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Brief Thoughts on a Trailer: Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Preamble Venom was a B-movie bore that was occasionally woken up by Tom Hardy’s central performance. It was the kind of work that had the same daring and go for broke quality that many of the performances in Tim Burton’s … Continue reading →

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Editorial: My Top Five X-Men Scenes

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

5) An Awkward Reunion  If you wanted an encapsulation of James McAvoy’s range as Charles Xavier, then this scene delivers in spades. Awkward, amusing, heartfelt and even flirtatious, McAvoy deftly illustrates Xavier’s hard but necessary choice to erase Moira McTaggart’s … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Intro to X-Men August

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

After taking some time off, it’s honestly good to be back. I’ve been wracking my brains about to do in August. There are many directors, genres and even actors that could have easily chimed with August (from Pedro Almodóvar to … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a Trailer: Morbius (2020)

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Sartaj Govind Singh

As the comic book movie genre has grown, it has taken great leaps with projects that focus on some of the genre’s most dastardly foes. Stripped of their central heroes, these films are interesting experiments. Morbius represents a further division … Continue reading →

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Editorial: My Top Five Comic Book Movies of the Decade

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

5) The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan’s third film in The Dark Knight trilogy is a flawed epic that never reconciles its social commentary with the bleak portrait of its world. However, it has ambition, touching moments and a steadfast … Continue reading →

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Brief Consideration: Venom (2018)

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Venom is a shoo-in for one of the most bizarre comic book movies ever made. It’s a feature-length Saturday morning cartoon, trapped inside a reluctant midnight movie that slumps through its banally conceived plot with the enthusiasm of a tired … Continue reading →

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