Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter Parker (Tom Holland) goes from Queens to the Crown Jewels in this co-production between Sony, Marvel and the European tourist board. The 23rd instalment in the MCU has the […]
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix
The latest and probably final film in the original Marvel cinematic universe takes place some time after they gave up trying to maintain any kind of continuity in the franchise. […]
Avengers: Endgame
Since Iron Man first massacred those Afghans back in 2008, all manner of phenomena have come and gone: The DC Universe. Star Wars. Brexit. The MCU has survived them all, […]
Hellboy (2019)
Imagine if instead of making The Return of the King, New Line had started a new Lord of the Rings trilogy, featuring Milla Jovovich and a song by Muse. That’s […]
Shazam!
A boy growing up in foster care, Billy (Asher Angel), is abducted by a wizard (Djimon Hounsou) who gives him superpowers so he can fight the Seven Deadly Sins, embodied […]
Captain Marvel
Released on International Women’s Day, Captain Marvel has been ineffectually shunned by misogynists who object to the idea that women can be Captain Marvels – a reaction that puts the […]
Aquaman in 270°
Aquaman is the long-awaited sequel to that episode of The Office where Gareth wonders if there will ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark. For […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse gives us our fourth cinematic incarnation of Spider-Man. And fifth. And sixth… Like Spider-Man: Homecoming, this animated feature doesn’t get bogged down in romance. This time it looks […]
Black Panther
If you were to list the finest black screen actors currently working, there’s a good chance the list would include Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle and Idris Elba. And […]
Green Lantern
A fighter pilot with a bad attitude (Ryan Reynolds) gets abducted by aliens who give him the power to create anything he can imagine. So he obviously couldn’t imagine a […]
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