Review: Werewolf by Night (2022)
It’s a dark and stormy night in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and five of the world’s greatest monster hunters have gathered at Bloodstone Manor at the behest of Verussa Bloodstone (Harriet Sansom Harris) on ...
Review: Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Here’s the thing about Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth solo outing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s God of Thunder: pretty much every individual element works on its own, and almost none of it works...
Review: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
Back from the dead, having helped save half the universe from Thanos and no longer the Sorcerer Supreme (Wong got the gig after 50% of all life got dusted in the climax of Infinity War), surgeon-turned-mystic ...
Review: Marvel’s Hit-Monkey (2022)
It takes a little narrative manoeuvring—some of it awkward—to get to the high concept of Hit Monkey, Marvel/Disney’s latest small screen offering. So rather than recount the setup, here’s the pitch: after...
Review: Eternals (2021)
Well, they can’t all be winners. With the arrival of Chloé Zhao’s Eternals, somewhere Alan Taylor, director of Thor: The Dark World, is breathing a sigh of relief; he’s no longer responsible for the ...
G.I. Joe creator talks Snake Eyes: “Even the kid that went out for coffee turned it down!”
Often the greatest creations of our time come from the most humble of beginnings, which, as Larry Hama puts it, can be partially accredited to the assertion that “the best way to be creative is to be working o...
Review: Black Widow (2021)
After Captain America: Civil War, but before The Avengers: Infinity War, Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) is on the run in Europe when she’s sucked back into her old life as a Russian superspy. Contacted ...
Review: Loki (2021)
So, here comes the third Marvel live-action series for Disney’s streaming service, focusing on the continuing exploits of Loki (Tom Hiddleston, still ridiculously charming), Norse God of Mischief and frenemy o...
Review: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
It’s worth noting that the good folks at Disney only provided the first episode of their new Marvel series for review purposes, so if The Falcon and the Winter Soldier flies off in entirely unexpected directio...
Review: WandaVision (2021)
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a cultural behemoth, the more interesting stuff tends to happen off to the sides, away from the big universe-shaking titanic tussles. With the launch of Disney+, whi...