‘Captain Marvel’s’ mythology is confusing, but ’90s nostalgia is fun
Movie review: Strong performances, action and ’90s nostalgia outweigh “Captain Marvel’s” head-scratching mythology.
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‘Captain Marvel’s’ mythology is confusing, but ’90s nostalgia is fun
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ reviews
John’s “The Dark Knight Rises” review, July 24, 2012 John’s “The Dark Knight Rises” flashback review, Jan. 28, 2019
‘Dark Knight Rises’ (2012) is an uneven, respectable conclusion
‘Batman’ flashback (Movie review): The third film of Nolan’s trilogy is an uneven but respectable conclusion.
All 13 episodes of ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 (2018), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Luke Cage enters the underground corporate world for his second season.
Shaune’s top 10 movies of 2018
Our year-end countdown lists wrap up with Shaune’s picks for the 10 best movies of 2018:
John’s top 10 movies of 2018
The dominant genre of 2018 continued to be superheroes; even with the “X-Men” Universe and DC Extended Universe releasing only one film each, the three Marvel Cinematic Universe movies were impossible to overlook. Still, this […]
‘The Predator’ is a briskly paced blast, but tonally uneven
Movie review: Black’s take on the “Predator” saga is a briskly paced blast, but the tone is a bit off.
Garner’s ‘Peppermint’ has good action, but adds little to the revenge genre (Movie review)
“Peppermint” is basically a gender flip of “The Punisher.” Jennifer Garner plays Riley North, whose husband and daughter are gunned down by gang-bangers due to some poor decisions the husband had made. After an outburst […]
Annoyances bring down brisk and otherwise solid actioner ‘Mile 22’ (Movie review)
“Mile 22,” directed by Paul Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, comes on the heels of “Lone Survivor,” “Deepwater Horizon” and “Patriot’s Day,” all of which were really good movies. In fact, “Lone Survivor” and “Patriot’s […]