Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey transforms Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old epic poem into a modern cinematic blockbuster that many are already calling a “masterpiece.” What’s even more impressive is that Nolan did not take the expected route of grounding the mythical story in the framework of a swords-and-sandals epic; to the contrary, he brought almost every supernatural […]
Man of Tomorrow has a huge chance to change how comic book movies cast villains and fix a big problem that has existed in the DCU and one that has always hurt the MCU as well. While superhero movies for DC and Marvel have almost always had great casting for heroes and villains, the villains […]
There was something really special about 90s horror. While some went on to be major hits, like Scream, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Sixth Sense, others debuted to more quiet fanfare—though they would ultimately go on to become cult classics, such as The Blair Witch Project or Event Horizon. And this movie falls […]
There were a lot of sci-fi movies that came out in 1998, and while some of them were major blockbusters, like Deep Impact and Armageddon, there were also cult classics that genre fans watched so much they memorized every moment of the films. When it comes to sci-fi movies, there are often the mainstream films […]
While the 90s were a truly iconic time for sci-fi, with series like Star Trek: Voyager, Farscape, and Babylon 5 taking the world by storm, there was one series that stood above the rest, easily pulling people into the niche genre and creating lifelong fans. Its stars went on to have stellar careers, but it’s […]
The Odyssey sits among Christopher Nolan’s best films, but here is how it ranks among his past releases. Nolan remains one of the best filmmakers working today, and one of the few filmmakers who can still sell a movie on his name as the director alone. He also works on very different kinds of movies […]
Another day, another X-Men casting rumor. And that’s not something you’ll ever catch us complaining about, especially when it’s surrounding who might be in the running to bring the iconic Professor Charles Xavier to life. As the Marvel revival of the X-Men looms ever closer, more and more details and theories seem to be emerging, […]
The name “Frank Miller” conjures specific stories in the mind of superhero fans. Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, and so many other iconic comic books sprang forth from the mind of the prolific creator. One of his credits that is not only real but feels like the answer to a […]
Multiple actors have played the likes of Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman over the years, but there are some superhero roles that haven’t been recast yet. Because of this, some actors are more synonymous with their comic book characters than others. Robert Downey Jr. may be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play Doctor Doom, […]
There have been several Marvel Cinematic Universe projects that have yet to materialize on the screen, with projects like Blade immediately coming to mind. In Blade’s case, the issue seems to be putting together the right sort of Blade project, but the film is still expected to be a Blade film through and through. That’s […]