Tag Archives: Marvel

Review: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Sam S-P

I always feel a bit sorry for the Marvel movies that directly follow an AVENGERS because of the expectation that they’ll be the same scale. They never can or will be, so they have to be different. Unlike last time … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Angourie Rice, Avengers: Endgame, Doctor Strange 2, Iron Man 3, Jake Batalon, Jake Gyllenhaal, JB Smoove, Martin Starr, Marvel, Samuel L. Jackson, Sony, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Holland, Zendaya | Leave a comment

Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Sam S-P

Eleven years ago the Marvel Cinematic Universe was born when Nick Fury turned up at Tony Stark’s house to talk to him about the Avengers Initiative. It’s been a long road to this point, but much like the three-hour AVENGERS: … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Brie Larson, Captain America: Civil War, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Marcus, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Paul Rudd, Robert Downey Jr, Russo Brothers, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen McFeely | 5 Comments

Review: Captain Marvel (2019)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Sam S-P

It only took Marvel 21 movies. Now she’s finally taken flight. CAPTAIN MARVEL like GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY before it, could be the first stage of a colourful cosmic journey for the superhero superfactory. An encounter with shapeshifting Skrull foes … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Ben Mendelsohn, Black Panther, Blockbuster, Brie Larson, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn, Lashana Lynch, Marvel, Nicole Perlman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sci-fi, Superhero Movie, Wonder Woman | Leave a comment

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 2

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Sam S-P

Before I get down to looking at the very best and the very worst films of 2018 (Part 1 of this list can be found here) I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a couple more that weren’t necessarily my … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Adam Driver, Avengers: Infinity War, BlackKklansman, David Yates, Extinction, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, JK Rowling, John David Washington, Kathryn Hahn, Mandy, Marvel, Meet the Feebles, Michael Peña, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, Paul Giamatti, Peter Jackson, Private Life, Shoplifters, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Happytime Murders, They Shall Not Grow Old, Tom Hardy, Venom, Widows | Leave a comment

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 1

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Sam S-P

Where did 2018 go? For me it’s been a funny year of highs and lows, beginnings and ends and other summing-up-the-year clichés as well. In film, the year started well, then flagged a bit in the middle before picking up … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Beast, Black Panther, Blade Runner, Clio Barnard, Dark River, Disney, Duncan Jones, Hold the Dark, Imaginarium Productions, Jeremy Saulnier, Marvel, Mike Leigh, Moon, Mowgli, Mute, Netflix, Paul Dano, Peterloo, Ruth Wilson, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Open House, Thoroughbreds, Tomb Raider, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Review: Venom (2018)

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Sam S-P

VENOM is a bad movie. I shock you, I know. It’s not the worst SPIDER-MAN movie ever, but that’s mostly because Marvel Studios wouldn’t let Sony rent Spidey back for a cameo. The scant lip service they’re allowed to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged John Carpenter, Marvel, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Sony, The Abyss, The Thing, Tom Hardy, Venom | 1 Comment

Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Sam S-P

Is this going to be Ant-Man’s lot in life, to be the minty Tic Tac chaser for Marvel’s biggest, meatiest and most extravagant releases? The first ANT-MAN blew me away, a jolt of irreverent energy coming straight after the unwieldy … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Abbie Ryder Forston, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Blockbuster, Captain Marvel, Evangeline Lilly, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Superhero Movie, Walton Goggins | 1 Comment

Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Sam S-P

What a mind-boggling juggling act this is. So many characters, powers, locations, histories and they all have to be brought together in a coherent, entertaining and emotionally satisfying way after ten years worth of setup. An lo and behold, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Blockbuster, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Brolin, Joss Whedon, Marvel, Superhero Movie, The Avengers, The Empire Strikes Back, The Russo Brothers | 6 Comments

The MCU: Six Thoughts for Six Stones

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Sam S-P

It’s been a decade since Tony Stark first made a scrap metal suit of armour with a fancy pacemaker to fight terrorists, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe shows no signs of slowing down, even with their Magnum Opus AVENGERS: INFINITY … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Iron Man 3, Kevin Feige, Marvel, Superhero Movie, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: The Dark World | Leave a comment

Review: Black Panther (2018)

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Sam S-P

As thrilled and enthralled as I was by BLACK PANTHER, I can’t imagine what it must be like to watch this if you’re black. Newly-crowned Kind T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home to secretive high-tech African nation of Wakanda to rule. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Blade, Blockbuster, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Guira, Fantasy, Game of Thrones, Letitia Wright, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Michael B Jordan, Ryan Coogler, Sci-fi, Superhero Movie, The Avengers | 7 Comments

Tag Archives: Marvel

Review: Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Review: Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Review: Captain Marvel (2019)

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 2

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 1

Review: Venom (2018)

Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

The MCU: Six Thoughts for Six Stones

Review: Black Panther (2018)

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