The fact that Thor Ragnarok was a superhero movie with funny moments has spoiled Thor’s fourth solo outing. Returning director Taika Waititi can effectively tap into the light-hearted elements of a situation but deliver the heart as well, which was … Continue reading Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Review
Following Top Gun with a sequel that is 36 years in the making was always going to be a tall order and even more so when the original movie didn’t really lend itself to a follow-up. Director Joseph Kosinski and … Continue reading Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Review
With Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios delivers one of its most creative movies yet. Doctor Strange always lent itself to impressive imagery but this is a film which manages to bring the mind-bending and reality warping … Continue reading Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness (2022) Review
I’ve been a comic book fan for as long as I can remember and Spider-Man No Way Home is as close to reading those comic books as you can get. Not because of the great realisation of Spider-Man on-screen but … Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Review
When Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was released, it had the benefit of low expectations. It was a sequel to a beloved film that was tied up very neatly. Add The Rock, an updated video game setting and some very … Continue reading Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Review
Once you have gotten past the origin story, established a character true to the comic books and pleased the die-hard fans with your initial interpretation of the character, you can let loose with your superhero movie sequel. That is exactly … Continue reading Spider-Man 2 (2004) Review
Ghostbusters: Afterlife works perfectly as a love letter to the original 1980s movies but struggles as a film in itself. If you’ve never been a fan of Ghostbusters and this is your first foray into the series, you will find … Continue reading Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Review
Director Denis Villeneuve has his work cut out for him as he delivers the notoriously complicated Dune. This is science-fiction on its grandest scale, delivering many worlds, many families, a complex political structure and back-story beyond back-story. At the same … Continue reading Dune (2021) Review
At a time when people are making the argument that there too many superhero movies, Venom 2 does very little to prove them wrong. We are still in the “Golden Age” of the superhero movie but with there being so … Continue reading Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) Review
When David Gordon Green directed the 2018 Halloween sequel to the 1978 classic, he actually managed what many would believe impossible, updating and staying true to what made makes John Carpenter’s original movie so iconic. It is with trepidation that … Continue reading Halloween Kills (2021) Review
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