TV: Deadloch (Season 1)
What a great trick the Australian series Deadloch pulls off: it grabs the sinister reins of Nordic noir, then steers …
Film: Best Sellers
Indie dramedy Best Sellers (2021) gets off to a rocky start before settling into something reasonably enjoyable, but it’s mainly …
Film: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Nobody was happier than I was when Marvel started to conquer Hollywood, but it’s been losing its mojo for a …
TV: Alice in Borderland (Season 1 & 2)
Whenever a series escalates into a truly obsessive binge for me, I start questioning whether it’s actually a great show. …
TV: Kleo (Season 1)
While Kleo doesn’t do enough to rise to the top ranks of contemporary spy TV, it does plenty to warrant …
TV: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Season 1)
On the one hand, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law playfully confronts the irradiated green elephant in the MCU’s room: its formulaic …
Film: Thor: Love and Thunder
After bemoaning my frustrating inability to connect with massively popular properties like The Sandman, here comes Thor: Love and Thunder …
TV: The Sandman (Season 1)
Certain widely beloved properties and creators in the science fiction and fantasy genre have never entirely connected with me. Or, …
TV: Ms. Marvel (Season 1)
In the mid-2010s–“the Teens,” the “Tennies,” are we calling that decade anything yet?–I went through a heavy post-Avengers comics kick, …
Film: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The only problem with Doctor Strange as a character is that, well, he just isn’t all that interesting. Fortunately, his …
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Film – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Underwhelming outings aren’t uncommon in the MCU these days, but at least Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) delivers something differently …
TV: Moon Knight
If anyone can afford not to be risk-averse, you’d think it would be Marvel, but they haven’t exactly gone out …
TV: Peacemaker (Season 1)
A sequel series, to a movie I didn’t see, set in a comic book universe I’ve never cared about? Yeah, …
TV – Y: The Last Man
If Cowboy Bebop’s cancellation was a mercy killing, Y: The Last Man’s demise was tragically premature. After several years of …
Film: Eternals
It certainly appears Marvel intends to leave no stone unturned in mining their vast comics universe for new content. Fortunately, …
TV: Hawkeye
Two versions of me watched Hawkeye. One was the version who had faithfully followed the MCU with geeky enthusiasm since …