‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: Christian Bale amazes in MCU film

Chris Hemsworth got absolutely jacked for, and while he became #Goals for gym rats everywhere, not everyone fell in love with his beefy look, including his wife, Elsa Pataky.In an interview with, the 38-year-old superhero star revealed that packing on serious muscle for the Marvel sequel was largely the result of boredom. Yes, he's a gym rat, but when it's a wash, rinse, repeat cycle — or, in his case, «train, eat, train, eat» — bulging up to his biggest physique ever was inevitable.

J. Kim Murphy “Thor: Love and Thunder” looks to rule the box office again in its second weekend, fending off more modest openers “Where the Crawdads Sing” and “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.”While Marvel’s Thor fourquel has an easy path to remaining the weekend’s top release, the superhero film is taking a sizable tumble from its opening.

is a candy-colored carnival of action and humor, and a welcome return of favorite Marvel characters: Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Natalie Portman’s Jane, Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie and Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill, popping in from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. One face you may have failed to identify in the trailer: Gorr the God Butcher, who’s played by Christian Bale. But if you know anything about Bale, you’ll know this guy is recognizably unrecognizable.Bale, 48, is the industry’s standard for body modification.

Thor: Love And Thunder has received underwhelming reviews from critics, becoming one of the worst-rated films in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.The Taika Waititi-directed sequel, which sees Chris Hemsworth star alongside Natalie Portman and Christian Bale, currently holds a rating of 71 per cent on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, placing it just above The Incredible Hulk (67 per cent) and by Thor: The Dark World (66 per cent). Eternals remains the lowest rated film of the MCU, amassing a rotten score of 47 per cent.The current score for Thor: Love And Thunder is based on 154 reviews from critics who have attended early screenings of the film.In Rolling Stone‘s scathing review, David Fear wrote: “A collision of competing tones, subplots, conceptual big swings and chaos masquerading as pathos, this new addition to the Asgardian-gods-and-monsters corner of Marvel Cinematic Universe is a holy mess.”Polygon were similarly critical, writing: “Thor: Love and Thunder isn’t just a misfire, it’s a scam.

The latest edition in the seemingly never-ending Marvel Cinematic Universe arrives in UK cinemas tomorrow (July 7). Thor: Love And Thunder is the sixth MCU film to be released in the last year, following a slight hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic, just a couple of months on from the release of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness.

20th Century Studios just dropped the star-studded new trailer for “Amsterdam”.

Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Taylor Swift and many, many more looks to fall in line with his previous films, like 2013’s and 2015’s . Merging fact with fiction, this mostly true story follows a doctor, a nurse and an attorney, who first met in Belgium before becoming prime suspects in a 1930s murder. “You don’t get here without things starting a long time ago. So, two soldiers and a nurse found ourselves in…” Bale is heard saying, before Robbie’s character chimes in by adding, “Amsterdam.”  In addition to Bale, Robbie, Washington and Swift, who was last seen in, the cast also includes Alessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Zoe Saldana, Rami Malek and Robert De Niro.Speaking of De Niro, marks his third collaboration with Russell after and.

David O. Russell is no stranger to massive, A-list ensemble casts.

Christian Bale in the first trailer for David O. Russell’s next film “Amsterdam” finds himself accused of killing a man in a crime he didn’t commit and forced to team with Margot Robbie, John David Washington and Robert De Niro in order to clear his name.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Thor: Love and Thunder” has a pleasing, let’s-try-it-on-and-shoot-the-works effervescence. Like most Marvel movies, the fourth entry in the Thor saga would seem to have weighty matters on its mind, starting with Thor’s hammer, the smashed fragments of which have been reassembled — and, more to the point, claimed — by Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), Thor’s old flame. By possessing the mystique of that hammer, she has become the Mighty Thor.

Taika Waititi‘s “Thor: Love And Thunder” hits theaters next Friday, the latest Marvel film on the big screen since “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness” a couple of months ago. And both as a sequel to Waititi’s 2017 breakout “Thor: Ragnarok” and the latest Phase 4 saga, it’s the biggest MCU release yet in 2022.

has Marvel fans super excited for its electrifying release. As it turns out, the movie was also a big thrill for the children of its A-list cast.ET's Cassie DiLaura recently spoke with Natalie Portman and Christian Bale, and the celebrated Oscar winners reflected on how much being in the high-octane, hotly anticipated movie impressed their kids.«They were just so happy to come visit set,» Portman shared with a smile. «They were so excited to see me wearing a cape.»Portman shares two kids with husband Benjamin Millepied — 11-year-old son Aleph and 5-year-old daughter Amalia.

The Dark Knight rises … again? Christian Bale said he’d be willing to slip into his Batman cowl again, but it would have to be under very specific circumstances.

played the titular tole in the “Dark Knight” trilogy from 2005 to 2012, revealing to Screen Rant what it would take to get him back in the Batsuit.“I had a pact with Chris Nolan,” Bale told the publication.‘Hey, look. Let’s make three films, if we’re lucky enough to get to do that.

Christian Bale may return to the role of the Caped Crusader — if the circumstances are right.

Well before his role as Gorr the God Butcher in the new “Thor: Love & Thunder,” Christian Bale was no stranger to superhero film franchises. He, of course, played Batman in three Christopher Nolan-directed ‘Dark Knight’ films, which are often considered some of the best superhero films ever.