Tag: Samuel L. Jackson
REVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 4, “Beloved”
“Beloved” is, for the most part, a return to form for Secret Invasion, an episode more in line with the first two, which were good spy thrillers, than last week’s “Betrayed,” which mixed some decent elements with another blatant Disney character assassination. There are some inconsistencie...
Read MoreREVIEW: 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 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 MoreSecret Invasion Opening Titles Created by AI
The Skrulls aren’t the only worrying thing about Secret Invasion. Anyone who’s watched the series premiere, which landed on Disney+ yesterday, probably thought the opening titles were a bit strange. When I saw them, I wondered why Nick Fury looked like a Langolier.If you haven’t seen them,...
Read MoreREVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 1, “Resurrection”
Remember when we used to expect Marvel movies to be good? It wasn’t all that long ago, but it feels like a lifetime since we entered a theater or, almost as often these days, started a new TV show without trepidation and with the anticipation of a fun story with characters we either knew we &helli...
Read MoreThe Marvels Trailer is Adrift
The movie may have been delayed (again), but a new trailer for The Marvels is here to get everyone hyped for November. A sequel to Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and WandaVision, The Marvels finds Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan trapped in a weird sci-fi finger trap where they switch pla...
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