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A Super Late Review of SuperBob (2015)

January 20, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

SuperBob is a superhero dramedy from 2015, directed by Jon Drever and written by Brett Goldstein and Will Bridges, also starring Goldstein as the titular character. You may be asking why I am only reviewing

No, your favourite Star Wars film is not underrated

April 9, 2022 The Spoilist Comments Off

Rogue One was trending recently. This is probably an evergreen statement. Rogue One trends every 15 days or so. And while James Gunn’s tweet wasn’t the cause of the trend (no one ever knows the

Exploring the themes of The Mighty Ducks

March 29, 2021 The Spoilist Comments Off

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, has arrived on Disney+. It’s a continuation of The Mighty Ducks and its two sequels which were solid hits for Disney during the early to mid-nineties. And despite the passage

Pleasantville: Exploring fandom through the conventions of 1950s sitcom

January 22, 2021 The Spoilist Comments Off

While Marvel’s first Disney+ show WandaVision is currently delving into the conventions of sitcoms past, now seems the perfect time to take a look back at Gary Ross’ wonderful 1998 film Pleasantville.

Star Wars: Unhacking the Machete Order

October 20, 2020 Thom Willis Comments Off

Since the first appearance of a seemingly innocent post in 2011, Star Wars fandom has been slowly drawn, like a disabled Star Destroyer plunging into the surface of a partially-built Death Star II, to the alluring “Machete Order”…

Revisionist history – sequels and changing the meaning of the end

April 6, 2020 The Spoilist 0

Try and take each film on its own terms. Go on, try it. It seems increasingly impossible in the age of the super franchise where full appreciation might require you to have seen the previous 20 instalments…

The Invisible Man (2020) review

March 12, 2020 Elly Jones 0

Seeing is believing, or so they say, yet it is so often the things that we cannot see that hold the most power over us. Sometimes it is merely the thought of something frightening that

William Shatner and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan review

March 10, 2020 The Spoilist 0

William Shatner has embarked on a nine-city tour with the 1982 classic Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The first date was at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, a venue which often shows films with

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review

December 21, 2019 Steve Clark 0

Star Wars Episode IX had a huge mountain to climb after The Last Jedi was released in 2017…

Terminator: Dark Fate review

October 23, 2019 The Spoilist 0

Come with me if you want to live….through a review of Terminator: Dark Fate.