Tag Archives: mcu

'Doctor Strange' wants to push the boundaries of what Marvel has done before, but remains too mainstream to live up to its name.

With the war settled the issue now becomes whether or not 'Captain America: Civil War' is Marvel's best film yet.

Daredevil is truly worth watching, whether you do so in a weekend or spread the episodes out.

In many ways, Guardians of the Galaxy serves as a celebration of all which Marvel has accomplished thus far and a foreshadowing of that which will may in the future. It is a wonderfully crafted, unique, and truly, truly enjoyable experience.

For anyone who feared that the good-but-not-great Thor: The Dark World was indication that the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise was losing some steam, there’s nothing to fear: Captain America is here.

Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. was a brilliant idea. The recipe practically screamed success. But as the show progressed, it turned out to be a disappointment. One of the biggest reasons is the way the character of Skye is such an annoying Mary Sue.

If you can approach 'Thor: The Dark World' without expecting greatness of it and just let it be the lightweight diversion it wants to be, it's a fun and acceptable stop in the long-haul flight towards 'Avengers 2.'

Iron Man 3 devotes a surprising amount of time to showing Tony without the suit, almost to the point where some viewers might be disappointed that he doesn’t spend more time suited up. Personally, I was thrilled because it shows an important lesson that I had hoped at least one of the movies, at some point, would show.

From the quiet opening narration to the illogical but hilarious tag, Iron Man 3 is a smorgasbord of action, explosions, metal and humor.

One of the central ideas of this blog is that superheroes are our modern-day gods and demi-gods. They serve many of the same purpose for us as the pantheons of gods served for their respective cultures. I’m speaking here from a cultural and psychological viewpoint, not a theological or metaphysical …

One look at Iron Man in both the comics and the movies and it’s not hard to see why, on the surface, he’s such a popular character: He’s rich, famous, good-looking, surrounded by cutting-edge technology, creatively and intellectually brilliant and armed with the funniest mouth in the Marvel universe next to Spider-Man. In short, he’s everything that women want and everything that men want to be.