Eternals

2021

★½ Watched

Welp, at least it's better than The Inhumans.

Woof, where do I start. I come rolling into this one with a bias as I've never liked Jack Kirby's celestial storytelling. He wrote on such a grand scale. While his concepts may be interesting, the characters are hard to relate to. I tend to like grounded street-level comics and the Eternals (as is most of Kirby's work) was in an opposite genre.

That doesn't mean there isn't room for re-interpretation of…

Black Widow

2021

★★½ Watched

This movie would have been a decent sequel to a previously released Marvel Phase 1 introductory Black Widdow movie if such a thing had existed.

Unfortunately, instead, we get a boilerplate Marvel film that feels like it exists mostly to fulfill the concept that it should have been made over a decade ago. It carries the weight of the vibe that Marvel just wanted to have a film on the docket during the film's original release date.

Of course, saying…

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter

2013

★★★★ Watched

Wouldn't you know the final remaining Marvel One-Shot that I never have had the chance to see was buried away under obscure menus on Disney Plus. (Seriously, Disney, stop hiding these & make a category for them.)

Yep, there's not a lot here (like most of the One-Shots). However, Hayley Atwell's irrepressible charisma and charm makes this a sheer delight nonetheless.

It's easy to see why ABC turned it into a series, it's a shame the series didn't live up to…

Loki

2021

★★★★½ Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.