While I fully understand that big budgeted TV shows need an episode or two to focus more on story in order to both enrich the
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Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters – Season 1, Episode 5: The Way Out (2023) – Review
When Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters was first announced, there was some conjecture concerning how a show could consistently deliver the monstrous goods on a TV
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters – Season 1, Episode 4: Parallels And Interiors (2023) – Review
After three straight episodes of 50s era monster hunting, modern day conspiracy theory and a scattering of genuinely awsome appearances from Godzilla himself, it’s safe
What If…? – Season 1, Episode 9: What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath? (2021) – Review
So after eight episodes and a whole load of Tony Stark deaths (seriously, give the dude a break), we finally reach the final episode of
What If…? – Season 1, Episode 8: What If… Ultron Won? (2021) – Review
If there’s been a continuing flaw in What If…?, its undoubtedly been the fact that the vast majority of episodes have had abrupt, unsatisfying conclusions
What If…? – Season 1, Episode 7: What If… Thor Was An Only Child? (2021) – Review
I don’t know about you, but after last weeks episode – which was the latest (and grimmest) example of What If…? revelling in the fact
What If…? – Season 1, Episode 6: What If… Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? (2021) – Review
Thanks to What If…? having the luxury of breaking virtually every rule the MCU has established since Iron Man landed on the scene back in
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters – Season 1, Episode 3: Secrets And Lies (2023) – Review
I hinted in an earlier review that the main reason Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters seems to exist was to add some legitimacy to the Monsterverse’s
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters – Season 1, Episode 2: Departure (2023) – Review
With Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’ second episode, we find the show facing something of an important litmus test concerning its legitimacy: can a series set
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters – Season 1, Episode 1: Aftermath (2023) – Review
Twinning a TV series with a big screen franchise is a notoriously tough thing to do – just look at the thankless work that Agents
What If…? – Season 1, Episode 5: What If… Zombies?! (2021) – Review
To the casual MCU fan, the addition of zombies into the world of patriotic captains and iron men seems like a nastily fun way to
What If…? – Season 1, Episode 4: What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His Hands? (2021) – Review
As a rule, comic book super heroes usually come complete with a back story so tragic, it would no doubt get them shortlisted through the
Loki – Season 2, Episode 6: Glorious Purpose (2023) – Review
Even when Loki’s second season has been having immense fun with time slipping, variants and other such multiversal gobbledygook, there’s been a real sense that
Loki – Season 2, Episode 5: Science/Fiction (2023) – Review
While the MCU is still comfortably in the green when it comes to its solo, cinematic, outings (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 was, at
Loki – Season 2, Episode 2: Breaking Brad (2023) – Review
When you take a step back, it’s quite easy to see how much we’ve taken the abstract zaniness of the MCU for granted. Nearly 15
Loki – Season 2, Episode 1: Ouroboros (2023) – Review
Over the last couple of years, some critics of the post-Endgame MCU would undoubtedly wish that something like the Time Variance Authority would turn up
Loki – Season 1, Episode 6: For All Time. Always (2021) – Review
How do you top the end of time?It’s an issue that looms over the final episode of Loki’s first season like a reality-eating cloud monster
Loki – Season 1, Episode 5: Journey Into Mystery (2021) – Review
At various moments throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe, certain things have occured that’s taken that ever-fluid status quo and given it a seismic shaking up.
Skull Island – Season 1, Episode 5: Doggone It (2023) – Review
Yes, it’s been a long standing complaint and yes, it’s a song I’ve regrettably sung many times before, but why the hell do modern animated
Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 1: Resurrection (2023) – Review
Despite being something of a god figure of the MCU, there hasn’t been many entries in the exponentially expanding cinematic universe that’s actually been about