Superhero Movies

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ gives Rocket’s tear-jerking backstory

The MCU doesn’t deserve James Gunn, but with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (now streaming), the writer-director delivers one last pop-masterpiece before becoming the

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Family bonds, colorful realm drive ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (now streaming), the third film in the series and 31st Marvel Cinematic Universe film overall, starts the 2023 calendar strong

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‘Flash’ brings multiverse to DCEU with thrills, tears, cameos

The DCEU has notoriously been trying (and mostly failing) to catch up to the MCU, but the company is starting to figure things out. First

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ mostly continues original’s fun

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (now on Max) is among the latest live-action cartoons in the DC Extended Universe – colorful, expensive, and earnest in

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‘Superpowered: The DC Story’ makes a case for DC’s history, not its present

“Superpowered: The DC Story” (Max) is one of those documentaries that aims for the illusion of telling “both sides of the story” by acknowledging another

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‘Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero’ (2012) a good place to start your Supes scholarship

Having recently read Michael Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” (2000) – which borrows from “Superman” writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster’s

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ (2022) has heart, not enough soul

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (2022) knows it misses the late Chadwick Boseman’s O.G. Black Panther. The opening Marvel Studios banner loads up on images of

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (2022) spectacular, insubstantial

“Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022) is easily digestible as entertainment, but even as I watched it, I knew I was taking in empty calories. Director/co-writer

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‘Doctor Strange’ enters ‘Multiverse of Madness’ (2022), and it looks familiar

Thanos was defeated in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” but the MCU has somehow gotten more complex since then. The first of the three 2022 films, “Doctor

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John’s top 10 movies of 2022

The industry is struggling through a post-pandemic transitional period as it figures out how people want to consume movies. For now, there’s still an appetite

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