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Captain America: Brave New World gives us more of the same diminishing returns we’ve seen in recent Marvel movies and leaves me wondering when it’s time to opt out of the whole franchise.
Sebastian Stan masters the mannerisms of the megalomaniacal former president, but ‘The Apprentice’ lacks perspective and a point.
A Different Man highlights the talents of Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson but lacks some of the bite of films that tackled similar themes this year.
Dumb Money simplifies the story of the GameStop short squeeze a little too much, but the strong cast and snappy storytelling make for an entertaining watch.
As the MCU moves into a post-Infinity Saga world, Marvel is throwing all sorts of new stuff at us, particularly in the form of streaming shows on Disney Plus. Now we get an animated series that correctly assumes we’re all familiar enough with the characters of the MCU to wonder what would happen if they…
Now that we’ve wrapped the first season of Loki, we have a pretty good sample of the Marvel shows on Disney Plus. But out of the three we’ve seen so far, which one is the best? We take a look at WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki in this Whatcha Watchin’ video.
After the wild weirdness of WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier offers an MCU story more grounded in reality that seems to aim for playing it safe. Read more in our spoiler-free review.
SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: If ‘Endgame’ is how this chapter of cinema history concludes, what a wonderful way to say goodbye.
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is everything you want in an epic Marvel movie, plus a lot of awesome twists and turns you won’t expect. Check out our spoiler-free review here.
Great sci-fi films combine visual effects, plausible science, and engaging characters who feel like real people. It’s a difficult balancing act between explosions and action, math and engineering, and an engrossing emotional journey. This is why great sci-fi films are so few and far between, and why The Martian gives me hope that this kind…