Couple of years ago Jordan Peele exploded onto the motion picture scene with Get Out, an incredibly effective slice of social-horror that drew heavily on
Tag: 2010s
Logan (2017) – Review
Way back in 2000 some unknown Aussie punk famous for musicals shaved on some mutton chops, slipped on a leather jump suit and popped some
Ant-Man And The Wasp (2018) – Review
Of all the superhero movies released in the immediate wake of the seismic climax of Infinity War, surely Ant-Man & The Wasp had the greatest
X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) – Reviews
Despite carrying some heavy credentials during it’s rocky legacy, it wouldn’t be utterly without merit to claim that Twentieth Century Fox’s X-Men franchise is ranked
Black Panther (2018) – Review
Representation in blockbuster cinema is quite the topic these days and rightly so – after all, making contemporary movies with settings and story themes that
Deadpool (2016) – Review
With a sigh of relief arguably louder than the one I gave The Force Awakens, it gives me great pleasure to report that The Merc
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – Review
15 years after Sam Raimi’s original swung into theatres and planted it’s boot decisively into the face of blockbuster cinema, we now live in very
Kong: Skull Island (2017) – Review
Becoming the third legitimately active cinematic universe after Marvel & DC takes balls the size of grape fruits, but I’m willing to bet that the
Wonder Woman (2017) – Review
And so finally, it came to pass that the movie Gods finally gave their blessings and bequeathed a modern, solo, movie release to the last,
The Avengers (2012) – Review
Bottom line? The Avengers simply shouldn’t have worked. No, seriously, why should it have?Usually slamming characters together from multiple franchises either means said franchise is
Iron Man 2 (2010) – Review
Universe building, especially in it’s infant days, is a delicate balancing act. Concentrate too hard on the big picture and you run the risk of
Suicide Squad (2016) – Review
Jesus, I really wanted to like this one… and on paper it seemed like a satisfying slice of anarchic fun. DC’s third movie in their
Thor (2011) – Review
As we barrel through an MCU currently loaded with Groots, Infinity Wars and more alien races than a Star Trek Tinder app, it’s easy to
Bumblebee (2018) – Review
When Transformers: The Last Knight (or as I came to call it The Last Straw) trundled into multiplexes last year it wasn’t so much a case of
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) – Review
Usually when I catch a widely released movie I try to post a review relatively soon after watching it (time permitting of course) to help
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) – Review
In a series of films that have so far contained a one percenter wearing a snug suit of techno-armour, a raging, green id monster and
Justice League (2017) – Review
One good thing that can be said for Joss Whedon’s Justice League? From the the very first shot you know exactly what you’re in for…Portented
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – Review
19 films in and somehow, like an increasingly angry Bruce Banner, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was somehow getting stronger. After relentlessly teasing purple people beater
Alita: Battle Angel (2019) – Review
Remember a few years back when James Cameron was mouthing off in an ad campaign about how great Terminator: Genisys was? And then remember when
Captain Marvel (2019) – Review
The arrival of Captain Marvel may have finally have heralded the arrival of the MCU’s first fully female lead and another massive step toward equality
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