Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlet Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Gary Shandling, Paul Bettany The Overview With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man... Continue Reading →
MCU Retrospective: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Director: Louis Leterrier Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson The Overview Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into, whenever he loses his temper. (Source: IMDb) The Review After getting off to a strong start with Iron Man, the MCU... Continue Reading →
MCU Retrospective: Iron Man (2008)
Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Jon Favreau The Overview After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. (Source: IMDb) The Review It is hard to believe that this film is now 10 years... Continue Reading →
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – Review
Director(s): Anthony & Joe Russo Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Josh Brolin, Chris Pratt, Don Cheadle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Tom Hiddleston, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper... Continue Reading →
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – Review
Director: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Donald Glover The Overview Several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker (Holland), with the help of his mentor Tony Stark (Downey Jr.), tries to balance his life as an ordinary... Continue Reading →
Dawn of Justice vs Civil War: When Heroes Collide
I really didn’t want to be that person who wrote an article about Batman vs Superman and Civil War, in fact I’m pretty sure I tweeted my disdain about critics who did just this in their reviews for Civil War! I have reviewed both of these films independently of each other (BvS review is here,... Continue Reading →
Captain America: Civil War Review
Director(s): Anthony & Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl Please note I have done my very best to keep this review SPOILER FREE, hope you enjoy! The Overview After the Avengers are called into question, a rift starts to appear between Tony Stark... Continue Reading →
Ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies
Ahead of the UK release of Captain America: Civil War on 28th April, I've been rewatching all of the MCU movies so far, and thought, what better time than any to let you wonderful people know how I rank them! This list only includes the films considered part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is ranked... Continue Reading →
Product Placement in the Movies!
Today's blog comes courtesy of the wonderful Jake Potter! Jake is a Marketing Manager and loves the 3 M's; marketing, musicals and Meryl Streep. You can find Jake on twitter; for amusing gifs and random ramblings follow his personal account @shakey_jakey4, and for all things marketing follow @marketingguy_UK. He also writes his own awesome marketing blog which... Continue Reading →
Ranking of Marvel Cinematic Universe Villains from Worst to Best
The Marvel Cinematic Universe certainly has no shortage of heroes, but what about the anti-heroes, or villains? Here's my ranking of the main MCU villains we have seen so far, ranked from worst to best. The Mandarin (Iron Man 3) Oh boy. Firstly, they ruined the Mandarin. Secondly, what a waste of Ben Kingsley’s talent.... Continue Reading →
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