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Movie Review: Spider-Man — Far From Home
3.5 stars out of 5 The final 45 minutes of this movie is pretty terrific superhero stuff. Go get ‘im, Spidey! Unfortunately, there are about 90 minutes prior to this that are Far From Great. We begin by seeing a high-school Powerpoint presentation, and it’s teens doing it, so they use Comic Sans. No they […]
Movie Review: Avengers — Endgame
3.5 stars out of 5 OMG it’s the final final final — don’t be a sucker, it’s not the final anything. Sure, maybe some actors’ contracts are up and besides, nobody wants superheroes who are too long in the tooth, so… “Endgame.” This is a mostly very enjoyable movie but by no means whatsoever is […]
Movie Review: Captain Marvel
3 stars out of 5 The first comic book I ever owned was Captain Marvel. My grandma had died, we had to fly back from California to New York for the funeral, and somebody had the smart idea to buy me a comic book to keep me occupied. (It worked; I remember the cover of […]
Movie Review: Spider-Man — Into the Spider-Verse
4 stars out of 5 I was confused by the trailer: Was this a kiddie movie? Having seen all the other Spider-Man movies, was I obligated to see this one as well? I mean, it’s a cartoon, right? Although, comic books are cartoons by definition. So maybe this was the preferable way to see a […]
Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp
4 stars out of 5 When the first Ant-Man came out, I was somewhat intrigued. Paul Rudd as a superhero? And yet, not quite intrigued enough to actually go see it. I can only take so many of these movies. Ah, but now Ant-Man and the Wasp was coming out. Intrigued again! Figured I should […]
Movie Review: Avengers — Infinity War
3.5 stars out of 5 Years ago, I heard that phone numbers were seven digits long because the human brain can only handle seven distinct pieces of information at any one time. So how in hell am I supposed to follow what’s going on in Avengers: Infinity War? Sure, as a kid, I loved Marvel […]
Movie Review: Black Panther
4 stars out of 5 I’d heard of Black Panther during my comic-book reading days, but he wasn’t really a big deal back then. Besides, Luke Cage was my black superhero — come on, the guy had a belt made out of a chain! But with everybody in the world saying how great this movie […]
Movie Review: Man of Steel
3 stars out of 5 Humanity is on the brink of devastation, General Zod and his sinister crew are approaching, but we know we are safe when we see that iconic logo: 7-Eleven. Holy crap, the product placement in this movie is over the top: Nikon! Sears! IHOP! For a creative work trying so very […]
I Have Magical X-Ray Powers!
I was at baggage claim at Newark Liberty International Jingleheimer-Schmidt Airport, and I thought to myself, “That’s an amusing sign. I shall photograph it and post it on the blog.” For in its listing of oversized items that could be claimed elsewhere, they’d duct-taped over the first item. And I continued to think, but this […]
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