Moon Knight review: This could be the best Marvel's best Disney+ outing so far, if you can get past the accent

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Will Smith continues to face down some of the troubling consequences of the “slap seen around the world.”

“Moon Knight,” that villain is the chillingly calm Arthur Harrow. But as it happens, Ethan Hawke didn’t look to other villains in pop culture for inspiration on being scary; he looked to real life “television preachers.”Episode 2, now streaming on Disney+, makes a pretty big reveal about Harrow too: he used to be the Moon Knight. Or rather, he was Khonshu’s avatar as Marc Spector and Steven Grant are now.

's second episode finds Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) frantically trying to unravel the mysteries of his other identity, Marc Spector, and his vengeful, masked alter ego. However, as the bumbling, newly fired British Museum worker tries to piece together what he's learned about the dangers he's suddenly facing, he comes across far more questions than answers. The confusion is only compounded by the introduction of Layla El-Faouly (May Calamawy), an archaeologist and adventurer, who — as Steven finds out when she pleads with him to sign their divorce papers -- is also Marc's wife.Layla initially doesn't believe Steven when he protests that he's not actually the husband she's looking for.

, the MCU’s latest series now streaming on Disney+, Arthur Harrow’s ambitions are becoming a bit more clear, as the cult-like leader reveals to Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) his plans to resurrect another Egyptian god, Ammit. While speaking to ET’s Will Marfuggi, Ethan Hawke opens up about playing the cryptic antagonist, who blurs the lines of a typical villain, and his Thanos-like intentions. Given that the titular superhero is someone who has dissociative identity disorder, exhibits multiple personalities and is possessed by Khonshu, Harrow couldn’t be a typical villain.

Facing the future. After receiving major backlash for slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith is worried about what will happen to his career from here.

Don’t start shipping Jason Momoa and Kate Beckinsale just yet — apparently no sparks were flying at the Oscars after all! At least on his end…

Jason Momoa is putting rumors to rest. At the Monday night premiere of "Ambulance," Momoa addressed the recent speculation about his dating life: that he is seeing Kate Beckinsale.  The duo was spotted getting friendly at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in March, where he was photographed giving Beckinsale his coat.  "It was cray," Mamoa told Extra, adding, "Everyone is like, 'Are you dating?' No, no, it was chivalry — the woman was cold." Jason Momoa and Kate Beckinsale were seen getting friendly after the Vanity Fair Oscar party in March.

Jason Momoa has addressed rumours that he is dating Kate Beckinsale after the pair were photographed together during an Oscars after-party. On 27 March, the Aquaman star, 42, and Beckinsale, 48, were seen together at Jay Z’s Oscars after-party, during which they were photographed standing close while the Underworld star wore Momoa’s jacket. At the time, the photographs sparked rumours that Momoa, who recently announced that he and Lisa Bonet would be ending their marriage after five years and more than a decade together, and Beckinsale were dating.

The Northman, and she looks angelic.The globe-hopping braved the London cold in a sparkly mini dress covered with a white coat and accessorized with diamond jewelry and sparkly Christian Louboutin heels. She also had the world's most covetable accessory on her arm: a new boyfriend.

Nothing to it! Jason Momoa is clarifying his relationship status after he was spotted offering his jacket to Kate Beckinsale outside of the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty.

Ambulance on Monday, April 4, the actor clarified to that it's all a misunderstanding as they're just good friends.Momoa explained that he and Beckinsale were just chatting about England—her home country and the location of his current Aquaman 2 shoot—when she caught a chill. “It was cray,” he told the outlet. “Everyone is like, ‘Are you dating?’ No, no, it was chivalry, the woman was cold.” He went on to add that they are “Absolutely not, not together.

Jason Momoa hits the red carpet at the premiere of the movie Ambulance held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday night (April 4) in Los Angeles.

No, there’s nothing going on between Jason Momoa and Kate Beckinsale — even though photos appeared to show them looking quite cozy at an Oscars after-party in March. Jason even wrapped his jacket around Kate’s shoulders as they spoke outside at the event. “It was cray,” Jason told Extra, regarding the dating rumors. “Have a conversation with a woman about her country…I was in England doing Aquaman 2. Everyone is like, ‘Are you dating?’ No, no. It was chivalry, the woman was cold.”

Marvel’s 5-day premiere of deeper universe protagonist, Moon Knight, hooked 1.8M U.S. households, a figure that ties with the first frame draw of Disney+/Marvel’s Falcon and the Winter Solider, but is also ahead of Hawkeye’s over the same number of days by 20%.  That Jeremy Renner-Hailee Steinfeld series clocked 1.5M in its first five days from Nov. 24-28.

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Lady Gaga and Jessica Chastain ahead of the Academy Awards. But Kelly Ripa took a break from the Hollywood glamour on Friday, when she and her husband Mark Consuelos were spotted on a walk in New York City. The 51-year-old Live! With Kelly And Ryan star looked relaxed in a vibrant tie-dye shirt as the couple strolled past the Greenwich Hotel in Manhattan.

Pedro Almodóvar, whose film Parallel Mothers was nominated for two Oscars, is one of the latest celebs in Hollywood to weigh in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at this year’s Academy Awards.

Diddy, 52, started off GRAMMY Award weekend right when he attended a fun bash on Apr. 1! The rapper was photographed walking outside the Offsunset night club in West Hollywood with his rumored new girlfriend Yung Miami, 28, as they left Mike Dean and Jeff Bhasker‘s event, which was held in honor of music’s biggest night of the year on Sunday. The good-looking pair was dressed in stylish outfits as they walked by cameras and appeared relaxed around each other.

Sony’s dive into the deeper waters of Marvel with vampire anti-hero Morbius looks to be shaping up to be a new franchise for the Culver City studio. Industry estimates are pegging around $17M today with a shot at an opening north of $40M for the $75M feature production.

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Moon Knight (★★★☆☆) is a hero who literally doesn’t know himself. Beneath his mask of bandages and ceremonial armor, he’s a man split in two, beset by inner demons as well as the mystical demons and deities that dog his path.Most days, as we’re led to believe from episode one, he wakes up in London as mild-mannered museum gift shop clerk Steven Grant.

Marvel Studios’ “Moon Knight” is unlike anything attempted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2008’s “Iron Man.” Not only is it Marvel’s first Disney Plus series that doesn’t focus on already established characters, the first four episodes of the show, which Variety has seen, contain not a single spoken reference to the MCU. No one talks about Thanos or the Snap, Spider-Man or Wakanda.

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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Marvel has added a new live-action series to its growing lineup this week with the debut of “Moon Knight” on Disney Plus.The highly anticipated show, starring Oscar Isaac as the franchise’s infamous antihero, marks the fifth comic series that the streamer has adapted for the screen, following wildly successful hits such as “WandaVision” and “The Mandalorian.” It’s also the first time that the Moon Knight character, whose story has been explored in dozens of comic issues since 1970, will be featured heavily onscreen.The story starts off by following a British gift shop employee named Steven Grant (Isaac), who is haunted by nightmarish visions seemingly caused by a mysterious force that’s taken over his mind. Soon enough, it turns out those visions are really the real, dissociative states of Mark Specter, another character played by Isaac that shares Grant’s body and identity but is also a human embodiment of the Egyptian god Khonshu.

Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you’ve watched the series premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Moon Knight,” now streaming on Disney Plus. “Moon Knight,” the latest entry in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is as much a story about the gods of Egypt as it is about superheroes.

Marvel Studios have released a brand-new series featuring a new character for the MCU – Moon Knight, played by award-winning actor Oscar Isaac and also starring Ethan Hawke and May Calamawy.

Faux fringe! Kelly Ripa set the internet spiraling with her new set of bangs — but it turns out the looks was only temporary. 

Aquaman star Jason Momoa was spotted getting quite chummy with Underworld star Kate Beckinsale at the Vanity Fair Oscars After Party on Sunday, March 27 in Beverly Hills, CA, which followed the 94th Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.In photos from the event, which you can view via People, Jason Momoa and Kate were seen smiling and getting a little cozy. At some point in the evening, Momoa offered Beckinsale his tuxedo jacket for warmth to cover her sheer dress. I have to imagine Jason Momoa's tuxedo jacket is as warm as a heated blanket. An anon source told that Momoa and Beckinsale “were standing at a bar chatting” and that “they both had smiles on their faces and were very much into their conversation.” This could be indicative of something romantic on the horizon, but the VF Oscars After Party is filled with celebrities talking to each other, so they could just be friendly.

Oscar Isaac, follows the first hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to struggle with Dissociative Identity Disorder. The show’s protagonist has four individual identities, though the series will start out focusing on the lives of just two. Alongside Issac, Ethan Hawke, Gaspard Ulliel and May Calamawy also star in.

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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our revitalized TV and streaming podcast, co-hosts Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez dig into Disney+’s latest Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Moon Knight.” Based on the Marvel Comic of the same name, the show follows a mild-mannered museum gift shop employee, Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac). He finds himself lost in the difference between reality and waking life nightmares, waking up in insanely dangerous situations, and eventually finding himself entangled in a mysterious plot involving powerful Egyptian Gods and charismatic cult leaders (read our review here).