The Critic Magazine

Robert Hutton on Cinema

WHERE, MY FATHER ASKED while flicking through the Disney app on my television, were the films he might enjoy? And what was the Marvel Cinematic Universe? The two questions are related. If you’re not a man under 45, or you don’t have children in your house, the Marvel phenomenon might have passed you by.

You’ve seen the posters, but you’re confident that anything with people running around in Spandex can be ignored. But Marvel is the monster that has eaten Hollywood, and the survivors of its arrival have had to rebuild their lives around

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from The Critic Magazine

The Critic Magazine2 min read
Everyday Lies
MUCH THOUGH I TRY TO AVOID IT, SOMETIMES AN ARTICLE on the BBC’s website appears on what is called my “feed” — surely a revealing term if ever there was one. I am treated like a pig at the informational (and advertising) trough. But what I read is st
The Critic Magazine4 min read
The Final Lap
THE SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX, 1994. THIRTY years ago this May Day. AYRTON SENNA sits on the start line and removes his helmet, which he never usually does. “The helmet hides feelings which cannot be understood,” he once said. Today, he doesn’t bother to
The Critic Magazine6 min read
Was The Bible Written By Slaves?
IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE GOSPEL reading for Good Friday is John 18:1–19:42, the narrative of Christ’s betrayal, arrest and passion. The reading is relatively long, at least for Anglicans, and temptation abounds to drift off as the familiar story

Related Books & Audiobooks