Tag: comics
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
I just saw Deadpool & Wolverine and it was good. The Deadpool movies are my favourites of the Marvel cinematic stable because I’m not too invested in the larger overarching stories of these films and Deadpool provides a less baggage-laden movie-going experience, mixing self-aware humour, cartoonish ultraviolence, and large-scale set pieces. That isn’t to say…
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The Marvels (2023)
I saw The Marvels and it was pretty bland. You know it’s bland when one of the recurring themes of positive criticism around it is that it’s blessedly short for a superhero film. It’s a remarkably clunky piece of storytelling, lurching from one set piece to the next with no real ebb and flow. In…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Co-written by Seth Rogan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a surprisingly fun and effective cartoon feature, drawn in the kinetic, impressionistic style of the SpiderVerse movies and scored with a thumping mix of modern and classic pop standards. It seems that with this combination studios have re-energised comic-book films to a super-heroic degree,…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
I just saw Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and it was really good. The art style and soundtrack are the best things about it, feeling integrated into the story at a level that’s rare for superhero films. For once one of these projects feels like an actual comic book film, which apart from Doctor Strange in…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023)
I just saw Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 and it was pretty fantastic. The Guardians movies are the only Marvel franchise that I have any sort of fan relationship with, although I’m somewhat partial to Spider-Man and enjoyed the last Doctor Strange, perhaps largely because of Sam Raimi’s involvement. The Guardians films are more…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Wherein my featured image is a comic book because none of the film posters will export. I just saw Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and it was surprisingly enjoyable. It’s getting a lot of nasty reviews and I’m not sure why. Maybe I’m out of the loop with what people expect from a comic book…
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