Tag Archives: franchise

Review – Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe to be released, and it stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Fifth Estate) in the title role, and is directed by Scott Derrickson. By my maths, the film is the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and sees an introduction of not only new characters but also an entire new premise

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Review : Inferno

The combination of director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks reaches film number 5 with the 3rd film of the Robert Langdon series, Inferno, based on the works on Dan Brown. Waking up in a Florence hotel room, dazed and confused, Robert Langdon finds himself on another race against time in a historic city. In Inferno we find Langdon trying to

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An early glimpse of Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ and his next potential franchise…

Do you remember when Tom Cruise ‘didn’t do sequels’? Before Mission Impossible 2, it was something he’d never done. Since that point though, there is an increasing sense that the actor is looking to franchises as the basis for his box office strength. Not only has the mission impossible series now delivered over $2 billion, the most recent two films

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