Issue #263: Is This a Them! Remake?

This week, I saw Pathaan (2023) with no context whatsoever. The film, the latest in a multi-film “cinematic universe” that began in 2012, was a very interesting experience for me. I didn’t know the film was anything but a stand-alone action movie, so the mid-movie cameo of some other guy from some other movie went over my head. But it seemed pretty awes…