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Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

4/5/19

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Age Of Heroes4/5/19

Age Of Heroes4/5/19

From its complex villain to its amazing fictional world, Black Panther took the superhero movie higher

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3/22/19

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Age Of Heroes3/22/19

Age Of Heroes3/22/19

Wonder Woman crashed the boys’ club of superhero cinema, saving the DCEU in the process

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3/8/19

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Age Of Heroes3/8/19

Age Of Heroes3/8/19

After three super fiascos, Deadpool finally made a superstar out of Ryan Reynolds

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2/22/19

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Age Of Heroes2/22/19

Age Of Heroes2/22/19

Briefly but blissfully, Age Of Ultron plays like an Avengers hangout movie

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2/8/19

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Age Of Heroes2/8/19

Age Of Heroes2/8/19

With Guardians Of The Galaxy, Marvel made household names out of interstellar second-stringers

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1/25/19

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Age Of Heroes1/25/19

Age Of Heroes1/25/19

For better or worse, Man Of Steel is the exact Superman movie Zack Snyder wanted to make

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1/11/19

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Age Of Heroes1/11/19

Age Of Heroes1/11/19

Years before the Infinity War, the Avengers assembled for Marvel’s first crossover blockbuster blast

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12/14/18

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Age Of Heroes12/14/18

Age Of Heroes12/14/18

Marvel somehow got Captain America and his adventure-serial origin story just right

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11/30/18

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Age Of Heroes11/30/18

Age Of Heroes11/30/18

Scott Pilgrim is more zero than superhero, but his movie is still a zippy comic-to-screen delight

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11/16/18

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Age Of Heroes11/16/18

Age Of Heroes11/16/18

The Watchmen movie proves you can be faithful to a comic and still miss its whole damn point

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11/2/18

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Age Of Heroes11/2/18

Age Of Heroes11/2/18

Does the most important year for superhero movies belong to The Dark Knight or Iron Man?

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10/19/18

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Age Of Heroes10/19/18

Age Of Heroes10/19/18

Venom may be bad, but at least it didn’t cast Topher Grace in the title role

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10/5/18

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Age Of Heroes10/5/18

Age Of Heroes10/5/18

Superman returns, but he forgot to bring the action and the fun back with him

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9/21/18

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Age Of Heroes9/21/18

Age Of Heroes9/21/18

Christopher Nolan dragged Batman (and superhero cinema) into a more serious “real” world

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9/7/18

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Age Of Heroes9/7/18

Age Of Heroes9/7/18

The Incredibles didn't need comic-book source material (or origin stories) to do superheroes right

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8/24/18

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Age Of Heroes8/24/18

Age Of Heroes8/24/18

Hulk didn’t smash

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8/10/18

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Age Of Heroes8/10/18

Age Of Heroes8/10/18

Sam Raimi’s bright, fun Spider-Man doubled as a valentine to a post-9/11 New York

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7/27/18

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Age Of Heroes7/27/18

Age Of Heroes7/27/18

How did a great Alan Moore comic become a lousy Johnny Depp mystery?

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7/13/18

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Age Of Heroes7/13/18

Age Of Heroes7/13/18

The modern era of the superhero movie begins in earnest with X-Men

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6/29/18

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Age Of Heroes6/29/18

Age Of Heroes6/29/18

Mystery Men clumsily spoofed superhero movies before the genre even really took flight

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