Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug. It’s an insanely powerful and persuasive mental phenomenon, which pretty much guarantees that, unless you’re super open-minded, you’re only going to pay attention to things that conform to your already-cemented beliefs about something. This applies to nearly everything we have opinions on, from politics to science, and, as I realized Friday night, to entertainment as well. Specifically, … Continue reading Venom, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cheese

Peyton Reed’s 2015 Ant-Man, at the time, was an anomaly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Whereas every other film up until that point had tried as hard as they could to integrate themselves into the greater MCU through references, cameos, and set-up of future films, Ant-Man instead chose to tell a small-scale, largely self-contained story. Sure, there were references here and there to Tony Stark … Continue reading Ant-Man and the Wasp: Marvel at its Most Fun