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Shameik Moore as the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man in Into the Spider-Verse

Review – ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ celebrates the character’s rich legacy

23/12/201823/12/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Animation, Bob Persichetti, Brian Tyree Henry, Certificate: PG, Comedy, December 2018, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Kathryn Hahn, Kimiko Glenn, Liev Schreiber, Lily Tomlin, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Peter Ramsey, Phil Lord, Rating: Pop, Rodney Rothman, Shameik Moore, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Superhero, Zoe Kravitz

The madness of Marvel’s comic book multi-verses is brought to the fore in superhero animation Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Jason Momoa plays the heir to the throne of Atlantis in Aquaman

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Review – ‘Aquaman’ goes straight in as a top-end DC film

22/12/201821/12/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Amber Heard, Aquaman, Certificate: 12, DC, December 2018, Dolph Lundgren, Fantasy, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Julie Andrews, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, Superhero, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Aquaman, directed by horror maestro James Wan, is a mad and unhinged superhero blockbuster, but it’s up there with the best of DC.

Tom Hardy is human and symbiote in superhero movie Venom

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Review – ‘Venom’ is a defiantly unique adventure into superhero madness

04/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Certificate: 15, Horror, Jenny Slate, Michelle Lee, Michelle Williams, October 2018, Rating: Pop, Reid Scott, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Superhero, Tom Hardy, Venom, Woody Harrelson

Tom Hardy does not one, but two funny voices as he delivers one of the weirdest superhero movies in recent memory.

Scott Menville voices Robin in Teen Titans GO! To The Movies

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Review – ‘Teen Titans GO! To The Movies’ is a candy-coloured blast

09/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aaron Horvath, Animation, August 2018, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Greg Cipes, Hynden Walch, Jimmy Kimmel, Khary Payton, Kristen Bell, Musical, Nicolas Cage, Peter Rida Michail, Rating: Pop, Scott Menville, Superhero, Tara Strong, Teen Titans, Teen Titans GO! To The Movies, Will Arnett

The superheroes of DC are skewered in cartoon form throughout Teen Titans GO! To The Movies.

Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd suit up in Ant-Man and the Wasp

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Review – ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is Marvel at its most blandly disposable

05/08/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, August 2018, Bobby Cannavale, Certificate: 12, Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Randall Park, Rating: Poop, Superhero, Walton Goggins

Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly take centre stage for Ant-Man and the Wasp, which follows up Infinity War with something lighter.

Holly Hunter returns as Elastigirl in Incredibles 2

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Review – ‘Incredibles 2’ just about works as a successful super-sequel

25/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Bob Odenkirk, Brad Bird, Catherine Keener, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner, Incredibles 2, July 2018, Pixar, Rating: Pop, Samuel L Jackson, Sarah Vowell, Superhero, The Incredibles

Fans have been waiting for Incredibles 2 for years, and Brad Bird has just about managed to keep Pixar’s mightiest heroes flying.

Gal Gadot and Chris Pine are both set to return for Wonder Woman 1984

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Wonder Woman 1984 looks fun, but do we need more 80s nostalgia?

21/06/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Chris Pine, David Thewlis, DC, Gal Gadot, It, Kristen Wiig, Patty Jenkins, Ready Player One, Stranger Things, Superhero, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984

Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins have revealed that Wonder Woman 2 will actually be Wonder Woman 1984, but is this all a little played out?

Ryan Reynolds returns to his superhero role in Deadpool 2

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Review – ‘Deadpool 2’ finds the balance between irreverent and infuriating

15/05/201814/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Action, Brianna Hildebrand, Certificate: 15, Comedy, David Leitch, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Eddie Marsan, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, May 2018, Morena Baccarin, Rating: Pop, Ryan Reynolds, Stefan Kapičić, Superhero, TJ Miller, Zazie Beetz

Ryan Reynolds is back, along with a whole host of new characters, for the bigger, louder and messier superhero sequel Deadpool 2.

Thanos is sporting powerful bling in Avengers: Infinity War

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The Popcorn Muncher Podcast – Avengers: Infinity War Spoiler Discussion

07/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Josh Brolin, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Podcast, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Spoiler Discussion, Superhero, The Popcorn Muncher Podcast, The Russo Brothers, Tom Holland

It’s been a week or two since the release of Avengers: Infinity War, so now is the time to take a look at Marvel’s superhero team-up in spoiler-filled detail.

Doctor Strange, Tony Stark and Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War

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VIDEO – Sorry, I didn’t like the ending of Avengers: Infinity War [SPOILERS]

28/04/201828/04/2018 Tom Beasley 1 Comment Action, Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Evans, Josh Brolin, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr, Superhero, The Russo Brothers, Tom Holland, Video, YouTube

The ending of Avengers: Infinity War is making waves all over the internet, but is it as brave and bold as many have suggested? I don’t think so.

Josh Brolin as the villainous titan Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War

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Review – ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ pays off a decade of storytelling with a mad action spectacle

28/04/201828/04/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Action, April 2018, Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bradley Cooper, Certificate: 12, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Josh Brolin, Marvel, Rating: Pop, Road to Infinity War, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sci-Fi, Superhero, The Russo Brothers, Tom Holland, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana

A decade of the most ambitious movie franchise in the history of a cinema finally comes to a head with Avengers: Infinity War. But was it worth the wait?

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