2023
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review
My 30th MCU film! Looking back over it the whole situation is staggering really. And that’s not even counting the TV shows. Phase 4 has really struggled though; so much of it feels like exactly […]
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2015
Ant-Man Review
At release I judged Ant-Man as a decent enough palette cleanser to round out Phase 2. Not just smaller stakes immediately after Age of Ultron, but shrunken stakes. Years later, and taken on it’s own […]
2022
The Incredible Hulk Review
Years after his first appearance, General Ross eventually popped up in Civil War, Infinity War, Endgame, and Black Widow. Emil Blonsky has now appeared in Shang Chi and She-Hulk. And now we’ve seen the announcement […]
2022
Iron Man Review
It’s hard to watch Iron Man now without knowledge of the larger MCU creeping in. In terms of scope and number of characters it’s quaint. But it’s far stronger than most MCU films, and a […]
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder Review
“Directors need to be controlled sometimes” Taika Waititi – 2022 Couldn’t have said it better myself Taika. Thor’s been through a lot, and he’s now the first of the original big three Avengers to move […]
2022
Eternals Review
The first MCU film I didn’t pretty much much immediately see on release, Eternals is an outlier. But no more! It’s odd to see a ‘big’ MCU film like this over six months after release, […]
2022
Thor Review
Tagging my MCU posts reveals that I’ve reviewed twenty-one of the twenty-eight films released so far. Knowing I haven’t reviewed Thor has timed itself well with an impromptu Sunday TV viewing. With films like Endgame […]
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review
Avengers, Iron Man 3, Age of Ultron, Thor Ragnarok, Guardians 1 & 2. Of twenty-seven MCU films, these six are the only ones I feel have a distinctive directing style. It’s hugely pleasing to be […]
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home Review
The biggest MCU release since Endgame, No Way Home is far more than ‘just’ the third film in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy. The fervor around casting and spoilers alone had been immense, which makes writing […]
2021
Black Widow Review
It’s been just over two years since Marvel released Spider-Man: Far From Home in cinemas. Things have changed a lot since then, and Black Widow brings new opportunities. For starters, new storytelling opportunities, with the […]