Young CriticClayface
The DC horror film is original in its body horror. Mike Flanagan and James Watkins turn Batman's shapeshifting villain into a gruesome, practical-effects showcase with inventive scares, even if there isn't much depth ben
Reviews tagged: Superhero
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Young CriticSpider-Man: Brand New Day
A solid Spidey entry, buried under continuity. Tom Holland remains the definitive screen Spider-Man, but thirty-eight films deep, the MCU's obligations increasingly crowd out the story actually being told.
Young CriticSupergirl
Kara Zor-El arrives. The film around her does not. Milly Alcock is magnetic as Supergirl, but a passionless script and studio interference squander DC's most promising new asset.
Young CriticThe Fantastic Four: First Steps
A stylish reboot with charm, but little risk Since Disney bought Fox Studios from the Murdoch family in 2019, many film fans have eagerly awaited the company’s use of its newly acquired properties—especially in the conte
Young CriticSuperman
DC’s reboot buckles under bloated world-building and thin storytelling The DC comic book adaptations have been a mixed bag at best for Warner Bros. studios. They began with a significant advantage over Marvel, kickstarti
Young CriticThunderbolts*
Marvel finds its footing with a darker, character-driven team-up. It has been 13 films and six years since Avengers: Endgame (2019) capped off an unlikely decade of interwoven blockbusters that defined a cinematic era.
Young CriticCaptain America: Brave New World
A Spy Thriller Suffocated by MCU Obligations Marvel has lost much of the goodwill it built with audiences after its grand climax in Avengers: Endgame (2019). The ensuing years featured a barrage of TV shows and films w
Young CriticKraven the Hunter
Sony's final (hopefully) Spider-villain film is another mess Sony Pictures has been incapable of wringing out the full potential of the Spider-Man IP it own. The Peter Parker character has been passed to creative control
Young CriticVenom: The Last Dance
The final film in the trilogy falls completely flat Super-hero fatigue has been noted by movie studios. As a result, output has significantly been scaled back as Disney’s MCU had just one theatrical release this year ( D
Young CriticDeadpool & Wolverine
The return of the "merc with a mouth" turns the satire onto the MCU With the acquisition of 20th Century Fox by Disney there was excitement and dread by movie fans regarding the possibilities of melding characters and st
Young CriticMadame Web
The latest Spider-Man spin-off is unwatchable Super-hero fatigue is really starting to settle in. After the culmination of Avengers: Endgame (2019) there have been only a few bright spots financially and critically for t
Young CriticThe Marvels
The latest from Marvel is its most generic yet The Marvel Cinematic Universe is sorely lost. The pioneering “shared universe” idea that found individual films build upon a larger interconnected story (a structure stolen
Young CriticBlue Beetle
The latest from DC works better as a film about family than super-heroes Super-hero fatigue is real. Despite the genre trying to find new juice to squeeze out of its over-exploited characters, it’s finding it harder to n
Young CriticThe Flash
The much-troubled film delivers a safe and enjoyable take on the multiverse The sad demise of the DC Extended Universe has so far delivered duds in its wake, from the incredibly generic Black Adam (2022) to the extremely
Young CriticSpider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
An expanded ambition and scope doesn't dilute this winning film It seems that we are slowly coming to accept previous genre outcasts into mainstream cinema. Foreign language films seemed to be niche and intellectual corn
Young CriticGuardians of the Galaxy vol. 3
James Gunn's last Marvel film caps a solid trilogy While the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to be unraveling before our eyes, with each interconnected film flopping around for a reason to exist, the jump into a comforta
Young CriticShazam! Fury of the Gods
The sequel to the charming original surrenders into generic superhero territory Through the chaos of the Warner Media merger with Discovery, the superhero extended universe of DC has been scrapped, to be restarted from s
Young CriticAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Marvel’s latest is another confused and convoluted affair Four years on from the big Marvel finale that was Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the Disney studio has still not found its footing or direction. With each subsequen
Young CriticBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever
The awaited sequel works well as a send-off and recycled continuation The death of Chadwick Boseman was a gut-wrenching and surprising blow for many fans, but it must have been absolutely demolishing for those who knew a
Young CriticBlack Adam
The latest superhero movie is a forgettable CGI-filled affair One would think that after all the super-hero origin films we’ve had in the last decade-plus, studios would have enough material to develop existing character
Young CriticShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Season 1)
Marvel’s first sit-com is too unfocused Marvel films have largely blended into one another in terms of style and tone, delivering an expected package to viewers. The TV side of the super-hero brand is where we’ve gotten
Young CriticMs. Marvel
The newest Marvel show is a kid-oriented fare Within the endless barrage of Marvel content we get nowadays, the most refreshing entries have come from the TV side, with the likes of Wandavision (2021), Loki (2021-), and
Young CriticThor: Love and Thunder
The Norse god’s fourth stand-alone film has an enticing villain and an aversion to self-seriousness The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been seismic enough to warrant its own chapter in movie history. The way that stand-al
Young CriticThe Boys (Season 3)
The cynical superhero show continues its strong and unpredictable run The Boys has jumped onto the superhero trend bandwagon, and yet has been able to steer itself clear from falling into the same-old narrative structure