Let's head back to the spacey side of the MCU…Let's gather round the yuletide fire or something…Let's bask the the peace and goodwill and joy that only KIDNAPPING KEVIN BACON can grant us!!! Yes, it's another special presentation from Marvel Studios! Join Ben, Stewart, and Samantha as they talk about this Holiday special and argue […]

It's time to return to Wakanda! (But only for a few hours, not forever!) With a new legacy for the title character, we take a look at what we think about: The new “villain” and his comic book roots The new Black Panther The new allies The new armors And the artistic expression of grief […]

MS. MARVEL finishes her first season with: A cliffhanger ending that'll be resolved . . . in a movie! A scene with a mutant stinger that will be resolved . . . in Deadpool? The longest, mot elaborate Home Alone reference in TV history! More touching family moments! A perfect ending . . . that spins […]

Ben and Stewart take a look at WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, a Disney+ Special Presentation that came just in time for Ben's birthday! This special has it all: evocative music; black and white cinematography; cool bad guys; a werewolf; and MAN-THING!!! He's here in the MCU now! Also, Ben reused this episode on his other podcasts […]

Do you believe in magic? Especially the magic of gust stars??? We do! There's superhero battles, there's lawyering, there's Abomination, there's Wong, there's magicians who shouldn't be, and there's Madisynn with two N's and a Y . . . but it's not where you think!!!

Stewart, Samantha, and Ben talk about the Marvel related news coming from Disney's D23.

MS. MARVEL episodes 4 and 5 are Ms. Marvel's adventures in Pakistan . . .FIRST as a young woman navigating family and social scenarios and as a young hero navigating superheroing with the world hanging in the balance . . .THEN traveling back in time to the 1940s to SEE part of her family history and […]

Ben and Samantha cover the first two episodes of SHE-HULK! She-Hulk debuts! Hulk returns! Law is practiced! Bad guys are fought! And a new show is born . . .

MS. MARVEL episodes 2 and 3 feature a superhero learning to be a superhero. A daughter learning to be a daughter. A young woman learning to navigate young adulthood. The team reunites to talk about it . . . Ben, Samantha, and Stewart have opinions . . . But we want to know what you think!!! […]

There was a LOT of news coming out of SDCC 2022. And there will be MORE coming soon from D23. For now, though, Ben and Samantha run through the announced movies and TV from the Marvel side of things. Post-credit, we talk about DC. It's a much shorter conversation.

It's time for the first MCU character to have a 4th movie to have his 4th movie. It's time for us to talk about it. It's all here: Thor Mighty Thor Many other gods Guardians Korg Rock music Goats Jokes…so many jokes… Ben's second most anticipated MCU appearance of a comic book favorite character As […]

We're back with another Disney+ series! This one was a lot of fun (for us – “us” being Ben and Samantha) and it got us thinking both about how things were when we were kids . . . and how things are for Ben, as a parent of teenagers!  There was a real energetic vibe […]

The Multiverse mess begun in Spider-Man No Way Home . . . or maybe in Loki . . . come to a head here, as a young hero with universe jumping powers is threatened by a witch who wants her power. And Doctor Strange stands in the gap . . . So much going on […]

Moon Knight completes its limited series run with an ending that could lead into more . . . but also could very easily end right here. Either way, Ben and Samantha talk about “Asylum” and “Gods and Monsters”, following the format of our previous episode. Did we like it? Well, yes. Next: Dr Strange and […]

For the episode, because of some busy-ness and some scheduling difficulties, we combined to talk about episodes 3 and 4! In these episodes we are finally getting close to some answers. The answers we are getting close to seem to bring up more questions, but there's still two episodes to reveal everything, right? That's a […]

Moon Knight continues with episode two! Some mysteries are explained! Some mysteries get deeper! Some powers get revealed! Some suits get summoned! Also, we catch up on some feedback and Ben feels really bad about how long it took to get it . . .

A new series premieres! A new pilot episode debuts! A new hero arrives! It's MOON KNIGHT! This series is one of the most stand alone MCU entries since Iron Man! No references to events you may have missed if you weren't watching all the movies and TV series. No surprise returning characters. Just a new […]

MORBIUS has arrived! Finally! Ben goes solo on a spoiler-free review . . . Sort of a preview of his thoughts on the movie, Ben told Samantha and Stewart they could take this movie off and didn't need to feel the urgency of an MCU movie (even though this is technically an MCU movie). This […]

HAWKEYE ends here. And yet . . . perhaps this is just the beginning? All the threads get pulled together for a Christmas party. Bad guys show up, people fight, and in the end the question is finally answered: will Hawkeye get home in time for Christmas???

The past has a habit of creating problems for people. And if you're people who are also superhero people, the complications are even worse! So Clint and Kate are going to find out, anyway, as they move toward HAWKEYE's conclusion!

HAWKEYE's partnership with Kate continues to grow, even as Kate's mom disapproves. There are maguffins to find! And people getting in the way . . . including a Black Widow?!? (The most unsurprising surprise so far . . . but that doesn't mean it's not emotionally satisfying to see . . .) Will Clint be […]

We continue our coverage of WHAT IF…? with the SEASON FINALE . . . the Watcher is done watching! Now he's gathering a team, Avengers-style! Who does he gather? All the protagonists from the previous episodes! What are they going to do? Just take down a god-robot!

We continue our coverage of WHAT IF…? with a commentary styled episode. Sync your Disney+ account to 33 seconds in and watch along with us! If you want. It's totally not necessary. So what if Ultron won? Well, if Ultron won it would set up a cliffhanger ending that would be concluded in the next […]

HAWKEYE is here! And he brings with him . . . a new sidekick who wants to be him; Christmas cheer; fight scenes; a dog; a lot of looking back to the past; some hints to the future! Will Clint be home in time for Christmas? He'll need a Christmas miracle!

We've moved to new servers, and the move was fairly uneventful BUT we did lose on post in doing so… SO we are re-uploading our Spider-Man: No Way Home review. Sorry if this causes any problems for you! Spider-Man: No Way Home has COME and so has a host of new conversational topics! Things like […]