Spider-Man: Far From Home (NON-SPOILERS REVIEW)

Alright, let’s do this one last time: my name is Jose Zuazua. I was smitten by a fictional-guy who was bitten by a radio-active spider, and since my pre-k years, I have loved the one, the only…Spider-Man. I’m pretty sure you know the rest; I grew up, studied movies, had a kid, worked in movies,

Avengers: Infinity War

What I Liked: [SPOILER] (If you want to read it, just highlight the text to the right) Hey, Red Cool ALIENS reference! What I Disliked: [SPOILER] (If you want to read it, just highlight the text to the right) What a wimpy Spider-Man. [SPOILER] (If you want to read it, just highlight the text to the

Black Panther

Trying a new format for our 1st year anniversary! Let us know what you think. Now, without further adieu… What I liked: Dialogue/banter between characters was fun and very natural. Introduction of different tribes and characters within tribes especially M’Baku and his Jabari tribe. Villain is layered and has legitimate reasons for his anger, giving

Spider-Man: Homecoming

There will NEVER be a better Spider-Man film than Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2”. You remember that one, right? Tobey Maquire? Alfred Molina as “Doc Ock”? THAT ENDING. THAT DOC OCK CREATION SCENE. THAT ELEVATED TRAIN SEQUENCE? THE HEART AT THE CENTER OF THAT STORY??? That FILM WAS SO PERFECT, the reigning film critics of that era (who

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

– Is only 15 minutes longer than the first BUT it feels much longer due to their being multiple subplots that slow down the middle of the movie. They eventually get resolved (and resolved greatly) but this one definitely felt longer to me. – Every main character (including some supporting ones from the first movie)

Logan

– Makes just about all other movies about super heroes with super powers feel dated by comparison. – I didn’t know anything about the new characters, and I still cared about them by the end. That’s more than I can say for most of the MCU movies. – Everyone was perfectly cast, especially X-23 and

Luke Cage

– My favorite Marvel tv show so far: dripping with social commentary and it has a great soundtrack. – Inequality? Gentrification? Politics? Civil rights? Entrepreneurship? Violence? Economics? Racism? Activism? Fatherhood? Dehumanization? Culture, leadership, responsibility, segregation, etc etc etc! Those topics (and so many more) are all on display here, and show that Blacks DO NOT