
Film: Knives Out
Rian Johnson is a remarkable auteur, and while his list of writer-director credits has convinced me I prefer his…
December 4, 2019Rian Johnson is a remarkable auteur, and while his list of writer-director credits has convinced me I prefer his…
December 4, 2019As period-piece spy dramas go, The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019) is a respectable, if middling, one: well performed…
August 17, 2019Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe concludes (well, more or less) with the fittingly titled Avengers: Endgame (2019).…
May 6, 2019Relentlessly formulaic structure has long been an Achilles heel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it builds to profound…
May 9, 2018Market saturation has its disadvantages. After a few years of always being excited to see the latest superhero blockbuster…
June 19, 2017Boasting the same creative team as its outstanding predecessor, Captain America: Civil War (2016) once again centers on a perfectly…
May 11, 2016Say what you will about the Marvel Cinematic Universe—formulaic hitmaker, nostalgic button-pusher, miraculous blockbuster franchise—I still love it, even…
May 4, 2015Miraculously, I stumbled into Snowpiercer (2013) with no preconceptions whatsoever. Well, beyond a general sense of positive buzz, that…
July 14, 2014The Marvel movie universe continues to evolve in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). I was expecting a big,…
April 7, 2014While I enjoyed the run-up of Marvel solo movies, for me the characters involved — especially Captain America, Iron…
May 7, 2012Marvel’s recent run of Avengers lead-up movies has been splashy, silly, clever, and entertaining, and Captain America: The First…
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