This week's episode takes us back to those halcyon days of...last March, when the third Ant-Man movie was in theaters and one of its principal stars had not yet been found guilt of heinous crimes and kicked out of the MCU. Whatever the world at large might think about this small-scale adventure, Miles seemed to … Continue reading Conversations with a Five-Year-Old: Episode 4 – “Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania”
When I woke up on Saturday, Miles had a simple request for me, one he requested by leaning in close and saying, "Daddy, I want you to build me a suit." "What sort of suit?" I asked. "Like a business suit?" "No," he said. "Look." He then pressed his thumb into the side of his … Continue reading Year 5, Day 340
Like many who have waited eagerly for a home release in the...oh, five days since the movie left theaters, I started watching Avengers: Endgame again last night. I'm not really spoiling anything to say that there are a number of qualified tear-jerker moments packed into that three hours of fan service, but the thing that … Continue reading Year 2, Day 170
Trips to the movies are rarer for us now than they were four months ago (but still well above the national average!), but when a Marvel movie comes out, it's required viewing, even when that movie is the relatively low-stakes Ant-Man and the Wasp. And it's a great time. Slick, inventive action sequences, visually striking … Continue reading Day 135: A Sort-of Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Perils (& Pride) of Paternity 