Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) – Review

The first Iron Man and The Avengers aside, there was a distinct feeling by 2014 that the MCU was somewhat of a one trick pony.

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Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) – Review

By this point in the trajectory of their cinematic careers, the World Mightiest Heroes, either singularly or as a group, had managed to fend off

Thor: The Dark World (2013) – Review

When the MCU is on a hot streak it’s nearly untouchable, be it the innovation of the original Iron Man to the devastating Infinity War

Captain America: Civil War (2016) – Review

Batten down the hatches, tighten those Web-shooters and charge up that arc reactor, because with a resounding “ding” Marvel’s thirteenth entry in it’s ever expanding

Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) – Review

Is there any other film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that represents the huge risks the world conquering studio regularly takes on when crafting their

Iron Man 3 (2013) – Review

Let be real here, a lot has been said about Tony Stark’s trilogy capper since it’s release in 2013, and not a lot of it

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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