Doctor Strange

Opens Nov. 4.

(Were a long way from the blunt-force shenanigans of HYDRA here.)

Doctor Strange is thrilling in the way a lot of other Marvel movies are.

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Credit: Jay Maidment; Mark Rogers; DreamWorks Animation; Ben Rothstein

Its eye candy and brain candy.B+

Read the full review here.

(At least initially; three guesses how that plot twist turns out.)

Still, the movies serotonin pumps like a fire hose.

What was their first date like?

What drew them to each other?

They exist more as symbols than three-dimensional characters.

Not every middling box-office success needs to be spun off into a franchise.

Especially when it results in sequels as aggressively mediocre as this.

Tom Cruise deserves better.

So does the audience.C

Read the full EW review here.

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

Metacritic: 65