Although the second Avengers movie was not quite up to the scratch of the first, it did have moments which showcased the work that Marvel had put in up to that point. This scene in Age of Ultron, also used to … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scenes Number 22 – “You’re all not worthy.”
This summer sees the release of Independence Day sequel Resurgence and most people have viewed it with a collective “meh.” This seems ridiculous considering how huge the first movie was and how it ranks among many people’s top science-fiction films, … Continue reading Are audiences bored of city-destroying carnage?
Ten years ago X-Men Apocalypse would be one of the best superhero movies. It has a cast of faithful characters, excellent performances and and effects which will blow audiences away. Unfortunately, now that there are at least five to six superhero … Continue reading Will lack of originality and creativity destroy the superhero movie?
2016 is going to be another huge year for movies. The anticipation for some big summer blockbusters is already building, with teaser trailers, images and rumours fuelling the excitement. This is the list of the movies I’m definitely going to the … Continue reading 2016’s Must-See Movies (Part 1)
The world has gone Star Wars crazy. This isn’t a surprise. It has been ten years since we had a genuine Star Wars movie and that one wasn’t exactly an event as it ended a disappointing prequel trilogy. When Disney announced … Continue reading Will we ever be this excited about Star Wars again?
“1 Year Later” – 3 words that managed to ruin the Fantastic Four movie. Not that it was perfect up to that point but it certainly wasn’t the terrible, dull and very generic mess that it became after those three words … Continue reading Fantastic Four (2015) Review
Robert Downey Jr will eventually hang up his Iron Man mask and thrusters and give up on the Marvel franchise. It is a sad fact but one that has been hinted at, skirted around and thankfully avoided for at least one … Continue reading Why Marvel should never recast their characters
Lets face it – Avengers: Age of Ultron was disappointing. It was good. It was great really but it should have been amazing. The Avengers movies are the ones that all Marvel fans wait for. The rest of Marvel’s cinematic universe … Continue reading Why Marvel’s Civil War will be the movie Age of Ultron should have been
The Avengers was event cinema. It was a moment where Marvel caught lightning in a bottle, managing to execute a plan that was years in the making and combined big stars, a large story, a shared universe and culminated in one of the best movies – let alone greatest superhero movie – of all time. It was going to be an almost impossible task to try to recreate that again with the same success but recreate it they did – only that is the actual problem with The Avengers sequel. Any sequel needs to take what worked before and expand upon … Continue reading The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Review
I saw the new Fantastic Four trailer a few weeks ago and couldn’t help but feel slightly disappointed. Not because it didn’t look cool because it did, it really did, but because it felt like the creators were making the same … Continue reading Why so Serious? – What has happened to light-hearted superhero movies?
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