Cinema Excelsior

Cinema Excelsior

Cinema Excelsior is an exploration of films based on Marvel Comics. We analyze the good, the bad, and the really, really bad movies that make up the Marvel canon and try to understand what makes each one succeed or fail as adaptation, as production, and as art.

Episodes

October 2, 2021
And Charlotte Nicdao as Fake Sif.
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Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.
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August 22, 2020 123 mins
Not to spoil things, but ego is the enemy.
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June 13, 2020 90 mins
This actually is your daddy's Spider-Man.
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More duck puns.
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Take that, Sandra Oh!
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November 25, 2019 118 mins
A brilliant, touching, fitting end for the X-Men franchise. Oh wait, they kept making them?
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October 27, 2019 94 mins
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September 2, 2019 104 mins
The search for Big Heroes 1 through 5 continues.
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June 3, 2019 105 mins
Hmm. Interesting.
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March 30, 2019 160 mins
Somehow, we recorded an episode longer than this movie.
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February 13, 2019 109 mins
Synchronicity. Like the The Police album.
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'Til Duck Do Us Part
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November 3, 2018 130 mins
Back for the fourth time for the first time for the third time.
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September 22, 2018 130 mins
He's a master of disguise.
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March 31, 2018 130 mins
Stop me if you've heard this one before: Tony Stark built a killer robot and things didn't go as planned.
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Yes, that's right! Although we began Cinema Excelsior with a discussion of "Howard the Duck", only two of our five regular panelists were actually a part of that landmark episode. As a holiday present to you, dear listener, we have re-viewed the film and subjected it to a full five-panelist dissection. Have our thoughts changed since our initial viewing four years ago? Listen to find out!
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December 13, 2017 131 mins
I am a leading man!
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November 5, 2017 110 mins
These timelines are so confusing.
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July 22, 2017 111 mins
A priest beat up Valerian, John Adams, and Ray Charles to impress his girlfriend. It doesn't work. We are not Spider-Fans.
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