Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 1: The God Butcher
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Throughout the ages, gods have been vanishing, their mortal worshippers left in chaos. Now, Thor...
Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 2: Godbomb
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Somewhere at the end of the time, all the gods of the universe are enslaved, working to build a...
Thor: God of Thunder, Volume 4: The Last Days of Midgard
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Thor battles on two fronts to save the Earth! Thor has always fought to save his adopted home of...
Star Wars: Age of Resistance - Villains
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This is the Age of Star Wars - an epic series of adventures that unites your favorite characters...
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 4: The Catastrophe Con
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Doctor Aphra is behind bars. Again. But this time she's in Imperial custody, strapped to an...
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic, Vol. 2
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Daze of hate, knights of suffering! Fugitive Zayne Carrick joins forces with the Jedi Masters who...
Star Wars: Darth Vader, Volume 2: Into the Fire
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Darth Vader failed to turn his son, Luke Skywalker, to the dark side. Vader sought revenge against...
Laura lou (304 KP) rated Black Widow (2021) in Movies
Mar 31, 2022
The film starts off great with a good backstory that tugs on your heartstrings.
Once the movie moved on from the backstory I found it to be very rushed and was a little confused as to what was going on.
I felt like three quarters of the film were just action scenes which yes are important in action movies, but it felt like too much of the movie was put into the action and not enough in the story which made it hard to get invest in the characters.
Overall the film was ok and enjoyable but I don’t plan to watch it again any time soon.
David McK (3731 KP) rated Wonder Man in TV
Mar 15, 2026 (Updated Mar 15, 2026)
Trevor Slattery.
How you respond to how the former plays the latter in Iron Man 3 is, probably, a big part of how you'll react to this latest Marvel offering, with Kingsley reprising his role as Trevor Slatterly in what is essentially a buddy comedy.
Set in Hollywood, this follows aspiring actor Simon Williams who dreams of being cast as the titular Wonder Man in a remake of the 80s movie of the same name, but who also has secret - a secret that, in the world of the series, bars him from every getting an acting job again.
I didn't much care for The Mandarin twist in Iron Man 3, so was initially unsure about this.
It turned out to be better than I was expecting helped, no doubt, by the fact each episode of the 8-part series is only about 30minutes or so long.
Ryan Hill (152 KP) rated Doctor Strange (2016) in Movies
May 11, 2019
Doctor Strange tells the story of Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant neurosurgeon who loses the use of his hands after a car accident, spends all his money on experimental surgeries to regain his abilities, and travels east for a last resort treatment where he meets a powerful sorcerer who teaches him ways to harness energy & shape realities through the mystic arts.
Co-written & directed by Scott Derrickson (best known for The Exorcism of Emily Rose & Sinister), Doctor Strange marks his first stint with comic book movies and while he succeeds in delivering a sufficiently entertaining blockbuster, his latest suffers from the same issues that marred his earlier works as Derrickson begins this story on a promising note but once again loses his grip in the middle.
The screenplay features a universe that's full of imaginations & possibilities yet beneath its parallel universes, time manipulation & astral projections lies the same generic storyline following the same predictable route that we all have seen many times before. What's interesting, however, is how the arc of the eponymous character is handled, for Stephen Strange remains an intriguing character at all times.
Production Design team chips in with set pieces that brim with mystical qualities while props such as ancient artefacts & antiquated relics provide added details to the desired spiritual environment. Camerawork is fine, Editing gets carried away by letting numerous CGI-infested moments overstay their welcome due to which it feels longer than it should. And Michael Giacchino contributes with a score that's fitting yet not enthralling.
Coming to the acting department, the film features a talented ensemble in Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen & Tilda Swinton. Cumberbatch as Strange is pitch-perfect casting and does total justice to his role by depicting his stubbornness, arrogance & ambition with precision while Swinton steals nearly every scene she's in. But the main highlight of this film is its shape-shifting & eye-popping visual effects.
On an overall scale, Doctor Strange does serve its purpose by delivering an entertaining, amusing & serviceable origin story but it isn't impressive enough to garner a spot amongst Marvel's finest features. Travelling a safe, risk-free route & sugarcoated with trippy, hallucinatory visuals, it is a typical fun-filled extravaganza that we've come to expect from Marvel Studios and is another enjoyable addition to their ever-inflating repertoire. Definitely worth a shot.


