemeat” features all the elements of her favourite kind of movie: superb performances, an ingenious plot and a generous dose of espionage. We get a new perspective on life in Somalia, thanks to the touching tale of “The Gravedigger’s wife”,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' Tests Appeal of Movie 'Multiverse'

After 27 box office-shattering blockbusters, the Marvel superhero films have no more worlds to conquer -- so they are headed off to parallel universes instead. The highly anticipated "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," out Friday, sends Benedict Cumberbatch's sorcerer hopping between colorful, creepy and downright bizarre new dimensions,…

The Independent UK

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness first reactions roll in after Marvel premiere

What’s the verdict on the MCU’s ‘first horror movie’?

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ takes Marvel to a macabre place

As Benedict Cumberbatch’s deadpan sorcerer ventures to creepy alternate worlds, the more compelling story belongs to Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda, ruthlessly searching for her place in the multiverse.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Gets Weirder, Scarier, Messier

Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back. No work of fiction ever needs permission to break the rules or push the boundaries of traditional storytelling, but the multiverse, at least as it’s been served up in recent Marvel movies, practically demands it. And for the moment…

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'Doctor Strange' sequel a 'verse-trip through the mundane

In 2022, the multiverse is seemingly everywhere (all at once) on movie screens, including, of course, in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the sequel to 2016’s “Doctor Strange.” The film sees snarky superhero surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) back in action, though he never really went away,…

Los Angeles Times

Movie review: An enjoyable 'Doctor Strange' sequel delivers the flyin', the witch and the red robe

Double, double, gargoyles and rubble: There are witchy doings and evil twins aplenty in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," the spookily unhinged new entry in the Marvel Cinematic — uh, Universe? Multiverse? Whatever we're supposed to call this increasingly hydra-headed Disney content behemoth, it has rarely ventured in…

The Independent UK

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review: Sam Raimi can’t rescue what amounts to a total mess

Marvel sequel kicks off with relentless exposition, before buckling further and further under the weight of its magical MacGuffins

The Guardian - UK

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness review – cheerful alt-reality sequel

Benedict Cumberbatch returns as surgeon-superhero Stephen Strange, now on a mission to protect a teen who can visit parallel universes

The Independent UK

Benedict Cumberbatch defends Spider-Man spell: ‘It’s not really Strange’s mistake’

‘Everyone forgets that Peter interrupts the spell so many times’

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