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Marvel Movie Binge

If you have not already, go see the new Avengers: Infinity Wars Trailer that came out Friday! In fact, I’ll make it easy for you so you can watch it right here. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Now tell me, are you excited? Because I sure as hell am! I know that there have been a couple of disappointments with the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Thor: The Dark World was an utter flop, Captain America: Civil War, while interesting, felt like nothing more than two men having out their egos on each other, and let’s not even get into how terrible The…

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5 Best Series

5 Best Sequels that Live Up to the Original

Happy March, everyone! While the warmer weather approaches us, a sense of nostalgia for springs and summers past washes over me. In continuation of our ‘5 Best’ series, I thought it suitable to reminisce on some classic sequels that bring about the same sense of nostalgia. In this list, I’ve included some of the movies that I find to be just as worthy as, if not slightly better than, their predecessors. Feel free to comment below to let us know what some of your favourite sequels are! 1. Toy Story 2 (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu0sotERXhI Disney-Pixar and their incredible computer-animated films have…

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Reflections

Visibility in Marvel’s Black Panther

“Can you believe that? A kid from Oakland running around believing in fairytales.” Erik Stevens, Black Panther, 2018 Marvel’s latest movie adapts the comic book character, which first emerged in 1966 and was first introduced in Captain America: Civil War (2016), to present the feature film, Black Panther. The film is majorly set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the home of super-metal vibranium which has allowed extensive technological advancements and prosperity to be achieved in the country. However, Wakanda is hidden “in plain sight” from the rest of the world, believed to be a poor third world country,…

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Movies

The Resurrection of Thor

Prior to the release of Thor: Ragnorak, the hunky, sun-kissed character had unfortunately become quite a bore. Not only was the God of Thunder a flop in his own sequel Thor: The Dark World (2013) but similarly, in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor was nothing more than an empty shell of a character. A harsh opinion, maybe, but unfortunately one shared by many. The third installment of the Thor movies proves that this sentiment was also shared by both the actor and the director, as Thor: Ragnorak instilled in the series a completely fresh tone, courtesy of director Taika…

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Reviews

Rise of the Anti-Hero

SPOILER ALERT – The Punisher Season 1 Antihero: a central character in a story, movie, or drama who lacks conventional heroic attributes. The popularity of the antihero is not a particularly new concept. Having a main character that is undeniably flawed has always been appealing. Think James Bond, Magneto, Jay Gatsby, or reflecting to Shakespeare’s time, Macbeth, Hamlet, or Othello. In more recent media there’s Deadpool, Rick Grimes, or Dexter Morgan. So, what are the features that make these characters so compelling? To start, it’s worth noting that a markedly imperfect, morally ambiguous character is often a more two-dimensional one.…

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