Captain Marvel (2019, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck)
Captain Marvel is difficult to encapsulate. Its successes are many, some of its achievements truly singular (the CG-de-aging of Sam Jackson, combined with Jackson’s “youthful” performance, is...
View ArticleWhat If…? (2021) s01e03 – What If… the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
What a profoundly stinky stinker of an episode. And not just because the writing is terrible (script credit to A.C. Bradley and Matthew Chauncey), the animation is sparse and cheap, and Lake Bell does...
View ArticleThe Consultant (2011, Leythum)
So if you’ve been desperate to find out what happens after Robert Downey Jr.’s cameo in The Incredible Hulk, The Consultant would be the bridging short for you. It’s an interesting concept—little...
View ArticleA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011, Leythum)
The first one of these “Marvel One-Shots” (starring mild-mannered Clark Gregg on side adventures) was pretty lame, but A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer is pretty darn good. It’s a...
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State and Main (2000, David Mamet)
Something unfortunate happens during the last third of State and Main… Mamet realizes he needs a story. He goes so long without traditional narrative elements—the film has, at best, a roaming...
View ArticleCaptain Marvel (2019, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck)
Captain Marvel is difficult to encapsulate. Its successes are many, some of its achievements truly singular (the CG-de-aging of Sam Jackson, combined with Jackson’s “youthful” performance, is...
View ArticleWhat If…? (2021) s01e03 – What If… the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
What a profoundly stinky stinker of an episode. And not just because the writing is terrible (script credit to A.C. Bradley and Matthew Chauncey), the animation is sparse and cheap, and Lake Bell does...
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