Movie #3 of 2023: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) It looks like I’m out of step with the critical consensus on this one, based on the early reviews, but whatever: I really liked the latest piece in Marvel’s increasingly complex cinematic universe! Maybe I’m just riding the high of being back in a movie …
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Movie #19 of 2018: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) A big improvement over the first Ant-Man movie, which was funny but had some definite character issues and lousy gender representation. This one feels stronger on all fronts, and there are a lot of clever uses of the shrinking and growing technology that don’t just copy …
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Movie #22 of 2015: Ant-Man (2015) This was every bit the disappointment I was afraid it would be based on set rumors, but I am just too much of a completionist to not see it. On the plus side, it does have cool effects, some decent humor, and not an entirely white cast. But on …
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