Captain Marvel: Meh or Marvelous?

The build-up and ballyhoo surrounding Marvel's latest film, Captain Marvel, would lead many a true believer (or non-believer) that the film was either the second-coming of Logan or a politically-correct bastardization of all that comic book fans love. In truth, it was neither. Captain Marvel was one part origin story and one part connective tissue to introduce Carol Danvers to the next installment of Avengers with some context. ...

Glass: That Ending & Symbolism in the ‘Unbreakable’ Trilogy

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the movies Glass, Split, and Unbreakable. Read at your own risk. M. Night Shyamalan's superhero trilogy came to its conclusion in Glass, giving a clear -- albeit unexpected -- ending to the stories of David "The Overseer" Dunn, Elijah "Mr. Glass" Price, and Kevin Wendell Crumb. Unexpected endings are par for the course for any Shyamalan movie. And while it's always ...

Review: The Good, The Bad and the… Watchmen

To paraphrase a certain television theme song: “You take the good, you take the bad and there you have the Watchmen.” For years, there had been talk about translating Alan Moore’s classic 1986 graphic novel to the big screen, much to the chagrin of the eccentric author himself. To be fair, Moore has never been a fan of seeing his work on the big screen, raising ...