From Duck till Dark
A limited series that looks back at the films based on Marvel Comics properties that were NOT a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Starting with 1986's Howard the Duck to 2019's X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in the sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and with the directors of Crank and Crank: High Voltage behind the cameras, how did the film play? A little differently than expected, I would say. Listen in for more...
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The Amazing Spiderman (2012)
After trying to get a fourth Spider-Man film off the ground with Sam Raimi, Sony Pictures changed their strategy and gave us a reboot intended to launch a new shared universe with Peter Parker at the center. How did they do? Find out inside...
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The Wolverine (2013)
James Mangold stepped into the director’s chair for the first of two solo Wolverine films with Hugh Jackman. The first was 2013’s The Wolverine, which revived the timeline of X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand and sent Logan on his long-awaited trip to Japan. How did it go? Listen in and find out.
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The Amazing Spiderman 2 (20214)
This would be the last time Andrew Garfield would put on the spandex and go swinging around New York City... for now. Did he go out in style? Listen in for my thoughts...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
The X-Men’s answer to The Avengers came 2 years later with their epic time travel adaptation of Days of Future Past. Did it live up to expectations? Find out what I had to say inside...
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Fantastic Four (2015)
When a film’s director tweets about what the final product could have been, you know there are some problems. And there are plenty of problems to cover in this look at 2015’s Fantastic Four.
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Deadpool (2016)
The Merc with a Mouth finally gets his time to shine on the big screen. And the result is one of the most beloved of all comic book films either in or out of the MCU. Listen in for my thoughts...
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
With the runaway success of X-Men: Days of Future Past, did the team's first encounter with the first mutant Apocalypse match its predecessor? Listen in to find out.
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Logan (2017)
The man had finally come around for Logan, and he goes down swinging, leaving an extremely gory mess in his wake, a mess that fans never thought they would get a chance to see. How did Hugh Jackman's final run as Wolverine go?
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Deadpool 2 (2018)
Just when we were given a tearful farewell to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, along comes Ryan Reynolds's Deadpool to get us laughing all over again with 2018's Deadpool 2. And this time, he got Josh Brolin loaned out from the MCU to play Cable! How was it? Just hit play to find out.
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Venom (2018)
Fans were likely a bit hesitant to try seeing Venom again on the big screen, especially since the previous time was Spider-Man 3. Thankfully, this time both the sympiote and Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) did their part to make you forget about the 2007 film. How successful was it? Listen and find out...
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Dark Phoenix (2019)
In 2019, Disney completed the acquisition of 20th Century Fox's film and television assets - including the Marvel properties X-Men, Deadpool, and Fantastic Four. Therefore, the latest installment of Fox's X-Men films, Dark Phoenix, became the final one in the franchise.
By the time it was relea...
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Marvel v DC: Battle of the Cinematic Universes
George Sirois takes us to FanExpo STL, where he gave his first pop culture-based presentation at any convention. This became an open discussion about the hits and the misses that both Marvel and DC dealt with while forming their own cinematic universes.
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Days of Franchise Past: The Continuity of the X-Men Film Franchise
George Sirois takes us back to FanExpo STL, where he gave his second pop culture-based presentation at any convention. This was a topic he had been picking at for the past three years, one that is very near and dear to his heart.
As a fan of the 20th Century Fox X-Men films, he had heard many f...