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Avengers Endgame: An emotionally draining, exhilarating, electrifying goodbye

One keeps groaning about the nature of franchise film-making but at the end of Avengers, I felt this decade-long relationship between the movies and me had grown too deep to permit any cynicism. It’s time to acknowledge — I had a … Continue reading

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Avengers Infinity War Review: Villain Takes It All

Evil is a point of view. This contentious claim by Anne Rice in her book, Interview with the Vampire returns to haunt me as I hear out Thanos rationalising wiping out half the universe’s population to restore balance. His voice (Josh … Continue reading

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Wonder Woman: A befitting hurray to girl power. And more!

There’s been an influx of broody superheroes, holier-than-thou superheroes, irreverent superheroes, vainglorious superheroes, bewildered-by-their-newfound-abilities superheroes and grappling-with-the-moral-consequences-of-their-actions superheroes. But for the first time in a long time, there’s a superhero who actually likes the job. And she is a woman. At … Continue reading

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