After the decidedly mixed critical reception for their last overblown superhero extravaganza, The Flash, those behind the DC Extended Comic Universe would have been very keen to resurrect the fortunes of their franchise with their latest effort Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, despite a few fresh and appealing touches, this is just another generically plotted, noisy, frenzied and juvenile superhero action comedy.
Read moreHi folks, Here’s our review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as presented on ‘Built For Speed’ on Friday 8th Sept 2023. Classification: PG. Genre: Action/Animation/Superhero. Director: Jeff Rowe. Running time: 99 mins.
Read moreThe superhero movie juggernaut roles on. In a brief hiatus between Marvel movies, it’s time for the DC universe to try to grab some of the eye-watering box office the Avengers etc have been revelling in. DC’s latest offering is The Flash, another standalone film (almost) for a character from its Avengers equivalent, The Justice League. The various DC films
Read moreI haven’t seen the first film in this series, 2018’s Into the Spiderverse but I was intrigued by the rapturous critical reception this animated Spiderman spin-off received. Despite movie goers being pounded like a Hulk fist by CGI superhero extravaganzas, Spiderverse apparently offered something fresh and exciting. For someone encountering this film world for the first time, the sequel, Spiderman:
Read moreThe first Shazam film, which provided the origin story for teen nerd Billy Batson’s magical transformation into the eponymous, red-suited superhero, surprised many viewers by turning one of the sillier DC stories into a mostly fun, amusing, energetic if juvenile action fantasy. Lead Zachari Levi, who looks oddly like Boz Scaggs, did about as good a job as we could
Read moreDirector Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever faced an unusual challenge in that it’s star Chadwick Boseman, who played the title character, tragically passed away in 2020. This left us with the question, without Black Panther himself, is there enough in the world of Wakanda to really engage audiences? The answer is yes (just) but at 161 minutes, this
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