Tag: Fantasy
REVIEW: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
It’s difficult to call Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings a disappointment because, by all accounts, expectations for it weren’t exactly soaring. But it still stings when a Marvel movie is subpar, and this one not only falters with its bland story, threadbare character work, unimpressive ...
Read MoreReview: What If…? – Season 1, Episode 4 “What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?”
I don’t want to jinx it (and Lord knows it’s never been easier to jinx a good thing), but I think Marvel’s new animated series may have found its groove. “What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?” has much more in common with last week’s universe-altering hypothetic...
Read MoreReturn of the Rocketeer Coming to Disney+
Deadline reports that Disney+ will release a new Rocketeer film called The Return of the Rocketeer, produced by David Oyelowo and written by Ed Ricourt. Oyelowo may also star in The Return of the Rocketeer, which will follow a former Tuskegee airman who becomes the Rocketeer. This film will serve as...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
Studio Ghibli released a second movie in 2013, this time directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s longtime associate and the studio’s co-founder, Isao Takahata. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya is based on “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” an ancient Japanese fairy tale about a girl found in a bamboo stal...
Read MoreREVIEW: What If…? – Season 1, Episode 3 “What If… the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?”
“What If… the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?” is the best episode of the kids-with-a-toy-box series yet, and more enjoyable and reverential to the classic characters than at least the last two MCU TV shows in their entirety. Getting past the race and gender-swapping that the canonical MCU is...
Read MoreSpider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Opens Up a Can of Worms
After plugging yesterday’s leak with some well-placed webbing, Sony has released the first Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer. The third (kind of) solo Spidey film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: No Way Home sees Peter Parker team with Doctor Strange to contend with the multiverse, incl...
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