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Spiderman Homecoming Begins a New Era of Spiderman

Chad Marriott

Oct 12, 20203 min read

Spiderman Homecoming Begins a New Era of Spiderman

1. Spiderman Homecoming (2017) continues Marvel's year of fantastic comedy films. Spiderman Homecoming is the second of three very...

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Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is a Great Comedy with Character Development on the Side

Chad Marriott

Oct 5, 20203 min read

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is a Great Comedy with Character Development on the Side

1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017) starts off a good streak of Marvel villains. I don't know why this comes to mind first, but it does....

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The Devil All the Time Analyzes Evil in a Unique Way

Chad Marriott

Oct 2, 20204 min read

The Devil All the Time Analyzes Evil in a Unique Way

Last week, we sat down to watch The Devil All the Time (2020) and absolutely loved it. I won't spend time lauding the cast because...

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Dr. Strange: Marvel's Most Metal Character

Chad Marriott

Sep 28, 20205 min read

Dr. Strange: Marvel's Most Metal Character

Dr. Strange is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's most metal character. He dies in a multitude of painful ways to save the universe, but I'm...

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Captain America: Civil War: Tony Stark is the Villain

Chad Marriott

Sep 21, 20205 min read

Captain America: Civil War: Tony Stark is the Villain

Phase 3 begins with Captain America: Civil War (2016). This installment of Captain America is just as universe-shifting as its...

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Chad Marriott

Sep 14, 20203 min read

Antman: It's About Time for a Comedy

Antman (2015) brings Phase 2 of the MCU to an end on a much lighter note than Age Of Ultron (2015). Scott Lang is a burglar recently...

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Avengers: Age of Ultron: There's Not a Lot but There's Some.

Chad Marriott

Aug 31, 20203 min read

Avengers: Age of Ultron: There's Not a Lot but There's Some.

I know that Age of Ultron (2015) is the least popular of the Avengers’ movies and isn’t supremely popular in general, but let’s give it...

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Guardians of the Galaxy is The MCU's Wildest Adventure

Chad Marriott

Aug 24, 20203 min read

Guardians of the Galaxy is The MCU's Wildest Adventure

Time for something a little different. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) is the MCU’s wildest adventure yet. James Gunn helms the...

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Marvel Gets into the Genre Films

Chad Marriott

Aug 17, 20203 min read

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Marvel Gets into the Genre Films

Here come the Russo brothers! CATWS (2014) is full of entertaining action sequences and a plot full of espionage. Steve Rogers has a...

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Thor: The Dark World: The Elves Hate the SUN

Chad Marriott

Aug 10, 20203 min read

Thor: The Dark World: The Elves Hate the SUN

Thor: The Dark World (2013) begins with another Odin monologue about some people that the Asgardians stopped from destroying the world...

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Chad Marriott

Aug 3, 20203 min read

Iron Man 3 is Marvel's Home Alone

We begin PHASE 2 with Iron Man 3 (2013). I’ll begin with some honesty. The Iron Man trilogy is not my favorite. I think they are, for the...

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Chad Marriott

Jul 20, 20203 min read

The Avengers: This Finally Happened!

AHHHHHH! It’s finally here! Seeing this movie, at the time, was the most excited I had ever been to go see something on the big screen....

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Captain America: The First Avenger: The Beginning of Steve Rogers Journey

Chad Marriott

Jul 13, 20203 min read

Captain America: The First Avenger: The Beginning of Steve Rogers Journey

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) is again different from the films preceding it. Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans, does not...

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Chad Marriott

Jul 6, 20203 min read

Thor's Journey Begins

Thor (2011) is so different than anything we’ve seen so far. After three movies about science, technology, and more science and...

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Ironman 2 is the Third Best Ironman Movie

Chad Marriott

Jun 29, 20203 min read

Ironman 2 is the Third Best Ironman Movie

Ironman 2 (2010) has two openings: The Mother Russia and the Apollo Creed. Mickey Rourke plays Ivan Vanko the super-duper Russian...

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The Incredible Hulk: A Story about Loneliness

Chad Marriott

Jun 22, 20203 min read

The Incredible Hulk: A Story about Loneliness

Ah. The forgotten film of the MCU. Or at least that is how Marvel would like you to remember…. or not remember it. I like this movie. The...

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Chad Marriott

Jun 15, 20203 min read

Ironman: The Beginning of a Saga

Ironman (2008) kicks off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first entry in the saga is a fan-favorite for a reason. Let’s start off with...

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Barefoot in the Park and Much Ado About Nothing Use the Same Tools to Create Dynamic Lovers

Chad Marriott

Mar 11, 20204 min read

Barefoot in the Park and Much Ado About Nothing Use the Same Tools to Create Dynamic Lovers

Recently, I worked on Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon. Simon uses the same rhetorical tools that Shakespeare used. Now, you don’t have...

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The Marvel Complaints and Responses are Annoying; Like what you Like.

Chad Marriott

Nov 6, 20195 min read

The Marvel Complaints and Responses are Annoying; Like what you Like.

Recently, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola heavily critiqued the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A lot of time and effort has been...

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