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
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*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
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Taking a break from what has been a hugely successful and lucrative run as Tony Stark in various Marvel films, Robert Downey Jnr starred alongside Robert Duvall in this 2014 drama. The film is the first production by RDJ’s production company co-created with his wife Susan – Team Downey. The film is directed by David Dobkin, whose previous work largely
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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
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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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The Avengers are back! We find the superhero team storming their way through Hydra bases seeking to reclaim the
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For the first MCU film post The Avengers, Tony Stark returns in his third solo standalone film in 2013’s Iron Man 3. This is the first of the Stark films not directed by Jon Favreau, with Shane Black who had previously directed Robert Downey Jnr in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Much like that film, Black also wrote the screenplay, this
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Well here it is – The end of the MCU Phase 1 and the location to which so many of these roads have been heading – Avengers Assemble. The 5 prior films in so far in the MCU all have some bearing on the evolution of this film, from the most obvious set up in Iron Man 2, through to
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Tony Stark is back in the 2010 sequel to Iron Man and 3rd film in the MCU, Iron Man 2. Jon Favreau returns to direct the film, which had a $200m budget (compared to the $140m for Iron Man and $150m for The Incredible Hulk), with a script by Justin Theroux (previously having written Tropic Thunder). This film, serves essentially
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So here is where it all started… What is now known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the basis of the April 2016 theme month) all started with the 2008 Iron Man. Based on the character from comics, the film is directed by Jon Favreau (previously having directed Swingers, Made, Elf and Zathura) with a script written by a combination of
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