As the year comes to an end, it is tradition that I assess the films that have come out this past year. So I have made my very own TOP 10 list of films that stood out to me this year. There are some honourable mentions AND some that stood out in their genre. Here are my TOP 10 Films of 2018: A Quiet Place … Continue reading 2018 Year in Review
Stan Lee, was born as Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28th, 1922 was the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. Stanley Lieber started off as an assistant in 1939 at the new Timely Comics division of Pulp Magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman. Timely Comics, byt the 1960s, evolved into Marvel Comics. Stanley Lieber made his comic book debut in 1941 with filler “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s … Continue reading The Legendary Stan Lee
The latest comic book film under fire with criticism and controversy before its release is Sony’s “Venom”. The review embargo lifted Tuesday and as usual, all eyes were on Twitter as #Venom was filled with negative reviews. Let’s be honest here, we all had very low expectations for this movie considering that Sony was at the helm. However, the excuses for this film being bad are not focused … Continue reading CBM’s & the Death of Film Criticism
In light of the new Dark Phoenix trailer that dropped Thursday at midnight, I wanted to reflect on the X-Men franchise as a whole. The original trilogy that was released in the early 2000s was something special for 20th Century Fox because Marvel Entertainment had sold them the rights to the X-Men characters, as well as Elektra, Daredevil and Fantastic Four. During the same period, Marvel also sold the rights of Spider-Man to … Continue reading The End of the X-Men
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