Guardians of the Galaxy

A.A. Dowd

Where Guardians begins to lose its grip a little is in the backstretch, as it struggles to conform its winning eccentricity to what is, essentially, the Marvel franchise mold.Must all these films end the same way, with a long and loud effects reel ( Read More )

Don Kaye

Its anachronistic and sometimes obvious, but like everything else about this strange and tremendously engaging film, it works despite the odds being against it. ( Read More )

In a way its a shame that they spent time on those elements at all, because theres so much else that doesnt get enough time. ( Read More )

As opposed to: eat this pablum that we made sweet and tasty so youll like it. ( Read More )

Yes, thats right: Marvel has pivoted yet another franchise entry around some magical space MacGuffin, a physical piece of exposition that the characters cant stop blathering about. ( Read More )