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The superhero updates are coming in strong today, as Marvel has released the first trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Shang-Chi is about a warrior whose past – a past he thought he’d abandoned – catches up with him, and he’s called upon to be a …

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The condescendingly titled “Truth” (which, since no big answers to anything are revealed, can only mean “We’re about to lay some truth on you”) is the episode where The Falcon and the Winter Soldier goes all-in on identity politics and makes Captain America all about race. People who want to keep this kind of thing …

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“Growing Pains” is more important than it feels. It doesn’t add much to the season’s arc, but it takes two of the main characters in the direction the show wants them to go. However, while one is generally handled well, the other is rushed and short-shrifted, feeling like an afterthought when it should have a …

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Barbs and bullets are about to be traded again as Lionsgate has released a trailer for Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. A sequel to 2017’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard finds Ryan Reynolds’ professional protector Michael Bryce trying to leave the bodyguard business – only to be swept up in another adventure involving hitman Darius Kincaid …

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With “The Whole World is Watching,” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier continues to continue. That’s all it feels like at this point; it’s going through its paces to get to the end. There are bland characters (some of whom used to be fun and cool), weak humor, dull conversations written by people who seem …

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Paul Rudd might be ‘fraid of some ghosts, as Sony has released what they’re calling a “character reveal” from the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife. This will be the third Ghostbusters film in the main series and the fourth overall if you count the Paul Feig remake/reboot/whatever from 2016 (which I don’t think anyone does unless they’re …

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I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but “The One with the Nineties” is another okay episode of The Flash. What stings is, it should have been great, and parts of it are fun and inspired. There’s even a genuinely touching moment centering on a character I don’t particularly like. But there are also …

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“Fear Me” is The Flash at its most mediocre. It isn’t as abysmally bad as some of the worst episodes, but it doesn’t break any new ground either. It sheds new light on Caitlin and Frost, but it says things about Barry we already knew, and it’s saddled with a derivative villain that isn’t as …

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is now officially halfway done, and the third episode, “Power Broker,” makes one thing abundantly clear: the people behind this show don’t care. It’s lazy, poorly plotted, flies in the face of MCU history, does potentially cool things for no purpose (which saps the cool right out of them), …

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Godzilla vs. Kong is the best movie in Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse.  It isn’t great, and it gets some of the same things wrong that its three predecessors did, but it gets the most crucial aspect of these movies dead right. Go elsewhere for compelling characters or a decent story, but if you want some satisfying …

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