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While I might not be a father, I do have three nephews, and I remember how excited I was to share with them my love of comic book movies one day. From the day they were born, I was counting down until I could take them to see their first Marvel film or wondered when was the right time to buy
Read MorePrime Video heard our cries and decided to cut the lead times between seasons of Invincible, which could not make me any happier as Invincible season 3 is incredible. Picking up not long after the devastating events from Angstrom Levy’s (Sterling K. Brown) assault on his family, Mark Grayson/Invincible (Steven Yeun) dutifully prepares for the future invasion from the Viltrumite empire.
Read MoreSome people view life as half full, and others as half empty. Filmmaker Clint Bentley gives the impression of an artist who believes both exist simultaneously and that their existence is meaningful. His new film Train Dreams at the Sundance Film Festival explores these ideas in a meditative film about a man working in the rising railroad industry. The setting choice
Read MoreSally is what one would hope for from a Sundance Film Festival documentary. The festival is typically ripe with programming engaging in social commentary and highlighting diverse perspectives. And who better to highlight than the first female astronaut to adventure into space? The documentary is broad-sweeping in scope, discussing Sally Ride’s early life as a tennis player to becoming a NASA
Read MoreSpider-Man, a.k.a. this “damned web-swinging menace” as JJJ likes to say, is a beloved figure in the hearts of fans worldwide. Since his creation by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Peter Parker has become a symbol of all that’s good and heroic. Through countless adaptations across comics, television, movies, games, and animated series, Spider-Man’s main role as the “friendly neighborhood” hero
Read MoreMiddletown sees documentarians Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss return to another story about young people’s role in the future of politics and activism. While Girls State is a sufficient follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary Boys State, the second outing lacked the same energy despite the importance of the subject matter. Here, McBaine and Moss seem to be shifting gears, and instead
Read MoreThe Sundance Film Festival documentary Life After begins with a simple yet controversial question. Should a disabled individual or someone who is suffering have the right to die? Regarding the disability experience, finding stories about people who share my worldview is a priority. And to be honest, the question posed caused me unease. Discovering that documentarian Reid Davenport shared the same
Read MoreDisfluency tackles the coming-of-age genre with a fresh sense of honesty that helps to carry an otherwise weak and didactic script. There are lessons to take away from this story, and writer/director Anna Baumgarten wants to make certain that those messages are received. Still, it’s a film that feels relevant, relatable and important for the time. Not every generation is blessed with
Read MoreMythic Quest is back with a fourth season after delays from last year’s dual actors and writers strike. Picking up from last season, Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) and Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) have returned to the Mythic Quest company and integrated their “Playpen” content as an expansion to the main game. Now, tirelessly working on even newer content, there is so
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