Yesterday I saw the long-awaited and supremely-hyped superhero movie, Avengers: Endgame. It’s the finale of 22 (were there really that many?) movies starring superhero characters from Marvel comics, a cycle that began with Ironman in 2008. Of the six or seven I’ve actually seen, there were various levels of quality from awesome to “meh” but […]
Of the Big Two comic publishers, Marvel has always been the funny one. Its heroes crack jokes and have the same troubles with work, school, and relationships the rest of us do. Marvel couldn’t be satisfied, though, with Spiderman’s wisecracks and the Hulk’s unreliable powers. They needed a hero who would find the line and […]
Avengers: Infinity War was directed by Anothy and Joe Russo and produced by Kevin Feige It’s been the year of Disney and its franchises. Though I have yet to see the controversial Last Jedi, I have seen the last couple of Marvel releases. Since Infinity Wars was, unlike Last Jedi, getting lots of love […]
Once upon a time, the publishing industry was largely about fun. Books, movies, comic books, games – they not only passed the time but helped inspire us and expand our imaginations. Yet all these kinds of media (with the possible exception of video games) seem to be in decline. Why is that? It’s because entertainment […]
I had a bit of trepidation in going to see the new Black Panther movie because of all the hype surrounding it. Lately, it seems that the media picks a movie to champion for some political reason, and if the public doesn’t agree it’s because we’re stupid or bigoted. For example, I found Jordan Peele’s […]
