Most people have been to some pretty dark places in their lives. Even for myself, there have been times when I didn’t think I had the willpower to carry on. There have been moments when the overwhelming void of emptiness threatened to swallow me whole and snuff out all the light that was left inside of me. I’ve also done things in my past I’m … Continue reading Thunderbolts*: A New Kind of Team
John from The Pint is back again, and he is here to discuss the middle movie in there GOTG trilogy. How does it compare to parts one and three? Listen in! For more from The Pint, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 180: Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2
This seems thematic as something I should be saving for a future episode of the Stew World Order podcast, but if you catch our 7/2/2026 episode, you’ll know the podcast is in the process of undergoing a format change! I am very excited for the future of the podcast, but I am also not changing everything all at once! For the next few months, we … Continue reading The Punisher: One Last Kill Review
There Are Small Steps Here Coming on the back of the excellent Thunderbolts*, I wondered if The Fantastic Four: First Steps could replicate the former film’s success. After watching the movie, my fellow movie goers and I all agreed: While The Fantastic Four managed to tell a successful story in its own right, it didn’t quite manage to reach the heights of the previous MCU film. We mulled our ideas around … Continue reading The Fantastic Four: First Steps Comes off Flat
Author Ryan McGinnis joins The Order this episode to discuss the MCU’s attempt at a Fantastic Four flick. Was it worth the wait? For more from Ryan, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 177: Fantastic Four – First Steps
We have Frank from the Reels Of Cinema podcast joining The Order this episode to discuss the second movie in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! For more from the Reels Of Cinema, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 171: The Incredible Hulk
After my defense of Phase Four, we still find ourselves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Post-Endgame world. And this will be my last Ranking The Franchise for the MCU for quite some time; Phase Six’s culmination is nowhere in sight in the near future yet! So enjoy this article while it lasts. After two straight [at least somewhat] extended phases, the MCU returned here to … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: MCU Phase Five
Well, here it is: the dreaded “Post-Endgame” Marvel Cinematic Universe that we all hear so much about. With the, admittedly exemplary, third phase of the MCU in our rearview mirror, it’s time to look at just how the cinematic juggernaut shook out in its wake. And let’s be very real about two things here before we start: First, Phase Three, as we examined, was top-to-bottom … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: MCU Phase Four
After reviewing the first two phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you almost get the feeling someone behind the scenes messed up when it came to Phase Three. Phase One and Phase Two, as you may recall from my recent reviews of them, were each six movies long. So when we dive into Phase Three, we find out that it is… almost twice as big?! … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: MCU Phase Three
One hundred and fifty-seven episodes into the podcast before we finally covered Iron Man, the progenitor of the MCU? That’s wild! But tune in as Tommy from the Haven’t Scene It podcast joins the Order to see how good it was when the MCU kicked off. For more from Haven’t Scene It, click HERE. Continue reading Episode 157: Iron Man
With Phase One in the rear view mirror for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, success was already well in hand for the burgeoning juggernaut. After a stellar start in Iron Man, they may have had a few mid-level follow-ups, but The Avengers proved there was a voracious desire to see more from Marvel. So how would they fare with their next several offerings? It was time … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: MCU Phase Two
I’m back on my franchise ranking horse! I do love taking a look back at an entire movie franchise I have watched every entry of and deciding how it goes from best to worst. It’s a great conversational piece, too, for the comments section. How would YOU rank them, et cetera, et cetera. One of the franchises I’ve had a strong desire to do for … Continue reading Ranking The Franchise: MCU Phase One
I am joined this episode by Arthur from the 2 Cents Critic podcast to discuss the third installment of Iron Man movies. Listen in to find out exactly where I place it in my MCU rankings! For more from 2 Cents Critic, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 155: Iron Man 3
Melinda from the Haute Set Podcast joins The Order this episode to discuss Thunderbolts*! For more from the Haute Set Podcast, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 153: Thunderbolts*
Writer and movie critic Jay Rohr joins The Order this episode to discuss the movie that was SO CLOSE to being called “New World Order”: Captain America Brave New World. Oh well. I guess that’s a good title, too. For more from Jay Rohr, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 150: Captain America – Brave New World
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