Category: Movies
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I have to tell you, I wasn't sure what to expect from The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The history of Marvel's first family on film has been more than rocky, what with the Roger Corman boondoggle (financially if not creatively) in 1994, the two entertaining but lightweight attempts in the 2000s (which I liked more…
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With the release of Thor: Love and Thunder quickly approaching, I'm pleased to share the introduction to my recent book, A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics' Thor: If They Be Worthy, for your enjoyment. – — — —- —– —- — — – Who among us has not doubted our worth or worthiness at some point…
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Being online so much finally paid off: I saw the announcement of the IMAX preview of The Batman just it was announced about a month ago, and was able to snag tickets for me and my son before it sold out (apparently within minutes). Last night we saw it, and we both walked out of…
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SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME BELOW! SO MANY SPOILERS! My son and I saw the new Spider-Man film yesterday afternoon in a large theater with about twenty other people—which was a Christmas miracle, given how most showings sold out over opening weekend and our hesitation to see it amongst a large crowd in the…
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Well that was something! After rewatching Avengers: Infinity War Thursday night, I saw Avengers: Endgame Friday morning by myself—well, me and the hundred other people in the sold-out small theater, but you knew what I meant—and then again with my kids in a much larger (but still sold out) IMAX theater. I grouse a lot…
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It's been an exciting couple of weeks around the release of Captain America: Civil War, with several articles, interviews, and a review of my book A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics' Civil War appearing online. I collect them all on the dedicated page for the book at profmdwhite.com, but I thought a Comics Professor blog update…
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OK, no surprise… I loved Captain America: Civil War. I was fairly certain I'd like it, of course, but it surpassed my expectations, which were well heightened by all the positive comments from everyone who saw it before me. (And that seems to be everyone I know. I will have my revenge, mark my words.)…
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I saw Batman v Superman last Thursday, and meant to get a post up more quickly, but it took me this long to digest all the Snyder-y goodness packed into those two-and-a-half hours of sheer cinematic bludgeoning. Let me list some of things I loved about this movie (there may be spoilers): I was very…
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Why do I feel inspired to write about only the movies I'm disappointed in? Maybe I worry I'll be too fanboy-ish about the movies I love and will fail to say anything insightful about them, sounding like Chris Farley meeting his idols on Saturday Night Live ("You know that movie you were in? … That…
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Not a review, per se, but just some collected thoughts… MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW—BE WARNED! 1. Loved it. It started like a Bond film with an intense action sequence, expertly shot in a similar fashion to the Battle of New York in the first film, with the focus flowing seamlessly from one character to the next,…
Mark D. White 