It would be easy to look back at the ten years and over 20 films that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe and see it as a complete success but Thor: The Dark World is an example of a miss … Continue reading Thor: The Dark World (2013) Review
This review does not contain spoilers for Avengers: Endgame! Avengers: Endgame manages to do what many other franchises and long-running television series fail to do; perfectly end a captivating saga. The Marvel Studios movies have been 21 films and eleven years … Continue reading Avengers: Endgame (2019) Review
In a year for Marvel movies that saw both Spider-Man: Homecoming and the grand return of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor was going to have to do something different to be considered alongside these more popular heroes. Thor’s earlier movies … Continue reading Thor Ragnarok (2017) Review
Doctor Strange hits cinemas this week and the superhero studio powerhouse will bring another new character to the big screen. This ultimately means that yet another superheroes origin movie will be immortalised in film. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing but … Continue reading How to… make a Marvel origin movie
Although the second Avengers movie was not quite up to the scratch of the first, it did have moments which showcased the work that Marvel had put in up to that point. This scene in Age of Ultron, also used to … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scenes Number 22 – “You’re all not worthy.”
Yesterday I highlighted 5 roles which should never be recast. When devising the list, I soon realised that there are a few more too. These roles are slightly different because they aren’t quite as impossible as the last post. There are … Continue reading 5 more roles which should never be recast
The beginning of Ghostbusters is a normal, everyday guy being terrorised by an unseen force. It is a well-crafted scene, with some humour and plenty of creepy moments, balancing the scares and the funny in equal measure. It also ends with … Continue reading Ghostbusters (2016) Review
In the last two days I have tried to find a pattern between acting siblings. Does the brother always beat the sister? Does the older sibling always trump the younger? So far, after ten pairings, nothing has been concrete. So with one last … Continue reading Sibling vs Sibling: Who does it better? (Part 3)
One of the biggest compliments I can give In the Heart of the Sea is that for the first hour at least, it made me want to be a whaler. The way that director Ron Howard brought the profession to the … Continue reading In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Review
One of the rare, positive things about a film genre being so steeped in cliché and the usual plots and character types is that it makes a huge impact when you change it, even slightly. The changes make a huge … Continue reading Cabin in the Woods (2011) Review
