Hollywood is obsessed with cinematic universes. Nowadays, it seems that every blockbuster franchise is on a mission to sprawl into as many films (and consequently as many wallets) as possible. However, while more recent attempts such as DC’s Extended Universe and Universal’s Dark Universe continue to stumble over rushed worldbuilding and poor reviews, the pioneering Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps going from strength to strength. After smashing glass ceilings with the slick, smart and sincere Black Panther earlier this year, the MCU smashed box office records with Avengers: Infinity War . The third and penultimate instalment in the MCU’s central series, Infinity War beat 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens to earn the biggest opening weekend ever. However - as impressive as this is - box office numbers mean nothing if the film isn’t any good and I wasn’t confident Infinity War was going to succeed in that area. As exciting as the trailers were, I couldn’t see how all these ...