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So, God has lost faith in humanity and is going to go all “Noah’s Ark” on humanities ass…except there is no plan to save anyone. But one angel, Michael, feels in his heart that God is wrong and decides he must intervene. So, he comes to Earth to get some guns. At a remote diner, Charlie is pregnant with humanity’s only hope. Soon the diner and it’s occupants are under siege by… Read More
If you have ever wondered why the Millennium Falcon looks like tuning fork or how Han Solo got the name Han Solo? Solo a Star Wars Story will leave you giddy. Han Solo is a young man enslaved by a brutal crime lord and in love with fellow slave Qi’ra. When their escape attempt goes awry, and they are separated, Han joins the Empire. Not to good at it, sees an opportunity… Read More
As with every sequel, things must get bigger and louder. Unlike the first film, the danger really comes from within. Tony is obsessed with changing the way things are done by building a peace keeping for that will put an end to the need for the Avengers. He has been working on an A.I. to watch over the world and prevent tragedy. Even as the Avengers are in action, he has Iron… Read More
When they announced Iron Man 3’s villain there was concern The Mandarin was a character with a rather troubling past. An evil magical Asian. Then they announced he was being played by Ben Kingsley. He isn’t an example of Whitewashing exactly (Kingsley is not white). But in the end, this was not the big concern for most viewers. Favreau was out…Lethal Weapon scribe Shane Black was in. Borrowing from the comic’s Extremis… Read More
Seriously…Iron Man 2… not Invincible Iron Man??? What a miss… Anyways, The first Iron Man was a surprise hit. Marvel was building towards their shared movie universe and did not want to mess that up. So, they stuck to their guns. Favreau was back to direct Downey Jr. and the entire cast that survived made it back for the sequel. Well, almost everyone. Terrence Howard tried to renegotiate his fee, and Marvel… Read More
Simply described as: How to start building your bigger, badder franchise. Iron Man has a history going back to 1990 in attempts to bring it to the screen. Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) was on board for Universal…years later, Nick Cage and Tom Cruise sought the role of Tony Stark. When They announced Director Jon Favreau as director and Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, there seemed to be a collective “Meh.” I… Read More
Captain America: Civil War was a risky gamble. It has a bloated cast. I mean, Captain America is joined by practically everyone (Except Thor and the Hulk). The film was also going to be introducing us to a couple Major Players in Both the Black Panther and Spider-Man. There was always the possibility that this would be so bogged down, we would have Marvels first failure…the first Marvel film that outright sucked…. Read More
