2.5 out of 4. (C+)

but maybe i'd like this more if i didn't find myself completely steeled against angst in super hero movies at this point -- and doubling down on those feelings in the context of this particularly frivolous franchise. points for the sense of humor so many super hero threequels lack, but the management of its diametrically opposed tones is only successful in so much as it's a marginal improvement over the whiplash-inducing mood swings of the…

What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs? What if we run out of hot dogs?…

4 out of 4. (A)

(review) It's been five years since we last heard from Hou Hsiao-hsien (how's that martial arts epic coming, bud?) and six since Tsai Ming-liang's had a film with any substantial theatrical presence (his great 2009 Cannes competition entry "Face," still a forever-ago three years in the rearview now, proved too challenging for most, evaporating altogether shortly after its festival run), making it look as if the grip these Taiwanese titans once had on the whole…