With the banner year that 2016 has been, in terms of the volume and scale of its comic book movie releases, I couldn’t help but re-visit my list of the best superhero movies of all-time. My original list included 10 movies. This list includes five films, many which were included in the original 10. With Suicide Squad and Doctor Strange dropping in the coming months, I may … [Read more...]
The 5 Most Popular Superdads in Comic Book Movie History
In celebration of Father's Day, I decided to rank the top five superdads in comic book movie history below. 5. Odin. One could argue that the father of the second most powerful Avenger (Hulk being #1) should be ranked higher on this list because he is a god, ya know? But based on his relative obscurity outside of die-hard comic book fan circles until the … [Read more...]
A Quick X-Men Apocalypse Review
Synopsis X-Men Apocalypse is the third installment in the X-Men prequel trilogy, that finds the X-Men pitted against a new world-endangering threat, Apocalypse. Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) is the proclaimed 'first mutant,' who has been lying dormant in Egypt for thousands of years. After having been awakened in modern times, Apocalypse decides that the … [Read more...]
Tweets, Lies And Videotape: Critical Bias For Marvel Vs DC?
This post is inspired by the myriad of Tweets that I have read recently suggesting that movie critics, i.e. Rotten Tomatoes (RT), have a bias for Marvel vs DC. Although there are a few examples (e.g. the generally disliked Thor: The Dark World receiving a Fresh score) that suggest that this could be the case, there is overriding evidence that tells an … [Read more...]
Five Favorite Things About Captain America: Civil War
About a month ago, I wrote about the five things that I was most looking forward to in Captain America: Civil War. After seeing it twice this past weekend, I want to take a look back at what I originally listed, and assess how the movie delivered. Reason #1: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Everything I liked about The Winter Soldier film is deeply embedded in this … [Read more...]