As a comic book fan, I have been spoiled. The Avengers movie franchise and all the individual films leading up to Endgame entertained us with plenty of action and super-charged superheroes. Iron Man, Spiderman, Thor, Hulk, and Captain America all possess extraordinary powers that elevate them above the average superhero. Every superhero has a weakness. […]
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Eleven years, nine movie appearances from Robert Downey Jr. and seven (yes, 7) viewings into Avengers: Endgame, it’s hard to shake the impact the character of Iron Man has left on me. Below are my final musings on the full story-arcs of the “MCU Big 3:” Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. Though if you
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Catholic Social Teaching is the Church’s instruction manual on how to live a Christ-centered life. It guides us in being the light of the world, the salt of the earth, the leaven which helps our society grow toward bringing about the Kingdom of God. In this seven-part series, we’ll examine the Seven Themes of Catholic
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Even the most casual moviegoer can detect very early on in Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters that this is a very different beast from its grim predecessor, 2014’s Godzilla, directed by Gareth Edwards. Edwards famously — or infamously — favored a gritty, somber tone and sought to portray the titular king of the
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There is an old joke that if your child tells you that he wants to be a superhero when he grows up, you should be concerned. This is because many superheroes are orphans whose parents died not only tragically but usually violently. The quintessential example of this is Bruce Wayne, who witnesses the murder parents
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This is the second in a series of my musings of the full character arcs of the MCU’s “Big 3.” Let us talk about Thor now, shall we? Thor – “god” of blunder. *MCU SPOILERS WARNING!* On the surface, whether that surface has multiple pairs of rock-hard abs or looks more like “melted ice cream,”
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Let’s be honest for a second: For some of us who have kept up with the genre since Iron Man and The Dark Knight changed the game a decade ago, superhero movies sometimes feel like they’re getting a little old. There are a variety of reasons for this encroaching fatigue (which, it must be noted,
Darth Vader is one of the most iconic villains, not only in science fiction, but in all movies. One of the most compelling aspects of his character is that he was once a Jedi Knight named Anakin Skywalker, and thus is the father of Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the original trilogy. This is revealed
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Within the past few weeks, quite a number of the Gospel readings have included stories of Our Lord referencing his Father, “the One who sent me.” In addition to this, we are well on our way to celebrating Father’s Day. The relationship between God the Father and God the Son holds a special place in
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In the fall of 1984, there were approximately 20 channels on cable television in my home in south Louisiana. Many of those were repeats- ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates that broadcast the same shows at the same times. Others were cable channels- ESPN, MTV and Nickelodeon. These were the early days of cable, and their
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