Sam Raimi wanted to make the MCU a little “Strange”-r.The “Evil Dead” and “Spider-Man” director explained during the commentary track of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” that he had to convince Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to include a particularly quirky sequence involving Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). The […]
Continue readingComposer Michael Giacchino is one of the hardest working people in Hollywood today. In 2022 alone, he is the credited composer on not only “Lightyear,” but “The Batman,” “Jurassic World Dominion,” and the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder.” This was after deftly handling the musical juggling act of “
Continue readingThomas Haden Church is one of cinema’s most underrated actors. His gruff, baritone voice and rugged mien shot him to stardom in “Tombstone” and catapulted him to critical acclaim in “Sideways.” In between turns in the Tobey Maguire-led “Spider-Man” franchise, he has settled in as a dependable character actor. And yet, these workmanlike performances only […]
Continue readingAre your spidey senses tingling?Sony Pictures announced that “
Continue readingWith the release of Baz Lerman’s “Elvis” on the horizon and the massive success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the popularity of music biopics has not been any higher. This motivated Universal Pictures, producer Amy Pascal (“Spider-Man” franchise), and Madonna to team up for an untitled film based on the life of the iconic pop star. […]
Continue readingFor Andrew Garfield and Zendaya, there is nothing greater than seeing their performances in “
Continue readingThe console wars have deeply divided gamers for as long as I’ve been around, and I’ve been around a long, long time. In recent years, Nintendo has been happy to be off on their own little island, doing what they do best and fostering their own IP while Sony and Microsoft duke it out for […]
Continue readingIn an early scene of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the spell-casting superhero (Benedict Cumberbatch) encounters a character from another universe who offers him a primer on the multiverse concept. He shrugs it off: They went through all this in the “Spider-Man” movie released last year.These days, the multiverse is everywhere. In both […]
Continue readingIt’s hard to imagine anyone but Tom Holland as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man. When the actor was cast in the role back in 2015, it was the first time an age-appropriate star was playing the web slinger, and it helped that Holland was able to perfectly capture the essence of the comic book superhero/high […]
Continue readingThough he’s become known in the 21st century for helming big-budget superhero films like Sony’s original “Spider-Man” trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire, as well as the upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for Marvel Studios, Sam Raimi comes from much humbler directorial roots. As anyone worth their salt as a genre fan should know, Raimi got his […]
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