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 →
In 2019 Martin Scorsese said to Empire Magazine that he doesn't go to see Marvel movies and thus doesn't go to see them. But the way in which he phrased this - "I tried, you know. But that's not cinema" - proved to be one of the most controversial things said within the mainstream movie... Continue Reading →
The uncreatively named Loki is the third Marvel show to air on Disney Plus. Honestly it had some heavy lifting to do, since WandaVision, quirky as it was, gave up on it's unique premise by the end of it's season and Falcon and the Winter Soldier just turned out to be generic. So, did Loki... Continue Reading →
The ReviewAfter the release of Avengers Endgame, a movie that was fundamentally designed to be the end of an era of movies that many people had grown up with and loved, many people, myself included, were left with the question "what could Marvel possibly do next?" Marvel and Disney's answer seemed to be to take... Continue Reading →
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