Tag: superhero
Cinema in the age of the superhero blockbuster
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t part of the hordes of people who talked about “Avengers: Endgame” online for weeks, saw...
“The Incredibles 2” offers fans a reason to forgive Brad Bird...
It’s been nearly 14 years since the release of “The Incredibles,” and other than the occasional outcry for a sequel, or the equally sporadic...
“Sleight” has only slight sleight of magic
There’s a new superhero in town, and he’s got both the sleight of hand and the upper hand. As a science whiz and a...
The potential of the “Iron Fist” stumbles in its execution
Netflix took a risk when it announced that it would be producing TV shows based on lesser-known Marvel properties such as “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,”...
Everything is awesome with “The Lego Batman Movie”
In an age when each month’s obligatory superhero movie is a lot darker and grittier than one would really want, “The Lego Batman Movie”...
You’ll be glad you wore the brown pants
After 11 years, Ryan Reynolds’ pet project has finally hit the big screen. Initially met with dismissal by film studios, the idea of a...