The more times I watch it, the more I appreciate the first Thor. I know a lot of people don’t like it, but I’m very fond of Kenneth Branagh’s film. I like the personal nature of it, really focusing on Thor’s journey from a selfish jerk into a selfless hero. His one act of selflessness,Read more
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Other than the trailer for The Force Awakens, the most exciting news out of Star Wars Celebration centered on Star Wars: Rogue One. Director Gareth Edwards was there to share an early teaser trailer as well as the first synopsis for the movie. Rogue One will be set just prior to Episode IV and focusRead more
In the past five days the Internet exploded with trailers for upcoming nerdy blockbusters, well at least movies that studios hope will become blockbusters. The best of the bunch was the trailer for The Force Awakens. Star Wars still trumps everything, as evidenced by the 88 million views the trailer received in its first 24Read more
I woke up on Wednesday excited for Thursday. I was looking forward to sleeping in on Thursday and waking up to watch The Force Awakens panel from Star Wars Celebration. It wasn’t until later in the day that I realized I would be at a conference all day on Thursday. Not only would I haveRead more
With all of the excitement over Daredevil and Avengers: Age of Ultron, it’s easy to forget that Marvel has another movie coming out in July. Ant-Man joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe on July 17, two months after the Avengers are going to surely going to dominate the box office. Hank Pym and Scott Lang aren’tRead more
Last week I wrote about J.J. Abrams reportedly in line to direct Episode IX, a movie that won’t come out for at least four years. Faithful reader and commenter Mike shared that any news about Episode IX is premature, especially since The Force Awakens is still almost nine months away. Apparently Disney isn’t only prematureRead more