Boh Bringing a story of self-doubt and identity to Marvel’s storyline, the second stand-alone Spider-Man has a lot of fun (too much arguably) selling action in droves, with the …
Son of the Son of Shaft If possible, look past the drug investigation plot of Shaft. It’s a menagerie of cliches, routine, and derivative non-surprises. Underneath that though comes …
Tingles If the Marvel movie-verse is considered a single entity – one 50+ hour movie – then Spider-Man: Far From Home is effectively the post-credit sequence. It’s a little …
About 60% Erik Kernan (Josh Hartnett) works in an active Denver newsroom. He’s a sportswriter, dressed casually, if white collar. Then there’s Champ (Samuel L Jackson), homeless, covered only …
Almost a Marvel Unfortunately designed as a plot gap filler before the main events of Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel entertains in the way all Marvel films too. It’s funny …
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 …
Marveling at Marvel No Doubt’s charged “I’m Just a Girl” blares when Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) finally overcomes her personal skepticism to take on a group of villains. It’s …
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 …
The Incredibles Goes X-Men Sitting around the table for dinner, the Incredible family falls into a political argument. Mother Helen is for a ban on superheroes, the father Bob …