Review – Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an enjoyable enough entrance, but the number of moving parts and identity themes make it tricky to completely engage with
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Review – Avengers : Endgame
Avengers : Endgame represents one of the biggest moments in modern day cinema, with the film bringing the first 3 phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a rip roaring, victory lap of a crescendo. “We’re in the end game now” Doctor Strange, Avengers : Infinity War The film finds the remaining members of the avengers years after the climax
Read moreReview – Avengers : Infinity War
*Firstly – a disclaimer. I try to avoid any spoilers, and I have here. But please, if you are worried, then don’t read this until you’ve seen the film incase I’ve inferred a plot point inadvertanlty* 10 years on from the initial launch of the MCU with 2008’s Iron Man, the gigantic event movie of Avengers : Infinity War has
Read moreReview – Thor : Ragnarok
The third of the Thor solo movies, sees a notable shift in the positioning of the character and style, with enjoyable results. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor is back in his 5th outing, this time directed by Taika Waititi. The film finds Thor, following on from the Avengers : Age of Ultron and sees him taking on the mysterious Hela, and setting out
Read moreReview – 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
Read moreTrailer – Spiderman : Homecoming
The first trailer for Spiderman Homecoming has arrived! My favourite moments from Captain America : Civil War, featured the new Spiderman played by Tom Holland (The Impossible, In the Heart of the Sea). The appearances were Holland’s first as Spidey, but with a known full film coming in 2017 – Spiderman : Homecoming. His appearance was born out of the
Read moreTrailer – Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Not so long since the release of the first teaser trailer for GOTG2, the follow up trailer has now been released by Marvel. As I worked through the entire MCU this year, GOTG was a high scorer (8/10 – Guardians of the Galaxy). One of the things I loved about it was the way that it cut through the traditions of
Read moreThe End of the Marvel Universe Theme Month
What a remarkable body of work the MCU is. Not simply in the delivery of film after film that have been successful but as much in confidence of longer term planning and delivery. Through the different films they have woven both storylines and characters and have, for years now, seemingly marched relentlessly towards the guiding light of the Avengers Infinity
Read moreMarvel Cinematic Universe – Budget vs Box Office
So the MCU has been a money making machine, we all know that… But which films have been the big winners and losers in the context of their budgets and when compared to other films? So, to try and look into this, I’ve taken all of the films and plotted their positions in terms of budget and gross revenues. In
Read moreReview – Captain America : Civil War
Bursting onto the screens across the planet is the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Captain America : Civil War – A film that is in many ways a mix of Captain America 3, Iron Man 4 and The Avengers 3. Its screenplay is by the combination of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (who have penned the previous
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