You Did Not Produce ETERNALS
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
We now have a million nerds standing up and shouting "I am Kevin Feige" to protect a fellow gladiator.
Marvel returns to movies with the overdue BLACK WIDOW
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, The Red Herring
Black Widow brings the original slate of Avengers full circle, giving a solo outing to the Marvel superhero introduced fourth in the MCU overall after 11 years and 24 movies.
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Directed by Jon Watts (2017)
by Francis Friel, The Projectionist
Turns out we did need yet another First Spider-Man Movie after all. Homecoming marks the debut joint-jawn from Sony & Marvel Studios, the first step towards bridging the IP gap that has defined the disenfranchised franchise’s favorite little orphan’s adventures since it was announced years back that Spider-Man, The X-Men, and the Fantastic Four might one day be brought back into the Feige Fold. While those other bozos can pretty much rot for all I care, I always knew better things could be done with Spider-Man. He’s a dynamic character, bright and flashy and full of energy. Raimi’s trilogy was a mess (the great Spider-Man 2 besides). And I know I’m in the minority (maybe?), but I liked The Amazing Spider-Man for what it was, and even though The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had its moments. But they weren’t good movies. They were big and bloated and lopsided in every direction. One thing they got right, though, was the goofiness of the character. He’s just a kid, after all.
Read More“Trouble Til The Robins Come”: Lucasfilm, Marvel, Lynch, and The Serialization Issue
by Francis Friel, The Projectionist
Right up front, I’ll tell you the truth. This is not really a review of Twin Peaks. I will touch on Episode 7 at the end, but my agenda here is different that usual. This is about storytelling. It’s about all the ways modern serialization fails to live up to its own standards, and how Twin Peaks: The Return is absolutely just fucking crushing it week after week.
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