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MCU Movies 26 – Eternals

This review will be formatted differently than usual for this blog. Instead of starting with the behind the scenes details, I’ll be sprinkling it throughout the review. Partly to experiment a bit, but I’ve got movie specific reasons for this. … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 21: Captain Marvel

When Marvel first announced their Phase 3 lineup of films at comic con, the two movies that received the loudest cheers were Avengers: Infinity War part 1 and part 2, and Captain Marvel. At the time, I was actually a … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 18 – Black Panther

Before I get into this movie, there are a couple things I heard around this movies’ release that should be dispelled. Some people praised it as the first superhero movie starring a black superhero. That’s not true; in fact it’s … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 14: Doctor Strange

Dr. Strange is a unique entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in more ways than one. First off, it released far earlier than any of the other movies, way back in 1978. It never saw a theatrical release, as it … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 11 – Avengers: Age of Ultron

Three years after The Avengers graced the movie world, its first sequel came out. Pretty much everyone involved with the first movie returned for Avengers: Age of Ultron, be it writer/director Joss Whedon, all of the core Avenger cast members, … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 10 – Guardians of the Galaxy

As great as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s track record was in 2014, there was worry that people would start to get sick of superhero movies. You could argue that’s starting to happen now, in fact I have several friends who … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 6 – The Avengers

Here it is, the big one. This is the superhero movie that received more hype than any before or since. The fact that this movie even happened is still kind of amazing. Iron Man kicked off the MCU, and what … Continue reading

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MCU movies 1 – Iron Man

Marvel Comics’ history with movies is really complicated. There were a handful of made-for TV movies released in the 1970’s. There’s a Doctor Strange movie from 1978 that they hoped would turn into a TV show. Even if you’re 100% … Continue reading

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X-Men Movies 10 – X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men Apocalypse. So this movie exists. 20th Century Fox announced X-Men Apocalypse in December of 2013, about half a year before Days of Future Past released. With a movie franchise this large that’s fairly normal these days, but back when … Continue reading

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Avengers Academy 37 review

This is it, the conclusion that Avengers Academy has been building up towards. Final Exam part 4 pits all the Academy kids against Jeremy Briggs (alchemist) and Sylvie. Briggs is about to de-power the vast majority of super-powered beings on … Continue reading

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