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The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett

Marvel’s Thunderbolts* Brings Surprising Depth to the Superhero Genre [Review]

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After a few years of (slightly) diminishing returns – in terms of both box office and audience satisfaction – Marvel’s latest entry, Thunderbolts* looks to turn the tide.

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‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Is An Out and Proud Sequel [Review]

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A disheveled man in a housecoat speaks with a tentacled black alien coming out of his back

There’s a moment in Venom: Let There Be Carnage when Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) comes across a tree with a pair of initials carved into a heart. It’s a clue that Brock and Detective Mulligan (Stephen Graham) will use to track down escaped criminal Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), but the romantic insignia is reflective of the sequel’s focus on love and duality.

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