With Loki , What-If and ,most recently, Spider-Man: No Way Home, it is becoming apparent that the new phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is very invested in the concept of parallel universes, or the multiverse if you will. Introducing the idea of seeing our favourite marvel characters but not exactly as we know…
There seems to be no stopping the train of Disney remakes. The House of Mouse is pretty determined to give all their classic animated catalogue the live action treatment and the results have been rather hit or miss with audiences. The remakes have ranged from slavish copies (The Lion King) to trying to take a…
With How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, director/screenwriter Dean DeBlois brings to an end the journey of Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless that began 8 years ago. A largely unknown property when How to Train Your Dragon was first released, the surprisingly warm and poignant arc between the two protagonists has created fans…
The butt of many a joke throughout DC’s history, Aquaman has been a superhero that has been a bit hard to take seriously. Bedecked in bright orange and green while using a seahorse as a mode of transport, this was a character that was hard to imagine working well in the era of modern comic…
Ever since the end of the first Avengers movie, Thanos has been positioned as a looming threat in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As new Marvel movies came out, the glimpses of the enigma grew, the build-up was such that Thanos’ eventual appearance in Infinity War had a huge hill to climb to live up to…
You know if you had asked me if we needed a sequel to Jumanji a few years ago, I probably would have said “Do we really need a sequel?” And while the answer to that question may not have changed in the last couple of years, there was something about the trailer to Jumanji: Welcome…
I’ve always loved musicals, be it live on stage or in a movie. Not surprisingly when the first trailer for The Greatest Showman hit the internet I was sold. It promised a spectacle of sight and sound, showing off colourful visuals accompanied by the catchy soaring original song “This is Me” serving as the trailer’s…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi has hit theatres with a bang and finally answers the question, how much Porg is too much Porg. Just kidding. But, there was genuine interest for the second instalment of the sequel Star Wars trilogy, curiosity about whether the first instalment, The Force Awakens (TFA), was a fluke and if…
Rated PG-13 (for violence, action, and brief strong language) Depth. Quiet intimate moments. A story driven plot. If you are after any of these things, then Kong: Skull Island is not the movie for you. Skull Island is a modern B-movie that revels in its silliness, a film that uses its script as a device to…
Rated PG. Disney has been on a bit of a streak of late with hits like Tangled, Big Hero 6, Frozen and Zootopia. They seem to have found the secret recipe for creating instant animation classics and this holds true for Moana, the newest feature film from the House of Mouse. The story begins on…
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