Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is proof – the latest piece of proof, at least – that Marvel doesn’t care anymore. They don’t care about storytelling, their characters, human and relatable themes, establishing stakes, or even building their universe in exciting ways, which used to be their...
Read MoreMarvel Studios has had a tremendous 2018, with Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War becoming its two biggest domestic hits yet (the latter its biggest worldwide). On the heels of those two blockbusters comes Ant-Man and the Wasp, a much lighter, lower-key superhero movie that serves as a respite...
Read MoreWith Ant-Man, Marvel can place one more check in the win column. They’ve made another fun superhero adventure with a beating heart and a pair of heroes that it’s easy to root for. The film stumbles here and there, and it isn’t one of the better Marvel movies, but it’s still a total blast of ...
Read MoreThunderbolts* is being touted as Marvel’s return to form after a few years in the wilderness, where, with a couple of exceptions, their films ranged from boring duds to unwatchable garbage. It’s not; it’s the same poorly written, unevenly paced, tension-devoid, charmless, weightless, laughles...
Read MoreThe rumors were that with “Isle of Joy,” or maybe last week’s “Art for Art’s Sake,” Daredevil: Born Again was finally going to get good, having expunged all remnants of the scrapped version from the original showrunners before Dario Scardapane took over. Yeah… no. If anything, I hate ...
Read MoreDaredevil: Born Again may be the last straw for a lot of people when it comes to Marvel. The revival of the amazing Netflix series that introduced Matt Murdock and his street-level crime cesspool to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (don’t listen to all that “Now, Daredevil is part of the MCU” n...
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