I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film start out so scattered and be able to pull out just in time to turn in a pretty great film. But make no mistake, I found the first half pretty mediocre. I … Continue reading
I’m such a sucker for Marvel films… and I’m not even a comic book fan. Just something about their whimsical nature – when they aren’t being universe ending – that appeals to me. The Marvels is a mashup of three … Continue reading
Despite the fact you can see the gears at work in this film, Guardians 3 did for me what few MCU films have done: it made me genuinely concerned about the characters and it made me care. Care enough to … Continue reading
To screw up a metaphor, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special melted my Grinch heart. I was just telling a friend I really don’t watch Christmas movies on a loop. I’ll watch ’em and the schmaltz might make me … Continue reading
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a very busy film without, thankfully, being a very messy film. They manage to stuff the movie to the (ahem) gills with character and plot without the whole merry-go-round flinging everyone off in a fit … Continue reading
Well, here’s another cozy little corner of Marvel Comics… Marvel horror? I guess? I suppose we’ve dipped our toes in here with Wanda and the Darkhold and some of Dr. Strange (especially Multiverse of Madness). And this Disney+ special has … Continue reading
Thor: Love and Thunder is going to be a hard movie to rewatch. The first half of this film is so corny that it almost single-handedly ruins Thor and the MCU in its cheesy overkill. But the second half… the … Continue reading
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a fun, trippy flick that throws it all at the screen, confident that this is gonna work. And I think it does work… though they don’t have to sell me on the … Continue reading
What a fun movie. That was my thought at multiple times during this flick… just sitting back and admiring how much fun they were having up there on screen and, by doing so, how much fun I was having. Also … Continue reading
Shang-Chi is the latest MCU film. It’s about a regular dude who parks cars in San Francisco with his best gal pal… only to blow his real identity as the son of a shadowy martial arts villain. Now he has … Continue reading