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Even post-cancellation, we still live in the pop culture universe the screenwriter created
Perhaps the franchise, in all of its demands and themes, misreads the true logic of Hollywood
The animated Sony sequel is darker, but nonetheless a Marvel to behold
The X-Men villain is the leader of a terrorist gang called the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, bent on world conquest
It feels less like a summer blockbuster than a director’s effort to exorcise some demons of his own
There’s no time for sophisticated themes and literary allusions any more — it’s all about CGI
What happens when big-name actors veer off-script? Sit back and enjoy the chaos
Compared to the movies Marvel puts out, they’ve tanked
Please don’t CGI eighty-year-old Harrison Ford to look young
