Marvel Comics writers draw inspiration from all literal archetypes when creating characters: the man-monster (Hulk), the billionaire playboy (Iron Man), the mythical god (Thor), and so on. But for every rising star, there were dozens disregarded because of inadequate manpower and the financial pressure of developing characters proven to sell books. With so many heroes…
Written and Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Cobie Smulders, Paul Bettany with Samuel L. Jackson and James Spader as Ultron. Rated PG-13, 141 minutes. The first Avengers movie was the successful consummation of a major gamble. Bringing various…
Ever since The Avengers was released in 2012, DC comics has been desperately trying to wrangle their own characters together to compete with the Marvel Juggernaut. However, before Batman and Superman have even warmed up for their much touted ‘fight’, Joss Whedon has deposited another 2+ hours of “Marvelous” entertainment. Avengers, Assemble! Some detractors I spoke…
Directed by Joe & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Cobie Smulders with Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Redford. PG-13, 136 minutes. Now this is more like it. The two previous “Phase Two” entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe were entertaining diversions that ultimately failed to bring anything new to…
Another day, another Spider-Man reboot. I’ll hold my tongue on how monumentally boring I think it is that, once again, we will meet a freshly recasted Peter Parker in high school, and just let you know who could be the next web-slinger. At TheWrap they’ve revealed a shortlist of five young actors who are being…
Directed by Alan Taylor. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Kat Dennings, Stellan Skarsgard, Christopher Eccleston, Jamie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins. PG-13, 112 minutes. Previously on Marvel Month… I find it difficult to do something similar with this write-up to what I did with Iron Man 3. I…
Not long ago, the moment many fans have been waiting for arrived. Daredevil, the first of five shows being developed for Netflix by Marvel, launched its entire first season. Thirteen episodes became available to Netflix users on April 10, and from the looks of things, plenty of people have already binged on the entire thing….
It’s been a great week for trailers, and we’ve got them all right here! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Whoa, right?! The second teaser premiered at the Star Wars Celebration event and immediately became the most talked about item of the week. Fans got more action, masks, characters and John Boyega panting and taking off…
We’re just over a year away from the premiere of X-Men: Apocalypse, due out May 27th 2016, and there’s a lot of news to share. Just as Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender stepped in to reenergize the franchise, a young group will now look to reboot the series. Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner…
It looks like Age of Ultron may in fact be Joss Whedon’s last in The Avengers series, because the Russo Brothers have been tapped to direct The Avengers: Infinity War, both parts one and two. The duo hit their Marvel debut out of the park with Captain America: Winter Soldier and are currently prepping to…
Ever wonder what it would be like to be an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Well, now you can try it out for yourself! Recently, Craig Fifield created an unofficial Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Badge Generator and posted it to Reddit. It immediately became a hit and is still sweeping across the Internet, amusing Marvel fans everywhere. It’s totally…
Yes, a Deadpool movie is finally being made. Maybe you’re sick of hearing about it, but I’ll never get sick of reporting it. I’m already counting down the days until February 12th. I’m not the only one either. Besides millions of fans waiting impatiently, the film’s star, Ryan Reynolds, is also ready for the film…
