THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS MOVIE REVIEW In what seems to be fantasy wish fulfillment for fans who’ve been saying what they ACTUALLY want from a Fantastic Four movie, the MCU finally gets into the game with The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Set on a parallel retro-futuristic Earth (don’t expect any ties to the current […]

IRONHEART PART 2 REVIEW After the events of the heirloom heist going south, Riri finds herself no longer allied with her criminal crew, sees her new friend Joe AKA Ezekiel Stain hauled off to prison, and her AI N.A.T.A.L.I.E. dejected after Riri considers deleting her. Marvel TV’s Ironheart has come to a conclusion with many […]

IRONHEART PART 1 REVIEW Disney Marvel has dropped a new MCU series starring Dominique Thorne following her role as the tech-genius Riri Williams, first introduced to us in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The show picks up after the events of that film and takes Riri back to her hometown of Chicago where she reconnects with […]

THUNDERBOLTS* MOVIE REVIEW The final film of Marvel’s Phase 5 (is anyone keeping track anymore) follows a group of d-listers gathered together reluctantly because of forces arrayed against all of them. No, this isn’t The Suicide Squad, it’s Thunderbolts*. Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) is our central character and first point of contact, as we watch […]

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN SERIES REVIEW Daredevil: Born Again has kicked, punched, headbutted, and billy clubbed its way into placing Matt Murdock where he’s always rightfully belonged in the MCU: in more than just a cameo. In his own series and returning with the subtlety of a flaming confession booth and the fury of a thousand […]

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD MOVIE REVIEW Here we are at the 35th film in the MCU and the 4th Captain America film, albeit with a notable change. Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) once a partner to Steve Rogers, was chosen by him specifically to take on the mantle of Captain America, after the events of […]

AGATHA ALL ALONG SERIES REVIEW Disney Plus would like to M See U this fall for the WandaVision follow-up, Agatha Coven of Chaos! Wait, was that it? Hold on, let me get Feige on the phone: Mr. Feige, was that Agatha the Darkhold Diaries or Agatha the Lying Witch and the Wardrobe? He has just […]

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE MOVIE REVIEW Unbelievably, Venom: The Last Dance is the third film in the series to get made, starring Tom Hardy in the dual roles of Eddie Brock and his charming but homicidal alien symbiote Venom. This time he’s on the run from nearly everybody. The law wants him because after the […]

DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE MOVIE REVIEW Deadpool is finally in the MCU for real. He made the cut. He gets his third movie. But this time he’s bringing Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine with him on an adventure to save their universes from the ‘sacred timeline’ wiping them out (re: the MCU). So, we gotta reference the Time […]

X-MEN ’97 SERIES REVIEW In the late fall of 1992 after a previous failed pilot, the X-Men animated series hit the airwaves, ushering in a new phase of animated Marvel cartoons. Despite being plagued with production, budget, and time constraints it remained popular enough to last until 1997. A few years later, X-Men the movie […]