Marvel Studios

Art either exposes the frailty of humanity or pushes us to follow our better angels. No matter what it is – from the earliest cave paintings to Minor Threat songs to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – all any piece of art hopes to do is to make something larger than ourselves by putting […]

The things that set the Ant-Man films apart from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe were cheeky humor and a slam-bang heist spirit that more than made them memorable and endlessly watchable. Ant-Man and its first sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, carried with them a mirthful, bratty-little-brother vibe, almost making meta-parody mincemeat of the […]

(Originally published at Gunaxin on April 25, 2019.)  Author’s note: there will be no spoilers AT ALL in this review. This is a film best experienced, not summarized. Full confession: I don’t think I’ve ever attempted to write about a movie as big as Avengers: Endgame. This, the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, […]

I tend to keep my reviews at Gunaxin a little less personal and a little more focused on the film itself. When you read it, know that the tone of it was completely inspired by my eight-year-old daughter who came with me to the screening. Here she sat, having seen all of the Marvel Cinematic […]

(Originally published at Gunaxin on May 4, 2017.) How does one write about a film sequel concerning a goofy space pirate, a hardened warrior, a hulking mass too mentally dense to know his ass from a hole in the ground, a genetically-engineered raccoon hellbent on instigating as much chaos and mayhem he can muster, and […]

“I want to have so much behind me, I’m not a slave to what’s in front of me… especially these… flavorless, unremarkable Marvel Movies.” “Oh, they are SO not a big deal!” “I know!” “It’s just all there is!” — Annie Edison and Jeff Winger, “Community: Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television” To a certain extent, […]