Raw, powerful, emotional, dark, mature, noir love-letter to Golden-Age Hollywood & Se7en/Arrow/TAS/Daredevil/Nirvana-themed nihilistic detective origin story of gloom, chiaroscuro, tragedy, malfeasance, rage w. Best CC Performance: R.P. 8.7/10.
[category:drama/action-adventure/comic-book-movies-tv/crime-films/film-noir,date:2022-03-01,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Category: Comic Book Movies/TV
Doctor Strange: Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
Raimi remixes CBM’s x horror origins 40+ years later: wild, hyperimaginative, avant garde multiversal haunted house on epic [drug/acid VFX] scale w. caviar Olsen SW, malevolence, adv. technique, yt america | deprsn allegory, MCU R-auteurism. 8/10.
[category:actionadventure/horror/comic-book-movies-tv,date:2022-05-17,rate:8.5,type:movies]
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Moon Knight (2022)
Though M.K. heavily copyright-infringes as a Batman-clone by comics design, pago ouroboric TV reincarnation: pharaoh chef d’oeuvre of pyramid scale 10x amplifying Egyptian lore w. kaiju, dissociative identity, & acting showcase from O. Isaac. 7.5/10.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Though a catch-22 paradox in how to canonize tragic death of C.B., WF has ~every bad decision: [well-cast but] unoriginal Aquaman-copy Namor, (ironic by Shuri’s IQ vs. actress’ antivax-idiocy) L.Wright BP, lack of any impact|specialty from ’18. 5.6/10.
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Marvel’s Eternals (2021)
A paradox of a movie off the MCU factory-line w. cast of movie-stars rhapsodic for box-office formula checks, yet self-categorizing as a dark, complex, mature indie by hyperborean, lifeless viz filter & prodigal-yet-blasé CZ; wasted diversification. 4/10.
[category:science-fiction/comic-book-movies-tv,date:2021-10-27,rate:4,type:movies]
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Birds Of Prey (& The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)
A glittery, bonkers hard-R ‘90’s indie doubling as a comic book-antihero comedy, BOP brings together the iconic female gang in one of the funniest, most violent, & boldly-original CBM’s – despite a miscast Black Canary & Cassandra Cain. 7.5/10.
[category:comedyromance/comic-book-movies-tv,date:2020-01-17,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
The Only Project To Recognize And Translate The Mythological Awe & Power Of The 21st Century Gods: DC, ZSJL: a director’s cut of legend & ultimate Team CBM; epic-scale, strikingly-A/Ved blockbuster exp., revolutionary w > studio execs. 9/10.
[category:actionadventure/apocalyptica/comic-book-movies-tv/fantasy,date:2021-03-17,rate:9,type:movies]
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
A blockbuster cinematic event of a generation and the zenith MCU film experience: epic comic book viz, history, cameos, action balanced w. trilogy-fixing narrative of humanity, depth, grief exposition, heart, sacrifice de/reconstructing a hero. 9.2/10.
[category:actionadventure/science-fiction/comic-book-movies-tv,date:2021-12-15,rate:9.2,type:movies]
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
Pure idiosyncrasy, dark themes, indie songs, & bonkers, hard-R bloodsoaked Black Ops glory free of PG-13 & MCU limitations, The Suicide Squad is one of the most comic book films: morbidly-strange/twisted imagination of Gunn; 10x+ 2016. 8/10.
[category:actionadventure/science-fiction/kaiju/blockbusters/horror/comedyromance,date:2021-09-01,rate:8,type:movies]
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Wandavision+ (2021)
The best MCU project & type of avant-garde innovation we’ve craved by Marvel for 10+ years beyond blockbuster formula, WV+: boldly-stylized CBM-mystery/sci-fi/ comedy/romance/horror/fntsy of ignis ftis, phantasmagoria, TV-nostalgia. 9.7/10.
[category:actionadventure/comic-book-movies-tv/experimental/mystery/psychological/science-fiction/time-travel,date:2021-01-02,rate:9.7,type:tvshows]
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