“Marvel” Articles

“I owe you an apology,” the Winter Soldier tells Sam. “I’m sorry.”

It is not normal for those with power to lay it down for another’s sake. To those insecure in their power, this feels like surrender. It feels like shame. Humiliation. 

That’s the thing about this show. Unlike WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s mysteries are probably the least interesting thing about it. 

If Steve was wrong about Bucky, then it means all the hard work of amending for his former murderous self has been a waste. And it’s only a matter of time before Bucky snaps again. 

What is the thematic consistency that binds together all the stories of the MCU?

This week’s WandaVision takes us back to MCU’s most iconic event: Back when Bruce Banner un-Blipped every Blipped being back to their bereaved baes.

WandaVision is zany and funny and nostalgic, with occasional bursts of creepiness and dread.

All these struggles to define what art is really boil down to fear—a fear that elitism will strangle joy out of what it is we all enjoy consuming.

The benign neglect of Tony Stark and Peter Parker.

Daredevil season 3 is a warning against the devil that lies within us all, the prowling lion that seeks to destroy. It is a proclamation that life and death are spiritual matters. But it is also a promise of redemption for those who seek.

In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Marvel reveals the importance of intact families—wherever we might find them.

The guys review a very big movie about a very tiny pair of heroes this week with the Marvel offering for July, Ant-Man and the Wasp. Also on the docket is another unusual story: a documentary about a set of triplets, separated at birth, who come to find one another later in life. Hijinks may or may not ensue.

Jessica Jones is a distinctly feminine hero story in a male world delivered to us in the era of #metoo.

Wade and Kevin journey to Wakanda this week as they review Ryan Coogler’s trailblazing contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther.

We come from the land of the ice and snow with a review of the newest Marvel movie, “Thor: Ragnarok” and Rob Reiner’s, Oscar contender “LBJ”

Wade and Kevin are welcomed back by a sharp-toothed monster clown as they dive into the new adaptation of Stephen King’s It and The Defenders.