Don't make me angry were my thoughts going into this one. I had an itch to watch Hulk break things but didn't recall this film being very good. But on some level movies like this always entertain me - giant monsters punching each other that is - like I can't turn off the child in... Continue Reading →
2017 might not have been that long ago in the grand scheme of things, but the number of superhero movies to have released since then has surely been massive - that's discounting spin-off shows and tie-in shorts. And what is quite remarkable is that it seems very few, if any at all, took a look... Continue Reading →
This isn't a Ms Marvel review. I didn't finish Ms Marvel and so don't think a full, ordinary review would be fair, although I suppose you could argue that one's inability to finish something is a relevant part of the viewing experience and thus something I could be capable of reviewing... But I digress. Ms... Continue Reading →
Please do something is my plea to the MCU which, since resolving literally 99.9% of all it's loose ends in Avengers Endgame, has been stumbling around trying to invent completely random reasons for us to keep invested with the timeline despite it being clear there is, as of yet, no overarching goal for the rest... Continue Reading →
This is such a weird movie. It's 2 hours and 40 minutes long and for once I find myself saying that if this movie wanted to work, it definitely needed to be longer. There is just so much stuffed into it that I occasionally forgot members of the cast existed. Routinely someone would show up... Continue Reading →
Doctor Strange 2 (as I'll be referring to it for brevity), is the first MCU instalment to surprise me since Avengers Infinity War was released in 2018. Mainly because it tries to switch things up with the tone. It tries very hard to lean into the cosmic horror aspects of travelling alternate realities, and sometimes... Continue Reading →
Shang-Chi is another one of Marvel's exercises in producing the most predictable, formulaic and structurally boring blockbusters to grace the silver screen (why yes, superhero fatigue has kicked in for me since I last spoke of them). I watched this with my little sister who really wanted to see it with me. She, who had... Continue Reading →
I remember watching Superman (1978) back when I was a kid. It was one of my dad's favourite films growing up, and had everything I considered to be "perfect cinema" at the age of 10; alongside films like X-Men and Spiderman, of course. A huge portion of us first seeing Superman in his suit is... Continue Reading →
Daredevil, or Marvel's attempt at a 'Dark Knight' type of product, released in 2015 at around when making superhero media with a "dark tone" meant it inherently got positive attention for trying to be subversive and realistic. But just because they got positive attention ahead of release didn't always mean they got a positive reception.... Continue Reading →
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