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Love or hate THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, pretty much everyone agrees that it is a HECK of a designed film. And by association, the costume design is equally excellent. Nowhere is the brilliance in costuming more apparent than in Vanessa Kirby's wardrobe for Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman. Don't get me wrong, Pedro Pascal's … Continue reading Top 10 Outfits of Sue Storm in THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Did He Set Up The“Ending” - FIGHT CLUB style? Maybe. Take a read in this month's installment of "Just A Theory"... I remain uniquely fascinated by JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX, the sequel to Todd Phillps’ JOKER, the 2019 billion dollar Oscar winning mega-hit starring Joaquin Phoenix. I am uniquely captivated by both the actual film … Continue reading Did Joker/Arthur Fleck Plan the Brutal Twist Ending of FOLIE À DEUX?
On The Perils of Self-Sabotage, Perception, Idolatry, Rehabilitation, and Devotion “When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.”Joaquin Phoenix As I first left director Todd Phillips’ masterful if purposely contradictory and confounding JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX (aka JOKER 2), I was left pondering, “what is the message of this film?” Unlike … Continue reading Did Todd Phillips Want JOKER 2 To Bomb? Dissecting The Themes Of FOLIE À DEUX To Uncover Director’s Intent.
One day, if you are lucky, you will turn to your grandchild and say, "I once knew a person that saw MADAME WEB three times in its first week of release." And that person would be... me. That's right. I've seen Sony's much ballyhooed flopola Madame Web three times now in just one week of … Continue reading The Simple B-Movie Joys of MADAME WEB | IN DEFENSE OF…
I loved THE MARVELS but when it hit iTunes last week, I was hesitant to buy it. These days, I like to wait for a 4K release before purchasing a film (remember what Nolan said!) even if it means waiting a little longer. But with Disney putting more time between physical and digital release, I … Continue reading Five Cool Things I Learned From Director Nia DaCosta’s Commentary for THE MARVELS
This week Chris Hemsworth went on record on the popular "Happy Sad Confused" podcast saying that he did not want to go back to being THOR again unless things were "drastically different" from the last two Taika Waititi movies. It was not a diss (necessarily) to Taika - as Hemsworth was using it as an … Continue reading Top 10 Outfits of Thor in the MCU, Ranked
After watching BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FOREVER for a third time (yeah I love the film, long blog forthcoming next weekend), I realized that one of the things I enjoyed most about the film, but which also really caught me off-guard, was Griot - the Wakandan AI or as some people call it, “Wakandan Jarvis”. Now … Continue reading Ranking the MCU’s AI – Who is your favorite? | RANK THIS!
A brief history of Beta Ray Bill, his current lack of presence in the MCU, his potential in LOKI Season 2, and why Rafael Casal should play a version of the cybernetic Korbinite embewed with the power of Thor. “Just A Theory” is a recurring bait and switch series about what should theoretically happen in … Continue reading BETA RAY LOKI – Who is Rafael Casal playing in LOKI Season 2 – and why it should be Beta Ray Bill | JUST A THEORY
So today Disney Plus released an updated version of the MCU timeline that showed just where DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS fits in. And it surprised some people. Let’s take a look: They placed MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS before HAWKEYE. And people had an issue with this. And that's upsetting. Because I totally got … Continue reading How MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS takes place after NO WAY HOME but before HAWKEYE
As THE BATMAN drops on HBO MAX tomorrow, I decided to reflect on my experience with the film so far. Yeah I am a lunatic who has watched in 13 times. Maybe that's not that crazy but it feels like it. But for me, this is a film that goes far beyond genre-defining and became … Continue reading 13 Weird Things I Learned From Watching THE BATMAN 13 Times IN THEATERS
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