At this point, it doesn’t really matter whether these movies have “Avengers” in the title. We’re going to have cameos, crossover, and set-up one way or another. Meanwhile, Feige wants us to admire his story-focused restraint at a time when the franchise is getting even busier, with a whole slate of shows to mark time…

On most days, I think of Jack Antonoff as the Brian Eno of banality, who scoops up artists at a turning point and filters them through his far-edge-of-accessible pop sound.

I still like the original ending best. Those last two episodes are both resourceful (by necessity) and deeply perverse, leaving viewers with a stream-of-consciousness freakout in a genre that demands closure for its elaborate plotting and world-building. The fact that people still get angry after all this time is a…

I would grab my mask, keys, and pants without a second thought if Villeneuve had once again landed Roger Deakins. As things stand, I’m going to be looking at local case numbers and asking myself how big I really need the sandworms to be. 

In this spin-off, Daryl delivers precariously balanced stacks of Amazon packages to the far-flung outposts of human civilization. It will be like Pilgrim’s Progress got super drunk and fucked a term paper by a student who didn’t actually finish reading Jack Kerouac.

It doesn’t matter if “superhero movies aren’t your cup of tea...”. Any director worth his salt should’ve recognized the script was overloaded to begin with.

“Looks good on paper but would look dumb on film.”

The whole back-and-forth about Milton seemed like a great way to tweak movies (and fans) that direct unearned sentiment toward background characters.

Some of the praise has been a little over the top, and it’s probably Gunn’s weakest film overall...

It’s a shame IO9 stopped covering The Green Knight. it was a beautiful movie. Not genre enough I guess?

I love this, this is a great analysis. It actually makes Training Day click a lot more for me; I thought the film was always great technically and the performances were great, but couldn’t place the messaging too well.

Is Alan Smithee not a thing anymore? This situation is exactly what it was for.

Warner Bros. isn’t going to shell out the same amount of money they gave to Zack Snyder to complete his cut of the Justice League, so let’s hope Ayer’s Suicide Squad doesn’t require any reshoots or additional footage.

The fights in BW are much better than in Atomic Blonde.

Any fight in this film was pre-vised with every shot, edit and beat completely locked down by the stunt team without barely a contribution from the director.

I absolutely saw her fighting as Cap (okay, the shield might be cheating a bit, but the style was still distinctive), Bucky, and T’Challa without having to squint. The pace was fast, but they really didn’t have to put her in a “this is Winter Soldier’s style” t-shirt to get the idea across.

You’re right. The fight between Natasha and Yelena isn’t anything new, but it LOOKS good and is among my favorites.

Cate Shorthand has a sharp eye for directing action and understands how to shoot a fight scene by using timing and space as leverage so the audience can see everything.

That’s only the tip of the iceberg for the future of the MCU—lest we forget, the Fantasic Four is coming. Hopefully, third time’s the charm on that one.

I didn’t even note the absence of a romantic subplot while I was watching, and you know what? I didn’t miss it at all.