Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam When Marvel was looking to start their cinematic universe, they didn't look to Captain America or even Spider-man (Movie rights are complicated), instead they started with the lesser appreciated Iron Man to kick things off. Looking back, it was either a massive risk or a smart tactical choice for a …
Continue reading Review: Black Adam (2022) – How To Hate Friends and Tolerate People
Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller in Zack Snyder's Justice League At this point, anybody who doesn't know the story of Zack Snyder's Justice League either doesn't care in the slightest or has found the world's largest rock and firmly hidden all of their electronic devices underneath it. It's a 4 year long saga …
Continue reading Review: Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) – More or Less?
Maisie Williams, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt, Charlie Heaton and Anya Taylor-Joy in The New Mutants Stuck in development hell ever since the faint whispers of a Fox-Disney merger emerged, Josh Boone's The New Mutants is the final film in Fox's hit and miss X-Men franchise, a young adult offshoot with dashed franchise dreams of its …
Continue reading Review: The New Mutants (2020) – The Breakfast Club 1.5
When I began writing this review, Endgame had just toppled Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time, a mammoth task that comes from 11 years of buildup and over 20 other movies. From modern-day spy thrillers to goofy heist movies, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has never conformed to a set brand, even if their …
Continue reading Review: Avengers Endgame (2019) – No Time Like The Present
There is nothing wrong with going to the cinema to just sit back and relax and enjoy yourself. In fact major blockbusters bank on people doing just this. Sure you can like art-house cinema, foreign cinema and everything in between but sometimes you just want to sit down, laugh and escape. Shazam! for all intents …
Continue reading Review: Shazam! (2019) – Nothing Nice Back Home
It's 2019, we've been watching Marvel films for over 10 years and have witnessed origin stories for almost all of the heroes that fill up the Marvel Cinematic Universe and while each is unique to its specific characters they all push new and exciting boundaries that bring them to life in a way that makes …
Continue reading Review: Captain Marvel (2019) – Higher, Faster, Backwards?
For people following the Eastrail 177 trilogy since Unbreakable's release in 2000, Glass must seem a long time coming. For everyone else like me, Glass closes off a trilogy sure, but our expectations might not be quite so loaded. That might be why I'm pleased to announce that as a final chapter in a thrilling trilogy, …
I'm not ashamed to say I missed Unbreakable when it first came out, I was ten after all. What I am slightly ashamed with is that I was willing to let it slip through the cracks of films I had yet to see. If I wasn't so curious about the upcoming release of Glass, then …
Continue reading Catching Up: Unbreakable (2000) – Unfulfilled Potential
In 2012 we were introduced to the first part in a series of shows we all came to consider the Arrowverse, a name we have clung to as it connects the four shows in its shared multiverse while also paying tribute to the show that started it all - Arrow. That isn't to say it …
Continue reading The Woes of Building A Universe – An Arrowverse Analysis Part 1
There has been a recurring theme in Marvel's latest offerings in that entertainment comes from conflict so having the films central characters at each others throats makes for good drama, therefore good entertainment. I also believe this is where Marvel has been making its significant blunders as of late. Conflict needs to be earned, there …
Continue reading Review: Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) – Pick Your Team Wisely
The Sardonic Romantic 