In “The Infernal Machine,” Guy Pearce plays a reclusive author lured out of hiding by an obsessive fan. Maybe his character was written in response to cinephiles demanding more leading roles from the star of “Memento.” In the past, Pearce has seemed content to inhabit supporting roles, like when he donned old-age makeup for “Prometheus” or […]
Continue reading(Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)After “The Predator” debuted in 2018, it seemed like we were in line to enter a new era of the spine-ripping, skull-collecting aliens under the guidance of […]
Continue readingThe Marvel Cinematic Universe has a formula, one that the studio has built over 20+ movies in almost 15 years. But we’re seeing the formula evolve, with movies like “Iron Man 3,” or now with TV shows like “WandaVision,” changing up the format and delivering exciting movies that feel unlike anything that came before it.Now, it […]
Continue readingRobert Downey Jr. will be working once again with “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” and “Iron Man 3” filmmaker Shane Black, although this time to play a character who is markedly less charming than Tony Stark.Downey and Black are teaming up on a new film for Amazon Studios based on the character Parker, created by author […]
Continue readingMove over, Jason Statham, because there’s a new Parker in town. As Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. may be associated with a certain Peter Parker, but that’s not the Parker that he and his old pal Shane Black are reuniting to adapt. The actor and his two-time director are reportedly headed to Amazon Studios for a […]
Continue readingIn the 1980s and 1990s, writer Shane Black became one of Hollywood’s most highly paid screenwriters when he reinvented the action genre by revitalizing buddy cop tropes. Films like “Lethal Weapon” and “The Last Boy Scout” turned him into the rare famous screenwriting name, but eventually, he would turn towards his own directing career. While […]
Continue readingIn the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the future of Happy Hogan wasn’t always so happy. Jon Favreau has been with the MCU since the very beginning; he directed the first two “Iron Man” movies and co-starred alongside Rdj as Happy. By the time “Iron Man 3” rolled around, however, Favreau had vacated the director’s chair, and […]
Continue reading(Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.)The Marvel Cinematic Universe proved its concept in 2012 when “The Avengers” hit theaters. Multiple standalone franchises were able to successfully crossover into one massive, blockbuster event […]
Continue readingSpoiler Warning: Do not read this story if you haven’t seen “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” currently playing in theaters.While “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is one of the most stand-alone movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in years, the movie does contain one memorable callback to a previous […]
Continue reading(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: Marvel […]
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