I missed you Raimi (Massive Spoilers) After assisting several other heroes in other movies, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Stephen Strange for the first time in his own film since 2016 (god, that seems like a million years ago). He is joined by a newcomer to the Marvel Cinematic Univers (MCU), Xochitl Gomez, who holds …
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Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Luckily this movie’s more heaven than hell. (Unmarked Spoilers) Shaun (Simu Liu) is an unambitious valet who spends his days Ferris Bueller-ing cars with his best friend Katy Chen (Awkwafina). At one point, Katy shoots down the possibility of them becoming a couple, and for the most part, they do have a like brother and …
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The MCU’s back in theatres, baby
At long last the wait is finally over. Between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) is on the run and by herself. Not for long, though, as a run-in with the supervillain Taskmaster (?) and a mysterious MacGuffin has her reuniting with familiar faces from her past. Yelena …
Vacation, all he ever wanted
From now on I will only refer to the Spider Sense as the Peter Tingle I hope you’ve seen Endgame because, after the prologue, this movie opens with a list of people who “died.” With the prologue itself introducing us to Quentin Beck/Mysterio, who’s the exact opposite of his comic counterpart. The source material’s Mysterio was a …
To think, I was just a small child when Iron Man came out
I can’t believe that makes me feel old (Unmarked Spoilers) Thanos (Josh Brolin) has killed off half the universe, and there’s no hope in sight. Except, could the answer possibly lie in the time vortex that Michelle Pfeiffer mentioned at the very end of Ant-Man and the Wasp? I’m not spoiler tagging anything in this review, …
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One Captain Marvel movie down, one to go
Thankfully, this one doesn’t have any floss dancing in it The thing I enjoyed most about this movie is that it wasn’t your typical superhero origin story movie. The film starts with the main character already as a superhero while Captain Marvel’s (Brie Larson) origin story is unfolded slowly as the movie goes on, kind …
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