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Despite Loveless Love Story, ‘Thor’ Deserves Your Popcorn-Flick Dollar
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– When big-budget films set their sights on being the next Hollywood blockbuster, they’re almost always built on a formulaic groundwork of proven ingredients. While these films...
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Forced ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Sequel Lacks Passion, Sci-Fi Basis
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– For me and the subculture as a whole, so much of science fiction came from “Star Trek”. If creator Gene Roddenberry were alive today to witness “Thor: The Dark World,” he’d tell...
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Mixed Bag of Marvel Tricks in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– Whew. There is so much going on in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” that you practically need a program to keep up with the players. This mixed bag has overwrought comic book action,...
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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ More Exhausting Than Exhilarating
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– “The Avengers: Age Of Ultron” is another overstuffed, action packed CGI addled slugfest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. but the effects are exhausting instead of...
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Journey to Conclusion is the Thrill of ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– When it comes down to this, and the creators do it right, there is no more satisfying conclusion than “Avengers: Endgame.” Admirers of this magnificent Marvel (Studios) Universe...
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Cinematic and Literary Influences Temper the Glorious Chaos of ‘Loki’
Rating: 4.5/5.0CHICAGO– From villain to anti-hero to homoerotic fan fiction icon, Loki has traveled a long way from the greasy-haired megalomaniac we have come to love. For most of his cinematic...
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