This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The first midnight screening of No Way Home back in 2021 was one of the most enjoyable nights at the movies I can remember, with the crowd going insane at key moments. Rewatching it at home - alone - is a different experience. It felt weird seeing Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire appear without people cheering and screaming. Turns out those scenes are actually quiet. Who knew?
Like a lot of superhero movies lately No Way Home uses the multiverse…
Mickey 17 reminded me of Snowpiercer (tough it's been a while since I've seen that movie) and - to a lesser extent - The Fifth Element. I haven't read Edward Ashton's source novel but the movie has a certain comic book sensibility to it. Something you might find in certain French graphic novels or Frank Miller's later, more indulgent, works: a story set in a dystopian future, populated with grotesque characters and events, and a casual disregard for life, human…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Captain America: Brave New World (although the opening title card just reads "Brave New World" with only the end credits giving it its full name) is - rather deliberately it feels to me - modeled after The Winter Soldier.
It starts off with an action sequence that loosely ties into the main plot and features a secondary villain. There's a good guy who's brainwashed into committing bad guy actions. There's an investigation that reveals a conspiracy that's been years in…
Margaret Thatcher has got to be one of the most fascinating political figures in history. Reviled by many on the left, loved by many on the right, and with a string of portrayals on stage (eg Handbagged, The Audience), on film (eg The Iron Lady, The Long Walk to Finchley) and on television (eg The Crown), with now Brian and Maggie (aka Brian and Margaret) joining this long list.
It's probably fair to say that most of these portrayals have…
