PauseWorthy

Marvel movies are, of course superhero stories and comic book adaptations. Writers, directors, cinematographers, editors, designers, and actors know going in that choreographed fights, quippy dialogue, Easter eggs, and CGI explosions are part of the deal. To be sure, the excess and the exhilaration are part of what make the genre so popular. But with "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," the cast and crew were given the opportunity to do something more restrained and contemplative, especially in the first and…

Eventually, Clark finds his way to a research site in the Canadian Arctic. Here, researchers have found a massive object beneath the ice that is thousands of years old. Clark has an inkling as to what it could possibly be. One blustery night, Clark heads out to the ice and burns a tunnel down to the object below with his heat vision. Intrepid investigative journalist Lois Lane — who also happens to be in the area at the time — manages to spot Clark in the act and decides to tail the mystery man. While…

Despite his constant jokes, Wade Wilson has one of the most brutal backstories in superhero movies. In flashbacks in "Deadpool," we see Wade being diagnosed with cancer. We see him try one treatment after another to stop the deadly disease, but none of them prove effective. The only hope rests with an experimental procedure being offered by a shady organization. After Wade agrees to become a part of the organization's program, he discovers that he is not being treated for his condition. Rather, the…