Morbius The latest in the apparently never-ending procession of marvel films, Morbius (although this one is Spiderverse rather than MCU) is more like a DC Batman film than a typical Marvel movie. Not only does the title character have an obsession with and the powers of a bat but this film at least attempts to be as dark and intense
Read moreMoonfall follows in the noble tradition of Independence Day, Deep impact and Armageddon as a ludicrous ‘death from above’, global destruction sci-fi action flick in which the world can only be saved by jokey Americans. Astonishingly, this film is even more loopy than the films just mentioned. It comes from none other than Roland Emmerich who seems to have a
Read moreThe 355 attempts to combine the kinetic action and espionage of Mission Impossible with the female solidarity and empowerment of Charlie’s Angels and Gunpowder Milkshake. Unfortunately, this pedestrian film falls short as an action film, fails to say anything particularly original or profound about the role and status of women in action movies and lacks the ebullient fun of the
Read moreFor many, the Wachowski’s original 1999 Matrix movie – which depicted a freedom fighting cyber hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) battling to free humanity from a computer simulated world – was a sensation. Many talked about being blown away by its hyper-kinetic action sequences and never-before-seen computer generated special effects which included a slow-motion style known as ‘bullet time’. A
Read moreOnly a Marvel Comics scholar could keep up with all the phases and ages off the Marvel universe and its equivalent cinematic incarnations. Even non-superfans, however, will have probably heard that Spiderman: No Way Home is the first film in what’s known as the Marvel multi-verse. Yes, there’s now multiple universes of Marvel films coming at us. While that might
Read moreAs we emerge from the lockdown bunker we might be thinking we’re entering a brave new world but just to prove little has changed, there’s a Marvel film waiting for us, namely Eternals. The advanced word was that Eternals was the worst reviewed film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) so far. Given that the Marvel films have mostly been fast
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