Iron Man
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What’s So Bad About Origin Story Comic Book Movies?
Marvel Studios/Paramount Pictures Not only is Doctor Strange not going to tell us how Stephen Strange became the Sorcerer Supreme, but starting with that movie,…
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From Space Losers to Really Popular Space Losers: A History of the Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Studios In a few hours, Guardians of the Galaxy will descend into theaters, and people will see it. Many people. Great hordes of people,…
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How Jon Favreau Made ‘Chef’ His Own Flavor of Ice Cream
Open Road Films If someone said in 2001, “I bet this Jon Favreau guy ‐ the star, writer, and director of Made — is going to help turn…
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2014 Oscar Prediction: Best Visual Effects
The horse race! The great question! The draw of history! Is there anything more exciting than the uncertainty of not knowing who will take home…
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12 Movies To Watch After You’ve Seen the ‘RoboCop’ Remake
You don’t have to see the RoboCop remake. Normally I’d say that if you don’t see the big new release that you can’t read the…
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Where Are Superhero Movies Finding All These New and Unknown Elements?
Like many readers of this site, I love comic books. I grew up reading them, so when Hollywood finally started to really get superhero movies…
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10 Completely Ridiculous Ways Characters Sought Revenge
by David Christopher Bell As the Oldboy remake approaches, the subject of revenge is no doubt teeming in everyone’s heads – at least in terms…
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The Box Office Winners and Losers of Summer 2013
This year saw editorials and prominent directors alike decrying the death of cinema as we know it, but none of that stopped ticket-buyers from dropping…
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8 Strange Reasons Why Actors Were Cast In Movies
by David Christopher Bell There are a million and a half uninteresting reasons why actors did and did not get certain parts. Usually the casting…