Right now comics books are enjoying their golden age at the theaters. They are one of the main sources of blockbuster filmmaking, when you take a close look at the box office charts the past decade or so. However, while the sub-genre is enjoying life at the top, Hollywood is always looking for the next […]
It looks like we are getting another Johnny Depp performance that is hidden below layers of makeup, however this time he is not playing a character from a world of fantasy. Depp is playing someone who is very real, James “Whitey” Bulger. Audiences have been pleading with Depp to reel in his over-the-top performances and […]
Soon after Marvel Studios made the announcement that they would be co-producing the next incarnation of Spider-Man, studio head Kevin Feige began vaguely laying the groundwork for their own version of the character. He mentioned that Spider-Man was in high school already swinging around New York City, not yet making his mark on the larger […]
While the Marvel cinematic universe has been publicly plotted out through 2019, much less is known about their plans for the television side of their productions. This past April Daredevil surprised both fans and critics with its level of quality and it instantaneously legitimized the partnership between Marvel Studios and Netflix. Marvel has been open in […]
Mark Hamill (Star Wars) is the voice of the Joker to the ears of a generation…or two. In the early 90’s, he took a hold of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and never looked back. He ha voiced the maniacal clown on TV, feature films, and in video games for three decades. Hamill has been more picky about his […]
It was unclear who would finish on top at the box-office this past weekend with Pixels making its debut in theaters. However, it seems that we should have learned our lesson to not underestimate the tiniest hero in the Marvel cinematic universe. Ant-Man narrowly held on to first place for the second week, with an estimated $24.7 million dollars […]
Welcome back to another week of Epic Comicast’s podcast. The buzz for Warner Bros’ upcoming films following Comic Con managed to dampen a little of the build up to Ant-Man’s release. Fan’s theories about the identity of the Joker and other possibilities for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, have kept the internet humming with […]
Every few years a sketch comedy show comes along that defines its given generation. In Living Color was hugely successful in the early 1990’s. The Chappelle Show carved out its own spot in history about a decade ago. Most recently it was the Key & Peele show that took its grip on America’s funny bone with their […]
One of the most successful movies based on a young adult novel last year was The Maze Runner. Fox Studios produced the film at low cost to insure the completion of a trilogy and less than a year later we have our first full trailer for the next installment, The Scorch Trials. Dylan O’Brien returns in […]
Since the moment the first movie was released, The Hunger Games was a flat-out phenomenon. The story of Katniss Everdeen and her fight against an oppresive government regime has struck a chord with the public consciousness and come this November, her fight will come to an end in cinemas. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt 1 […]
Who would have thought that we would be getting a National Lampoon’s Vacation sequel that genuinely looks funny? It seems that there is the perfect balance of nostalgia, tongue-in-cheek humor, and full out ridiculous hilarity to make this comedy a standout. The approach to the movie is what is making it so appealing. Instead of […]
With all the attention going to Batman, Iron Man, and the Suicide Squad, James Bond has managed to stay under the radar, but yet stay relevant. With the mega-success of movies like Jurassic World and the Avengers: Age of Ultron, it is easy forget that in 2013, Skyfall grossed over a billion dollars worldwide without the additional bump […]
