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I Refuse to be a Game of Thrones Junkie
I have one thing to say to all Game of Thrones fans: Stop being trailer trash. You are better than that.
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Logan: The Darkest Knight Rises
Logan uses its advantage of being the last film in a series to get away from superhero tropes. It tries to combat the grand question: Why are superheroes important?
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The World According to Joker: The Dark Knight Predicted the Future a Decade Ago
Ten years ago, a movie made sense of the chaos around us. Its most astute character was not the hero Batman, but the film’s arch-villain, The Joker. When he said “The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules,” you know he was prophesying the future.
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Spider-Man: Far from Home is a Superhero Film for the Fake News Era
Spider-Man: Far from Home is proof that the MCU still has fresh stories to tell, even as the curtain comes down on its most successful period to date. In the first film of Marvel’s Phase Two, Spider-Man might be far from home, but he’s closer to reality than ever before.
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Deadpool 2: A Film So Meta It is Its Own Review
Deadpool 2 manages to make fun of several Marvel superheroes, the entire DC Universe, the people who make all these movies, and the viewers. It is a reminder of how absurd our obsession with comic book superheroes is.
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The Batman Re-imagines the Caped Crusader to Stirring Effect
Robert Pattinson’s Batman, if it were even possible, is darker and grimmer but the franchise and film is all better for it. This is a new vision and maybe a new legacy for the superhero we thought couldn’t be imagined any other way.
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No Sex Please, We’re Superheroes
June was quite a month for superheroes (and supervillains). Loki, the smooth-talking god of mischief officially announced himself as bisexual, a day after it was revealed that Batman got flak from DC bosses for going down on Catwoman in the animated series Harley Quinn.
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Why I Refuse to Watch Justice League
After ruining Superman for my little sister and making the travesty that was Suicide Squad, Zack Snyder expects me to pay for Justice League. He might as well rob me at gunpoint.
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Captain Marvel Review: A Reminder of Why We Fell in Love with the Avengers
Captain Marvel takes us back to the humble beginnings of the MCU, before we come to its operatic end. It’s a welcome palate-cleanser before the guaranteed plunge into the overstuffed chaos that Avengers: Endgame, releasing next month, will be.
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The Generic Superhero Movie Preview: Avengers Edition
This new cool superhero movie will blow your mind because it features all the famous actors in spandex unitards that you enjoyed watching in other superhero movies.