Avatar: The Way of Water has continued its impressive box-office performance over the weekend, taking its global tally through Sunday to $1.894B, in the process closing in on No. 6 biggest movie of all time Spider-Man: No Way Home. Another estimated $38.5 million at the U.S. box-office took the blockbuster sequel’s domestic total to $570.3 […]
The Top Ten MCU Movies (From a Non-Marvel Fan)
Tom Jolliffe casts a slightly MCU-fatigued eye over the catalogue to provide a Top 10 list… I’m sure you’ll have seen many a ranking list or top 10 focused on the MCU. There have been so many films now since Iron Man kicked off the whole shebang that they’ve been separated into phases. We’re coming […]
Blu-ray Review – Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021. Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Rhys Ifans, Thomas Haden Church, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire. SYNOPSIS: Spider-Man’s role in the MCU continues with No Way Home, a thrilling joy […]
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 […]
The Good and the Bad: Nostalgia-Driven Cinema
Tom Jolliffe on nostalgia-driven films… Balance is a wonderful thing. In a recipe, each ingredient plays a part. Sugar is good right? The contentious ingredient has taken the blame for so many modern health issues over the years. Let’s face it, there’s almost no nutritional value, but it’s pleasing. You need sugar to make doughnuts. […]
I’m Too Old For This Sh*t!
Tom Jolliffe on that fateful day when you start to outgrow things… Getting older is inevitable. It’s a sad fact of life. Petrol prices are going through the roof, along with everything else. I’m paying a mortgage and all the unexpected joys (read costs) that come with having a home (always resting on that knowledge […]
The Art of Ambiguity in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks at the finest in ambiguous cinema, and asks ‘how do you pull it off?’… Often in the law books of screenwriting there’s a section which might tell the studious aspiring writer that a film must have clarity. Plot threads must lead to resolution. Each act and your central character arcs should be […]
Green Goblin Spider-Man: No Way Home Movie Masterpiece Series sixth scale figure unveiled
Hot Toys and Sideshow have unveiled the sixth scale Movie Masterpiece Series Green Goblin collectible figure which is inspired by the likeness of Willem Dafoe as the iconic villain in the Marvel box office hit Spider-Man: No Way Home. It is available to pre-order now, priced at $395; check out the promotional images here… […]
How Disney could revolutionize the theatrical experience and put ‘Multi’ back in Multiplex
Anghus Houvouras on how Disney could put the ‘multi’ back into multiplex… Spider-Man: No Way Home was a massive hit. The kind of film that appealed to a wide variety of film fans. A rare blend of comedy, tragedy and bombast that made it one the most lucrative movies ever released. A new version of […]
Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies By Director Influence
Harri Knight-Davis ranks the MCU by level of director influence… The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become a gigantic phenomenon. With its 29th film now in cinemas and seventh Disney+ show fast approaching, it can be easy to roll up to the next MCU instalment with the expectation of action-packed, comedy-filled bonanzas. However, behind every Marvel […]
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