Only a few weeks ago I used a review of Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home to make the argument that their broad interconnected franchise of superhero films represented a major shift from traditional film narrative, and deserved – indeed, needed – … Continue reading REVIEW: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
It has long become clear that Marvel Studios’ specific brand of shared universe feature films really work under their own rules. Fans of the comic book-inspired franchise may have bristled when Martin Scorsese famously noted ‘that’s not cinema’, but to … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The interplanetary despot Thanos (Josh Brolin) finally enacts his plan to take the six mysterious ‘infinity stones’ by force, thus giving him the power to kill half of the universe with just the click of his fingers. Two of the … Continue reading REVIEW: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Talented surgeon Dr Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) suffers irreperable damage to his hands in a car crash, ending his career in the process. When conventional medicine fails him, Strange follows a lead to Kathmandu and to an organisation of sorcerers … Continue reading REVIEW: Doctor Strange (2016)
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