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 […]
M. Knight Shyamalan’s film, Split, is morphing from an unexpected hit, to a certified January sensation. The thriller had an impressive $40 million dollar opening last week and followed it up with an estimated $26.2 million dollars in its second weekend of release. The movie was made on an announced budget of $9 million dollars and […]
If you are a fan of Marvel films, it’s officially time to get excited once again. This year we are getting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Thor: Ragnarok, while it will be followed up next year with an even bigger slate, with Avengers: Infinity War and the introduction of Black Panther. Cameras officially began rolling earlier this week in Georgia […]
Marvel Studios is undoubtedly in the business of building cinematic universes in the movies. However, they’ve had an a more anarchic approach to the television side. While they already have found success with their Netflix series of shows and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., they are expanding their reach with Fox’s productions of Legion, and a brand new X-Men show among other […]
After having a roller coaster of a ride over the past 17 years, the X-Men franchise will be making the leap to the small screen in a big way in 2017. Next month, Fargo’s Noah Hawley will be bringing his newest television creation to the FX airwaves with Legion. The show based on the unstable X-Men character – that […]
Whether you are a fan of the live-action films of the DC cinematic universe or not, it’s hard to not appreciate the animated movies created by DC Animation for Warner Bros. They have been the sandboxes where many future feature films created their foundation, while also educating audiences to the expansive world and characters of […]
In an unexpected turn of events, people flocked to the movie theaters during Inauguration Weekend and felt at home with the new thriller, Split. The movie stars James McAvoy (Victor Frankenstein) as a disturbed kidnapper who suffers with an intense form of multiple personality disorder. It was directed by M. Knight Shyamalan, whose once promising career […]
The first domino has fallen for the eighth episode in the Star Wars franchise, as LucasFilm begins the year-long roll out for the upcoming blockbuster. Little is known about the follow up to The Force Awakens, aside from a beefed up role for Luke Skywalker, after his cameo appearance in the last installment. Director Rian Johnson (Looper) is […]
March is a big month for movies in more ways than one. It will see the release of multiple blockbusters including Power Rangers, Beauty and the Beast, and Logan. However, there’s one movie has the potential to be larger than them all, Kong: Skull Island. The film is the latest incarnation of King Kong, one of the longest running movie […]
The beginning of the summer movie season starts in March this year. That month will be full of blockbusters including the X-Men tale Logan, the return of the King in Kong: Skull Island, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will come to three-dimensional life. However, despite all of those potential hit movies, there is one movie that holds the hopes of […]
Every few months a filmmaker or actor will comment that the life span of movies inspired by comics has run its course. However, each year the genre continues to grow, due to creative new approaches and by combining superheroes with other well-liked genres. From the looks of the upcoming X-Men film, Logan, the genre still has a lot […]
On the outside, the future of the X-Men seems to be up in the air after the last installment, X-Men: Apocalypse. However, while the destiny of Professor X and his school of gifted children may be in limbo, Fox still has a wave of mutant action coming soon to theaters. In March, the final chapter of the […]