It has proven to be close to impossible to predict Warner Bros’ future moves when it comes to their growing DC Extended Universe. After announcing an ambitious slate of ten films in 2014, the studio has seemingly decided to change course with their movies in development recently. While movies like Wonder Woman and Aquaman seem to be coming along […]
There is one superhero that’s arguably larger than the entire Marvel cinematic universe itself – Spider-Man. So when Sony partnered with Marvel Studios to effectively bring the superhero back into the fold there was a sense that something big was on the horizon. Last year, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker was introduced in Captain America: Civil […]
The wait is almost over as Marvel and Netflix’s master plan will finally come together in 2017. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage, set the stage for the formation of The Defenders. The crime-fighting team is comprised of those three heroes and Iron Fist, the final Defender to be introduced this Spring. If you have been reading PoG for […]
The video game genre has endured decades worth of bashing from both film critics, audiences, and gamers. The sub-genre has produced some of the biggest duds of all-time ranging from Super Mario Bros to last year’s Assassin’s Creed. However, not every video game movie has flopped. A movie that’s often overlooked is the 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The movie starred […]
There is one movie franchise that has become synonymous with over-the-top car chases and stunts – The Fast and the Furious. The gang has returned for their eighth outing and just when you thought that they couldn’t top driving out of airplanes…they introduced submarines. The Fate of the Furious is the upcoming sequel, which reunites the entire crew and […]
Marvel Studios has had a remarkable run of success over the past nine years and its looking like 2017 will not be an exception. The studio has partnered with Sony Pictures to reboot the Spider-Man franchise, with the hero’s first MCU solo film, Spider-Man: Homecoming, to debut in July. They will also capping off the trilogy […]
Warner Bros is continuing to learn just how hard it is to create a cinematic universe. While the DCEU has proven to be profitable, Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad left a lot to be desired for many fans and critics. Wonder Woman is much anticipated, but the movie hasn’t been without rumors and skepticism. While The Batman has gone from a […]
Yesterday, with the some strokes on a keyboard, actor and director Ben Affleck turned the geek world on its head. After a long pre-production for The Batman, the Academy Award winner prepared a statement in which he would step down as director on the project, in an effort to focus on his dual performance as Batman […]
Things are in a state of constant flux for the world of DC on the Warner Bros’ lot. After the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, things have changed for the studio as they continue to try and find a dominant niche in the superhero marketplace. In the past two months, there have been […]
Much like the character’s personal history, the Captain America franchise has gone from an unassuming and underestimated weakling, to a true titan of the industry. In 2011, Marvel Studios released a quirky period action film, Captain America: The First Avenger. It was about a scrawny soldier who undergoes an experimental procedure to become a genetically enhanced warrior to fight Nazis […]
A few years ago, Walt Disney decided to look inward at its vault of classic films and began adapting them into live-action features. The studio first struck gold with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, then with Maleficent, but both films never received complete fan or critical acceptance. However, with last year’s hit Cinderella, they found that audiences responded more […]
It’s rare to get one of the best comic book movies AND one of the best comedies of the year…at the same time. If Deadpool was released in 2015, it would have easily been the funniest movie of the year. Regardless, the rest of the releases in 2016 have a high bar to clear, in terms […]
