[callout] Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient …
NYC’s Bottleneck Gallery (who have raised over $7k for charity recently), will be releasing two entries in Marko Manev’s Superhero Noir series; one featuring the God of Thunder, Thor, and the other featuring the Last Son of Krypton, Superman. The following pair of prints will go on sale via the Bottleneck website: Last Son by …
Thor: God of Thunder Issues: 1-5 Writer: Jason Aaron Art: Esad Ribic Colour: Ive Svorcina Letter: VC’s Joe Sabino Cover(s): Esad Ribic Publisher: Marvel Comics “And this is how it ends. With blood and thunder. With hammer and sword. With one last stand at the gates of heaven…” One of the more appealing aspects of …
Red Dawn Directed by Dan Bradley Written by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore USA, 2012 It may be fitting for a movie about American teenagers rising up against an evil foreign military to be juvenile, but that doesn’t make Red Dawn any more palatable. This remake of the 1984 film best known now as the …
Superhero movies have become a staple of summer movie season, for better or for worse. The question often is not whether we’ll see a superhero movie anymore, but how many we’ll see, with The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises being released within the last three months alone. Some may point to …
I vividly remember a conversation I had with a family friend back in November of 2005. It was Thanksgiving weekend, and my soon-to-be-wife and I had just come from a screening of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. For those who have only seen the movie, or who’ve neither seen the films or read …
Head-to-head battles, a massive cast, snappy wit. Yes, this episode of Mousterpiece Cinema has it all. And what better way to discuss Marvel’s The Avengers, one of the biggest, most popular films of the year? This week, it’s a packed, epic-length show, as Josh, Gabe, and Michael are joined by special guest Adam Kempenaar, co-host …
The Avengers Written and directed by Joss Whedon USA, 2011 Following four years of films establishing the majority of its protagonists, Marvel Studios’ superhero ensemble film finally arrives. The Avengers teams up Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk, all established cinematic leads, as well as some agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., fronted by Samuel L. …
The Avengers Written by Joss Whedon Directed by Joss Whedon USA, 2012 The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 1 & 2, Thor and Captain America; all of these Marvel Studios-produced superhero films were made with their own aspirations and goals, most of which were achieved to varying levels. Alongside each picture’s own aims, Marvel created its …
Throughout the first half of February, the Sound On Sight staff will take a look at the Academy Awards. Whether one of the major studios takes the top prize at the Academy Awards or not, they have no squawk this year. Several years ago, as you might recall, the Big Guys were getting fed up …
Want a prediction for 2012 at the movies? It’s going to look a lot like 2011. An awful lot. It’s going to be a case of, If ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Well, actually, the creative machinery in Hollywood is broke, but, as the numbers show, not broken enough to warrant fixing. So. Next year, …
This isn’t really the most exciting post, but it is Sunday and I have some time to kill before I head out to the Montreal World Film Festival. We’ve already seen spoiler set photos from The Avengers, but now you can watch videos of Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth in action as Captain American and …
This has been the summer of the superheroes. With Thor, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, and Captain America: The First Avenger all coming out within the past few months, they’ve certainly shown that they’re a force to be reckoned with. Or are they? Though most of these releases haven’t fared badly (let’s not speak of …
Hollywood needs a hit Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of hits. Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of big, fat, through-the-roof hits. And with the summer – and the year – half over, the time to come up with them is running out. The movie business finished 2010 with the second highest domestic box office on record: $10.2 …
Last year Marvel Entertainment created a new division, Marvel Television, with the intent of creating animated fare to the small screen. Jeph Loeb, producer and writer on shows like Heroes, Lost, Smallville and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series, was tasked to head up the division. The intent is to use these smaller productions …
With all the comic book adaptations coming out this year, one has to wonder which films stand a chance at actually cashing in at the box office. Thor opened big with over 60 million on opening weekend, but with Captain America, X-Men First Class, Green Lantern and Cowboys and Aliens all released within a span …
Thor Directed by Kenneth Branagh Written by Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz and John Payne 2011, USA In a strange twist of fate, Branagh brings a Shakespearean edge to Thor, perhaps the silliest and consequently, the most difficult of all the Avengers superheroes to bring to the screen. Though he does not entirely overcome the silliness …
Two new TV spots for Marvel Studios’ Thor has been released. If your like me and you don’t watch TV, you have to rely on the internet to catch all these promotional clips. There is a bit of footage previously seen in the trailers but not much. Still might be worth a look for hardcore …
Trying to get Hollywood to change direction is not unlike trying to steer an elephant by poking it in its thick-hided ass with a matchstick; it doesn’t exactly respond like a Maserati. And that’s a problem because there are some box office signs suggesting the American movie industry needs – may, in fact, desperately need, …
A new image from Captain America and a few from Thor have been released online. Despite the several images and the new trailer for Thor, I am not yet sold that it has potential to be any good. Captain America: The First Avenger on the other hand, looks great. Photos via SuperHeroHype
Marvel has released several new images from Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. Not all of these images are necessarily new but they are of high quality. Thor plot – synopsis: Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, Thor which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of …
As much as I love art-house cinema and foreign language films, I also do love comic book movies, and it’s no secret that I am highly anticipating Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger. the studio is going to show the first footage from the movie during the Super Bowl on Sunday, and now Empire Magazine, …
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has five Super Bowl commercial spots for their most highly anticipated films of 2010: Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Captain America: The First Avenger, Thor and Rango. Disney will also be promoting Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; DreamWorks will promote Cowboys & Aliens and Relativity …