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The Hollywood Echo Chamber: The 2016 “Superhero Rivalry” Rivalry of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice vs. Captain America: Civil War The battle of superhero battles is coming. After years of seeing superheroes fight their Rogues’ Galleries on screen, the advent of shared universes like the Marvel Cinematic Universe means we’re seeing more and more crossover between our most famous…

The Hollywood Echo Chamber: Inverse courses of the ‘Captain America’ and ‘Thor’ franchises

Welcome to a new, semi-regular column where I analyze movies past, present and future that seem more-or-less separate at idea-birth. Hollywood is a great big bubble (or womb, to keep the metaphor going) and some ideas keep repeating and cycling out. Or, in this column’s case, franchises can directly affect each other.…

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – Review

Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1 , 2015) If you’re playing music, turn down the volume. Steady your breathing. Can you hear it? That’s the sound of Ultron breaking box office records like he breaks buildings in the superhero sequel. It’s already racked up $200 million overseas and it poises…

Sam Flynn’s 7: Pop Culture News from March 16-23

My weekly analysis of pop culture news, trues, and lose(ers). 7. X-Files limited series revival?  This week, a ton of good news for TV, which ties in to an upcoming Slogged column I’m writing about the future of visual storytelling. In that trend, FOX is considering a 6-10 episode limited…