TV #38 of 2018: Marvel’s Luke Cage, season 2 I think this season is about on par with the last one, which I similarly liked but didn’t love. The plot is at least more cohesive this time around, but the message is a little muddled and there are still some elements that kind of go …
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TV Review: Marvel’s Jessica Jones, season 2
TV #36 of 2018: Marvel’s Jessica Jones, season 2 The storyline is unfortunately not as tight as the first season of this show, but it remains a trenchant examination and critique of gendered violence. Without getting into spoilers, this season also explores a particular dynamic between superpowered loved ones that felt new to me for …
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TV Review: Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, season 1
TV #35 of 2018: Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, season 1 This is pretty much the weirdest corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and there’s a lot about it that doesn’t work for me in this first season. The title characters are kept isolated from one another too much of the time, and each one’s special …
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Movie Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Movie #14 of 2018: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) This is a weird movie to review. On the one hand: I really enjoyed watching it! The 2:40 runtime absolutely flies by, and it’s such a joy to see all (okay, most) of the characters Marvel has built up over the years finally bouncing off one another. …
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Movie Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Movie #12 of 2018: Thor: Ragnarok (2017) By far the best Thor movie, and one of the better Marvel Cinematic Universe movies overall. Lots of humor, neat worldbuilding, and actual character growth for Thor and Loki! It could have done better by its female characters, but all in all it was a fun ride and …
Movie Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Movie #10 of 2018: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) I missed this Marvel movie in theaters, in part because I didn’t see a whole lot of people talking about it. (And, honestly, because my fatigue over Spider-Man reboots had finally reached Batman levels.) As much as I liked Spidey in Captain America: Civil War and as happy …
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TV Review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season 5
TV #26 of 2018: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season 5 The finale of this season is outstanding, especially for the closure on Coulson and Fitz’s respective character arcs, but I’m not as sold on some of the episodes that get us there. Although the season has clearly been written with the knowledge that it might …
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Movie Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
Movie #8 of 2018: Doctor Strange (2016) I watched and reviewed this movie last year, and my thoughts are about the same: I’m still happy with my decision to wait until Doctor Strange was on Netflix to watch it (so as to hurt box office returns in protest of the casting). But having now finally …
Movie Review: Black Panther (2018)
Movie #2 of 2018: Black Panther (2018) Easily my favorite thing that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has done to date – and I’ve seen all the movies but Spider-Man: Homecoming, as well as every episode of every MCU show. This one tops them all thanks to its rich worldbuilding, complex characterizations & relationships, and the …
TV Review: Marvel’s Luke Cage, season 1
TV #6 of 2018: Marvel’s Luke Cage, season 1 This show starts off so strongly, following in Daredevil’s footsteps of presenting a superhero spin on urban crime dramas like The Wire. But the villain of the back half of the series is never very well established, and the season really suffers for it, especially in …
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