Marvel
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Marvel's Asian-influenced "Shang Chi" shows how you can liven up a long-running movie franchise with an injection of cultural context.
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Is "Black Widow" about giving an overlooked character her due, or is it really about propping up a new, younger successor?
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Ho Lin from the Camera Roll film review site is joined by comic book aficionado and English teacher Lance Johnson on a whirlwind trip through comic book superhero movies over the last four decades.
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"Spider-Man: Far from Home" has a lot to do in the wake of Marvel's last Avengers movie, but does the film suit Spider-Man's everyman angst?
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The culmination of Marvel's Avengers cycle, "Endgame" gets wonky with plot but finds enough time to celebrate its beloved cast.
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Ho Lin reviews Marvel's belated entry in the female superhero sweepstakes "Captain Marvel," which turns out to be a figurative and literal throwback.
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017, Dir. Jon Watts): The Marvel movie universe has been burdened by franchise-building, character cross-overs, and “more is more” bloat for so long that the offhanded trifle that is Spider-Man:…
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Captain America: Civil War (2016, Dir. The Russo Brothers): When the Marvel cinematic universe kicked into high gear almost a decade ago, few would have predicted that the guy with the…
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, Dir. James Gunn): We know the template: likeable heroes and hiss-able villains, everything we hold dear in peril, destructive forces housed in day-glo energy balls,…
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Iron Man (2008, Dir. Jon Favreau) Jim Rhodes: That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Tony Stark: Not bad, huh? Among the ever-growing pantheon of movie superheroes based on Marvel…