Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at Seven Samurai and its influence on modern action cinema, including the film event of the year, Avengers: Endgame… When everyone in the world within 50 miles of a cinema runs off to see Avengers: Endgame (myself included), I’d like you to bare something in mind; That is a […]
After the Endgame: Can Marvel Studios Do It Again?
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 […]
What are the Box Office Expectations for Marvel’s Phase Four?
Tom Jolliffe looks at Marvel’s Phase Four, and what the box office expectations might be… In the wake of the announcement of Marvel’s next phase of superhero movies, and off the back of a run of billion dollar home runs (including the two gargantuan grosses of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame) what can the […]
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 Martin Scorsese/Marvel Debate
Tom Jolliffe on the Martin Scorsese and Marvel debate… One of cinemas greatest living directors, with around 50 years of crafting artistry behind him caused a storm recently with his comments dismissing Marvel films as ‘not cinema’ and ‘theme parks.’ Quite a few fired back (with plenty of politeness it should be said) who have […]
2019 in Review: Revisiting cinema’s biggest releases, news and talking points
Tom Jolliffe looks back at 2019 in film… Whilst we all come to terms with deleting and retyping 19 as 20 on documents, letters, invoices etc, lets make time to look back at 2019 and further confuse matters. As a year of cinema, 2019 has been interesting and with a usual mix of pop culture […]
Pandemic Box Office Fallout
Tom Jolliffe looks at the potential box office fallout in the wake of the coronavirus… You may have noticed in the news that a virus has swept the globe. Depending on what resources you choose to source your information, it’s either the oncoming biblical plague which will lead to our apocalypse, or it’s just a […]
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 – Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Gambit, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, Arrow and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Ant-Man, Agent Carter, Daredevil, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, Deadpool, Gambit, The Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four 2, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, The Dark Knight […]
Chiwetel Ejiofor addresses the rumours of a role in Doctor Strange
Since the announcement of Oscar nominated Benedict Cumberbatch taking on the role of Stephen Strange in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, we’ve not heard much else about the Scott Derrickson directed Phase Three movie. There was a rumour last month that Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) was set to play a role in the movie, noted by […]
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