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Solo shows us the Dark Side to a Star Wars cinematic universe

Solo fails at being either a standalone story or an essential episode in the Star Wars saga

May 25, 2018 in Movies.

The Moral Philosophy of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War

How Thanos’ disagrees with Steve Roger’s mantra “We don’t trade lives”

May 1, 2018 in Movies, Wisecrack.

The Dialectic of Killmonger, Wakanda, and T’Challa in Black Panther

On the competing ideologies of Killmonger and Wakanda in Black Panther and their ultimate synthesis in T’Challa

February 21, 2018 in Movies, Wisecrack.

“The Last Jedi” succeeds in surpassing the legends that inspired it

Future generations will cite Episode VIII as “the spark that ignites the fires” of their imaginations.

December 15, 2017 in Movies.

Justice League is Dumb Fun, for Better and for (mostly) Worse

The film failed to live up to the expectations of the American pantheon sharing the silver screen at long last, and yet there was never a moment I felt anything short of euphoria.

November 17, 2017 in Movies.

Baby Driver is the Antithesis of Fast and the Furious

Baby Driver never for a minute romanticized the violence which drive its high-octane action sequences, not only removing the glamour from the car-crime genre, but soberingly showing the consequences of such a lawless lifestyle.

June 27, 2017 in Movies.

Wonder Woman is Wonderfully Misanthropic

Trading the fully feminst Diana of the comics for a demi-divine intercesor was the right move for the movie adaptationof the character

June 7, 2017 in Movies.

Beauty and the Beast is the Best Version of a Tale as Old as Time

Though the perfectly paced plot and sonorous score are lifted directly out of its animated antecedent, this live-action adaptation takes liberties with many of the finer details and achieves an even greater depth than its cartoon counterpart, improving upon perfection.

March 17, 2017 in Movies.

Kong: Skull Island is Apocalypse Now meets Moby Dick

If all of Univarsal’s monster movies are up to the same caliber as Skull Island, they’ll rank right alongside Marvel as a cinematic universe whose every entry is a must-see.

March 11, 2017 in Movies.

“Logan” is the best there is at what it does

Logan is not about him saving a child – it’s about Logan saving himself by opening his long-hardened heart to her, his emotional scars being the one wound his healing factor could never mend.

March 4, 2017 in Movies.

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