In the past decade, Marvel has reigned over the comic book film genre with an iron fist. It seemed after Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, that saw its final release The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, […]
Amazon Prime’s ‘The Boys’: Salient Social Commentary or a Step too Far?
With its outrageous gore, constant cursing, social criticism and naïve lost boy Hughie, Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ is everything Marvel wishes it was. At the forefront of this ambitious satire of superhero tropes, is its refusal […]
Spiderman in Demand: The Hero might be set for a meeting with Venom
It would be an understatement to say that the last few months have been an interesting time for Spiderman. A role in the epic Avengers: Endgame was followed up by his most successful solo outing […]
‘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 Battle of the Titans: Marvel and DC’s Cinematic Universe
With the release of ‘Justice League’, DC’s plan for an expansive cinematic universe has been set in motion. But how do their films compare to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and what makes them so different? […]