The two most important criteria for the greatest superhero movie performances are: 1) is the performance the most memorable in the film and 2) does the performance stand the test of time? See my answers below! Ranked in No Particular Order 1. Wesley Snipes as Blade š”ļø proved that a Black superhero lead and an obscure comic book character could be bankable at the box … [Read more...]
Add Logan To Your Greatest Superhero Movie List
What a movie! That's how I felt immediately after watching Logan this afternoon at the local Alamo Draft House. I will not give away too many details about the film since it just dropped this week. But I honestly left the theater in awe. I have always felt theĀ violence in previous Wolverine movies was tempered to appeal to younger audiences. You need not worry about this in … [Read more...]
Logan Looks Great But…
Logan looks great but I do not fully trust the X-Men movie universe. Don't get me wrong, Deadpool, X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past are great films. X-Men and X2 range from decent to pretty good. But I'd be foolish to ignore the forgettableĀ X-Men: Apocalypse, the mediocre The Wolverine, and the awful X-Men Origins-Wolverine. The Good News The good news is … [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...]
Top Ten Superheroes, by the Number$
With all of the comic book-inspired films that have come out in recent years, a question popped into my head last night. Who are today'sĀ top ten most popular superheroes? To answer this question, I did some digging, and came up with a simple equation that comprises a 1) combination of the latest comic book sales information viaĀ eBay and 2) the year-to-date, domestic U.S. box … [Read more...]