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reviews action, anthony mackie, avengers: endgame, benedict cumberbatch, bradley cooper, brie larson, chadwick boseman, chris evans, chris hemsworth, comic books, danai gurira, don cheadle, elizabeth olsen, evangeline lilly, gweneth paltrow, hayley atwell, jeremy renner, john slattery, jon favreau, josh brolin, karen gillian, letitia wright, mark ruffalo, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, michael douglas, natalie portman, paul rudd, rene russo, robert downey jr, robert redford, russo brothers, scarlett johansson, science fiction, sebastian stan, tessa thompson, the avengers, tilda swinton, tom hiddleston, tom holland, vin diesel, zoe saldana

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

We will fail.
We will lose.
But somehow, we aren’t lesser for it

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Ryan McNeil

reviews 3 stars, action, asher angel, comic books, cooper andrews, david f. sandberg, dc, dceu, djimon honsou, grace fulton, jack dylan grazer, mark strong, reviews, shazam!, zachary levi

SHAZAM!

The latest DC story reminds us that being a hero isn’t about what you can do, but what you choose to do.

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Ryan McNeil

reviews, Ryan Recommends 3.5 stars, action, anna boden, annette benning, ben mendelsohn, brie larson, captain marvel, clark gregg, comic book, djimon honsou, gemma chan, jude law, lashana lynch, lee pace, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, ryan fleck, samuel l jackson, science fiction, women in film

CAPTAIN MARVEL

Is it possible that we all have it within ourselves to be a hero?

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Ryan McNeil

reviews action, anthony mackie, anthony russo, avengers, avengers: infinity war, benedict cumberbatch, benedict wong, benicio del toro, bradley cooper, carrie coon, chadwick boseman, chris evans, chris hemsworth, chris pratt, comic book, danai gurira, dave bautista, don cheadle, elizabeth olsen, gwyneth paltrow, joe russo, josh brolin, karen gillian, mark ruffalo, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, peter dinklage, pom klementieff, reviews, robert downey jr, scarlett johansson, sebastian stan, tom hiddleston, tom holland, zoe saldana

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

In a world obsessed with spoilers, it’s the spoilers that must be discussed.

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Ryan McNeil

reviews 3 stars, action, anthony hopkins, cate blanchett, chris hemsworth, comic book, idris elba, jeff goldblum, karl urban, mark ruffalo, marvel, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, reviews, sci-fi, Taika Waititi, tessa thompson, thor, thor: ragnarok, tom hiddleston

THOR: RAGNAROK

November 5, 2017

The God of Thunder has a pretty damned good sense of humour. Who saw that coming?

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Ryan McNeil

reviews 3.5 stars, action, comic book, jacob batalon, jon favreau, jon watts, laura harrier, marisa tomei, marvel, marvel studios, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase three, michael keaton, reviews, robert downey jr, spider-man, spider-man: homecoming, tom holland, zendaya

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

So it was, that filmmakers decided to counterweight the vast, overblown universe by telling a simple, self-contained story.

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Ryan McNeil

reviews 3.5 stars, action, ansel elgort, baby driver, edgar wright, eiza gonzález, heist, jamie foxx, jon bernthal, jon hamm, kevin spacey, lily james, reviews

BABY DRIVER

The right car, the right song, the right person. What more do you need in life?

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Ryan McNeil

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