Tag Archives: Avengers: Infinity War

Sony-Man: New Day for the Brand

It is now seven years into the post-Endgame era of the MCU. In 2019, the epic crossover that had just dammed more than a decade of buildup with one of the biggest cliffhangers of all time let loose with a … Continue reading →

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‘Quantumania:’ or, ‘imagine if Rick and Morty sucked’

3/10 Oh, Ant-Man. What did you do to deserve getting stepped on like this? In that iconic moment in an iconic movie when the Avengers assembled onscreen for the first time, Ant-Man was already the butt of the joke. He … Continue reading →

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Wakanda long ago, ‘Wakanda Forever’

7/10 Everyone in the world has been through a lot since Black Panther showed us a magical dream of uncolonized Africa in February 2018. Four years later in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, that dream is tainted by real-life tragedy among … Continue reading →

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The most important movies of 2019

Annual top 10 lists are dumb and arbitrary and I hate them, even as I’ve started doing them. We can do better here. Instead of a static list of 10 favorites, 10 peanuts with which to pack the year away … Continue reading →

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Putting ‘Aquaman’s’ success into context with the DCEU

Two weeks ago, Aquaman became the first DCEU movie to make $1 billion. In an era of film history that is completely dominated by comic book movies, the franchise so incompetent it couldn’t make financial hay even by putting Batman … Continue reading →

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