Marvel Cinematic University

Just one year before the MCU began with Iron Man, a little Marvel movie called Ghost Rider was released, and it was... something. Nicolas Cage scholar and national NBA writer for The Athletic Zach Harper joins the crew to look back on the story of Johnny Blaze. Follow Zach: @talkhoops Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @bl...

AC, Jerome, and Jake are joined by AC's brother Raf to discuss the protests, police brutality, and where we go from here. We'll be back with the regularly scheduled programming next week.

With no new content coming our way any time soon, the team took a look back at 2017's LOGAN. Joining them to breakdown this masterpiece of superhero filmmaking is Mariano Bivins (Count the Dings, DefPen). We discuss how this film benefits from its R-rating, what the X-Men should look like in the MCU, and whether Logan is as washed a dad as AC. Follow Mariano: @Mariannoo Follow the show: @MCUnivers...

We're not talking about the God of Hammers! Jake, Jerome, Anthony, and guest Michael Springthorpe look back at Thor Odinson's progression through the MCU: what went right, what went wrong, etc. We recap our favorite Thor moments and lines, and discuss where the character should go moving forward. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Michael: @springthorpeman Follow AC: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow J...

Our Character Retrospective series continues as we tackle the First Avenger, Captain America. We use our favorite moments and scenes to discuss Cap's corniness, his sincerity, and what makes him a special hero. Thanks to friend of the show @springthorpeman for his voicemail breaking down the "daddyfication" of Captain America, and thanks to @muazimus & @eric_giacometti for their e-mails. Follow th...

We begin our Character Retrospectives series with the man who started it all, Tony Stark. We trace his growth and development as a character from 2008’s Iron Man all the way to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Some topics include: favorite scene, what’s aged the best, and what would you change about the character? Follow Nitz: @nitzbluv Follow the show; @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Fo...

The Marvel Cinematic University Character Bracket has concluded! AC, Jerome, & Jake recap the inevitability that is Tony Stark. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Thanks for the voicemails from: •Michael Springthorpe (@springthorpeman) + cameo •Cecilia (@ceceliamstokes1) Continue to send your voicemails in...

The Marvel Cinematic University Character Bracket is almost over! AC, Jerome, & Jake convene to recap the Elite Eight, preview the Final Four, and listen to some truly contentious voicemails. And yes, we do inevitably talk about Iron Man 3 at one point. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Thanks for the voi...

And then there were eight! The third round of the Marvel Cinematic University Character Bracket has ended, and we must gather to discuss the results, as well as some recent news about the MCU. Subbing in for Jerome this episode is Malik Marshall, friend of the show and voicemail-leaver. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Malik: @MalikJMarshall Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @th...

The second round of Marvel Cinematic University's MCU Character Bracket came to a close, and your hosts Jake Christie and Jerome Cheng had to convene to discuss it. Unfortunately, Anthony Canton III could not make it, but he was still in our hearts. Thanks for the voicemails from... •Storm Bennett (@st0rmb11) •Cole J •Anthony Canton III (@ACSSpotlight95) •Rico Albaraccin (@alwayscriticpod) •Malik...

Round one of our tournament to determine the best character in the MCU has ended. Jerome, Jake, and Anthony got together to break down all 32 matches, and preview the 16 matches of round two. Follow the show: @MCUniversitypod Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll

The MCU crew is back to talk about several things, not least of which is that new trailer for BLACK WIDOW. Then, we talk recent news regarding SHE-HULK and THOR: LOVE & THUNDER. We discuss the results of our recent survey on villains in the MCU, and finish up with a special announcement*. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome:...

Join Anthony Canton III and Stephanie Williams for the premiere episode of Marvel Did What?! - a show where AC and Steph discuss some of most interesting comic runs Marvel has to offer. This week, they cover Venom: First Host, a comic so bizarre that I (producer Jake Christie) had to pause a few times to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating what they were talking about. Follow the show: @MCUniversityP...

You might have missed it, but there were some pretty big Marvel trailers during the Big Game. Your hosts Jake, AC, and Jerome are here to give their thoughts on those trailers, other Marvel news, and popcorn chicken, for some reason. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jake: @TheJakeChristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Rate, review, subscribe.

As we wait for new Marvel movies and television shows, host Anthony Canton III is joined by friend of the show Stephanie Williams for a new series where they look at some of the most bizarre comics in the Marvel collection. Listen to this introduction episode where they talk a little about their histories in reading comic books, as well as what listeners can expect in future episodes. Follow the s...

You know how it is: a trailer for a movie comes out, and we get together to talk about it. It says a lot about our pod that a 36 minute runtime to talk about a two minute trailer is unusually short for us. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow AC: @ACSSpotlight95 Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow the Leader was a very overrated children's game

It brings me no pleasure to write that we watched and reviewed 2019's Dark Phoenix, a movie that is not good. However, as we are wont to do, we had a good time discussing its badness. Along for the ride is returning guest Stephanie Williams, who delivered blows to Professor X that he may never recover from. Follow Steph: @Steph_I_Will Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jerome: @blackdragonro...

There are no MCU movies for quite some time, so we must busy ourselves with other superhero content. So Jerome, Jake, and Anthony revisit the 2014 film "X-Men Days of Future Past" to see just how it holds up... five years later. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPod Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow Jerome: @blackdragonroll Follow Anthony: @ACSSpotlight95

The original three (Jake, Jerome, and A.C.) are back together again to rejoice in the recent news that Spider-Man won't be leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe after all. Then, because we can't help ourselves, we speculate about how his future will play out in both the Marvel and Sony Cinematic Universes. And there's other nonsense, because of course there is. There are plenty of other Marvel pod...

We’ve got good news and bad news, and we’re giving you the bad news first. Dave DuFour of Count the Dings and The Athletic joins Anthony and Jake to react to the news that Spider-Man is leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe (and let’s just say we’re not pleased). After we get that out of our system, we react to all the new announcements and teasers from the D23 Expo, like the three new Disney+ ser...

We here at Marvel Cinematic University like to keep things fresh and different, so here we are with out first MCU Fantasy Draft (inspired by the wonderful podcast All Fantasy Everything). In this draft, writer Dave "Scoop D" Schilling joined the pod to draft five characters from the MCU or other Marvel properties to come together for an imagined movie. Some of us took this proposition more serious...

There were far too many announcements at this year’s San Diego Comic Con for us to ignore, so we had to assemble the squad to run down our thoughts on the films, castings, TV series, etc etc etc. We enlisted the help of Stephanie Williams, an expert in all things comics, to enlighten us on The Eternals, Shang-Chi, and all the other new stuff we can expect. And yes, we go off on dumb bits and tange...

Spider-Man: Far From Home was far from bad! The MCU crew (sans Nitz, plus ESPN’s Michael Smith) is here to go through their favorite parts of the first post-Endgame Marvel Cinematic Universe film! We go deep on Gyllenhaal, MJ, and the Peter Tingle. And then look forward to what’s next for our friendly neighborhood webslinger. Follow Michael: @michaelsmith Follow Jake: @thejakechristie Follow 2019...

The MCUniversity is dipping its toes back into TV Land (a metaphor, not the station that plays I Love Lucy) and reviewing season two of the Freeform series Cloak and Dagger. Plus, we have our first interview for the show -- show creator Joe Pokaski, who answers Anthony his brother Rafael's big questions about the show's season and fantastic finale. It's a good one. Follow the show: @MCUniversityPo...

You asked Endgame questions and we have answers! Jerome, AC, and Jake are joined by Anthony Mayes and AC’s brother Rafael to dissect the time travel elements of the movie, what villain is coming next, etc. etc. etc. We have talked about this movie for over three hours worth of podcasts, and it’s unlikely we are close to done. Follow the show! - @MCUniversityPod Follow Rafael: @nba_trades Follow An...