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.
Series: Matthew Vaughn
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Argylle (2024)
Argylle comes on the heels of his cynical, violent, goofy quasi-parody espionage franchise, Kingsman, crumbling to critical and box office oblivion.
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The King’s Man (2021)
Who, exactly, was clamoring to see Matthew Vaughn’s World War 1 movie?
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
In many ways, I’m the ideal viewer for X-Men: First Class.
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle is demonstrably worse than Kingsman: The Secret Service, but there’s no single reason why.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
There are plenty of directors whose work grows in stature with each release.
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Kick-Ass (2010)
Kick-Ass isn’t really one movie.
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Stardust (2007)
Stardust is a rare breed: A standalone, high-budget, live-action fairytale unaffiliated with any franchise or extended universe.
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Layer Cake (2004)
Matthew Vaughn rode the post-Tarantino tsunami of indie crime cinema, and has leveraged it into a very industrious Hollywood career.