
TV: Hawkeye
Two versions of me watched Hawkeye. One was the version who had faithfully followed the MCU with geeky enthusiasm…
December 26, 2021Two versions of me watched Hawkeye. One was the version who had faithfully followed the MCU with geeky enthusiasm…
December 26, 2021Market saturation has its disadvantages. After a few years of always being excited to see the latest superhero blockbuster…
June 19, 2017Marvel used to have a title called What If?, a series of one-off issues telling stories from alternate Marvel…
August 3, 2015Say what you will about the Marvel Cinematic Universe—formulaic hitmaker, nostalgic button-pusher, miraculous blockbuster franchise—I still love it, even…
May 4, 2015The Xavier-Magneto bromance continues in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Bryan Singer’s second reboot in the franchise. The…
May 26, 2014The fact that I made it through the entirety of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s first season speaks more to my…
May 14, 2014The Marvel movie universe continues to evolve in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). I was expecting a big,…
April 7, 2014Of all the Avengers franchise characters, Thor is probably the least interesting, but Thor: The Dark World (2013) is…
November 12, 2013The next phase of the Avengers sequence is underway with Iron Man 3 (2013), for my money the best…
May 7, 2013The second season of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is, unfortunately, its last — canceled by Marvel to be replaced…
January 3, 2013I put The Hurt Locker (2008) on my to-watch list as soon as I learned Jeremy Renner had been…
May 29, 2012Recently Jenn was out of town, and one bored and miserable Friday, to lift my mood and in anticipation…
May 22, 2012While 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…
August 15, 2011When I collected comics back in the 1980s, I was a huge Avengers fan, so I’ve been following the…
May 8, 2011