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Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 15:00:37 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Part 2" title="Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2" style="float:left;" />As mentioned in Part 1, we got so many contributions that we had to split this article up into two parts. Below is the second half, and we hope you enjoy it. And again…BEWARE…FOR SPOILERS… [more]

Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 1

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:36:44 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Part 1" title="Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 1" style="float:left;" />Avengers: Endgame is a cinematic generational event. The epic conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first arc that began with 2008’s Iron Man and encompasses twenty-two films. As of this posting, Avengers: Endgame has grossed… [more]

Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America

James Rovira — Sat, 11 May 2019 13:00:50 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America" title="Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America" style="float:left;" />Disclaimer: this article includes spoilers starting in the third paragraph, so I wouldn’t read too far if you haven’t watched Avengers: Endgame yet. It also won’t make much sense if you haven’t watched Endgame and… [more]

My Thoughts on Captain Marvel: It’s Complicated

Karra Shimabukuro — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:06:44 +0000

Captain Marvel: It’s Complicated" title="My Thoughts on Captain Marvel: It’s Complicated" style="float:left;" />Here be spoilers… I went into my 10:30a showing of Captain Marvel not really knowing anything about Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel. At a time when the entire media market is glutted with superhero films… [more]

Academics Discuss their Book Marvel Comics into Film and the Secret Origins of the MCU

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:33:10 +0000

Marvel Comics into Film and the Secret Origins of the MCU" title="Academics Discuss their Book Marvel Comics into Film and the Secret Origins of the MCU" style="float:left;" />Matthew J. McEniry is an assistant metadata librarian at Texas Tech University and describes digital manuscripts for online discovery. Robert Moses Peaslee is an associate professor and chair of Journalism and Electronic Media at the… [more]

The Dawn of Cinematic Universes: What Shared Continuity In Film Is Telling Us About The Future Of Cinema

Jarrett Mazza — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:31:18 +0000

There is no secret that a new trend has emerged in mainstream films, a trend that is specifically connected to the inclusion of famous characters and epic worlds, all of which have now joined together… [more]

Marvel Studios Selects Ava DuVernay to Direct Black Panther

Dom Fonce — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:00:48 +0000

Black Panther" title="Marvel Studios Selects Ava DuVernay to Direct Black Panther" style="float:left;" />For those unaware of her work, Ava DuVernay is an award winning and Golden Globe nominated director (Selma 2014) with a pedigree rooted in African-American-themed films. She debuted in 2008 with a documentary about ’90s… [more]

Eating Brains: Zombies and Dystopianism

Stuart Warren — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:00:47 +0000

In 2013 I was at SDCC meeting Julian Darius for the first time. After a long, harrowing comic-con experience we both went to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund after party. There were famous people… [more]

Five Reasons Why Comics Scholarship is Important

Stuart Warren — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:00:07 +0000

Before getting into comics, I had no idea where to start, or how to approach comics as a body of work. Over the course of several decades comics have diversified into a multi-headed beast. There… [more]

Avengers: Age of Ultron is Conflicted

Ian Dawe — Sun, 03 May 2015 19:00:01 +0000

Avengers: Age of Ultron is Conflicted" title="Avengers: Age of Ultron is Conflicted" style="float:left;" />I’m very conflicted about Avengers: Age of Ultron. Not about what sort of movie it is: this is a wall-to-wall headache-inducing, exhausting action-fest where lots of stuff blows up. I’m sure there are lots of… [more]

Defending Guardians of the Galaxy

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:00:58 +0000

Guardians of the Galaxy" title="Defending Guardians of the Galaxy" style="float:left;" />Okay. Let’s do this. *Cracks knuckles* Recently Julian Darius wrote a real mic-drop of a response to Guardians of the Galaxy. It was pretty incendiary. Like everything Julian writes it was excellent, and made me… [more]

It’s Okay to Criticize Guardians of the Galaxy

Ian Dawe — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:00:13 +0000

Guardians of the Galaxy" title="It’s Okay to Criticize Guardians of the Galaxy" style="float:left;" />I read Julian Darius’ essay on Guardians of the Galaxy with great interest, just as I read Stephanie Zacharek’s review of the same film. Both of them have come under fire on social media (Julian’s… [more]

We are the Candy Bars of Pop Culture: Guardians of the Galaxy Broke Something in Me

Julian Darius — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:00:58 +0000

Guardians of the Galaxy Broke Something in Me" title="We are the Candy Bars of Pop Culture: Guardians of the Galaxy Broke Something in Me" style="float:left;" />I just can’t take it anymore. I know we’re in a new age of Hollywood spectacle, in which intelligence is largely relegated to a few TV shows, and viewers feel there’s no point shelling out… [more]

Charlie Cox is Daredevil

Julian Darius — Wed, 28 May 2014 09:29:02 +0000

Marvel has confirmed the rumors that Charlie Cox has been cast as Daredevil in the upcoming Netflix series, scheduled to run 13 episodes in 2015. Cox is best known for playing Tristan Thorne in the… [more]

Why Edgar Wright Leaving Ant-Man is a Big Deal

Julian Darius — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:44:30 +0000

Ant-Man is a Big Deal" title="Why Edgar Wright Leaving Ant-Man is a Big Deal" style="float:left;" />On Friday, news broke that Edgar Wright was leaving as director of Marvel’s Ant-Man film, which he’d long helmed and represented to the public. Wright is probably best known for 2004′s Shawn of the Dead. That… [more]

Marvel Studios, Risk, and James Gunn

Emmet O'Cuana — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:00:35 +0000

This month’s release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier has once again reaped both high box-office numbers and critical praise for Marvel Studios. Their formula for success has been to bring fan favourite characters to… [more]

Michael Douglas Adds to Ant-Man’s Legacy

Zaki Hasan — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:00:13 +0000

While Marvel Studios’ Avengers franchise (and appendages) tends to garner the most ink, I have to say I find development on the studios’ secondary properties far more fascinating, as it demonstrates their willingness to continually… [more]

Maybe this Franchise Thing is Out of Control

Julian Darius — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:55:05 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but there was a time when super-hero movies were few and far between. Now, they’re so ubiquitous that even super-hero fans worry there are too many. Marvel’s had success tying movies… [more]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is About to Become the Marvel TV Universe

Julian Darius — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:00:29 +0000

One of the things that bugs me about franchises is that people rarely see them objectively, from a remove. The most fondly remembered installments overshadow everything else, even when “everything else” is the larger work.… [more]

I’d Need a Lobotomy to Enjoy Thor: The Dark World

Julian Darius — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:00:26 +0000

Thor: The Dark World" title="I’d Need a Lobotomy to Enjoy Thor: The Dark World" style="float:left;" />It’s hard to find the words to adequately describe how stupid Thor: The Dark World is. Before I try, a warning: this review contains spoilers. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. And in case you’re… [more]

The Other Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Julian Darius — Mon, 27 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

Other Marvel Cinematic Universe?" title="The Other Marvel Cinematic Universe?" style="float:left;" />With all of the attention paid to the development of the Marvel cinematic universe, it’s worth addressing the other Marvel cinematic universe: the one run by 20th Century-Fox. Yes, I’m talking about the X-Men franchise.… [more]

Why Iron Man 3 is the Best Iron Man Film to Date

Julian Darius — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:23 +0000

Iron Man 3 is the Best Iron Man Film to Date" title="Why Iron Man 3 is the Best Iron Man Film to Date" style="float:left;" />Iron Man 3 might not be an Avengers-like, nonstop action fest. But it’s the best of the three Iron Man films. In fact, it’s the only one that really understands the character. Before I explain, however,… [more]

Iron Man 3 — Second Biggest Opening in History

Julian Darius — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:43:20 +0000

Iron Man 3 — Second Biggest Opening in History" title="Iron Man 3 — Second Biggest Opening in History" style="float:left;" />It’s official: Iron Man 3‘s opening weekend in the United States is the second biggest in history, after only The Avengers. Iron Man 3 took in an estimated $175.3 million in its opening weekend, which… [more]

On Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2: What Tony Stark Once Suffered to Learn, Tony Stark Soon Forgot

Colin Smith — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:00:32 +0000

Iron Man 2: What Tony Stark Once Suffered to Learn, Tony Stark Soon Forgot" title="On Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2: What Tony Stark Once Suffered to Learn, Tony Stark Soon Forgot" style="float:left;" />Everyone’s at least something of a villain in Iron Man 2, except for some of our superhero’s friends and those thoroughly unaccountable Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and yet one of the very worst of the bad… [more]

Thor as Camp

Julian Darius — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:00:28 +0000

Thor as Camp" title="Thor as Camp" style="float:left;" />Thor is a glitzy, glossy summer movie. It’s also high camp in the traditional sense: super-serious and apparently blissfully unaware of how utterly ridiculous it is on every level. It may take itself more seriously… [more]