Film review: ‘BLUE BEETLE’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

After the decidedly mixed critical reception for their last overblown superhero extravaganza, The Flash, those behind the DC Extended Comic Universe would have been very keen to resurrect the fortunes of their franchise with their latest effort Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, despite a few fresh and appealing touches, this is just another generically plotted, noisy, frenzied and juvenile superhero action comedy.

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Film review: ‘Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse’ by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

I haven’t seen the first film in this series, 2018’s Into the Spiderverse but I was intrigued by the rapturous critical reception this animated Spiderman spin-off received.  Despite movie goers being pounded like a Hulk fist by CGI superhero extravaganzas, Spiderverse apparently offered something fresh and exciting.  For someone encountering this film world for the first time, the sequel, Spiderman:

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