Assembled Over the past decade, Marvel brought audiences toward this melee, beginning in Iron Man’s militaristic fantasy before turning into a wild, uncontrolled spectacle of comic book fiction. Avengers: …
Stark’s Arc The hero of the Marvel universe isn’t Tony Stark. Captain America couldn’t save us all either. Marvel’s movies – some 52 hours of storytelling – belong to …
Assembled, then Disassembled With a decade of build-up, Infinity War goes all out with its spectacle. One computer generated war segues into another, becoming a repetitious and tiring mass …
For Wakanda Killmonger, Black Panther’s supervillain, is right. He speaks against mass incarceration, for civil rights, notes cultural theft, and acknowledges poverty. He lived in ghettos, lost his father, …
Like Kevin Bacon? Infinity War makes it easier to appreciate how clean that first Avengers movie was. Another dozen plus Marvel outings on, there’s such a deluge of arcs …
Sokovian Split While a touch rotund in the narrative department and lacking the comic’s political bite, Captain America’s third go-round still pops with energy. The cast, as rounded up …
James Brown Biopic has incredible A/V quality; deserves multiple Oscar noms Following up The Help, director Tate Taylor fishes for more Oscar nominations with his masterful Get On Up, …