Peter Parker is a character defined by his relationships. But at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland’s Peter has been stripped of everything and everyone. “Who is Peter Parker in a vacuum?”* is the main question posed at the end of this movie. I am so excited to see the answer, even if I am a little nervous.
Read MoreSpider-Man: No Way Home is a great movie and I had a blast with it. But I also had some issues, which I talked about briefly in my spoiler review last week. One of the issues that really stuck with me was how few women are in the movie, and whether or not the filmmakers did justice to those characters. It rubs
Read MoreNothing is ever purely a coincidence. At least that is the rule I go by as a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. After twenty-five movies (with two more coming by the end of the year) and four shows already on Disney+, everything within the confines of the Marvel Studios projects feels connected and important. The connective tissues, which so many
Read MoreThor: A Brother Throughout the MCU, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor has gone out of his way to protect Loki, pleading for redemption and love from the brother that just wants to stab him in the back. Even when Thor remains skeptical of the motives or actions of Loki (Thor the Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok stand out specifically) he continues to involve
Read MoreHowever, I think it’s more likely that Antonia slowly becomes the MCU’s version of Tony Masters. Right off the bat, the name Antonia can be seen as a feminized version of Tony. Seeing as how Antonia’s only line in the entire film is “Is he gone?”, referring to her abusive father, it’s clear that she wanted to be free of Dreykov’s
Read MoreIt has been nearly a week since Black Widow was released in theaters and Disney+. After a long two-year wait for the return of Marvel to the movies, saying I was filled with unbridled excitement is the understatement of the century. It felt like a reprieve of normalcy in such a difficult and trying time. If you are like me, you
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