Tom Jolliffe looks back at the MCU’s success to this point, and wonders whether they can repeat the formula again… So the dust has settled. A whole slow building 11 year phase of Marvel films (it’s had splits in among those, but everything stems all the way back to Tony Stark’s first outing). Attempting to […]
Are audiences on an Avengers come down right now?
Tom Jolliffe looks at the post Avengers come down… Every year brings about the big event movies. Some years are more blessed than others of course, and it seemed for a number of years between The Lord of the Rings ending, and Marvel kicking into full go (along with the return of Star Wars) that […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Fantastic Four, Suicide Squad, Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Justice League, Agent Carter, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Batman Vs. Robin and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, The […]
Sony denies Spider-Man/Avengers: Infinity War deal; calls it an “old rumour”
Earlier we reported the rumour that Sony and Marvel/Disney had reached a deal which “went through” that meant the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man would join Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for both parts of Avengers: Infinity War. However, it seems as though it was just yet another unfounded rumour. Comic Book Resources reached out to Sony reps to confirm […]
The Week in Spandex – Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Luke Cage, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Shazam, The Sinister Six and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Iron Man 4, Agent Carter, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Sinister Six, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Shazam, Gotham, The Flash, Constantine […]
The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man, Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Doctor Strange, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Krypton and more
Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Dark Knight Rises, Suicide Squad, The Flash, […]
The Week in Spandex – Suicide Squad, Doctor Strange, Deadpool, Ant-Man, Batman v Superman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Fantastic Four and more
Our weekly round-up of the latest news and talking points from the world of screen superheroes, including Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman, Justice League Dark, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Constantine, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Batman Versus Robin, Doctor Strange, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man, Captain America: […]
A Different Landscape: The Box Office Two Years On From Avengers: Endgame
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Avengers: Endgame, the last mega event movie. Will anything ever come close again? The simplicity of a finger snap. It was an act that brought to a close Avengers: Infinity War, where Thanos’ grand plan had come to pass. There’s no spoiler here, virtually every one with a passing interest […]
Modern Mainstream Film: Passable and Disposable?
Tom Jolliffe looks at modern mainstream cinema. Is it being led by disposable content over long-standing legacy? The pace at which the world evolves can be frightening sometimes. You blink, suddenly you look around and you’re 40, you’ve got a house, wife, kid and you make groaning noises when you bend down to pick something […]
The Multiverse Era: When a Cinematic Universe Isn’t Enough
Tom Jolliffe on the current preoccupation with the multiverse… Cinema is all about cycles. Genres flit in and out of prominence. An action landscape which was once dominated by Westerns was then temporarily displaced by gangster films, then epics, then Westerns again, then a brief parley into pessimistic cinema, before Star Wars laid a significant […]
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