Phoenix Falling Partway through the arduous Dark Phoenix, a TV newscast mentions the possibility for mutant internment camps, suggesting the X-Men’s future unless they stop the conflicted Jean Gray. …
Broken Glass Glass considers that comic books cannot exist. Sarah Paulson’s character refuses to acknowledge their existence; they need to be fantasy, a disease, as represented by three interconnected …
Shattered As a pair, Unbreakable and Split delivered a sharp, “life imitates art” conceit. Comic books represent life – social issues, injustice, moral right – and M. Night Shyamalan’s …
Blondie Atomic Blonde’s grandest sequence is a near 10-minute, seamlessly edited brawl. With a self-contained narrative – Charlize Theron desperate to save the life of a key MI6 contact …
When the world-ending villain is the wrong one Choking on its fan service and battling to preserve continuity with far too many films in this series, Fox’s X-Men heads …
A beautiful, emotionally haunting film about loss and love, starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy How The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them came about is an interesting tale in …
You can argue about whether or not the whole thing is necessary; does anyone really need to know this origin tale? Not necessarily, but the quality deems otherwise.