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‘Spider-Verse’ a brilliant, beautiful collision of aesthetics, stories
8/10 Given Sony’s recent history of desperate moneygrubbing, both in general and with Spider-man in particular, I was more than happy to skip Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film’s premise makes it feel like a gimmick to kick-start the Spider-verse … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #Avengers, #ghostbusters, #liev schreiber, #sin city, #sony, #X-Men, 12 fps, Adam West, Bob Persichetti, Chris Pine, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nicolas Cage, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Shameik moore, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Spoiler alert — ‘The Last Jedi’ isn’t very good
4/10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a colossal technical failure. It is a clear-cut case of “good story poorly told,” and that’s very painful because there are far more good ideas here than bad ones. Poor editing, which arises … Continue reading
On slut-shaming and female superheroes
About a week before Age of Ultron was set to come out, stars Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner got into hot water for calling Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) a mean word. Since its release, in a series of stories that predictably are … Continue reading
Posted in White Noise
Tagged #ageofultron, #Avengers, #Blackwidow, #Dawnofjustice, #DC, #Wonderwoman, Marvel
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A less chaotic state: 2003’s Daredevil
Way back at the turn of the century when Marvel began its two decades and counting dominion over the box office with X-Men, no one could have imagined the sustained success the film industry would eventually bring them, but it’s looking more and more … Continue reading
Posted in A less chaotic state
Tagged #13 Going on 30, #20th Century Fox, #Age of Ultron, #Alias, #Avengers, #Batfleck, #Batman, #Ben Affleck, #Breaking Bad, #daredevil, #Dawn of Justice, #Director's cut, #Elektra, #Fantastic Four, #Ghost Rider, #Gigli, #Hulk, #Jennifer Garner, #Jersey Girl, #Mark Steven Johnson, #Michael Clark Duncan, #Netflix, #one-shots, #Paycheck, #Sony Pictures, #Surviving Christmas, #Vincent D'Onofrio, #Widowmaker, #X-Men, Marvel, Spider-Man
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