The Critical Corner

            It seems that I can no longer bite my tongue.   I am forced to confess that DC's  Titans is, in a word, disappointing.   When the show was announced I was not unrealistically optimistic that it would be a great show, nor did I cynically believe that it would be a total dud.   In those regards, it seems I was correct.   Titan’s is neither a total dud nor is it a great show.   It’s somewhere in between, and sometimes that feels so much worse. To think what could have been             I should preface this by stating I am a huge fan of DC comics with a special interest in the Batfamily, specifically the boy Wonder, Dick Grayson.   I’m not in the minority of comic fans to call Dick Grayson my favorite Robin; he is probably the most popular DC character outside of the Justice League.   I think that’s why it is so hard to see the direction the DC streaming service decided to take with my favorite superhero. Where did the charisma go

I can’t think of another movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that is releasing with both high anticipation and with hyperbolic controversy like Captain Marvel . But this is what happens when you promote your movie as part of a “feminist movement” and you have people misconstrue actress Brie Larson’s criticism towards a male dominated press junket. But amidst all the controversies casting a pall on the release of this movie, how is the movie itself? Captain Marvel is a traditional origin story in the mold of the Phase 1 slate of the MCU. Taking a few cues from the original Iron Man and the original Thor , Captain Marvel is a surprisingly lean, low key affair despite its mostly intergalactic background. After a third slate of movies in the MCU that have seen Marvel Studios experiment a little bit with the way they have done their movies, it is both refreshing and a little jarring seeing a movie follow on the old mold from almost a decade ago. If anything, t