As a kid I was spoiled. I’ll admit it. During family vacations, before having an overhead TV and DVD player in your family car was mainstream, my dad had jerry-rigged a portable TV and VCR that allowed me to while away the long hours on car rides. During these trips, I had my go-to movies….
Category: Superheroes
What the Hell is Going in on the Venom Trailer?
There are few things that annoy me more than bad trailers. It usually means one of two things: 1) the people who are marketing the movie don’t know why the movie is good, or 2) the movie is actually bad. There are few movies that get bad trailers and recover from it until way down the…
We Bought a Pod Episode 37: I Didn’t Even Know There Was a ‘Shazaam’
Welcome back to We Bought a Pod! We had a very busy week with trailers, SDCC, and a surprise hit! We also close out our Top 10 of 2008! We go into some spoilers for “Teen Titans Go! to the Movies,” so don’t spoil jokes for yourself! That’s bad! Anyway, show notes below! 00-40:30 –…
Review: ‘Teen Titans Go! to the Movies’ is Meta Fun
Pop fun can be the best kind of fun. It’s especially fun when that pop sugar comes from a kids film. However, what often helps kids movies transcend to larger audiences is the presence of adult humor. It’s interesting that one of the best studios to release that kind of humor has been Warner Brothers…
San Diego Comic Con Trailer List: UPDATING THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
It’s time for San Diego Comic-Con, an annual event where we get with our friends and feel pissed that we couldn’t go to SDCC once again. Rather than feel like Sisyphus and trying to keep up with the non-stop trailer releases, we’re going to collect as many trailers as possible here. Check out some of the…
The Avengers: A Look Back at the MCU
It’s finally time. By the time some of you read this, you may have already seen the MCU defining “Infinity War.” I, myself, am about to head to the theater to see it. Ove the course of the MCU, there have been many small and big moments that led to Thanos crashing the party on…
Film Review: ‘Black Panther’ is the Triumph of the MCU
The first time I watched a film in the MCU, I was in a dollar theater in Sarasota. I had heard “Iron Man” was great, exciting, and something new. To be honest, I straight up did not care. To my knowledge, “Iron Man” was a kind of boring song by Black Sabbath. In 2008, if the…
