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REVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 3, “Betrayed”
“Betrayed” is the episode that comes in seemingly every Disney+ Marvel show: the turn. It’s where something that was either enjoyable or looked like it might be great reveals itself for the undercooked, politically skewed, poorly plotted, character-destroying pablum it really is. And, as alway...
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Bombs, to No One’s Surprise
As predicted, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is bombing at the box office. It met the insanely meager expectations box office predictors had set in its opening weekend, garnering $60 million domestically and $130 million worldwide. For a film that needs to make at least $800 million to break ...
Read MoreAnthony Mackie Complains About Lack of Black People in Harry Potter, 1990’s Scotland
Well, folks, it looks like Anthony Mackie is complaining about something insignificant again. Anthony Mackie, who previously starred as The Falcon and now Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has said: “Harry Potter had no f***ing Black friends. Frodo walked across the entire universe...
Read MoreREVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 2, “Promises”
With its second episode, “Promises,” Secret Invasion gets even more intriguing, wrapping itself comfortably in the espionage tropes it introduced last week and introducing shades of gray for all the main characters. There’s a subtlety to this show that other Marvel productions don’t have, es...
Read MoreMainstream Comics Companies and Media Ignore or Insult The Rippaverse
With Isom #2 garnering $1,553,618 in sales (as of this writing), The Rippaverse has proven to be a legitimate sensation, not a flash-in-the-pan novelty. Eric July, like indie comics creators Ethan Van Sciver and Richard C. Meyer before him, has capitalized on the dissatisfaction many fans have with ...
Read MoreThe Flash: FLASHPOINT (Paradox) | Comic Lore and History REVISTITED
INTRODUCTION “There’s only one thing I know about life. I know some things happen by chance. And some things happen because we make them happen. Barry Allen was once haunted by the past. But when he became the Flash, he left the ghosts behind. He found love. A family. And for the first time ...
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