James Philbrick

I really enjoyed the last two episodes of Marvel 's Cloak and Dagger, but this episode lost me. It was one big setup, and I really hope this show doesn't take an entire season to kick off like Runaways season 1.  On a side note, something about the title card bothers me. It is so cheesy and low quality. This episode starts with Tandy and Tyrone finally meeting up and once again it is under unfortunate circumstances. Tyrone teleported to Tandy right as he pulled the trigger of the gun he was holding, and it caused her to crash. Their encounter was brief and pretty pointless since Tandy just drove away immediately after. I liked the blurred lens, high-pitched ringing, and exaggerated lights that were used to display Tandy driving with a possible concussion. It made me nervous to watch but properly put the audience in her shoes.  The rest of the episode was extremely slow. Tandy goes home, and her mom covers for her as the police come looking, but she ...

Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger is finally here! This show has been in development since July 2011. Seven years later we finally get to see the iconic due on screen. Cloak, or Tyrone Johnson, played by Aubrey Joseph and Dagger, or Tandy Bowen, played by Olivia Holt. I’ll be honest; I was scared during the first twenty minutes of the episode. I was not impressed, and luckily the show got better. The introduction is just so dull. It didn’t feel creative at all; it was a cookie cutter origin story. It doesn’t help that the two child actors were not very good. It was trying to be a powerful and impactful opening, but it felt rushed and soulless. Next, we start to meet Tyrone and Tandy, complete with lousy pop songs playing in the background. The transition between the two characters was clunky, awkward, and it made no sense. There was no creativity behind it, no weaving themes or imagery. The scenes were so short; there was no time to get invested in the characters between the 10-sec...

Last time we saw the agents of SHIELD, they had just made the shocking discovery that they have traveled through time. The group all meet up again and we are introduced to a new character, Tess. Tess is an acquaintance of Deke and she hired Deke to protect Coulson's team. Tess said that the planet was torn apart by a cataclysmic event and the Kree saved the remaining survivors, imprisoned them, and deleted all history and data from Earth. The Kree have also heard the rumors of SHIELD coming to free the peope, so they are constantly on the lookout and kill anyone who continuos to spread rumors. May and Simmons follow Tess to the living areas for humans. It is dirty, run down, and very crowded. While on the floor, the Kree come and tell everyone that Kasius has decided to let them have food. Dry food them drops from a pipe onto the floor and people start going crazy over the food. Fights break out during the chaos and one of the Kree's servants is stabbed. Without thinki...

The last time we saw our friends over at SHIELD, they had just escaped the Framework and defeated Madame Hydra, but someone still had to take the fall for creating the Life Model Decoys in the first place. They all decided to face the problem as a team and they allowed themselves to be arrested in a diner. However, the next thing they knew they were in space! It was an interesting twist and a great cliffhanger to keep fans eagerly awaiting the next season. Space is a new frontier for Agents of SHIELD and Mack (Henry Simmons) perfectly described the situation by saying, "Yeah, that makes sense. It's the one thing we haven't done yet!" The intro to this episode really surprised me! I thought we were being introduced to a new villain, but I wasn't too sure what to expect. Next thing I know there was a pile of human skin on a bench and an eerie silhouette in the shower! The same man then headed to a warehouse and grouped up with some soldiers in a disguised va...

The trailer for Marvel's highly anticipated finale to the first three phases of the MCU has dropped today! As a result, there are a lot of things that were discovered about Avengers: Infinity War ! 1. The Soul Stone could be in Wakanda A major part of the new trailer shows many of the heroes protecting Wakanda from Thanos and the Black Order's army. Thanos wouldn't waste his time attacking a city that has no use to him, so why is he attacking Wakanda? Wakanda could be a hiding place for the last infinity stone, the Soul Stone. This theory is also supported by the Black Panther trailer when T'Challa is shown walking around some sort of spiritual realm. This could be possible with the Soul Stone. 2. Captain America gets his shield back After the events of Captain America: Civil War , Captain America leaves his shield behind after Tony tells him that he doesn't deserve to have the shield. Now that Steve is back and the world needs Captain America, ...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the world's biggest franchises and shows no signs of slowing down. What sets the MCU apart from different franchises is its continuity and the ability to have amazing characters come together in different ways. I'm a huge fan of Marvel Studios, so I decided to compile a list of my top MCU movies, TV shows, and more.  41. Inhumans Inhumans is one of the worst shows I've seen, everything about it is just awful. The acting, the writing, the designs, the special effects, the choreography, the editing. In every episode, I was able to point out major issues with the production of the show. It didn't help that this mess of a show debuted on IMAX so that audiences everywhere could see the dreadful special effects on a huge screen. Looking back, I can only think of a single thing this show did right and that was a 5-second special effect of Blackbolt flipping a car with just a whisper. Everything else was terribly lazy an...