My Revolution of PARTs

After a one-year hiatus due to COVID delays in 2020, fans are still experiencing the most plentiful era in comic book movie history. Last year, 7 superhero blockbusters of varying quality hit theaters. Just when audiences thought that was the peak of fandom, 10 will release in theaters in 2022. Undoubtedly the biggest year in comic book movies since, well, last year. It begins this weekend with  The Batman  and will end in December with  Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.  In the middle fans will experience another Sony Spider-Man anti-hero, the MCU Multiverse slip into madness, and the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe change forever. There are even two animated entries into the library in 2022. One is a fun family trip to the theaters while the other is the sequel to what some consider the greatest comic book movie of all time. Oh, and Michael Keaton is in 20% of superhero movies set to release this year. ADVERTISEMENT With all of that being said, on an...

Over the past twenty years or so, comic book movies have become one of the hottest commodities in pop culture. While names like the MCU and DCEU have ushered in the most recent era of big-screen superheroes, the genre has slowly been picking up steam for more than 40 years.  Now, some might say that things have only gotten better on the CBM-front as the years pass, but that may not actually be the case. The box office numbers may be growing ever upwards for the genre (with the exception of the last couple of years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic), but quantity does not always mean quality.  ADVERTISEMENT Just because those box office receipts climb higher and higher, it does not mean the quality of the movies audiences are getting is raising along with it.  So, The Direct staff has sought out to discover what are actually the best comic book movie years of all time with a little help from some math (Peter Parker would be proud)! Now to calculate th...

After what feels like an eternity, Spider-Man: No Way Home has made its way into theaters across most of the world. The build-up to the MCU’s twenty-seventh theatrical release consisted of seemingly countless teases and leaks from the past two years, which all led to the biggest release for any film since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame . After its opening weekend, No Way Home somehow managed to exceed the hype both critically and financially. Not only did it earn the highest opening-weekend box office gross of any movie in 2021 (and by an impressive margin), but fans who saw the movie have also had overwhelmingly positive reviews for what Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures delivered. ADVERTISEMENT Spider-Man: No Way Home's Best Moments Marvel Even considering everything that's been leaked and rumored about No Way Home 's plot, the adventure fans saw upon this film's release was truly unlike anything seen in any solo superhero movie. The threeq...