Supergirl will give you bad movie fatigue
After James Gunn’s energetic but disposable Superman in 2025, I was looking forward to catching a superhero sidequel that featured a character who doesn’t have decades of cinematic history behind them…
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps is moderately entertaining and aggressively inoffensive
The cinematic journey for Marvel’s first family has been rocky to say the least. Three non-MCU films of varying quality (none particularly high) led to the notion that perhaps there just wasn’t a way…
Venom: The Last Dance is a Symbiotic Swan Song Far Too Serious for Its Own Good
Sony's attempts to create their own superhero cinematic universe continue to be a disappointment: essentially a universe defined by Spider-Man but completely lacking Spider-Man—it’s a lose lose si…
Venom: The Last Dance is a Flat, Messy, and Ugly Waste of Time
Regardless of the sliding quality across the films and shows, the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Marvel Studios is still an unparalleled success with the single Disney-led mainline movie in 2024, Dead…
Deadpool & Wolverine Makes Scatology, Violence, Sarcasm and Unrelenting Fan Service the New MCU Benchmark
2018 was a dark time for the “Merc with a Mouth” (at least he has one in this iteration, although Wolverine: Origins has been referenced before). On the ‘sacred timeline’ The Avengers are assembling t…
Dakota Johnson's Madame Web is a Spidery Thriller Caught in a Studio's Web
After the massive joke that Morbius was, expectations are low for Sony’s non-Spider-Man Marvel movies. While recent entries in the once dominant series have fallen flat, chances are you won’t think tw…
Blue Beetle Proves that Representation and Family Are the Real Heroes
Jaime Reyes’ character Blue Beetle will be familiar to comic book readers but not generally to a wider audience. A legacy character much like Ryan Choi who took over the mantle of The Atom from Ray Pa…
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Review - Spectacular Sound and Colour With A Story To Match
More stunning than Avatar: The Way of Water, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the big-event film of the year. It is a concentrated blast of colour and soundv– the type so dense that you’ll have…
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Review - An Incomprehensible Mess Kickstart the Next Phase of Marvel Cinematic Domination
Powered by JustWatch Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), proved to be a rocky patch for the previously sensationalised franchise, starting with Black Widow (Cate Shortland) and Wanda…
Morbius Review - More BS in Latest Sony/Marvel Collab
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Sony’s latest foray into antihero fodder, the Jared Leto lead vampire-actioner Morbius,…
The Batman Review - Hope is a Losing Game in Grungy Batman Thriller
Available to Watch Here: Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. A ghost-like complexion and broken eyes obstructed by a wave of jet-black hair place Rob…
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Non-Spoiler) Review - Spidey and Friends are Back in Full Swing
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. If your Spidey senses are on high alert, do know this review will not go into any detail surrounding events or plot…