The Marvels review – superheroes to zeros in tepid franchise addition

It starts, like so many of these things, with the discovery of an ancient artefact with the power to destroy the universe. It ends, like pretty much all of them, with the empty spectacle of a bells, whistles and lasers CGI space battle. And in between, the latest addition to the ever-expanding Marvel universe serves up what seems to be cobbled-together offcuts from previous movies: a tepid message about tested family bonds here, a nod to an internet meme there (kitten-based mischief features prominently).