Sony Pictures, after gaining a billion dollars from Spider-Man: Far From One, decided to snub Disney’s negotiating for a higher cut of a character that only belongs to them because they keep putting out sub-par films (okay, I’ll give you Spider-Man 2 & Spider-Man: Into The SpiderVerse.) Now, outraging fans, Sony says that Kevin Feige…
The Avengers have been assembling to fight crime, take on galactic overlords, battle time-displaced tyrants, defeat mutant terrorists, and stop other villains since 1963 when the team was brought together by Marvel Comics legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Through the years, they have shifted membership quite substantially with some becoming unrecognizable, but they have…
Bruce Banner has been turning angry since his creation by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and his first appearance in the debut issue for “The Incredible Hulk.” He has been a villain, anti-hero, Avenger, Defender, but all he wants is to be left alone. While many folks have been taken on variations of the Hulk,…
Jason Aaron continues the story of The Avengers with issue 13 containing artwork by Justin Ponsor and Erick Arciniega. Following issue 12, which featured a dedication to Stan Lee, this one tells the story of the very first Iron Fist. Fen Fei is banished from K’un Lun after she defeats the dragon Shou-Lao, granting her…
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a very loose adaption of the Marvel Comics story-arc of the same name. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Picture, this movie is directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. It features an ensemble cast of various versions of Spider-Man from across the Multiverse. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is…
I will be totally and utterly honest. I think that the Teen Titans Go animated series is an embarrassment to DC Comics. However, on a plane ride there were free movies, but all were basically sad b-movies. Thus, I chose Teen Titans Go! To The Movies. However, this film, directed by Peter Rida Michail and…
Writer, actor, producer, editor, artist, and comic book legend Stan Lee passed away at the age of 95 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on November 12, 2018. He was best known for his works in Marvel Comics and for numerous cameos in dozens of films based on Marvel Studios properties. Born Stanley Martin…
Fox Studios dropped the trailer for Dark Phoenix, the latest installment in the X-Men franchise. Hopefully, it will bring to life The Dark Phoenix Saga produced by Marvel Comics and written by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Now that Disney has acquired Fox, Disney President Bob Iger says that Marvel Studios plans to merge the…
On Tuesday, #NationalComicBookDay began trending all over Twitter. We heard from so many fans and creators alike. It was quite a celebration for all of those who are a part of nerd and geek culture. Here are some of my favorite tweets from all over the social media stratosphere. Some trivia from GetFandom: BatmanNews shares…
Ryan Coogler directed the latest edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Black Panther. It works to move forward the plot that Marvel Studios and Disney has created, but still remains to be an original edition following Captain America: Civil War. Don’t worry, there are no spoilers in this review. T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is ascending to…
Director James Gunn returns us to the far away side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2! It has an impressive ensemble cast returning from the previous film (as well as some new) including Chris Pratt, Kurt Russell, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker,…
I don’t usually do this, but I couldn’t help myself. Stan Lee created Spider-Man for Marvel Comics. He has served in The Avengers and has appeared in numerous film, movies, video games, and animated shows. Most can recognize his classic red and blue costume. Did you know that he has had several other costumes throughout…
Let’s be honest, not every superhero film is a Captain America: Civil War or The Dark Knight Rises, some of them are dumb, awful, or just plain bad. Everything from casting to story to directing to special effects, they were put together like an 80s B-Movie. Here’s my list of Worst Superhero Movies. Batman and…
Directed by Bryan Singer, 20th Century Fox brings us the next Marvel movie X-Men: Apocalypse. It is the follow-up to X-Men: Days of Future Past, continuing on the new franchise. It stars an ensemble cast and while it delivers in some areas, it fails in others. In the days of ancient Egypt, the first mutant, En…
Ever wonder what it was like before comic books had to based in boring reality? Instead, we got awesome superhero stories with amazing science fiction and fantasy overtones. Yes, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby gave us The Avengers with founders Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Ant-Man, Hulk, and later Captain America. Marvel Masterworks The Avengers Volume…
Spider-Man has had some seriously awesome stories even going back to the days of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Peter Parker has appeared in such plots as the Sinister Six, The Clone Saga, The Last Hunt, and so many more. However, there have also been some stinker stories as well. Here is my list of Top…
Movies have been developed from some great comic book resources, especially Marvel and DC Comics. Superhero creators like Stan Lee and Bob Kane have had their characters shown in films like X-Men: Days Of Future Past and The Dark Knight (respectively). There have been some pretty terrible ones as well. Movies like Ang Lee’s Hulk…
Marvel Studios brings us a little known (see what I did there?) film based on a founding Avenger (in the comic books), known other than Ant-Man. It is directed by Peyton Reed and partially written by Edgar Wright. After seeing his shrinking technology as a potential threat in 1989, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), a SHIELD Agent…
Stan Lee created Spider-Man for Marvel Comics. He has served in The Avengers and has appeared in numerous film, movies, video games, and animated shows. Most can recognize his classic red and blue costume. Did you know that he has had several other costumes throughout the years? Here is my list too 10 Spider-Man costumes.…
Following the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes Avengers Age of Ultron, once again directed by Joss Whedon. With the fall of the SHIELD (or so we’re told), the Avengers have stepped up their game in taking out HYDRA. They assault a base where they encounter the Maximoff twins, the speedster Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)…
The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 film that became the second entry in what became known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is directed by Louis Leterrier and reboots the previous 2003 Hulk remake directed by Ang Lee. In this film, Dr. Bruce Banner (Richard Norton) is hiding in South American and working at a bottling…
After Bryan Singer jumped ship to Warner Bros. to direct the terrible Superman Return, Brett Ratner was chosen to direct 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand for 20th Century Fox. It attempted to bring in the villainous alter-ego of Jean Grey known as the Dark Phoenix to the big screen. Still reeling from the supposed death…
In 2000, director Bryan Singer brought to life X-Men, distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is based on the Marvel Comic created by Stan Lee. Excelsior. It has an all-star cast, an epic plot, and the gall to kickstart a movie genre that has changed Hollywood forever. Mutants have been appearing all over the world.…
Marvel Comics has been revamping its storylines lately. They recently have been working on bringing in their characters into the twenty-first century with their Season One line of graphic novels. Spider-Man: Season One is part of this collection. Taking from the good ol’ days of Stan Lee writing, this story brings Peter Parker to his roots.…
There have been three previous attempts at creating a Captain America movie. However, Marvel Studios and in association with Paramount Pictures brought us 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger directed by Joe Johnston and starring an all-star cast of actors and actresses. Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is bullied, weak young man from Brooklyn who wants…
