It’s been 10 years since Robert Downey Jr suited up as Iron Man in the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In that time we’ve gotten one great film after another and come to know and love the colorful characters that have fought evil to protect the world from […]
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INTRODUCTION In CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is a puny weakling from Brooklyn who will do anything to serve his country, even lie to get accepted into the war. Following several failed attempts he finally gets his chance when Dr. Erskine (Stanley Tucci) a kind, brilliant […]
Marvel Studios’ latest hit film is based on one of their earliest and lesser known characters. Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) a brilliant entemologist/scientist discovers a form of subatomic particles which he controls through a special mechanized suit allowing him to shrink to the size of an insect. For decades […]
The Incredible Hulk (1978-82) is one of the greatest series ever to grace the TV screen. It was developed by writer/producer/director Kenneth Johnson (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, V) and based on the popular Marvel Comics character created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. The TV series […]
“One question: Is it too late to change the name?” I’m super excited about ANT-MAN finally coming to the big screen this summer (July 17th to be exact). I think that’s because to me, he’s the quintessential Marvel hero. One that represents the fantastic places that comic books can take […]
Our anticipation for Marvel Studios’ new Netflix series DAREDEVIL is extremely high. Over the weekend New York Comic Con ’14 gave their audience of geeks a first look at footage from the latest awesome production based on the classic super hero also known as “The Man Without Fear”. The reaction […]
Writer-Director James Gunn’s glorious Marvel Cinematic space opus begins with a surprisingly emotional scene where a young boy experiences a life changing, traumatic event when his mother dies. The shocked, heartbroken child runs crying outside the hospital into the night where a spaceship suddenly shines its light down and transports him […]
Since its debut in 2000, the X-Men series has been a bit of a rocky superhero franchise. 2000’s X-Men was a likeable enough effort that emerged just a year before Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man ignited superhero fever at the box office. Three years later, X2: X-Men United would be hailed by […]
Marvel’s Star Spangled Super Hero Captain America has been brought to live action a few times over the last 35 years. Growing up I first saw him in the late 70s TV movies starring Reb Brown (which are very campy when you look back at ’em now). Then in 1990 […]
“What a bunch of A-holes” It’s finally here, the highly anticipated first trailer for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy set to the sounds of Blue Swede’s 70s pop bubblegum hit “Hooked On A Feeling”. This is going to easily be the strangest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far. […]