Thor: Love and Thunder – The Women Who Lifted Mjolnir

Jane as Thor has been a pretty big part of Jason Aarons lengthyThorrun, which only just ended. Hell, this isnt even Thors first rodeo on this. There is precedent when it comes to Mjolnir being wielded by a lady. Heres look at Thors more feminine history fromMarvelComics. Odins plans are a little out there, but sure, why not. In this reality, Jane fell into the cave where the hammer was....

July 22, 2019 · 4 min · 772 words · Pamela Nelson

How Independence Day Defined Modern Summer Movies

The original Independence Day changed summer movies forever. In 1990, Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were Hollywood outsiders. Critics moaned, butUniversal Soldierbecame a modest success. Such grumpiness mattered little to audiences. There was, however, a problem with Emmerichs big idea. Emmerich, with his background in shoestring sci-fi, had a cunning plan. Engels seven-strong team was brought over to the U.S. and housed in an old aircraft carrier in Los Angeles....

July 3, 2019 · 3 min · 473 words · Christopher Booth

The Last Airbender: What Went Wrong With the Movie?

Could anything have saved M. Night Shyamalan’s much-vilified adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender? So beganRoger Eberts reviewofThe Last Airbender. Night Shyamalans most expensive and, ultimately, most derided film yet. But unlike other misfires from Shyamalan, this wasnt based on his own original idea. Its almost harder to try and figure out what, if anything, went right. This is Aang, the reincarnated Avatar who can control all four elements and usually keeps the order....

July 2, 2019 · 2 min · 234 words · Jason Thomas

Shovel Knight: An Indie Masterpiece

Indie platforming darling Shovel Knight arrived five years ago. In retrospect, I dont really know why I did it. The fact is I never owned an NES. My contribution to this Kickstarter was a moment of weakness derived from a misplaced nostalgia. Revolution Software managed to get enough old-timers to empty out their pockets in support of a newBroken Swordpoint-and-click adventure. Independent developer Zeboyd Games has basically made a career out ofDragon Warriorclones....

June 26, 2019 · 4 min · 763 words · Carla Harris

Worzel Gummidge: bizarre memories of a kids’ TV classic

Listen up, titchy yewmans! A kind of Scarecrow god whatever was he planning to do with his ever-growing stuffed army? The Crowman struck fear into Worzels soul… but also sometimes threw him parties and gave him birthday cake. He kept you guessing, the Crowman. *Furzedown Road, Braishfield, Romsey. (The Aunt Sally was eventually made redundant by the arrival of MailOnline.) That was the origin story for Una Stubbs Aunt Sally in the TV show....

June 25, 2019 · 2 min · 225 words · Madison Castro

The Many Crossovers of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshas covered a lot of ground in the past 35 years. Like all popular properties, the Ninja Turtles have done their share of crossovers. Theyve met all kinds of characters and rubbed elbows with so many different franchises. Theyve fought alongside everyone from Archie to Batman to Alf. you’re free to basically plug and play them into any situation at this point. Miyamoto Usagi became the Alien to the Ninja Turtles Predator....

June 24, 2019 · 4 min · 835 words · James Franco

The X-Files: Fight The Future – 25 Unknown Truths

In a far away magical land we call the 1990s,The X-Filesused to rule the world. So, naturally, it had to be made into a movie. (But money more than anything else.) The X-Files: Fight the Futureused to be my favorite film. I think Ive seen it about, oh, 142 times. I kid; its been way more than that. And if you do, I hope youll enjoy rediscovering them again. The script was written in ten days....

June 19, 2019 · 5 min · 984 words · Marcus Duncan

Spider-Man Villains Who Could Join the MCU

Who wouldnt want to see Spider-Man fight dinosaurs? Stegron controls dinosaurs, which if you think about it, might be the most useless power ever. Lets say Oscorp creates dinosaurs and then creates Stegron. It could happen right? Theres some strange things going on behind Oscorp walls. Videoman Yeah, Videoman. We took what we had, and what we had was Videoman, and we loved him. An American hero and astronaut deserves better, especially one that has a tendency to transform into a werewolf....

June 18, 2019 · 3 min · 444 words · Daniel Weber

Why Gremlins 2 Is Better Than the Original

Gremlins 2: The New Batch is superior to the original. No, really, it is! Like everything else in Joe Dantes wonderfully bizarreGremlins 2, the odder the reference, the better the joke. Now did she mean Feb. 12 or Presidents Day? Like the movies plot, its hard to tell the intention other than pure madcap insanity. There is no denying that the originalGremlinsmovie is a 1980s Amblin classic with all that entails....

June 15, 2019 · 1 min · 201 words · Nicholas Martinez

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is Darker Than You Remember

This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. Of the three, the Tristar project was apparently barely in the running. But for a long time, it looked as if 20th Century Fox would win this particular race. And at that stage, it was the most advanced of the projects. Ad content continues below Wait a minute. It would not be long beforeRobin Hoodwould run over schedule. And time was already tight....

June 14, 2019 · 3 min · 436 words · Katherine Ross

How Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies Became E.T.

Intended as a sequel to Close Encounters, Night Skies began in the 1970s and eventually became E.T. I was a real UFO devotee in the 1970s, and really into the UFO phenomenon from reading. For me, it was science. I had no ability to comprehend, Spielberg later recalled. Ad content continues below Unsurprisingly, Columbia wanted Spielberg to make a sequel. Theres Hoodoo, who appears to have hypnotic powers. The horses viscera are exposed....

June 12, 2019 · 2 min · 422 words · Michael Palmer

16 Films That Are ‘Die Hard on a…’

And the many other films that owe Die Hard a debt of gratitude… One of the main reasons for this success was that the formula was familiar yet flexible. Although the heyday of these movies was over twenty years ago, their influence endures to this day. Divoff is very believable as the bad guy. read more: The Strange History of Die Hard Movies Acting by all is really good. Watch Toy Soldiers on Amazon...

June 10, 2019 · 10 min · 1999 words · David Rodriguez

The X-Men Movies You Never Saw

Dark Phoenix is the 12th movie starring Marvel’s merry mutants. But not every X-Men movie has made it to the screen… The current incarnation of the X-Men franchise has finally come to an end withDark Phoenix. After almost 20 years and eleven installments, its becoming hard to envision a worldbeforeX-Menmovies. This isnt intended to be a comprehensive or exhaustive listing ofeveryunproduced X-Men screenplay. Instead, Ive focused on a series of drafts that had the best chance of getting made....

June 7, 2019 · 3 min · 465 words · Laurie Herring