Don CheadleTony Stark hunts a terrorist called the Mandarin while battling PTSD from the Avengers, with Christmas as the season-long backdrop. Iron Man 3 is Shane Black's 2013 American superhero film depicting Tony Stark hunting an apparent terrorist called the Mandarin…
Robert Downey Jr.A small-time thief stumbles into an LA acting career and a noir investigation, with Robert Downey Jr. as narrator across the Christmas season. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's 2005 American neo-noir comedy depicting a small-time New York thief…
Cillian MurphyChristopher Nolan's 2023 Manhattan Project biopic. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.
Robert Downey Jr.Tony Stark's death created an institutional vacuum. An essay on how Tony Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame created an institutional vacuum that the various young Avengers framework characters have failed to fill, and what the failure reveals about whether character…
Marisa TomeiTom Holland's age-appropriate Peter Parker, Michael Keaton's working-class Vulture, John Hughes-influenced high school direction. The 7 reflects honest evaluation of one of the better Phase Three MCU entries and the best Peter Parker since Tobey Maguire.
David HarbourFlorence Pugh's Yelena carries another film that fails. Mental health as decorative content.
Robert Downey Jr.An essay on the systematic diminishment of established male characters across Phase Four and Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This essay engages with a specific craft pattern in the post-Endgame Marvel Cinematic Universe: the systematic diminishment of established…
Chris EvansThe most contrived blockbuster of the decade. The 4 reflects honest evaluation of one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history.
Chris EvansTwo billion dollars on the strength of accumulated franchise capital. Forty characters, the Snap that wasn't depicted, and structural failures.
Anthony MackieThe Phase 3 inflection point where moral clarity became moral confusion. Spider-Man and Black Panther's introductions as franchise expansion vehicles.
Ben KingsleyShane Black's buddy-comedy direction, Downey's strongest character work, and the Mandarin twist Marvel spent eight years correcting. The 5 reflects honest evaluation of the Phase Two opening film and one of the more divisive entries in the MCU's first decade.
Don CheadleRobert Downey Jr.'s strongest moments buried under franchise machinery. Black Widow's intro, War Machine's recasting, and Whiplash wasted.
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