The MCU’s second foray into television had its moments, but was overall a massive step down from the strong debut of WandaVision, with glaring issues with the structure, writing, and villains.
Continue reading Marvel Mondays – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Series Review
Plot summary: A trio of TV comedians inexplicably don costumes and commit crimes one year after humiliating The Joker.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 83: Make ‘Em Laugh
Plot summary: Arkham’s disgraced chief of security is frustrated by Gotham’s ineffectual criminal justice system so takes matters into his own hands.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 82: Lock-Up
Jerome and Brian review another Marvel Disney Plus show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Did the show meet the high standard established by Wandavision? Did the show justify its existence as a six hour television show? Find out about two very different opinions on a show that has gotten some very mixed reviews.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon – Limited Edition: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Plot summary: Sam at last accepts the mantle of Captain America as all parties converge on the GRC vote in New York.
Continue reading Marvel Mondays – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Episode 6
Plot summary: A newly rehabilitated Harley Quinn panics after a misunderstanding with a security guard and accidentally kidnaps Bruce Wayne’s girlfriend.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 81: Harley’s Holiday
Plot summary: Batman races to discover who kidnapped Harvey Dent moments before he was to undergo surgery to reverse his physical condition.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 80: Second Chance
Jerome and Brian finally address another movie they’ve been putting off for a while: Hancock. They discuss this dour and depressing Will Smith project and spend even more time in 2008, a year that has been very important to the history of this podcast. Does dour equal greatness or something pile of shame worthy or somewhere in-between?
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon – Limited Edition: Hancock
Mike Thomas and Jerome Cusson debated the 2017 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees in the form of a podcast. In 2018, we went with a written preview (which contained a frankly amazing HELLBOY gag). We came back yet again in 2019 with no change in the system and then again in 2020.
BUT THIS YEAR IN OUR LIKELY FINAL YEAR DOING THIS COLUMN, we are SHAKING things up. Instead of ranking a fairly mediocre slate of films, we split the films up and did a small write-up on the merits of each film and then out some predictions at the end. Continue reading Ranking Analyzing & Predicting the 2021 Academy Award for Best Motion Picture
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