Mini Review - Sherlock Holmes

I have a confession to make. This was initially supposed to be the last sequel baiting with this film going up against Game of Shadows. Unfortunately, Secret Empire ended up being a much bigger project than I was envisioning, combined with some personal sh*t meant I’ve fallen behind and now I’m reducing it to a mini-review to compensate.

Yes, yes, I know, but here we are, so let’s get to it

After a few bad years for Robert Downey Jr where he was imprisoned in a rehab facility for drug users, Robert Downey Jr came back, and came back hard, winning over the audience with Iron Man in 2008 and in 2009, he was the lead star in Sherlock Holmes. It was a decision that won him a golden globe. The film was successful commercially earning $524m on a $90m budget and also critically, a 70% rating on Rotten tomatoes, and 2 academy award nominations. So, 2009 was almost 10 years ago, does it still hold up? Here’s my take on it.

Marvel Month - Mini Review: Iron Man 2

Well, Iron Man 1 was a success, so a sequel was inevitable. Iron Man 2 came out in 2010 to critical acclaim at the time, however looking back on it people’s tastes seem to have soured towards it. Still it made $623m on a $200m budget so it was successful enough for Marvel as they continued to build momentum towards the Avengers. Here’s how I see it

Marvel Month - Mini Review: Iron Man

So, it’s been a while since I did a theme month in November, but here’s one

It’s Marvel Month

So, for this month I’ll be covering all the Marvel movies in the MCU that I haven’t already covered. Iron Man 3, Age of Ultron and Civil War have already been done, so I’m not doing them again. I also won’t be doing Spider-man Homecoming since that’s still a Sony product, just in the MCU (plus I don’t have any space for it) Logan and Deadpool I’ll try and cover sometime next year. Also, because since most Marvel movies haven’t been critically slammed and I don’t dislike them personally, this will be entirely mini reviews.

So, with that said, let’s get to where it all started with Iron Man.

2008 was when Marvel struck it lucky with the beginning of their cinematic universe, with a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes it remains one of their most critically acclaimed movies but not their most successful, it made $585m on a $140m budget, which was a good enough starting brick for the towering behemoth the Marvel Cinematic Universe would come to be. Does it hold up nearly 10 years later? Let’s take a look. And spoilers for a 9-year old movie will follow