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Oct 25, 2019
Opinion - Scorsese and Coppola Vs. the MCU: Are we focusing on the wrong argument?
There’s been a lot of buzz lately to a topic that has been discussed in one way or another ever since the concept proved successful...
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Aug 17, 2019
Movie Review - Hellboy (2019)
It’s not horrible. Per se. In some ways, much like what I had to say regarding X-Men: Dark Phoenix, it really seems to be that nerd...
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Jul 28, 2019
Movie Review - Shazam
So…how do you follow up a billion dollar fish story? Well, if you’re DC Films and Warner Bros, you cross the old 80s film Big with...
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Jul 23, 2019
Movie Review - Aquaman
Crap…can’t believe I forgot to write up a review for this. So, coming to the box office a year and some change after the mixed bag that...
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Jul 20, 2019
Movie Review - Spider-Man: Far From Home
There are only seven stories in the world, as the saying goes…and if you’re the second film of a superhero series, it’s a good bet you’re...
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Jul 6, 2019
Opinion - #ReleaseTheSnyderCut
In going back over my initial Justice League review, wow…I can’t believe I left out the Russians. You know what I mean, the Russian...
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Jun 28, 2019
Movie Review - X-Men: Dark Phoenix
You know, personally, I think most reviewers are just butt-hurt over the fact that Wolverine’s not in this one. But, truth be told,...
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May 31, 2019
Movie Review - Brightburn
Talk about your ‘Red Son’… Sure, it can be easy to simply dismiss, or advertise, Brightburn as ‘Superman as a slasher film’…and it does...
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Mar 23, 2019
Movie Review - Captain Marvel
Since you’re likely a nerd reading this site, I’m hoping I won’t have to overly explain myself with the following analogy. You know how...
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Dec 23, 2018
Toon Review - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Motion comic. Now, when I say those two words together, what do you think of? Comic book panels with limited animation, often times cheap...
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Aug 23, 2018
Field Trip! Marvel: A Universe of Superheroes Exhibit at MoPop
With the continued dominance of Marvel Studios at the cinemas, as well as the ever-increasing weight of the House of Mouse behind them,...
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Apr 27, 2018
Movie Review - Avengers: Infinity War
This is what pisses me off. You had every chance, Warner Brothers…you really did. You remember that time you beat Marvel to the punch...
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Feb 23, 2018
Movie Review - Black Panther
Black Panther is everything you could hope it would be. And, like Wonder Woman before it, given the subject matter, there’s this...
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Nov 18, 2017
Movie Review - Justice League
Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way right off the bat: This is not DC’s Avengers. After seeing the film twice within the...
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Nov 4, 2017
Movie Review - Thor: Ragnarok
The short version is to just say ‘Go see it, it’s amazing.’ But since when have I ever been short about anything? There’s a lot to...
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Oct 24, 2017
Movie Review - Dracula Untold
Dracula as a superhero. Well, it’s not completely out of the ordinary…ish. After all, Marvel Comics had a book, Tomb of Dracula, that...
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Aug 12, 2017
Toy Review - BVS Superman: DC Collectibles vs. Mezco's One:12 Collective
While the mass market toys are planned to hit store shelves well in advance of a movie’s opening, the more collector-oriented items tend...
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Aug 2, 2017
Nuking the Podcat - Episode 5: The Super Inframan
[NOTE: On the player above, skip to track 5 to hear the latest Podcat!] In an effort to try and be more relevant, [But never timely. –...
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Jul 16, 2017
Movie Review - Spider-Man: Homecoming
So, here it is…Spider-Man’s solo debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [Solo? Did we watch the same movie? – Ed.] We’ll get to that. ...
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Jun 7, 2017
Movie Review - Wonder Woman
Early in the life of this website, I reviewed the DC Animated direct-to-video movie, Wonder Woman. In that review, I stressed that if...
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