Marvel Studios is on a roll. Earlier this year “Iron Man 3” earned $1.2 billion worldwide, while the year before that “The Avengers” earned over $1.5 billion. Even with characters that aren’t necessarily as popular, like Thor and Captain America, Marvel is making a mint. In fact, they are so confident about their prospects that […]
Guillermo Del Toro, who most recently directed “Pacific Rim” is back in the directors chair with the opening to “The Simpsons Treehouse of Terror XXIV.” Along with nods to his own movies, he gives props to classic monsters like Frankenstein and the Invisible Man. Blade also makes an appearance, which is awesome because Marvel, which […]
With the popularity of “The Walking Dead” and everything zombie-related, it’s great to hear that George Romero, essentially the creator of the modern zombie film, is back in action (if he was ever out) with a new series for Marvel Comics, “Empire Of The Dead.” The details from USA Today are a bit scarce, but […]
ABC’s Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” had a bit of a ratings fall-off since its premiere, down to 3.1 from a high of 4.6. That being said, a 3.1 rating translates to 8.44 million viewers, hardly anything to sneeze at. Though it is a surprise considering that Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson, the hardest working man in […]
For awhile I was wondering if the Third Season of “The Walking Dead” was ever going to show up. The first episode, “Seed” is a particularly strong entry, as Rick and the gang discover an abandoned prison. I have noticed that whenever an episode is directed by Ernest Dickerson, as ’Seed’ is, you know that […]
NBC is developing a series based upon DC’s Constantine (the ‘New 52’ version of the character, not “Hellblazer”), and I was OK with that, till I heard that David Goyer is one of the people behind it. This is the guy that says Superman (essentially) letting thousands die ON TOP OF breaking General Zod’s neck […]
Netflix is currently airing Seasons One through Five of AMC’s monster hit drama, “Breaking Bad,” which is awesome. What’s not so awesome is that they have yet to get the remaining episodes of the Fifth, and last, season. This means that there are all sort of spoilers floating about, which I and anyone else that […]
I have to admit that while I enjoyed the first Captain America feature, I didn’t love it. Sure, it had all the elements for an awesome adventure: direction by Joe Johnston, director of the underrated “The Rocketeer”; a Marvel character steeped in Americana and history, and the Tesseract (known as The Cosmic Cube in Marvelese). […]
I should mention that I have said the same thing about “Tron: Legacy,” and while there appears to be minimal movement on that front, all signs seem to indicate that it is happening. Guillmero Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim,” which cost somewhere between $180-200 million to produce, and earned just over $407 million worldwide – most […]
The visuals of this clip are provided by Mirada Studios, about the making of the prologue from Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim. Those effects are pretty impressive, though what seems to be lost amongst all that visual wizardry is the music behind the trailer, which is provided by Ramin Djawadi (pronounced Java-dee). The track is […]
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