TV Review: Star Wars: Andor – S1/E8: Narkina 5
Cassian Andor is in deep trouble – incarcerated for six years for practically no crime at all, he’s trapped in a nightmarishly dystopian Imperial prison. Meanwhile, Syril Karn just can’t […]
TV Review: Star Wars: Andor – S1/E7: Announcement
With the heist successful and news spreading across the galaxy, the surviving rebels split up and go to ground. The Imperial reaction seems primed to be severe, prompting action that […]
TV Review: Star Wars: Andor – S1/E6: The Eye
Under cover of a beautiful natural phenomenon that’s going to keep the Imperial forces – and the locals – distracted, the Rebel cell carry out their meticulously prepared heist. Naturally, […]
TV Review: Star Wars: Andor – S1/E5: The Axe Forgets
Cassian – still with his made-up-on-the-spot name identity of ‘Clem’ – continues to go through the meticulous, laborious planning and waiting on the eve of the small insurgent cell’s heist. […]
TV Review: Star Wars: Andor – S1/E4: Aldhani
After helping Andor escape the clutches of the Pre-Mor Authority, Luthen Rael makes him a tempting, if dangerous offer – though Andor doesn’t exactly receive a warm welcome where he […]
TV Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi: S1/E2
Spoilers follow for the Disney Plus show – you have been warned. I mean, Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes 1 and 2 are right there – so if you haven’t seen them […]
Film Review: Eternals (2021)
I went into Chloe Zhao’s Eternals with an open mind; despite the negative critical and commercial reaction that greeted the film upon release – which was enough to dampen my […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E9: What If…The Watcher Broke His Oath?
Marvel’s What If…? series has been a great adaptation of the classic Marvel comic series, giving viewers entertaining, surprising and often clever twists on familiar scenes, characters and movies from […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E8: What If…Ultron Won?
After a strong start and some brilliantly inventive, genuinely interesting episodes – arguably peaking with the reality-warping love story What If…Doctor Strange Lose His Head Instead of His Hands?. The […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E7: What If…Thor Were an Only Child?
With just a few episodes left until the end of the first series, here comes Chris Hemsworth’s Thor to lighten the mood. And he does – very well indeed. This […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E6: What If…Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
Taking us right back to the MCU’s beginning – if not chronologically in-universe, at least the first scenes we saw in the then-fledgling experiment that’s become a true cinematic behemoth […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E5: Zombies!?
For years, the term Marvel Zombie was a derogatory one, used to describe comic book fans who’d lap up anything by Marvel and ignore pretty much any other comic company’s […]
Film Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
When Iron Man kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008, few would have predicted just how big the MCU would become. I remember wondering how filmmakers could possibly make […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E3: What If…The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
With the first episode taking the form of an excellent WW2-set adventure, subtly twisting the events of Captain America: The First Avenger, we saw the effects of Peggy Carter stepping […]
Film Review: Wish Dragon (2021)
A reworking of Aladdin set in modern day China, Wish Dragon is a colourful, fun CG-animation that has buckets of charm and plenty of anarchic humour. Din pines after his […]
TV Review: What If…? S1/E1: What If…Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?
Alternate realities, different continuities and the Multiverse in general are often explored in comics – with DC’s Elseworlds and ‘Crisis’ crossovers, amongst other initiatives and series, providing well known jaunts […]
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