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REVIEW: Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 5 “Time and Again”
Okay, I think we can call it: Ms. Marvel sucks. I tried to go with it, to enjoy the good elements and hope they were leading somewhere, but “Time and Again” irrevocably ruins any chance of a decent payoff. Half of it is boring, and the other half is an anticlimactic end to the season’s &hellip...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 4 “Seeing Red”
“Seeing Red” should have been a lot better than it is. This was Ms. Marvel’s chance to shake up its story and character dynamics, to give a meandering and kind of dull series a boost of excitement. Well, they changed the scenery, but it’s the same mess as before – with an extra helping of ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 3 “Destined”
Remember the Honest Trailer about Revenge of the Sith (back when they were funny)? There’s a line in it that says Revenge of the Sith is “the best Star Wars prequel by default simply because something occasionally happens.” That’s “Destined,” the third episode of Ms. Marvel, in a nutshel...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 2 “Crushed”
A slow burn isn’t always a good thing, as Ms. Marvel has demonstrated in its first two episodes. The premiere, “Generation Why,” functioned mostly as an introduction to the characters but had almost no plot. Episode 2, “Crushed,” follows suit, with more character-building – the effective...
Read MoreREVIEW: Ms. Marvel – Season 1, Episode 1 “Generation Why”
Ms. Marvel, the next in the assembly line of Marvel TV shows to hit the Disney+ shelf, released its first episode, titled “Generation Why,” today, and it’s… okay. It isn’t awful, and it’s certainly better than some of the train wrecks that preceded it (so far), but it’s trying way too ...
Read MoreMarvel Switches Release Dates Again
Marvel is pulling another Phase 4 switcheroo, as two of its upcoming films have swapped release dates. The Marvels was originally scheduled to be released on February 17, 2023, while Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania would follow five months later on July 28. Now, Quantumania has moved up the Februa...
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