Tag: superhero movies
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Hancock Movie Review
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2008 Dir: Peter Berg Script: Vince Gilligan, Vincent Ngo Cast: Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron, Eddie Marsan Formerly a hot property which numerous studios fancied making but could not conceive the special effects on a feasible budget, Tonight He Comes’ decade-long journey from screenplay to screen has attracted an equal share of interest and…
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Wanted Movie Review
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2008 Dir: Timur Bekmambetov Script: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan Cast: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Kretschmann, Konstantin Khabensky, Marc Warren, Terrence Stamp I must confess to having had a difficult time reading Mark Millar’s superhero satire Wanted the first time around, and further difficulty in reviewing it. How could I objectively…
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Songs from the Punisher Movies
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in FeaturesSo you loved the Punisher movie, right? And it goes without saying that you’ve bought the obligatory skull T-shirt, joined the nearest gym and began on building a physique befitting Thomas Jane? Whether you’ve already assembling an arsenal large enough to stage a rebellion, or have decided that the obnoxious clerk down at the deli…
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The Incredible Hulk Movie Review
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Dir: Louis Leterrier Script: Zak Penn, Edward Norton Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson Best described as a noble failure, Ang Lee’s Hulk was the Lisa Simpson of Marvel’s recent film output. Brave and ponderous, its shades of Oedipus didn’t exactly thrill an audience who simply craved a big…
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Iron Man Movie Review
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2008 Dir: Jon Favreau Script: John August, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Arthur Marcum, Matthew Hollaway Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges Like an off-course stealth missile, Iron Man hits multiplexes with a fraction of the anticipation that preceded the third instalments of the Spider-Man and X-Men series. Jon Favreau’s fourth directorial…
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Superman: Doomsday DVD Review
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Director: Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, Brandon Vietti Screenplay: Duane Capizzi Voices: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters With few exceptions, adapting a treasured, often extensive, comic arc into a feature length film is a daunting, thankless task for any director; it is impossible to compress the “soap epic” element of the superhero comic medium into…
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Top 10 Spider-man Villains
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in FeaturesThough Spider-Man’s rogues gallery is not as fine as Batman’s, it’s still a memorable assortment of rapscallions and rascals. With Spider-Man 3 giving box office records a sly slap on the rear, and a Spidey 4 inevitable, I thought it time to look at some of the web-slinger’s most nefarious nasties. 10. The Lizard Like…
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No More Heroes Any More – The Death of Captain America
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in FeaturesIn a genre where finales are rarely final, and resurrections are a daily occurrence, why did the death of comic book hero Captain America garner such widespread attention? Captain America is dead. Again. Probably. Indefinitely. For the foreseeable future. Until comic sales begin to flag yet again. To the embittered fan acclimatised to the…