There was no doubt after the success of the first ‘Iron Man’ film that there was to be a sequel soon afterwards. A year before the Marvel Cinematic Universe released ‘Thor’ and ‘Captain America’, they released ‘Iron Man 2’. With a soundtrack fronted by rockers AC/DC and introducing Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, Marvel thought they’d have a winner on their hands. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) is faced with a new threat and must make reluctant alliances including with Black

It’s hard to believe that there was a time before Marvel’s success with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel was struggling with a lot of films during the mid-2000’s with films such as ‘Electra’, ‘Blade: Trinity’, ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’, ‘Spider-Man 3’, ‘Daredevil’ ‘Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer’ and two ‘The Incredible Hulk’ films. Then after the failure of 2008’s ‘The Incredible Hulk’ another Marvel film was released. Iron Man at the time wasn’t a household name

There are few dinosaur franchises as well known as ‘Jurassic Park’ (although ‘The Land Before Time’ comes a close second). For most of it, depending on who you ask, ‘Jurassic Park’ has been loved by audiences of all ages for over thirty years despite its mature source material. I never saw it when it was originally released as I was in nappies at the time so naturally my first viewing of it was on tv as my dad had been watching it at the time a couple of years after its origi

After the success of ‘The Twilight Saga’ studios were looking for the next major gothic-romance franchise. ‘Fallen’ was a...

In the wake of Peter Jackson’s hugely successful ‘Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy, studios were looking for the next epic fantasy series...

After MGM had adapted all 14 James Bond books there was nowhere else for them to go with the James Bond films. Or so we thought. It was...

Yes I sat through this movie. No I didn’t  finish it. Let me explain further. There’s a reason why Hollywood doesn’t do live action...

When word got out that there was to be a sequel to the beloved 2000 film ‘Gladiator’ there was a instant mixed reaction. I was part of...

Most people seem to have forgotten that ‘Tangled’ existed after ‘Frozen’ came out in 2013. Which is sad because- as much as I like...

It isn’t often that when a film is completely different from a book that it gets a lot of praise from its fans. Yes you’ll still get the...

After the success of the first two Sonic films, it was only inevitable that there was to be a third film shortly afterwards. Like other...

For nearly twenty years, studios struggled trying to get hit Broadway musical ‘Wicked’ onto the big screen. The hit musical- showing a...

When Disney brought FOX back in 2017 it looked as though all hopes of a ‘Deadpool 3’ were dashed unceremoniously against the wall. There...

There have been very few Christmas films in the last twenty years that’ve had any impact in the way that ‘The Polar Express’ has. The...

Before ‘Frozen’ became a mega hit for Disney in 2013 there was another mega hit musical long before it. It was ‘The Lion King’…which was...

Believe it or not, there was a time in which Marvel was struggling during the nighties despite the success of the animated X-Men series....

As with a lot of classic books, ‘Tarzan’ has been remade numerous times. The most well known recent version being a animated version by...

Once again Disney decided to do another take on ‘Treasure Island’ during the early 2000’s. This time, they turned the beloved pirate tale...

There aren’t many singers who are also successful actors/actresses. In fact, not many can act. Britney Spears was one of those few that...

As someone who hasn’t seen any of the Japanese Godzilla films, I was interested in this one when I heard that they were going to release...