Iain McNally | November 3, 2013
With the nine realms under control after the restoration of the Bifrost, Thor and his Asgardian and Human allies must face a powerful ancient enemy, as Malekith and the Dark Elves return seeking vengeance upon the entire universe.
Jen Sylvia | October 1, 2013
Fans rejoice, for there is a way to cast Wonder Woman. There is a way to make her costume relevant and still evoke its traditional roots. There is a way to show the emotional strength and moral steel of a character such as this.
Bill Ostroff | July 16, 2013
The Ningyo is a 1909 period film pilot about cryptozoology. The search for mythological or unproven creatures. A Faustian tale about losing oneself in the process of achieving the filmmaker’s goals. Dr. Marlowe, a paleontologist and professor, finds a piece of a map pointing to the place where the Ningyo, the mythical Japanese creature, could be found. The [...]
Chris Perkins | July 3, 2013
2013 has already seen some pretty huge films hit the cinema screens of the world. Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness and Man Of Steel have seemed to delight and disappoint in almost equal measures. There’s still a whole lot for film geeks to look forward to, even though we’re a little over halfway [...]
Mackenzie and Walker | June 14, 2013
Spoilers abound, for those who care. You’ve by now heard our recitations about our comics reading of the last decade or so. Hopefully you’re all reading Crossing Worlds. In any event, despite only occasional glances until recently in the Marvel direction, it’s hard not to get Thor. Cultural osmosis and the odd skim through the [...]
Dave Howlett | April 29, 2013
Box Office Back Issues is a new feature here at the Movies Section of NerdSpan, where we revisit the previous installments in a comic movie franchise in anticipation of the next adventure–a rummage through the metaphorical movie longbox. There’s a generally acknowledged maxim about action-movie franchises–superhero movies in particular–which says that the third movie in [...]
Josh Flynn | April 28, 2013
It’s rare for comics to allow a one-off adventure these days. Most books focus on five or six issue narrative arcs. Only Hawkeye comes to mind as a comic that thrives on mini adventures. This month, Journey into Mystery takes the small scale approach—story wise, anyway. The book’s focus shifts from Sif to Volstagg and [...]
Dave Howlett | April 6, 2013
If you were a comic fan who longed to see your favourite Marvel superheroes come to life on the big screen–heck, even the TV screen–the 1980s and early 1990s were a frustrating time to grow up. Now-defunct magazines like Comics Scene and Wizard were always abuzz with news of big-budget comic-movie treatments that never came [...]
Dave Howlett | April 4, 2013
For whatever reason, Mark Waid‘s take on Marvel‘s Green Goliath hasn’t garnered anywhere near the rapturous acclaim of the writer’s critically beloved Daredevil relaunch. The reason could be that, while Waid (aided by an astonishing roster of artistic talent that includes Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and current illustrator Chris Samnee) has taken the sightless superhero [...]
Dave Howlett | March 22, 2013
Jonathan Hickman has, in a short time, earned a reputation as one of comics’ most meticulous long-range planners. This larger sense of overriding structure, most apparent in his acclaimed runs on Marvel’s Fantastic Four and Future Foundation, can be comforting to some degree. It’s nice to know that a greater plan is being realized and [...]
Leo Johnson | February 21, 2013
Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic have taken Thor through time and space in this opening arc of the Marve NOW! series. Gorr the God Butcher has attacked Thor throughout the millennia, fighting him in the 900s, the present day, and in the far future. Gorr is on a quest to kill the gods of all races and times and he has a very special plan in mind for Thor.
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