Can the team behind 'Deadpool' succeed without the novelty of the first film? Spoiler alert: Yes. Yes they can.

Let's appreciate the care and effort taken to create a singular, coherent cinematic universe - something that hadn't been done before and, arguably, hasn't been equaled since - before it's all torn apart piece by piece.

One could as easily argue that Jennifer Lawrence turns in a tightly nuanced performance as a wronged woman leveraging her way through an abusive society in which her only asset is sex appeal as one could argue that she's a flat character who simply falls back on her conditioning to get what she wants.

Flashing back to early 90's Oakland, perhaps instead of a poster for "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" a more appropriate Public Enemy album might've been "Fear of a Black Planet."

Not to start off on a sour note but many events in 2017 have reaffirmed my commitment to living outside of the United States. As much as this placement has made it easy to exist beyond the reach of current domestic turbulence, it’s also made it difficult in the last …

'Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi' includes sequences that rank among the best of any 'Star Wars' film. It's exciting, intriguing, complex, funny, and, most unexpected of all, artistic. But there are also moments which rival the series' absolute worst.

Perhaps the best thing that can be said about 'Justice League' is that it's not horrible.

In short, 'Ragnarok' Thor is the best Thor. It's also the best Hulk.

While those who have strong memories of time before 'Blade Runner' and Ridley Scott were legends may not enjoy seeing something flashier, clearer, or less noir than the original, 'Blade Runner 2049' is a tremendous piece of work from a director whose own legend is still building.

'Dunkirk' is admirable as a display of craft and technique but considering all that film is capable of, and all that director Christopher Nolan is capable of, a work worthy of mere admiration is unsatisfying.

By killing the few returning characters they have left, these shows kill viewer interest. They may, in fact, also kill television and part of our humanity.

We will never be as strong as Superman, as rich as Batman and Iron Man, or as perfect as Captain America and Black Panther. We weren't born royalty or gods or mutants. But we all were, are, or will be teenagers and Spider-Man is the hero we wish we would be.

'Wonder Woman' doesn't just work because it is a well-made female superhero movie. It works because it is a well made superhero movie.

'Alien: Covenant' is the Alien franchise on auto-pilot, with absolutely nothing surprising and the exact same plot as every single other movie.

The idea of entitling the second 'Guardians of the Galaxy' film as 'Vol. 2' works on the surface, yet anyone old enough to remember making mixtapes knows that although "Volume 2" can have some great material, there will always be songs that weren't good enough for the first mix.