It seemed like the eighth episode of What If...? was getting derivative of itself. We've seen this story before. Avengers are in a bad place because they lost a previous battle to an unspeakable evil. This time it's Natasha/Black Widow and Clint/Hawkeye. They're fighting off the evil Ultron bots
After a couple of truly dark episodes of What If...?, we've got one that is... happy? This time around, it's all about Thor. The God of Thunder makes his arrival on Earth in a re-do of his first film, Thor. This time around, it's just him, and a bunch of other cosmic heroes and a Frost Giant Loki.
It had to happen at some point. The writing and stories told on Marvel Studios' What If...? have all been satisfactory to amazing so far. In episode six, "What If...Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" we get the first real stinker. There are a couple things that add to this one that don't put it
What's better than combining our favorite Marvel characters with a zombie movie? That was the fun of the original Marvel Zombies series of comics. It furthered with Night of the Living Deadpool and now we have this episode of What If...?. Our story here is, what if the Avengers and our world were
What happens when someone as powerful and determined as Doctor Strange loses someone he loves? That's the story of this week's episode of What If...? on Disney+. The official question is: "What if Doctor Strange lost his heart, instead of his hands?". The central question and problem in the
The last episode of Marvel's What If...? proved that they can use the concept well to heighten the stories that we already know. This week's episode gave us another story that used the concept of the show to its full advantage. So what was the concept this week? Well what if Nick Fury didn't get
Marvel's origin films do have a formula at this point in the franchise. They closely follow the heroes journey structure that many other films follow. It's just how these types of stories work. Some cases like Captain Marvel buck that trend a bit with some plot devices that change the formula a
If last week's episode of What If...? didn't particularly capture the feeling and overall tone of the concept, this week does that and then some. It's also the last appearance for Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa. The second episode of Marvel Studios' What If...? combines the fun of the concept of the
I remember seeing the trailer for The Dog Stars and having my eyes roll back in my head. Do we really need more post-apocalyptic stories when we're living in a real life apocalypse? Do we need another movie that has an analog for COVID-19 and the aftermath that had on our own society. Well,
We're in the era of liminal spaces, folks. Movies like Skinamarink, Backrooms, and Exit 8 have all proven that audiences, especially younger audiences, can't get enough of them. it Ends brings us really two liminal spaces in one movie. The film tells the story of four friends who are getting
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia both kicks up the action and ramps up the stakes with a very poisonous plotline in Ep. 9 "Tengri". In fact, this is the most amount of bloody action we've seen in this anime in a while. However, in terms of story, it still takes second fiddle to the very sudden
