REVIEW: Avengers: Endgame (2019)
If each month of every year had a gravestone, April 2019 would have “Part of the journey is the end” etched on it. The final season of Game of Thrones and Avengers: Endgame – the two biggest events of all time in their respective mediums….
The Infinity Saga Ranked
Whichever way you look at it, Avengers: Endgame – which drops this Thursday, people!! – is a milestone for cinema. And what better way to celebrate a milestone than to look back at the journey that brought us there. That’s what we’ve been doing here…
Captain Marvel (2019): THE INFINITY SAGA
Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) must figure out her past as she’s caught in the middle of a galactic war between the Kree and the shapeshifting Skrulls. Captain Marvel is the twenty-first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and for all, it follows the standard MCU template with its…
Ant-Man And The Wasp (2018): THE INFINITY SAGA
This 2018 American superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics, is the sequel to 2015’s ‘Ant-Man’ and the twentieth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It is directed by Peyton Reed and stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Michael Douglas, Hannah John-Kamen, Walton…
Avengers: Infinity War (2018): THE INFINITY SAGA
“Dread it, run from it,” Thanos was always going to arrive. The Russo Brothers say they see him as Genghis Khan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – but truthfully, as a villain, he’s an entirely new breed. In years, even decades, to come, antagonists in…
Black Panther (2018): THE INFINITY SAGA
After the huge success of Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel saw an opportunity to bring their lesser known characters to the big screen. One of them being Black Panther. Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa, an heir to the throne of Wakanda, a technologically…
Thor: Ragnarok (2017): THE INFINITY SAGA
I like to think of superhero cinema as not so much a genre itself, but as a mould. At no disrespect to superhero cinema, it’s rare to find films featuring caped crusaders or intergalactic heroes that break away from storytelling convention and craft plots built…
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): THE INFINITY SAGA
When Spider-Man: Homecoming was first released, I was somewhat reluctant to view it. We had already lived through Spider-Man being played by Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s trilogy (2002-07), and Andrew Garfield’s two films as the superhero in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and the sequel…
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017): THE INFINITY SAGA
With Avengers: Endgame on the horizon, it’s time to take a look back at everything that has led us to where we are. After the surprise success of Guardians of the Galaxy in Phase Two, the Marvel Cinematic Universe went properly cosmic in Phase Three,…
Doctor Strange (2016): THE INFINITY SAGA
“Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.” became a meme-approved quote from the MCU’s time-wizard during the climatic groundhog day sequence of Scott Derrickson’s 2016 contribution. Defending his title as one of the coolest Avengers – satisfying blue robes and the Eye of Agamotto at the ready…
Captain America: Civil War (2016): THE INFINITY SAGA
This 2016 American superhero film is the 13th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and features a returning ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner…
Ant-Man (2015): THE INFINITY SAGA
Hot off the heels of the gargantuan Avengers: Age of Ultron, Peyton Peele’s finale to ‘Phase 2’ of the MCU, Ant-Man, acts as aspirin for the headache of its predecessor by bringing the sky-falling scale of Ultron down to ground-level. Ant-Man could very well have…
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): THE INFINITY SAGA
I am back with you, friends, to again launch a defence of a much-maligned corner of the MCU – The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The difficult middle children of the MCU (Thor 2, Iron Man 2, Avengers 2 and possibly Guardians 2) are all generally…
