I’ve been watching films long enough now not to be too disappointed when sequels don’t match the brilliance of original films. I don’t mind that and have an inbuilt expectation of diminishing returns when film series go into multiple instalments. So I wasn’t expecting Avengers: Age of Ultron to be as good…
Top Ten: 2013 Movies (so far…)
21 June 2013 by 2 Comments
We’re almost half-way through the year so it’s time to have a look back at how 2013 has been so far. Next week I’ll be doing a Top Ten books that I’ve read this year (although not all have been published in 2013) but I’m starting with the Top Ten 2013 Films…
Iron Man 3
25 April 2013 by Leave a Comment
The sun is out, the lawn is ready to be mowed and after a couple of films as a warm-up I think it’s safe to say that summer blockbuster season is open for business. Oblivion and Olympus Has Fallen both served as decent appetisers but it’s now time to get serious. We’re now in Avengers Phase Two and it’s kicked off in some style with the return of Tony Stark in Iron Man 3…
The Avengers 2 Gets A Release Date
16 August 2012 by Leave a Comment
After the news last week that Joss Whedon would be returning to write and direct The Avengers 2, Walt Disney Studios and Marvel have gone one step further and announced that the sequel to this year’s superhero behemoth would be released…
Due Date
23 May 2012 by 4 Comments
It’s been a good couple of years for Robert Downey Jr. His roles as Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes have seen him regularly at the top of the box office charts. The massive success of The Avengers make it likely that we’ll be seeing more of him as Tony Stark in sequels…
Avengers Assemble
27 April 2012 by 2 Comments
It’s been a long wait – for me it’s been since August last year, for others it’s been much longer. That wait however is now over, Avengers have indeed now Assembled in our cinemas and we get to find out if all our hopes were met…
Iron Man 2
25 April 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s coming excitingly close to the opening of superhero supermovie Avengers Assemble and I’ve been preparing by catching up with the series so far. As I wrote a couple of months back, I wasn’t massively enamoured of the first Iron Man film…
The Joy of Trailers
23 March 2012 by 13 Comments
Timekeeping isn’t my strong point. I’m either very early for appointments or more usually – very late. I was even hideously late for a job interview once; luckily the interview panel was full of lovely people who excused my red face, poured me some water….
New Avengers Trailer
29 February 2012 by 5 Comments
Marvel have released a new trailer for this summer’s superhero mash-up The Avengers and I think it’s looking pretty bloody good. Less emphasis on Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark/Iron Man and more of the rest of the team. Shame Jeremy Renner only got a couple of seconds but he’s certainly looking good as the next great action hero…
Iron Man
24 November 2011 by Leave a Comment
I managed to get through the initial rush of Marvel Comics film adaptations without being troubled by the movies. The Iron Man DVD even lived in my house for a good couple of years without it attracting my interest. Then this summer I went to see Captain America: The First Avenger…