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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 MoreGreta Gerwig Will Adapt The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix
The New Yorker has revealed that Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women) will write and direct at least two movies adapting C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia books. These films are being made by Netflix, which obtained the IP in 2018. Gerwig is currently doing press for Barbie, her latest film. T...
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 MoreRyan Murphy Going Back to Disney
At the end of June, Ryan Murphy’s five-year Netflix deal expires, and Bloomberg was the first to report that he’s expected to return to working under what was once Fox’s entertainment division, which is now owned by Disney. Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, is a lon...
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