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I watched this immediately after seeing Captain America - Brave New World in cinemas, so entirely not the way Marvel would have wanted me to experience Sam Wilson's story. But I'm glad I did, as the film disappointed me but the show restored my faith in the whole enterprise.
I shouldn't be surprised at how good it was. Loki and WandaVision are two of my favourite TV shows of the last decade (along with Andor) and among my favourite Marvel…
This was ... frustrating. We know Marvel can do this sort of thing standing on their heads. They can do tense political thrillers. They can do snappy scripts. They can do entries in their long-running franchise which look back intelligently over what's come before and anticipate what may come next. But they somehow don't seem to have done it here.
I don't know enough about film to even understand why I didn't like it, which is also frustrating. But somehow,…
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I had a blast with this! A pretension-free B-movie and a taut, efficient and entertaining thriller delivered in just 90 minutes.
A three-hander set in real-time almost entirely in one location, this film does impressive things with its limited scope and budget. It reminded me of an experience I had almost forgotten - going to the cinema not knowing what to expect and being pleasantly surprised.
It doesn't sound promising going in. It's set on a small plane and involves…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I'm going to take an unconventional stance and say I loved this. I have read all the reviews saying it's not a patch on the first one (or that they're both terrible) and I will have none of it. This is IMO as charming and likeable as its predecessor and what it lacks in slightly dumb drug smuggling plots it makes up for in completely implausible representations of English rural life.
Yes, cash-in sequels to sleeper hits are often a…
