“MCU” Articles

I now understand why the fantasy world imagined by Stan Lee offered a more compelling mythological lens than the world imagined by Tolkien did.

Kevin & Sarah review Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and then take on a different “superhero” in Paul Verhoeven’s 1982 satire, RoboCop.

Sarah and Kevin dive back in to the MCU with James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Then, they take on Katsuhiro Otomo’s anime, Akira.

Kevin and Sarah take on the latest MCU installment, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Edge of Tomorrow in the watchlist segment.

Materialism mesmerizes us, as it does Loki, because it’s a way to place ourselves at the center of our own little universe composed of people and products that exist to serve us.

If we desire a faith that inhabits the affections of those racked with grief and misery, we do ourselves no favors to ignore suffering and pretend it’s not as bad as it is.

Kevin and Sarah dive into the multiverse of the MCU with Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madess then the world of Jules and Jim.

It’s an almost impossible task, to give up your right to another’s life.

Shang-Chi moved away from the modern “buffered” self toward a recognition of the enchanted “porous” self.

Shang-Chi’s actualization into an MCU superhero gives us a hero who comes from a culture that is more we-focused than me-focused, and I see that as a good thing.

In her stand-alone film, Black Widow steps out of the shadows of an overly sexified characterization and becomes elevated.

It feels weird admitting that something as trivial as a Marvel movie thrust open theism back to my consciousness.

The Variant Lokis embody the literal thousands of branches the God of Mischief’s life could have taken.

Perhaps Loki’s moment of self-clarity all the way back in episode one was actually describing the TVA itself: “It’s part of the illusion. It’s the cruel, elaborate trick conjured by the weak to inspire fear.”

At the very least, even if you learn that much of what you loved was an illusion or enchantment, your pain is the grief of something real.

And while Loki can’t articulate why he wants to rule, he is certainly attracted to power.