TV #18 of 2022: Moon Knight, season 1 I’ve enjoyed the first half of this six-episode miniseries as a character study of a meek man coming to realize his blackouts and sleepwalking are the result of undiagnosed Dissociative Identity Disorder — and that his opposite persona is a confident ex-mercenary who’s also the superpowered avatar …
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Movie Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Movie #9 of 2022: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Crossovers are reliable crowd-pleasers that a ‘cinematic universe’ of joint continuity is custom-built to fulfill, and even outside of colossal team-up events in the main Avengers line, Marvel Studios has gotten good mileage in recent years out of sticking one superhero in another’s movie. So the …
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Movie Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Movie #4 of 2022: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Finally decided to rent this one, since I still hadn’t seen it and at this point it doesn’t seem as though it’ll ever make its way over to Disney+ with the rest of the MCU. It’s fun! The explosion-y climax goes on a bit long in …
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Movie Review: Eternals (2021)
Movie #3 of 2022: Eternals (2021) The very definition of a skippable MCU title. I suppose the visuals are striking, and the diversity of the cast is appreciated, but outside of Kumail Nanjiani’s quippy efforts, it’s altogether a dour film of people standing around proclaiming ominously (in between exchanging laser blasts and/or punches) with little …
Movie Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Movie #1 of 2022: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) A fun Marvel movie with a mostly Asian cast, built around setpiece homages to a variety of martial arts films of the past, from Jackie Chan’s work to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to Mortal Kombat of all things. It’s sad that the …
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Book Review: All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told by Douglas Wolk
Book #371 of 2021: All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told by Douglas Wolk This is a rollicking nonfiction attempt to grapple with the wide range of Marvel Comics titles, written by a lifelong fan after he went back to read literally all of them — the …
TV Review: Hawkeye, season 1
TV #89 of 2021: Hawkeye, season 1 The latest Marvel show on Disney+ is a flawed but fun action-comedy, taking full advantage of the Christmas setting for a festive buddy romp as Clint Barton reluctantly accepts an eager new junior partner. He’s trying to shut down a mob investigation into the Ronin, his blood-soaked alter …
TV Review: What If…?, season 1
TV #75 of 2021: What If…?, season 1 The debut animated feature in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is fun, with a few key caveats. I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily a show for all fans, as these alternate versions of events do lean on audience familiarity with the proper timeline for their full effect, but the …
Movie Review: Black Widow (2021)
Movie #6 of 2021: Black Widow (2021) While I love the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general, this particular title wasn’t high on my priority list, given its status as a standalone prequel for a character whose plot arc had already reached a frustrating conclusion in the main series. But I’m pleasantly surprised by it, especially …
TV Review: Loki, season 1
TV #57 of 2021: Loki, season 1 This latest Marvel series has been a blast to watch and to speculate about, even if in my opinion the ultimate answers aren’t as clever or as daring as certain fan theories out there. (I wonder how it will be received differently for audiences who come at it …
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