Black Widow – Review Anahit Behrooz July 9, 2021 Reviews This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame Say what you will about the MCU, it is without a doubt cinema’s most punctual franchise. With 23 films released over 11 years, the arrival of a new...
Has Spider-Man: Far From Home Changed the Rules for the MCU’s Credit Stingers? Alex Goldstein July 8, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off New phase, new rules. Spider-Man: Far From Home has been marketed very heavily as the final piece of the Avengers: Endgame puzzle, but, along with Captain Marvel, it marks the beginning of a new era. He might...
Why TV is the Best Place for Loki Alex Goldstein May 1, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion The beauty of a cinematic universe is that it contains someone for everyone. But if the MCU had anyone close to being a universal fan favourite, Asgard’s most slippery adopted son was it. Loki's charms made...
What’s Next for Marvel’s Women After Black Widow’s Endgame? Alex Goldstein May 1, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Poor Black Widow. Introduced as a skin-tight catsuit, deemed a "monster" for her infertility, and finally sacrificed in favour of a grief-stricken revenge murderer who happens to be a dad. She doesn’t even...
Team Talk – Avengers: Endgame Naomi Soanes April 28, 2019 Reviews It feels like it’s been a long wait since last year’s Infinity War, with only Captain Marvel and Ant-Man and the Wasp to satiate our MCU cravings after the fallout of Thanos’ snap. With this much hype...
Ant-Man, the Wasp, and the MCU’s (Overdue) First Female Headliner Sarah J July 31, 2018 Analysis, Features The Marvel Cinematic Universe, of which Ant-Man and The Wasp is the latest edition, is a multifaceted one. All of the characters and worlds, ranging from the psychedelic multiple realities of Doctor Strange...
There’s More to Star Wars Than Boba Fett & Ben Kenobi Phil W. Bayles May 29, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion This weekend saw the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, an origin story which stars Alden Ehrenreich as the eponymous smuggler and answers some of the burning questions that Star Wars fans have asked for...
Infinity War Spoiler Reaction: What Next for the MCU? Phil W. Bayles April 26, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off After 18 films of build up over a decade, and years of anticipation, Avengers: Infinity War has finally arrived - you can read our Bertie's excellent review right here. Thanos still demands our silence, but...
For Better or Worse: How Has Marvel Changed Cinema? James Andrews April 26, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion 10 years and 18 movies in, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has taken a superhuman grip of both the box office and modern popular culture – and, for now at least, it shows no signs of letting go. But...
Avengers: Infinity War – Review Bertie Archer April 24, 2018 Reviews Thanos has been waiting a long time, but by Titan it was worth the wait. With notable exceptions, Marvel has a villain problem – no more. Thanos is an imposing menace, ruthlessly efficient yet surprisingly...
Debate 2.0: What is the Best Marvel Movie? Kambole Campbell April 24, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features It’s the eve of the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s last-ever instalment of their 10-year-old Cinematic Universe (just kidding, these films will exist long after you and I are dust). It’s the...
Spider-Man: Homecoming – Review Tom Bond June 29, 2017 Reviews Forget Tobey Maguire. Forget Andrew Garfield. Tom Holland is Spider-Man. He blows away all past competition with a star-making performance full of endearingly hyperactive charisma and a formidable screen...
Hercules: The Original Disney Superhero Phil W. Bayles June 27, 2017 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia It’s no exaggeration to say that the superhero movie is one of the most popular (and profitable) forms of entertainment today. Leading the charge – both in quantity and quality – is Marvel Studios....
Ang Lee’s Hulk: The Superhero Blockbuster That Was Ahead Of Its Time Phil W. Bayles February 8, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance 2 Comments In 2017, it’s increasingly difficult to remember a time when superhero movies weren’t one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena in history. Way back at the beginning of the millennium, however, the genre...
Doctor Strange – Review Sam Kerridge October 26, 2016 Reviews Doctor Strange: Likable sort-of-heroes played by a spot-on cast wield superhuman powers, pop-culture references and witty one-liners to overcome tragic backstories, powerful villains and baffling plot holes....