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· by Marion Stein · Mar 12, 2018

Homeland: Cherchez la femme

Saul catches up with an old friend. Elizabeth finally gets a win. Carrie is boss lady of her own private avengers. Carrie and Max watch a disappointing episode of her favorite live stream. We open with Saul, in a heavily…

Movies / Text

· by Nathan Kerner · Mar 12, 2018

Can we stop using the word "reboot"?

Looking at this year’s slate of movie reboots (including Death Wish, Tomb Raider, Venom, Robin Hood: Origins, and Mary Poppins Returns) made me come to a realization: Someday, Disney is going to reboot Star Wars…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 8, 2018

Riverdale: The sexy cabin in the woods

Welcome back to Riverdale, everyone! This winter hiatus has been killing me. We’ve still got a murder victim to identify, SoDale gentrification to fight, and burgers to get to Jughead. Seriously, when was the last time that kid got…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 8, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting The Avengers (2012)

Four years. Four years since that teaser at the end of the Iron Man credits, where Nick Fury teased the “Avengers Initiative”. Four years and here it was, the movie that nerds worldwide had been waiting for. Don’t get me…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 7, 2018

Star Trek: Voyager “11:59”

So Star Trek: Discovery finally ended its hit-or-miss first season last month, which means I’m free to return to recapping terrible episodes of Voyager. Lucky me? My best guess is that the fifth season episode “11:59”, which originally aired…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 6, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Previously: It was confirmed, True Believer, that there was going to be an Avengers movie. And okay, maybe word like that got dropped on some geek web site at the time, but I didn’t always follow that stuff; a lot…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 5, 2018

Tron (1982), a recap (part 1 of 6)

I’ve written articles about films where I’ve made a point to note other movies that were released in the same year. To me, this has been relevant because the 1980s was a pretty great decade when it came to science…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 5, 2018

Homeland: Their own private Alamo

Keane is ready to dump David. Saul has a very bad day. Carrie has a proposition for Dante. And Costa Ronin (Oleg) from The Americans drops by for a very special non-crossover. We open with Carrie watching her favorite live…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 2, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Thor (2011)

I have a confession to make: I’m not a big Thor fan. I’m not saying I hate the character, and there have been periods where I picked up the comic (for example, I was really digging what Jason Aaron was…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 1, 2018

Hit or Bomb? March 2018 movie predictions

It may be March, but it’s looking more like summer at the cineplex, due to several big budget sci-fi/fantasy releases this month. Once again, it’s time for us here at the Agony Booth to play armchair box office prognosticators and…

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· by Nathan Kerner · Feb 28, 2018

On watching movies in the age of #MeToo

So… did you hear the latest news about [insert male celebrity accused of sexual misconduct and just plain awful behavior toward women here]? The entertainment world continues to be rocked by revelation upon revelation that some of your…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Feb 27, 2018

Movie Duel: Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat

Welcome back to Movie Duels, in which we watch two dueling movies and offer our eminently qualified opinion of which film, if any, has a reason for existing, and which one should have been left back at the pitch …

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 26, 2018

Homeland: The morning after

This week on Homeland, Saul makes Brett an offer he can’t refuse, and then Brett refuses. Carrie finds a new white knight who has some baggage, because doesn’t everyone? And David Wellington is once again weaselly. Previously on Homeland,…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Feb 26, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Iron Man 2 (2010)

Previously: The post-credits scene of Incredible Hulk implied that we were going to be seeing our first glimpse of the Avengers. Would it be similar to the origin of the team in the comic, which was centered around the hunting…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Feb 22, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Previously: Iron Man was tremendously successful both commercially and critically, and we comic book readers in particular loved it. It seemed that our long drought of bad comic book movies was at last over, and Marvel was serious about making…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 21, 2018

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

If any actor can be considered as having fallen from grace over the decades, it’s Chevy Chase. He became an instant star thanks to his work on the first two seasons of Saturday Night Live. His success, not surprisingly,…

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· by Henrik Magnusson · Feb 20, 2018

3 insane forgotten superheroes that need a reboot

Apparently readers in the '40s had a real taste for cruel and ironic mutilation.

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· by Marion Stein · Feb 19, 2018

Homeland: Carrie's so-called life

Once upon a time, the opening credit sequence incorporated real world footage and voices. Obama might not have been the president of Homelandia, but we saw his image and heard him in the montage; Reagan and (Bill) Clinton too. It…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Feb 19, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Iron Man (2008)

On May 2, 2008, history was made: that was the day Iron Man hit theaters in the United States. Up until then, superhero movies had sporadic success as standalone films and self-contained franchises, and seldom did a spin-off ever succeed.…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 15, 2018

Black superhero movies, ranked

It’s the eve of the release of Marvel’s Black Panther, widely expected to break multiple box office records, not the least of which being the biggest superhero film of all time starring a black lead. In the tradition of…

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Homeland: Cherchez la femme

Can we stop using the word "reboot"?

Riverdale: The sexy cabin in the woods

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting The Avengers (2012)

Star Trek: Voyager “11:59”

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Tron (1982), a recap (part 1 of 6)

Homeland: Their own private Alamo

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Thor (2011)

Hit or Bomb? March 2018 movie predictions

On watching movies in the age of #MeToo

Movie Duel: Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat

Homeland: The morning after

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Iron Man 2 (2010)

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

3 insane forgotten superheroes that need a reboot

Homeland: Carrie's so-called life

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Iron Man (2008)

Black superhero movies, ranked

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