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Marvel Movie Minute Thor: The Dark WorldKyle Olson and Rob Kubasko kick off Phase 2 of the MCU with Iron Man 3, and theyre taking it apart five blue-beamed minutes at a time. Author: TruStory FM
Marvel Movie Minute is your deep-dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universeone film at a time, five minutes at a time. Were working through the MCU in release order, and weve covered every film so far. This season, hosts Matthew Fox and Pete Wright are back together, picking up the hammer for Thor: The Dark World and unpacking every beat, from cinematic craft to comic book roots.Behind the mics and behind the scenes, the show is powered by five creators: Matthew Fox, Pete Wright, Andy Nelson, Kyle Olson, and Rob Kubasko. Our membership program makes it possible for all of us to produce the show. For 5/month or 55/year, members get early access to every episode, ad-free listening, extended episodes, and other exclusive perksplus the satisfaction of keeping Marvel Movie Minute flying high in the MCU skies.Become a member today! https://marvelmovieminute.com Language: en Genres: After Shows, Film Reviews, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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CATWS Minutes 36-40 • The Wife Gambit
Episode 10
Monday, 27 April, 2026
In this episode, Matthew, Pete, Kyle, and Rob dig into minutes 36 through 40 of Captain America: The Winter Soldier — a stretch of film that begins with Nick Fury executing the world's least effective covert communication strategy and ends with three people standing over his body, contemplating whether a man who has spent his entire career refusing to trust anyone somehow pre-arranged a team of sympathetic doctors to fake his death using a drug called Tetrodotoxin-B. He did. The doctor is Joe Russo. The MCU Wiki has receipts.Along the way, the hosts debate whether the Russos were right to include the Winter Soldier in the assassination sequence at all — their original position was that having the franchise's most feared operative fail his first on-screen mission was bad for his brand, which is a reasonable concern until you consider that the alternative is Nick Fury getting shot by nobody in particular, which does not have the same energy. They also examine whether Steve Rogers throwing his shield at a man standing on the edge of a twelve-story roof constitutes attempted murder or just optimistic physics, and discover that the Winter Soldier's gun has no rifling whatsoever, which means he is, technically, firing a musket, which means one of the MCU's most feared assassins is operating at roughly the technological level of Yorktown, and somehow that makes him more terrifying.Also: Nick Fury is married to a Skrull. These show notes do not have enough room to explain this adequately. Please just listen to the episode.LINKSBecome a supporting member: MarvelMovieMinute.comStar Wars Generations Podcast — covering Maul: Shadow Lord episode by episodeCraft and Chaos — Pete Wright and Kyle Olson on making art when the world is on fire---Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. It's just $5/month or $55/year. Visit our website to learn more.
