Marvel Month - Mini Review - Ant-man

Being the first movie to follow up an Avengers movie is a big deal, Iron Man 3 rode the Avengers Wave and grossed over $1bn, despite not being as big a critical hit as a lot of previous movies. Ant-man wasn’t as big a hit, but it was another Marvel gamble. With $142m in its budget, it managed to gross $512m, whilst on the lower end of Marvel movies, it was enough to be considered a success and green-light a sequel. Critically, it’s well liked with an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

So why am I not exactly excited on this one… well, let’s take a look.

Guilty Pleasures #29 - The Hunters

Next up we have a subject I’ve not covered before, failed TV pilots turned into TV movies.

OK, I’m maybe being presumptuous. It’s never outright stated that this was a TV pilot, however it’s presented like a TV show, paced like a TV show, leaves out a lot of detail that would presumably fill future episodes, ends with teasers for the potential rest of the season and it aired on TV Network rather than going to cinema. I think that’s a fair case.

The Hunters received mixed reception by the audience, 5/10 on IMDb, but let’s take a closer look.