News
Chris Evans, Kenneth Branagh, Natalie Portman, Robert Downey Jr., Joss Whedon, and others on Marvel’s Upcoming Films
Jul 27, 2010
By Mark Redfern
The Marvel Studios panel featured their upcoming films Captain America and Thor, as expected, but the big surprise was their panel on The Avengers movie, which featured the full cast, including the announcement on who would be playing The Hulk. We have full details of the panels that featured Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Kenneth Branagh, Chris Helmsworth, Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, and others. More
Smaller Characters to Get 10-Minute Intro Movies, Writers Hired for Strange
Jun 23, 2010
By Iain S.
Latino Review broke the story that Marvel Studios is planning to develop a series of "10-minute short films in front of their feature length movies that will introduce secondary characters like Black Panther, Luke Cage, Dr. Strange, etc." There's also a Dr. Strange movie in the works.
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Upcoming Marvel Film Boasts Some Big Names
Oct 30, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Most of the cast has been announced for Marvel's upcoming feature Thor, which is set to go into production in early 2010. Most notably, Anthony Hopkins is reported to be suiting up as Odin. More
Reviews
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,
May 28, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
Fox Kids' Iron Man animated series ran for only two seasons in the mid 1990s, and I remember watching regularly back then. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is banking on that twenty-something nostalgia and the timeliness of issuing this bare bones, 3-DVD set so close to the theatrical release of Iron Man 2. Well, after watching the episodes that aired during Iron Man's first season, I'm fairly certain my nostalgia was terribly misplaced. More
Studio: Marvel; Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Directed by Jon Favreau; Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson
May 07, 2010
By Chris Tinkham
Sparks fly—literally—when Robert Downey, Jr. and Mickey Rourke share the screen in Iron Man 2. Rourke's character, the vengeful Russian physicist Ivan Vanko, is on the attack, with deadly electric whips of metal stemming from his arms, when he first confronts Tony Stark (Downey) on a Monaco speedway. But those expecting the figurative sparks to fly between Downey and Rourke, two of American film's more daring actors and intriguing offscreen personalities, will be disappointed. More
Marvel
Written by Brian Michael Bendis; Art by Alex Maleev; Cover by Alex Maleev and Alex Ross
Sep 28, 2009
By Kyle Lemmon
The debut issue of Spider-Woman is an OK, albeit belated first step. Marvel delayed Jessica Drew's rebooted run to give time for the motion comic adaption to be finished. Originally this comic was meant to be a direct follow-up to the maxiseries Secret Invasion. Instead, we get hazy references to the Skrull Queen inhabiting Drew's body/mind, thus severing her ties with New Avengers. Her "woe is me" drama doesn't come off quite as compelling as five-time Eiser recipient Brian Michael Bendis (House of M, New Avengers) probably intended. More
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Written by Jim McCann, Penciled by David Lopez
Sep 10, 2009
By Jeremy Nisen
For fans of the West Coast Avengers series from the early 1980s, New Avengers: The Reunion scratches a certain long-neglected itch. And it also exposes, in a sense, the limitations of the 30-year+ serial story. Former couple Bobbi Morse (aka Mockingbird) and Clint Barton (known for most of his career as Hawkeye, but now going by the decidedly less campy and rather ho-hum identity of Ronin) hash out what remains of their relationship while playing at high-stakes superheroics. More
