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FILM REVIEWS


VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
While Venom: The Last Dance isn’t quite as loud and obnoxious as the previous two entries, the buddy movie dynamic fails to yield...
Oct 26, 2024


DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Many of the sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek jokes in Deadpool & Wolverine land, yet as a piece of popcorn fun the irreverent Marvel mashup...
Jul 27, 2024


MADAME WEB
While far from the worst movie of the year, Madame Web is definitely one of the most pointless ones, or how else would you describe a...
Jul 15, 2024


THE MARVELS
I was less annoyed and more entertained by The Marvels than by other recent Marvel movies but that doesn’t make the film any less of a...
Nov 10, 2023


SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
This sequel to the Oscar-winning Into the Spider-Verse is both too much of a good thing and not enough of a great idea. The visuals...
Jun 5, 2023


GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY vol. 3
Overlong, underdeveloped and devoid of any new ideas Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 runs out of creative steam long before you’re put to...
May 6, 2023


ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Despite the introduction of new big baddie Kang the Conqueror much of the events in the film have frustratingly little impact on the...
Feb 15, 2023


BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
For a movie that lasts an indefensibly long 161 minutes the plot of Wakanda Forever is very slight, not to mention excruciatingly...
Nov 11, 2022


THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER
Thor: Love and Thunder leaves the franchise where The Quest for Peace left the original Superman film series: without a shred of dignity...
Jul 11, 2022


DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
The few times Sam Raimi brings tangible reality to the CGI overload are the only instances this meek Marvel film comes alive. The return...
May 4, 2022


SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Despite the crowd-pleasing fan service, there's no excuse for any movie to be as lazily scripted, thematically muddled or sloppily edited...
Dec 20, 2021


BLACK WIDOW
Closer in spirit to a Jason Bourne film than to a Marvel flick, Black Widow is at its best when family dynamics takes centre stage,...
Oct 28, 2021


VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
It’s an improvement on the atrocious first instalment but not by much, as sloppy editing, generic action and an annoying villain sap all...
Oct 19, 2021


SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Marvel’s newest hero excels in fun mythology and displays excellent chemistry between the cast members, but in the end it’s an overlong...
Sep 1, 2021
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