Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) team up to battle Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman) and the Flag Smashers in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” (Marvel Studios) *This review contains minor spoilers for “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”* The first season of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” features many of [...]
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Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) inherits Captain America’s (Chris Evans) shield and mantle in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” (Marvel Studios) There’s nothing that Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios love more than subverting audience expectations. Thus, it seems fitting that merely two weeks after the finale of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) first television series, [...]
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Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) traverse decades of television history in “WandaVision” on Disney+. (Marvel Studios) This article contains spoilers for “WandaVision” season one. When the first two episodes of “WandaVision'' premiered on Disney+ in mid-January, I was skeptical about whether Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige could lure viewers into the Marvel [...]
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Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) marry and live a seemingly idyllic suburban life in Marvel’s “WandaVision.” (Marvel Studios) It’s undeniable that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has pulled off a plethora of improbable feats in the last 13 years. Whether it’s turning a talking tree into a pop culture phenomenon or making [...]
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Ever since Bill Murray’s “Groundhog Day” was released in 1993, the concept of a time loop has been so exhausted in film that I had low expectations for “Palm Springs,” Andy Samberg’s recent attempt to follow in Murray’s iconic footsteps. However, much like Samberg himself, the film is bold, subversive and hilarious. Brilliantly headlined [...]
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