With the ongoing superhero feud shaping up to become hotter than Endgame, British director Ken Loach has teamed up with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola to form the filmmaker Justice League – film auteurs […]
The Complex God: Mental health and accusations of fat-shaming in Avengers: Endgame
SPOILER WARNING for Avengers: Endgame Franchise films and cinematic universes are perhaps most often associated with their expensive action set-pieces and CGI battles, and many franchises have fallen because too much of an emphasis has […]
Avengers: Endgame – Trailer Review
In anticipation of the release of Avengers: Endgame on Thursday, Phoebe Walker analyses the main trailer for the film.
In Memoriam: Stan Lee
Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer and editor, sadly passed away on the 12th November at the age of 95. An icon of popular culture, he co-created a multitude of popular superhero characters alongside […]
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is a Masterclass in Blockbuster Cinema
I was raised on superheroes; on the top shelf of the wardrobe in my bedroom there sits thousands of issues of classic comics, collected by my dad during his youth and devoured by me and […]
The Super Bowl Trailer Roundup
I’ll be honest; I have no clue how American football works, nor do I understand the logistics of the Super Bowl. All I know is that there’s a lot of stopping and starting, every year […]
Defenders – The TV’s Avengers?
It’s not quite, but then again it doesn’t want to be. It wants to be a culmination of an arc that was built from Daredevil and Iron Fist, which it is… with fair results. Despite […]
Film | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Garfield and Stone's on-screen chemistry saves the day
Video: Marvel Enterprises In the complicated world of comic book superheroes, Spider-Man, a Marvel creation, starts his journey off in very much the same way we saw in the first film in this franchise, and […]
Film | Captain America: The Winter Soldier – surpassing its predecessor
The second of three Marvel films to hit cinemas in 2014, The Winter Soldier follows everyone’s favourite defrosted World War Two veteran as he tries to adapt to life after the events of The Avengers […]
Film | Thor: The Dark World – The debate
photo: Marvel Entertainment The Good 4/5 Stars Many turn their noses up at the superhero genre, believing it to be unintelligent and frivolous. Sure, Thor: The Dark World’s storyline is nonsense, but Marvel prove once […]