Loki Season 2 — He Ends Up Holding Everything
A review of Loki season 2, where the god of mischief takes the threads of every timeline in his hands, and Victor Timely fails to sell Kang as a saga villain.
A review of Loki season 2, where the god of mischief takes the threads of every timeline in his hands, and Victor Timely fails to sell Kang as a saga villain.
A review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, where Rocket’s origin turns out to be the whole trilogy’s spine and the High Evolutionary earns his place as a villain.
A review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, where the Council of Kangs steals the film and the villain meant to carry the next decade doesn’t convince.
A review of Wakanda Forever, where not recasting T’Challa was the right call, Namor is a genuinely good villain, and the ending lets him off far too easily.
A review of Thor: Love and Thunder, where Gorr deserved a better film, Zeus is a punchline, and the ending hands out godhood like party favours.
A review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, where the Illuminati are wasted, Wanda’s ending is another love-conquers-all cop-out, and Mordo is still missing.
My Spider-Man No Way Home review: the multiverse, three Spider-Men, Aunt May, and how Tom Holland’s Peter finally becomes the comics character.
A review of Shang-Chi, where Simu Liu holds his own on debut, Tony Leung gives the MCU its best villain, and the bus fight raises the bar for the whole franchise.
A review of Loki season 1, where Hiddleston and Owen Wilson carry a show that turns the Infinity Stones into desk clutter and rewrites how the MCU works.
A review of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which never settles what it wants to be and never convinced me Sam Wilson should be carrying the shield.
A review of WandaVision, the sitcom-shaped grief story that gave Vision a proper send-off and hid its best villain in plain sight.
My Spider-Man Far From Home review: Tom Holland grieving Tony Stark, Zendaya’s brilliant MJ, and Mysterio’s con on a European class trip.
I’m eagerly anticipating seeing Larson in Avengers: Endgame, but this film really felt like enduring a preview before the flick; forgettably enjoyable, a means to pass the time before the…
Having lived in Africa for quite a few years, I was a bit torn with this film. Overall it was an enjoyable experience, but it wasn’t perfect in my opinion…
A review of Thor: Ragnarok, where Taika Waititi turns the least interesting Avenger into the funniest one and Asgard’s golden age turns out to be a cover story.
My Spider-Man Homecoming review: why Tom Holland nails the teenage Peter Parker better than anyone, plus the acting, growth, and MCU ties.
A review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where HYDRA turns out to have been inside S.H.I.E.L.D. from the beginning and Marvel makes a political thriller.