Tag: superhero films

Film review: ‘BLACK WIDOW’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

You may have blissfully entertained the notion that the brain-pummelling Marvel superhero movies had ended with the encouragingly titled Avengers: Endgame.  You would, however, be wrong… so wrong.  Folks, believe it or not, there’s several lifetimes of these films yet to come.  The latest is the unremarkable Natasha Romanov spin-off Black Widow which was largely filmed in Australia. Rather than

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Film review: ‘AQUAMAN’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Even by superhero film standards the latest DC offering, Aquaman is ludicrous. With its convoluted plot, ridiculous characters, strange casting and outrageously over-the-top visuals, Aquaman is a little like the dream – or perhaps nightmare – someone might have after consuming a dodgy pizza before bed time but that’s not to say this garish, lumbering monstrosity of a film doesn’t

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