- John Hansen
- November 26, 2025
‘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.
‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is a fantastic bore
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- John Hansen
- July 31, 2025
‘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
- John Hansen
- July 26, 2021
Harbour, Pugh steal the show from ‘Black Widow’
After far too long a wait, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s big-screen diversity push finally gets to its solo movie about the lone female Avenger, “Black
- John Hansen
- April 8, 2021
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ a monster-mash blast
“Godzilla vs. Kong” (HBO Max), like the three previous films in the Monsterverse series, is better at creature battles than it is at anything deeper
- John Hansen
- June 10, 2018
Waititi’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ (2017) a rockin’ good time
This blog series chronicles my first viewing of the complete MCU movie saga. I’ll examine each film under various categories that reflect popular discussion points.
- John Hansen
- May 26, 2018
Marvel One-Shots (2011-14) provide bonus material for fans
During the early part of the MCU, the producers gave us five mini-movies, which were included on home-video releases. Known as “Marvel One-Shots,” as per