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reviews 3 stars, alan tudyk, animation, big hero 6, chris williams, comic book, damon wayans jr., daniel henney, don hall, génesis rodríguez pérez, james cromwell, jamie chung, maya rudolph, ryan potter, scott adsit, t.j. miller, walt disney

BIG HERO 6

November 9, 2014

Avengers don’t always assemble to save the world: Sometimes it’s just about saving one person.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, action, benicio del toro, bradley cooper, chris pratt, comic book, david bautista, djimon honsou, glenn close, guardians of the galaxy, james gunn, john c. reily, karen gillian, lee pace, marvel, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase two, michael rooker, sci-fi, vin diesel, zoe saldana

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

August 3, 2014

Here’s to the crazy ones…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, brian singer, comic book, ellen page, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellan, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, marvel, michael fassbender, nicholas hoult, patrick stewart, peter dinklage, review, x-men, x-men: days of future past

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

May 25, 2014

What if we could change the past? What if we could reboot it. Would we? Should we?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, andrew garfield, b.j. novak, chris cooper, colm feore, comic book, dane dehaan, denis leary, emma stone, felicity jones, jamie foxx, marc webb, marvel, paul giamatti, sally field, spider-man, the amazing spider-man 2

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

May 5, 2014

Sometimes the human part of a superhuman story is just far more interesting.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews anthony mackie, anthony russo, captain america, captain america: the winter soldier, chris evans, cobie smulders, comic book, emily vancamp, joe russo, marvel, mcu infinity saga, mcu phase two, robert redford, samuel l jackson, scarlett johansson, sebastian stan

CAPTAN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

April 6, 2014

A remarkably grounded entry in Phase Two examines the world we live in, and its balance between freedom and fear.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers anna paquin, brian singer, comic book, ellen page, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellan, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, marvel, michael fassbender, nicholas hoult, patrick stewart, peter dinklage, x-men, x-men: days of future past

Back to Before – X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

March 26, 2014

Fox’s corner of The Marvel Universe gets ready to play their greatest hits.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, action, comic book, famke janssen, hal yamanouchi, hiroyuki sanada, hugh jackman, james mangold, marvel, rila fukushima, svetlana khodchenkova, tao okamoto, the wolverine, wolverine

THE WOLVERINE

July 28, 2013

The summer’s final comic book film arrives…and potentially signals the beginning of something great.

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Ryan McNeil
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