Superhero Movies

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993) and the multiverse that might’ve been

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993) is correctly the most maligned of the trilogy. In retrospect, the handoff from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to All

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‘TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze’ (1991): Was Shredder almost Michael Myers?

It had bothered me that the Turtles seem to be at April’s apartment for months while Shredder and the Foot Clan “simultaneously” regroup in days

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1990) and the art of great dialog

I’ve often heard great family movie screenplays complimented with “Both a child and an adult can like it,” but I don’t usually agree. One exception

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John’s top 10 movies of 2025

The spectacle of the best franchise superhero and action movies got to me in 2025, although I also sat through surprising misfires. I still surprised

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All 37 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, ranked

Superhero fatigue? What superhero fatigue? In the 2010s, the Marvel Cinematic Universe completed the Infinity Saga, essentially a 22-episode TV season except with mega-budget movies.

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‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is a fantastic bore

It’s a year ending in 5, so that means it’s time for another “Fantastic Four” movie so Fox (and now Disney) doesn’t lose the license.

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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ (2024) a sweet friendship story

The Sony branch of the Marvel multiverse has been a punchline as much as it’s been a line of movies, but the bright spot has

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‘Marvels’ (2023) is rather fun despite being indecipherable

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has achieved a weird semi-success, semi-failure with Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), introduced in “Captain Marvel” (2019) and getting her second showcase

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Again, ‘Aquaman’-verse looks great in ‘The Lost Kingdom’ (2023)

Randall Park’s Dr. Shin, an audience surrogate who accidentally works for supervillain Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), notes in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (2023)

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‘Thunderbolts’ explores alternate way to return power to people

The Marvel Cinematic Universe rediscovers the heady times of about a decade ago with “Thunderbolts,” a story of six decidedly rough-around-the-edges anti-superheroes-turned-real-superheroes that goes down

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