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…
REVIEW: Hellboy (2019)
It’s always a worry when film reviews are embargoed until practically the day of release. Nothing was being said about Hellboy on social media, and even marketing for the film was subdued. Rumours then began circulating during the week of release of a horrendous production…
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…
Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014): THE INFINITY SAGA
“Gamechanger” is a moniker which could be applied to any number of films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, particularly so in recent years. Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and of course Infinity War all broke new ground for this superhero franchise for very different reasons, encompassing…
REVIEW: A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Late great film critic Roger Ebert described this film as “an ideological mess” upon its release in 1971, and indeed the panning of this film and its subsequent controversy means that it is a film whose reputation still very much precedes it, even now, some…
REVIEW: The Kindergarten Teacher (2019)
It’s always nice to see teachers encouraging and motivating their students, but in Sara Colangelo’s The Kindergarten Teacher, this is taken to a terrifying new level. Based on an Israeli film of the same name, it explores the line between encouragement and obsession. What happens…
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): THE INFINITY SAGA
Little did we know how much Captain America: The Winter Soldier would alter the map of the entire MCU. It throws a full spanner into the works in a completely organic way and it shakes up the stakes for the films that followed it, gave…
Thor: The Dark World (2013): THE INFINITY SAGA
Easily the most maligned film in the MCU – I have heard many people say “All MCU films are good. Well, except The Dark World, obviously” – I am here, dear readers to launch a defence of the black sheep middle child of the Thor…