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Superheroes

A collection of 6 posts

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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...

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?

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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'

Joss Whedon, creator of Firefly, has a new superhero in his care

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Joss Whedon, creator of Firefly, has a new superhero in his care

Whedon will write and direct Wonder Woman. If you don't understand why I’m excited about this, then you haven't seen Firefly. That’s Whedon’s brilliantly entertaining, cleverly written sci-fi television series that's finding the fan base it deserves on DVD, and