Let’s just get it out of the way. Iron Man 3 gets a lot of crap it doesn’t deserve. Being the first film to follow The Avengers it was always doomed to comparison. Comparison it never could win. […]
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The Avengers was a massive event at the time. Even people who had only shown a little interest in the Marvel films up to this point lined up to see The Avengers assemble for the first time on film. […]
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Captain America is a character that no other studio but Marvel Studios could have ever gotten so right; Marvel understood that Steve’s true super power wasn’t running fast or hitting hard, it was his character. […]
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Thor is really when Marvel went all in on this comic book movie thing. Everything coming before it was still, at its heart, a grounded story in which the most “realistic” version of these heroes in our world was represented. Then came Thor […]
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For as long as people have been ranking Marvel movies there have been two constants. Thor: The Dark World and The Incredible Hulk can be counted to round out the bottom of that list. Often viewed as Marvel’s black sheep of the MCU, is this earned or is The Incredible Hulk simply a victim of Marvel’s only re-casting of a lead actor and a weird web of distribution rights?
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We’re in the Endgame now. Just 20 days to go before Marvel Studios unleashes the biggest theatrical event in a generation (if not ever), capping off a story that is 11 years and 21 films in the making. There’s no denying that what Marvel has done here is unprecedented. As we approach the big day lets take a look back […]
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Let’s get something out of the way. I really like Carol Danvers as a character. Growing up, my anchor to the Marvel comics universe as a whole was mostly X-Men, and her involvement with that branch of the mythos is what introduced me to her. Like a lot of people, I had little-to-no interest in Mar-Vell, but Carol always had […]
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Here we are at last. The 20th Dragon Ball film. My thoughts on the films and specials leading up to this are documented in a retrospective you can read here. Dragon Ball Super: Broly is a theatrical venture directed by Tatsuya Nagamine (One Piece Film Z) with character design and animation direction provided by Naohiro Shintani, also among One Piece […]
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It seems we’ve come to the end of our little journey. Dragon Ball Super: Broly just hit U.S. theaters today, so expect my review by the end of the weekend. I’m looking forward to it immensely. For now though, let’s talk about the precursors to Dragon Ball’s revival as a modern property. We’ve got good and bad here, so let’s dive in […]
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Toei Animation seems to be pooling every available resource to make Dragon Ball Super: Broly the most action-packed, visually stunning film in the franchise to date, marking the 20th Dragon Ball film. I’ve been foaming at the mouth over the project since it was first announced, and it seems as good a time as any to look at the movies and TV specials […]
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