There have recently been rumors milling about that Fox is high on Joe Carnahan relaunching “Daredevil,” though there appears to be a fly in the ointment. That fly being that, unless the film is in production by the 10th of this coming October, the rights to the character revert back to Marvel. This is happening […]
This was shown during the Olympics, and–if the trailer is any indicator–seems a bit more kinetic than the other Daniel Craig Bond films (Stuff blows up good! Real good!). A plus for me is that there appears to be a black Bond girl. Other than Halle Berry I recall two others: Thumper (Trina Parks, while […]
I don’t know how true this is, but supposedly Anthony Mackie is in the running to play the Falcon in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which reminded me that Marvel, in my humble opinion, has missed opportunities to introduce or use African-American characters before. And I get that the Ultimates version of Nick Fury happens to […]
Marvel Studios has confirmed that one of their upcoming films will be “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” My question is: Why do they expect this film to succeed? Rocket Raccoon? Groot? Bug (some may have heard of him from his stint with the Micronauts, but relatively few)? And yeah, I have been wrong before. After all, […]
Here’s the trailer for Sam Raimi‘s “Oz, The Great And Powerful.” I like the way the trailer (and I assume the film as well) start out in black and white, which provides an interesting contrast with Oz, which is bold and very technicolor. It also provides an interesting (and somewhat obvious) metaphor for his life, […]
Some may consider the image circled in red as ‘stealing’ – it’s the front section of an Eagle transporter, from Gerry Anderson’s “Space: 1999″ – which from a certain perspective is understandable. Though, if you look even closer, there’s innovation involved. When you’re working with a limited budget, sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. […]
Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” appears to be opening strong overseas–in India it premiered bigger than Marvel’s “The Avengers”–but this has to be tempered by the fact that other movies that appeared strong because of international profits have gone on to underperform at the American box office. Like Peter Berg’s “Battleship,” for instance. So at […]
First, Sam Raimi is forced to cram too many villains (by which I mean Venom, who he didn’t want to use) into Spider-Man 3; then Sony (essentially) cans him, as well as his cast and crew, rebooting the franchise and handing the directoral reins to Marc Webb, who’s prior film was “500 Days Of Summer,” which […]
Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” is a triumph on so many levels. For a start, its 3D effects are some of the most effective I have seen, and unlike “Avatar,” Scott doesn’t appear so enamored of them that they become overused (and somewhat self-indulgent). In fact, the movie is so beautiful that that people behind the scenes […]
No one knew how well Marvel’s “The Avengers” would do before it was released, though since it was a movie that some have–literally–been waiting a good part of their lifetimes to see, I don’t think that that’s necessarily a surprise. Though perhaps ‘well’ is an understatement because it’s ranking among the most profitable films ever […]
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