When The Wolverine was first announced I had high hopes because Darren Aronofsky was attached as its director. However, as often happens, Aronofsky had to bow out of the project and it passed hands to James Mangold. While I wasn’t as excited for Mangold, I still felt he was a capable director who could potentiallyRead more
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On Saturday I thought that the biggest news coming out of Comic-Con would be DC’s planned Superman and Batman movie. I was totally planning on sharing my thoughts about DC’s two biggest super heroes teaming up on the big screen. I’ll still share my thoughts about Krypton’s last son and the Dark Knight but they’llRead more
Happy Fourth of July! Even if you’re not an American, I still hope you have a happy fourth day in July. The Bible is pretty big on the numbers three, seven and 12, but the number four doesn’t get much love. Here are some nerdy fours in honor of America’s birthday. Episode IV got itRead more
This Sunday I will be heading to the first of back-to-back summer camps. Next week I’ll be at summer camp with our high school students and the following week I’ll be with our junior high students. I love camp but even I’m a little nervous about two weeks of camp in a row. The lastRead more
Of all the Phase 2 movies in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, I am most looking forward to Guardians of the Galaxy. I haven’t read any of the Guardians comics but the idea of an intergalactic peace keeping force sounds totally awesome, especially because one of its members is a talking, anthropomorphic raccoon. I love all ofRead more
As I wrote in my review of Iron Man 3, Robert Downey Jr. is and has been absolutely perfect as Tony Stark. He made Iron Man and was the biggest draw for non-nerds in The Avengers. I would have seen every movie in Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe whether or not Downey hadRead more