Shang-Chi had its work cut out for it as a Marvel Movie. While Black Widow ended the stories and strands left by Avengers: Endgame (while introducing some potential new characters) Shang-Chi is the first of Marvel’s new “phase” and setting … Continue reading Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Review
From the very outset of Black Widow, it is clear that Marvel wants to go somewhere a little darker with this movie. After a blistering and very well-staged action opener, which sets-up some of the future players very well, we … Continue reading Black Widow (2021) Review
It would be easy to look back at the ten years and over 20 films that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe and see it as a complete success but Thor: The Dark World is an example of a miss … Continue reading Thor: The Dark World (2013) Review
Deadpool took the superhero template and blew it out of the water. It lampooned the genre, poked a stick at the poe-faced seriousness and managed to laugh at itself, the biggest characters and stars and still come out with a quality … Continue reading Teen Titans Go to the Movies (2018) Review
I may be in the minority here but I like my Spider-Man films to have some Spider-Man in them. Watching Far From Home, you’d struggle to believe this was the second solo outing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the … Continue reading Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Review
Ben and Dave have been away for three weeks but they are back with a range of reviews from classic movie Revolutionary Road through to modern movie rundowns like Toy Story 4, X-Men Dark Phoenix and Yesterday. That is until … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast: Season 3 Episode 14 – Spider-Man Far From Home Special
Ben and Dave have joined the rest of the world in seeing Avengers Endgame and have a huge, spoiler-filled discussion. They discuss the positives and negatives of the movie and what is next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They also discuss … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast – Season 3 Episode 9: Spoiler-Filled Avengers Endgame Special
This review does not contain spoilers for Avengers: Endgame! Avengers: Endgame manages to do what many other franchises and long-running television series fail to do; perfectly end a captivating saga. The Marvel Studios movies have been 21 films and eleven years … Continue reading Avengers: Endgame (2019) Review
Ben and Dave return with a new episode running down the Movie Universes they would most like to live in. This includes discussions about the pros and cons of stopping time while also debating how much of a rubbish Jedi Ben … Continue reading Views from the Sofa The Podcast: Season 3 Episode 7 – Top 5 Movie Universes
Ben and Dave watched Captain Marvel and then instantly recorded their views so this Spoiler-Filled special comes with the purest and rawest opinions. The pair discuss the positives and negatives, Captain Marvel’s place in the wider franchise and then predict what … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Podcast – Season 3 Episode 6: Spoiler-Filled Captain Marvel Special
