Category: Movies
Top 5 MCU Villains
“Marvel has a villain problem.” You’ve heard this countless times when discussing the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with plenty of examples pointing to the lack of quality heavies menacing the Avengers and their cohorts. Is it true? Well, yes and no. It isn’t Marvel so much as Hollywood itself ...
Read More“I Don’t Care; He Killed My Mom”
With each film, Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been building steadily to Avengers: Infinity War. Starting with the fracturing of the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, the newer movies have seen old heroes fall and new heroes rise, with the stakes getting higher as more powerful v...
Read MoreThe Top 5 Remakes Disney Should Actually Make
Remakes as a concept are unfairly maligned (the same can be said for spin-offs). There have been plenty of stinkers made in practice, but a remake doesn’t have to be a bad idea. In fact, they can be on par with or, on occasion, even better than the original. For years now Disney has been … ...
Read MoreHobbs and Shaw Gets a Director
It has been officially announced that David Leitch, one half of the John Wick directorial team and helmer of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde, will be directing the Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw for Universal. The film will be a team-up of the two frenemies, and is written by Chris Morgan (wh...
Read MoreLiving Without a War
Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will conclude with Avengers: Infinity War (or begin to conclude, anyway; the true finale will be whatever Infinity War’s sequel/second half is called, but I sincerely doubt Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will be done tangling with Thanos by then), but it began ...
Read MoreChampions of the People
As politics grow more and more prevalent in Hollywood’s output, segments of the audience are feeling increasingly alienated from mainstream entertainment (as dwindling movie ticket sales and the sub-basement-level ratings for the Oscars can attest – as well as the huge numbers for a show tha...
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