So we were originally going to write a post about the slaughter that has been the summer box office with some films doing really well and everything else flopping. However, we decided to retool that into a conversation on the fact that we are in July 2026 and have already had 3 billion dollar films, with more likely to come meaning that from a box office perspective we have had a much better year…

Summary Jean Grey shows up for no reason and decides to act like a villain. Spider-Man pines over his girlfriend. Let’s get one thing right off the bat as our article from a few days ago said putting Jean Grey into the MCU sans X-Men is dumb as hell. Jean does not behave like herself here, and her backstory around her missing sister etc would have fit very well into a gritty X-Men film but…

Summary: we won’t be covering every episode of this or setting a precedent for reviewing YouTube Shows, however as Holly Willoughby is a big entertainment figure in Europe and as we have talked about Love Meghan which is an analogue to this show we thought we’d write something up. For those of you who don’t know Holly Willoughby was a model, then a risky comedian, then a presenter on UK TV she…

At the time of writing we do not know if Jean Grey is in Spider-Man 4 and if it is Sadie Sink’s mysterious role however a lot of online speculation says that’s the case. If it is then it is a terrible terrible decision for multiple reasons, let’s get into it. 1- It introduces her first as a villain: Jean Grey of the X-Men outside of her Phoenix possessions is a good guy, however, a lot of the…

First up the show is finally giving us Celeborn despite originally casting him aside in favour of a romance between Galadriel and Sauron. Looks like the bad boys can be changed, S&M, arc is over. There is a heavy focus on the forging of the one ring which as we know happens quite late in the timeline, which means season 4 will likely be the War of the Last Alliance. It is unclear how far into…

We have written before at length in these Cinema Issues posts about how Pixar has chosen ideology over entertainment time and again, and how they have literally had to come out and say they’ll stop. Moreover, we have also said how they have been a one hit wonder emotionally manipulative, sequel machine for a long time. Today’s article is to talk about the Disney layoffs which are happening…

As Sunday rolled into Monday many people were looking at the numbers of the Odyssey first weekend around 264 and going take that chuds. However, the first weekend is not proof of anything and everything will be decided in the second and third weekend. Here’s how. Firstly the film using Hollywood standard 2.5x the production budget needed to break even needs to make around 625 million dollars.…

Summary, a man goes on a mission to find a new home for his kids across the stars. Unlike something like Project Hail Mary this film actually scienced it was hard science fiction from the off rather than wasting time with goofy elements. The performances carried the film and there was a lot of weight to it, particularly the scenes wherein the main character sees his daughter again for the first…

Summary: two older ladies have their unlikely friendship rocked when one of them reveals they are an assassin. Where to begin with why this doesn’t work, do we even need to say why the physicality of Waddingham makes the idea she is beating the snot out of dudes incredibly unlikely. The usual places are saying this is wonderful for featuring older women representation, we’d say who is asking to…

Summary: the deadities go after a family after they discover an ancient weapon that can kill them. So this film was watchable and had some good gore but that’s really it, it didn’t do much of anything new either in terms of horror more broadly or in terms of the franchise. Another thing that was odd was that the humour which is a staple of the Evil Dead franchise was mostly missing as the film…

If one looks at the release schedule for July you see the early big hitters of Minons and Moana and then the Odyssey takes up the middle of the month, but then there is a gap between the Odyssey and Spiderman Brand New Day that would be unthinkable for prime summer movie season. One explanation could be that Nolan asked the other studios and cinema to give him two weekends with his latest…

Summary, a film that is barely 10 years old is repackaged to you by Disney as they think you’ll just buy anything. This film is insulting, not in that it’s bad it’s incredibly mediocre, but in how cynical it is. This film was simply made to mine an IP there was no need for it and they didn’t change much about it, it was made as Disney thought kids would just watch anything. Gone are the days of…

Summary, a modern audience adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey with renewed female focus. Sadly the Editor demanded that someone cover this film and that fell to me so here we are. The film didn’t look good from the trailers and from the other marketing materials but there is still further to fall. Firstly, not only is Helen of Troy black but also Troy has a black princess. This makes no sense…

As many of you may know the new Christopher Nolan film is mere days away from release, yet unlike other Nolan offerings this one is wrapped up in controversy. Whether that is the vandalisation of greek mythology, casting a woman to play a man’s role (Ellen Page), the race swap of Helen of Troy, or possibly having Lupita N’yongo Karensplain female perspective to Homer thousands of years later. The…

When leaving Olivia Wilde’s latest film the Invite a thought occurred, why is it we have so many films showing the death of love or of families but so few these days showing love and happiness. Could it be the idea that a lot of people in Hollywood are unhappy in their relationships and so reflect that on the big screen perhaps. However, there is also an underlying cynicism that suggests that…

Summary: an unhappily married couple are swayed into the swinging lifestyle So of course Olivia Wilde a woman who ran out of a relationship to get with a much younger man, is going to tell you being in a long term monogamous relationship makes you unhappy. Of course she is going to fetishize swinging and act like the swinging couple has a great relationship, when in fact it is an unethical…

So with Supergirl crashing out in almost comical style at the box office, what’s next for DC. In the immediate term what’s next is a Green Lanterns show that is so embarrassed of its source material it won’t even call itself Green Lanterns and Clayface a film no one was asking for. However in terms of what’s next as a broader more heady topic the idea is likely a movie back towards the hardcore…