This week we saw Wonder Woman, a female-led comic book film which we had a lot of people sharing their love for. Now I am of an age where I think of Wonder Woman as Lynda Carter from the TV series but giving Gal Gadot’s performance was pretty much the best thing about Batman V Superman so I wanted to give this film a go myself. We went into the film in all honesty with … [Read more...]
Are Comic Book Films Losing Us More Original Films?
Now I for one do like a comic book film, I’m not the only one, so far in 2016, 4 of them fill up the top 10 highest grossing films; Captain America: Civil War; Deadpool; Batman V Superman and X-Men: Apocalypse. We can expect that list to very likely include Suicide Squad and maybe Doctor Strange as well, by the time the year ends. This juggernaut of a genre has heavy … [Read more...]
Deadpool Shows Us Comic Book Films Are Not Just For Kids!
My last visit to the cinema was to see yet another Marvel comics creation head to the big screen. I have to admit I am not a big comic book reader, but the films, in general, have been entertaining enough. There seems to have been a bit of life put into them of late, Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man have even offered something a bit different to the genre. Even the … [Read more...]
From the Cinema to TV: The New Trend to Turn Films Into TV shows
Over recent years, TV has been talked about as the new cinema, due to the storytelling of such shows as Game Of Thrones, The Wire and our personal favourite, Breaking Bad. However, it appears this has now come full circle with our cinematic favourites now being turned into the new TV! Of course this idea is not new and can work, one of our favourite TV show’s started its life … [Read more...]