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The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Post author By Mark A. Lester
Post date July 29, 2025
4 Comments on The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the first MCU entry in some time where prior knowledge of previous films/TV Shows is not entirely needed.

Admittedly, I was thrown off at the start when I found out the setting was Earth-828, which is not the main earth from the prior MCU films (that was…let me check…oh right, Earth-616). This is an interesting approach, since the Fantastic Four are, as far as I can tell, behind only Spider-Man and the X-Men when it comes to the most prominent of Marvel characters.

Tags Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Fantastic Four, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Matt Shakman, MCU, Movie Reviews, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Pedro Pascal, PG-13, Ralph Ineson, Rated PG-13, The Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Vanessa Kirby

4 Stars

Inside Out 2 (2024)

The best of the Disney/Pixar films have been able to somewhat shape our views of the world, regardless of age.

As a kid, the aftermath of Toy Story had me admittedly silently trying to sneak a look at my toys, to catch them in the act of being alive. It took me a while to stop looking at a fish tank in a doctors office differently thanks to Finding Nemo, or what it would be like talking with my ancestors after Coco. And yes, even after nearly a decade, I still sometimes wonder what the emotions in my head are like after the original Inside Out.

3 1/2 Stars

Cruella (2021)

It wasn’t the hair. It wasn’t the look. It wasn’t even the fact that dogs may get killed.

Around the age of five, what got me scared right off the bat of Cruella De Vil was simply that she seemed to always be yelling. Even when she was not upset (which was rare), she was at a high volume.

Tags 101 Dalmatians, Cruella, Disney, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Mark Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Stanley Tucci