Long-form Writing Covering Film, TV, Theme Parks, and Happy Meals
Just a few days before the election in the US and my thoughts are turning to Christopher Nolan’s 2012 film, “The Dark Knight Rises”. I admit that for the first 3-4 years after “The Dark Knight Rises”, I thought it was a moderately disappointing entry into Nolan’s canon and the worst of the Dark Knight … Continue reading In Defense of “The Dark Knight Rises”
Marvel Studios’ THE ETERNALS is one of my most anticipated films of 2021, but it’s also a huge question mark. We really don’t know what the story is, who the antagonist is, how the characters will act and interact, or even what the movie really looks like - beyond some character sketches. In other words, … Continue reading JUST A THEORY: “The Eternals” as a cornerstone of MCU Phase 4 … and 5.
Before seeing “Birds Of Prey”, I had never envisioned LA as being a potential real-world avatar for Gotham City, good old Batman's hometown - or even thought about it for that matter. Had I read about a movie shooting a version of Gotham City in Los Angeles, I would have guessed the reasoning would be … Continue reading Los Angeles as Gotham City: The locations of Cathy Yan’s “Birds of Prey”
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