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Scottish Sun
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Mega entertainment venue to open in northern town dubbed ‘the new Berlin' – with frozen margarita bar and beer hall
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A NEW day-to-night entertainment venue is coming to Stockport this month, in a former bank with a frozen margarita bar and a beer hall. Called 'Underbank,' the venue is due to launch a soft opening across the bank holiday weekend from May 24 to May 25, before full opening on May 30. 2 Underbank is a historic part of Stockport and the new venue will be known by the same name Credit: Instagram @theunderbank The venue will be Stockport's first dedicated beer hall, with a sound system and will be spread over four floors. Owner Des O'Malley said: "The street parties, the car park raves, Foodie Friday — everyone's started saying Stockport's like the new Berlin", reports Manchester's Finest. On the ground floor, there will be pints served from many of Manchester's top breweries including Pomona Island and Runaway. There will also be a Guinness tap and a frozen margarita bar, with flavours such as mango and coconut. Watermelon tequila hot shots will be available too. Eventually, the whole building will open as a multi-facility venue with a recording studio and event space in the basement and a rooftop terrace, planned to open next summer. It also happens to be the only venue in town with dual access from both the Overbank and Underbank, a quirk of the area's unusual topography. At roof level, the entrance will link guests directly to the growing Old Town market plaza. And the main bar downstairs will connect to the Underbank strip, home to a number of other entertainment venues. Underbank will also be the first place in Stockport to install a Void system — the high-end audio rig used at major festivals. Major US city's new Guinness Brewery offers bonus with pints for St. Patrick's Day and Instagram users will love it Over the opening weekend, a number of local DJs and artists will be performing at the venue. The venue will run a rotating kitchen residency too. Whilst the attraction is set to open in phases, parts will be open from May 24, with guests who follow their Instagram page about to get 50 per cent off their bill. The historic building used to be home to 'Walmsley', an 18th century furniture store but later fell into disrepair. A regional Bank HQ for Cheshire then filled the site. All of the launch parties are free to the public, however getting on the guestlist is recommended to guarantee entry. Britain's 30 best pub beer gardens revealed – is one located near you? Plus, inside the old tube station being converted into a Wetherspoons with original ticket hall.
The Irish Sun
15-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Mega entertainment venue to open in northern town dubbed ‘the new Berlin' – with frozen margarita bar and beer hall
A NEW day-to-night entertainment venue is coming to Stockport this month, in a former bank with a frozen margarita bar and a beer hall. Called 'Underbank,' the venue is due to launch a soft opening across the Advertisement 2 Underbank is a historic part of Stockport and the new venue will be known by the same name Credit: Instagram @theunderbank The venue will be Stockport's first dedicated beer hall, with a sound system and will be spread over four floors. Owner Des O'Malley said: "The street parties, the car park raves, Foodie Friday — everyone's started saying Stockport's like the new Berlin", reports On the ground floor, there will be pints served from many of Manchester's top breweries including Pomona Island and Runaway. There will also be a Guinness tap and a frozen margarita bar, with flavours such as mango and coconut. Advertisement Read more on breweries Watermelon tequila hot shots will be available too. Eventually, the whole building will open as a multi-facility venue with a recording studio and event space in the basement and a rooftop terrace, planned to open next summer . It also happens to be the only venue in town with dual access from both the Overbank and Underbank, a quirk of the area's unusual topography. At roof level, the entrance will link guests directly to the growing Old Town Advertisement Most read in News Travel And the main bar downstairs will connect to the Underbank strip, home to a number of other Underbank will also be the first place in Stockport to install a Void system — the high-end audio rig used at major festivals. Major US city's new Guinness Brewery offers bonus with pints for St. Patrick's Day and Instagram users will love it Over the opening weekend, a number of local DJs and artists will be performing at the venue. The venue will run a rotating kitchen residency too. Advertisement Whilst the attraction is set to open in phases, parts will be open from May 24, with guests who follow their Instagram page about to get 50 per cent off their bill. The historic building used to be home to 'Walmsley', an 18th century furniture store but later fell into disrepair. A regional Bank HQ for Cheshire then filled the site. All of the launch parties are free to the public, however getting on the guestlist is recommended to guarantee entry. Advertisement Britain's 30 best pub beer gardens revealed – is one located near you? Plus, 2 It will open in phases, eventually boasting a recording studio and outdoor terraces Credit: Instagram @theunderbank
Gizmodo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Thunderbolts Gives the MCU Its New Avengers, Now What?
Since the asterisk was revealed to be a prominent part of Thunderbolts' title, fans have wondered what it meant. At first, it seemed to indicate the future team's displeasure with the name Red Guardian christens them with. That's very much the case in the film, but there's also more to it than that, which you've probably already seen online thanks to fans and Marvel itself. (A source close to the project told io9 that the reveal is not intended to be permanent, just a marketing maneuver to pay off the asterix.) After saving Bob from the all-powerful Void within him, the team spot Val, the woman responsible for New York's recent chaos. They walk over to apprehend or kill her, but it's a feint: they've stepped into the sight line of press Val summoned so she could announce them as the new Avengers—further emphasized during the end titles, which transitions from Thunderbolts to New Avengers, complete with a new logo and Alan Silvestri's theme. Who are the New Avengers? Created in January 2005 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, the team was formed in the aftermath of 2004's Avengers Disassembled storyline when Electro attacks the supervillain prison the Raft. Spider-Woman, Daredevil, and Luke Cage, already onsite, team up with Captain America, Iron Man, Sentry, and Spider-Man to stop the riot. Forty-two inmates escape, prompting the heroes—sans Daredevil and Sentry—to form a new team and track the missing villains, with Wolverine joining shortly after. The New Avengers were a premier team during the mid-2000s, lasting through the Scarlet Witch and Magneto's House of M, the superhero Civil War, the Skrulls' invasion of Earth, and the rise of the Dark Avengers. There've been a few iterations of the New Avengers since Bendis and Finch's initial version, and Thunderbolts' cast were all part of either team (or both) at some point in their individual comics histories. Bob/Sentry, Bucky, and Val's assistant Mel—aka Songbird—have been New Avengers during its handful of runs, while Yelena, Red Guardian, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster were on the Thunderbolts at least twice. Whereas the first New Avengers in the comics just generally happened to assemble, the Thunderbolts have typically been brought together for a specifc purpose. (One of its most recent incarnations, for example, came together to kill the Red Skull.) The movie does a little of both: Val summons Walker, Yelena, Ghost, and Taskmaster to her compound so they can kill each other and tie up her loose ends, then stick together to save Bob from her clutches and being groomed into the Sentry. In pretending to be superheroes, these Thunderbolts somewhat resemble the comics group's core concepts of villains pretending to be superheroes to pull off crimes, then reformed villains redeeming themselves through heroics. What purpose do the New Avengers have in the MCU? Val mentions a few times in the film the need for a new superhero team to protect America, though by the time of the post-credits scene, they seem to have lost public favor and are in the middle of a trademark war with current Captain America Sam Wilson. Sam doesn't make an appearance, but he apparently has his own team of Avengers, which currently appears to just include his protege Joaquin Torres as the new Falcon. But those discussions will have to wait, because they're seemingly the first to be aware of a rocket potentially containing the Fantastic Four coming to Earth, paving the way for both teams' inclusion in Avengers: Doomsday. Both Doomsday and its sequel Secret Wars both look to be incorporating threads from Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's 2015 multiverse-focused event. The New Avengers had a part to play in that, too: the relaunched book in 2013 from Hickman, Steve Epting, and Mike Deodato was actually about the Illuminati, who were devoted to stopping multiversal Incurions. (Reed Richards, Beast, Professor X, and Namor have been members of that team, and they're all appearing in Doomsday.) During the 'Time Runs Out' storyline building up to Secret Wars, then-Avengers member Sunspot created his own team of New Avengers to deal with that threat, plus end quash the war between the core Avengers team and Illuminati. After the reborn Marvel universe post-Secret Wars, the New Avengers were rebranded into the U.S. Avengers in a 2017-2018 run from Al Ewing and Paco Medina, and haven't been seen since. But in Val's insistence on an America-focused team, the movie appears to have the spirit of that offshoot team in its DNA. Where the cinematic New Avengers go from Doomsday and on will be seen throughout the years. For now, Val has the team she promised the people, and the New Avengers have the second shot their members have been hoping for—plus leverage on Val if she ever reneges on them.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Marvel's Thunderbolts isn't just another superhero movie, it's a mental health gut-punch
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 24: (L-R) Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hannah John-Kamen, Geraldine Viswanathan, Lewis Pullman and Jake Schreier attend the UK photocall for Marvel Studios' 'Thunderbolts*' at The Corinthia Hotel on April 24, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Walt Disney Company Limited) Marvel movies usually mean big explosions, sarcastic banter, and some overpowered villain trying to blow up New York... again. But Thunderbolts ? It's coming in with something different. This time, Marvel's not just flexing muscles and CGI — they're flexing hearts. And it hits deep, especially if you've ever wrestled with anxiety, trauma, or just that little voice in your head that won't shut up. At the center of all this emotional chaos is Bob, played by Lewis Pullman. Now, Bob's not your classic, chiseled, save-the-world superhero. In fact, his story starts in a pretty dark place — addiction, mental illness, and a desperate need to quiet the storm inside his own head. So what does he do? He steals what he thinks are drugs from his old science teacher and shoots up. Except it's not just drugs. It's an experimental super-serum. Cue instant regret and massive unintended consequences. Bob becomes the Sentry — a superhero with the massive power! Sounds epic, right? Except there's a catch: the serum didn't just give him power. It split him in half. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Scarlett Johansson, 40, Shows Off Her Real Size In A New Vacation Photos 33 Bridges Undo Meet the Void — Bob's evil alter ego, born from his darkest thoughts, deepest trauma, and untreated schizophrenia. The Void isn't just his bad side — it's a full-on cosmic horror capable of turning people into shadows and dropping cities into pitch-black chaos. So yeah, not exactly sunshine and rainbows. What's wild — and honestly kind of brilliant — is how the movie uses Bob's story as a metaphor for mental health struggles. He's not just fighting 'the bad guy,' he is the bad guy... sometimes. And also the good guy. Basically, Bob's brain is doing that thing where it spirals and self-sabotages, except it happens on a city-destroying level. Now throw in the rest of the Thunderbolts crew: Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and John Walker (Wyatt Russell). They're all dealing with their own stuff — past trauma, guilt, identity crises — you name it. They're not shining examples of heroism; they're broken, messy, and trying their best. So yeah, basically human. And here's where Thunderbolts really flips the superhero script. There's a major turning point in the movie — you expect this big final battle between Bob and his dark side. Instead? The team shows up not with weapons, but with empathy. They talk. They listen. They don't try to punch the Void out of him — they help Bob face the parts of himself he's been too scared to acknowledge. It's powerful stuff. Director Jake Schreier and the cast apparently fought hard for this kind of storytelling. The story, co-written by The Bear's Joanna Calo, approaches Bob's character with a notable sense of empathy — which makes total sense, considering Calo's track record. If you've watched The Bear, you know it doesn't shy away from tough stuff like anxiety and suicide, and it handles those themes with a rare kind of care. Here, Bob is given a backstory that's rich, if slightly familiar: he grows up in a household weighed down by mental illness — his mother's struggles — and haunted by his father's violent behavior. It's a background that leaves deep emotional scars, and Bob doesn't walk away unscathed. He's prone to wild emotional swings, delusions of grandeur, and frightening blackout episodes that disconnect him from reality. Things take a dark turn when Val — who tries to act like a twisted blend of therapist, mentor, and overbearing mother — steps in. Her manipulative 'tough love' approach backfires spectacularly. Instead of guiding Bob toward becoming the heroic Sentry, her meddling helps unleash his darker half: the Void. The scene quietly leans into a heavy idea — that sons raised in violent, emotionally unstable homes can carry forward that trauma in destructive ways if left unsupported. It's subtle, layered, and hits harder the more you think about it. What makes this movie stand out isn't the action (though there's plenty), or the superpowers (they're cool too), but how deeply it dives into what it means to live with your inner demons — and still choose to fight. Not with fists. With love, community, and acceptance. Whether you've ever faced mental health challenges or not, Thunderbolts hits home. It's about what happens when you feel like a burden, when you're scared of what's inside your head, and how healing doesn't come from being "fixed" — it comes from being seen and supported. So if you're expecting the usual Marvel spectacle, you'll get it. But you'll also get something deeper — a reminder that even superheroes struggle. That the strongest thing you can do isn't saving the world, but facing your own. In a genre that often skips the heavy stuff in favor of one-liners and explosions, Thunderbolts dares to say: hey, maybe the real battle is the one inside your head. And honestly? That's the kind of hero story we need right now. Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why Is [Spoiler] Suing Thunderbolts* in Marvel Movie?
While Captain America didn't appear in Thunderbolts*, he was mentioned towards the end. Wondering what sparked tension between Sam Wilson and the Thunderbolts? The post-credits scene reveals unexpected fallout, a controversial rebrand, and a legal twist that could shake up the MCU's team dynamics. As alliances shift and new players emerge, the future of Earth's Mightiest Heroes grows more uncertain. Here's what we learned after the credits rolled in Thunderbolts*. In Thunderbolts*' post-credits scene, Yelena Belova and Bucky Barnes confirm that Sam Wilson has taken legal action against their team for using the name 'Avengers.' Bucky states, 'Sam Wilson is suing us for copyright infringement,' after Valentina Allegra de Fontaine rebrands the Thunderbolts as the 'New Avengers' without consulting the original team. The lawsuit highlights tension between the original Avengers legacy and Val's government-approved group. Sam reportedly refuses to work with the New Avengers. This signals a growing divide between the two teams, which is expected to escalate in Avengers: Doomsday. The U.S. Government, through Val, names the Thunderbolts as the official Avengers after the Sentry project fails. Val had planned to use Bob as the sole superpowered solution. But when the Thunderbolts unite and survive, she claims credit and rebrands them as her own team. The new lineup includes Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, John Walker, Red Guardian, Ghost, and Bob. However, Bob cannot use his powers without risking the return of the Void. The team now operates from Val's Watchtower, formerly Tony Stark's Avengers Tower. Meanwhile, Sam Wilson is implied to be forming his own version of the Avengers. While the film doesn't confirm the lineup, potential members include Falcon (Joaquín Torres), Shang-Chi, Ant-Man, Shuri, M'Baku, and Ms. Marvel, among others. The conflict escalates as public reception of Val's New Avengers remains mixed. Merchandising, such as Wheaties cereal boxes, promotes the team despite Sam's legal challenge. The end-credits scene sets the stage for further disputes and introduces the Fantastic Four, whose ship arrives in Earth-616's atmosphere, signaling their entry into the broader conflict and potentially connecting directly to Avengers: Doomsday.
