Tag: Chris Pratt

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Notes on the End of an Era

  

  I fully anticipate that was the last time I’ll enjoy myself at a Marvel theatrical screening. I don’t know that for sure—I found a handful of Phase Four / Five movies somewhere between enjoyable and great (Spider-Man: Far From Home)—but there’s been something off-kilter post-Avengers: Endgame (2019) that the third and (if God is real) final Guardians…

  Joshua Polanski

  May 5, 2023

  Cinema, Reviews

  Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Chukwudi Iwuji, Dave Bautista, James Gunn, Karen Gillan, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldaña

• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Flexes Marvel’s Potential

  

  If the DCU’s new “Kevin Feige” approaches his new role as co-CEO with as much heart, joy, and originality as he does with his The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special—at the precise moment in which Marvel appears to be losing some steam—then Hollywood might have a new champion of the comic book movie. MCU director…

  Joshua Polanski

  November 28, 2022

  Cinema, Reviews

  Boston Hassle, Chris Pratt, Christmas, CS Lewis, Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, Kevin Bacon, Kurt Russell, MCU, Michael Rooker, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, vfx, visual effects, xmass

• “Guardians of the Galaxy V2” and the Male Gaze

  

  This piece was originally published on So Anyways: Movies. I love Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, and while I still believe the movie contains an overall beneficial ethic, I wanted to take this time to address an issue that bothers me every time I rewatch it on a rainy or sick day: in Guardians,…

  Joshua Polanski

  October 18, 2019

  Cinema, Essays

  Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, James Gunn, MCU, Zoe Saldaña