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Save your money. Don't see Venom

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A tag line of the Venom marketing campaign is "The world has enough superheroes", promising that we're going to see something rare: a thrilling origin story of one of Marvel's best comic book villains. Sadly, this film is made by Sony, meaning that another promise has been broken. Tom Hardy, the only reason your girlfriend wants to see this film, plays Eddie Brock, a reporter who really cares too much about homeless people. Obligatory scary corporation, the Life Foundation, somehow jumps to the conclusion that bringing back parasitic aliens from outer space is the answer to all of the world's problems. These aliens are called symbiotes, colour-varied balls of sentient CGI that need to attach to a living host to survive. Following a stressfully dull 40 minutes of nothing happening, Eddie is bonded with the symbiote, Venom. With a preference for biting people's heads off after oddly licking them, Venom is on a body-sharing adventure with Eddie to s

Black Panther Is Great But Nowhere Near Perfect

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The Circle of Life Black Panther is shrouded in an impenetrable force field of critical acclaim across the board. The few negative reviews out there actually ended up trending on Twitter as if word against it is a blasphemous crime. Is it a perfect film? No but Black Panther is a Marvel Cinematic Universe entry that stands on own legs. It's themes and particular moments resonate with you as an individualistic cinematic experience. Whilst it does have flaws which shouldn’t be omitted from discussion, Black Panther’s a great time that’s worth your money. Springing to mind is the characterization of the Black Panther himself, T'Challa. A week after the events of 2016's  Captain America: Civil War ; T'Challa, the Prince of technologically advanced Wakanda, must step up to take the place of his recently deceased father as King, whilst taking on the challenges that come with it. With a performance by  Chadwick Boseman  that's cemented the role as his own, T