Series: Matthew Vaughn

Though he is neither the best nor the most popular director to make a comic book movie, no director better captures the comic book ethos than Matthew Vaughn.

Argylle comes on the heels of his cynical, violent, goofy quasi-parody espionage franchise, Kingsman, crumbling to critical and box office oblivion.

Who, exactly, was clamoring to see Matthew Vaughn’s World War 1 movie?

In many ways, I’m the ideal viewer for X-Men: First Class.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is demonstrably worse than Kingsman: The Secret Service, but there’s no single reason why.

There are plenty of directors whose work grows in stature with each release.

Kick-Ass isn’t really one movie.

Stardust is a rare breed: A standalone, high-budget, live-action fairytale unaffiliated with any franchise or extended universe.

Matthew Vaughn rode the post-Tarantino tsunami of indie crime cinema, and has leveraged it into a very industrious Hollywood career.