Ten years ago, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was birthed with Iron Man, a supremely confident film which resurrected a career and started a shared universe of unprecedented proportions. Eighteen films later and an impressive number of superheroes introduced on the roster so far, we arrive at Avengers: Infinity War,…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
Three years ago, Marvel Studios and James Gunn introduced us to the Guardians of the Galaxy, a superhero team of outcasts and misfits who resembled more of a dysfunctional family than a cohesive unit setting out to save the galaxy. It’s safe to say the world fell in love with…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE
Fifteen years after the xXx franchise first burst on to screens and twelve since the second film showed us that Ice Cube didn’t really have what it took to be an action movie star, a third film has arrived in cinemas and with it comes the return of the man who started…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – FAST & FURIOUS 7
Fourteen years ago, when The Fast and the Furious was released in cinemas, I would have laughed at you if you told me that it was a film that would be the beginning of a multi-billion dollar behemoth of a franchise still going strong in 2015. The film has spawned six sequels,…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Guardians of the Galaxy is easily the biggest gamble Marvel Studios have ever taken. A venture into the unknown and a plan to introduce a whole new galaxy of characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is something that could have backfired. Audiences are familiar with MCU characters such as Iron…
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