Marvel Studios coined the term variant in the summer of 2021, when the Disney+ series Loki introduced the Time Variance Authority and its mandate to prune any timeline that strayed from the Sacred Timeline. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a variant is an alternate version of an established character from an alternate timeline, shaped by […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been dominating theaters as the most successful movie release of the last few years, and it’s proof positive that the upcoming live-action Naruto movie is in good hands with its director. Naruto was first announced to be in the works on a live-action adaptation several years ago, but it wasn’t […]
Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey continue to dominate the late-summer box office, adding more records to their already historic theatrical runs. These two films have commanded a lion’s share of moviegoers’ attention, but that doesn’t mean new releases are going to stop coming out. This weekend sees the debut of director David Robert […]
Although Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler‘s early-career comedy movie flopped upon release, this nostalgic ’90s classic now needs a belated sequel thanks to their shared career success. In 1994, it would have been hard to guess whether Adam Sandler or Brendan Fraser would go on to become the bigger Hollywood star. Sandler had been a […]
For decades, two things were true about every Evil Dead movie. The first is that Sam Raimi directed all of them, and the second is that Bruce Campbell starred as the hapless idiot Ash Williams in all of them. Since then, the series has shifted on those two points specifically. Campbell has taken a backseat […]
Superman: The Movie (1978) director Richard Donner was already a legend by the late 1980s, but the young writer he partnered with for a new buddy-cop action-comedy film was still just a hopeful up-and-comer. However, Lethal Weapon quickly put Shane Black on the Hollywood map and set him on the path to making cult-classic films […]
Perhaps the biggest mystery going into Spider-Man: Brand New Day was who Sadie Sink would be playing in the movie. Many had already suspected that she would be Jean Grey, but Disney was doing what it could to cast doubt in the minds of those who had that theory. Nevertheless, once Brand New Day hit […]
When adapting a book for the screen, there are bound to be changes. Whether it be cut characters, altered scenes, or entirely different endings, films take many creative liberties from their source material. Perhaps there’s no better example of this than in the work of Stephen King, who’s cinematic adaptations can range from very faithful […]
As genres go, thriller sometimes gets overlooked. It’s a genre that frequently gets wrapped up into other genres, like horror or sci-fi, and it’s rare that a true, straightforward thriller movie makes its way to theaters to keep audiences on the edge of their seat. Even when they do, they often don’t quite get the […]
While Spider-Man: Brand New Day gives us the return of Savage Hulk, the start of something fresh for Peter Parker, and the big-screen debut of the MCU’s Frank Castle, the biggest thing the film does is introduce Jean Grey to the franchise. This was an unexpected way to bring the X-Men into the fold, yet […]