A miracle did not happen: review of the film “Madame Web” with Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney
shares his impressions of the next film based on Marvel comics, “Madame Web,” which will appear in Ukrainian cinemas tomorrow. On February 15, 2024, the superhero film…
Macho, un-PC and unapologetic: Peacemaker is modern America’s ideal superhero
At any other point in the history of film and television, James Gunn would be plying his trade on lurid back-alley pulp – and loving every minute…
Is The Batman too long? The box office says no
If the blockbuster successes of Bond film No Time to Die and Sony/Marvel property Spider-Man: No Way Home were seen as exceptional results that didn’t necessarily reflect…
A plea to Hollywood: make Batman fun again
From his self-consciously noir-ish voiceover (“Fear is a tool… two years of nights have turned me into a nocturnal animal”) to his character’s emo-styled black eyeliner and…
The Batman, review: Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz seduce in this sinuous, un-Marvelous thriller
Not just a Batman, mind you, but the Batman. Like the Ripper and the Bogeyman, Gotham City’s leading superhero has now formally adopted the definite article, perhaps…
Dick Van Moon Knight: why accents are Marvel’s worst special effect
The whole world is howling at Moon Knight. When it was announced Marvel’s answer to Batman was coming to Disney +, fans were looking forward to a…
The disappearing Spider-Man: what happened to Tobey Maguire?
Compare his flimsy post-Spidey filmography with that of Andrew Garfield, who, since peeling off his webbed jumpsuit following 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, has gone on to…
Spider-Man: No Way Home, review: superhero universes collide, with a pixelated thud
To the reader who prefers their film reviews to say nothing about the actual film at hand, here is your apparently necessary warning: click away now. Because…