Disney’s Marvel’s take on Zack Snyder, and it’s pretty good not gonna lie. — To paraphrase other critics I’ve heard talk about this movie: If Guardians of the Galaxy is Marvel’s answer to Star Wars, if Black Widow is Marvel’s answer to Mission: Impossible, and if the Falcon and the Winter Soldier is Marvel’s answer to Lethal Weapon, then Eternals is Marvel’s answer to…

A lukewarm defense of a casting choice that struck many people as being weird at first glance. — It has now been memed to death that Chris Pratt is voicing Mario in next years Mario film made by Illumination Studios. In fact the whole cast has been memed a lot, I have particularly loved all the fan made animatics of Luigi speaking Charlie’s lines from It’s Always Sunny…

Because what’s so wrong about some harmless fan theories? It’s not like the multiverse is at stake… or is it? — What a great week it’s been for the new Spider-Man trailer to drop, eh? In a endless sea of horrible news and stressful events, this trailer was a beacon of light in the hearts of all nerds and nerd adjacent individuals. I challenge, no, I DOUBLE DARE YOU to watch…

Since 2021 has been a trashfire for most people, it’s nice to have some kind of escape from it every now and then. — We don’t need to mince words here. This year has been rough. Just as the pandemic seemed to die down cases started surging back up again. Many people have been facing problems with health, housing, jobs, and more. It’s been more and more difficult to see the people we care…

James Gunn is back in the world of superheroes with a brand new vision of what makes these worlds super. — After a very public falling out with Disney in 2018 due to offensive tweets, James Gunn was fired and then rehired on directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. …

You can say a lot about Zack Snyder’s films. But you can’t say that they’re a straight bop. — I rewatched the 2013 film Man of Steel last week hoping I might glean some new sense of appreciation for it following the Snyder Cut of Justice League being released on HBO Max. I kinda hate this movie and have for many years despite claiming Superman to be one of…

The opening episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier has some very subtle references to the second Captain America film that I love. These aren’t thee kind of easter eggs that most people love, but rather subtle connections that say more about the individual characters than references to the larger…

The Snyder Cut is unsurprisingly a big and bombastic counter-program to Snyder’s past films. — With the ever expanding and successful Marvel Cinematic Universe casting a shadow on the remainder of the film box office, perhaps no franchise was undercut more than the slate of DC films between 2013 and 2017. …

Most MCU chapters lean directly into comedy while this show lets it’s characters breath and deal with drama. — Having just finished watching Episode 1 of the new MCU show Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I am utterly intrigued by how different this is from the rest of the MCU. Especially when compared to Wandavision, this show seems much more straightforward. …