******RETRO-SPACE AGE SPOILERS!****** As they say, fourth time’s the charm, and that couldn’t be more apt when describing the movies spun off from “The Fantastic Four,” a comic book created in 1961 by the legendary Stan Lee and Jack Kirby that more or less launched the Marvel Comics brand. The comic book property was first…
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San Diego Comic Con 2024: Marvel and Star Trek and drones! Oh my…
San Diego Comic Con 2024: Welcome Back! This year’s San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is in the rearview mirror now, and once again, it was (as usual) another grand, exhausting celebration of pop culture. As a now 20-year veteran of SDCC, I do not camp out all night in lines hoping to get seats to…
A few thoughts on “Oppenheimer” (2023)…
After nearly six months, I finally got around to seeing 2023’s “Oppenheimer” this past week. It’s not that I was avoiding it, it’s just that I haven’t fully regained my moviegoing mojo following the COVID pandemic (I have only seen a handful of movies theatrically this past year, including “Barbie”). Getting my old, arthritic butt…