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Superheroes

A collection of 5 posts
On Movies & Media

Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)

While Mission: Impossible—Fallout played, I loved every minute of it. But afterward, I had an itch that I couldn't scratch. I wrote this to scratch it.
09 Aug 2018 11 min read
Why I keep getting stuck in Spider-Man's web
On Movies & Media

Why I keep getting stuck in Spider-Man's web

Spider-Man has always been the most interesting and compelling superhero for me — the only one whose movies I always want to see. Why? I think I finally figured it out.
10 Aug 2017 6 min read
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): Or, Confessions of an X-Men Ex-Fan
On Movies & Media

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014): Or, Confessions of an X-Men Ex-Fan

I'm not going to try to talk anybody out of liking "Days of Future Past." I can see why it's getting such great reviews. But in the whole film, I found only one sequence particularly memorable...
26 May 2014 10 min read
Masculinity

Sometimes There's a Man: Who's the World's Most Masculine Guy?

Close your eyes. If I say the word "masculine," who is the first familiar face that you see? Who's the man?
24 Apr 2013 2 min read
On Movies & Media

Your Top 5 Superhero Movies?

Okay, since superhero-movie season is almost over... Share with us your Top 5 superhero movies, and give a sentence or two summarizing why you've picked them. Off the top of my head, here are my favorites... (although I reserve the right to revise, as I don't
02 Jul 2006 1 min read
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