Just in case you’ve been under a rock, fans of classic gangster movies have a lot to be excited about right now. Martin Scorsese, the maestro of such mafia classics as Goodfellas and Casino, is about to return to the underworld with a little movie called The Irishman…and he’s bringing some of his most iconic friends along with him. The film’s cast includes Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and- making his Scorsese Gangster debut- the Godfather himself, Al Pacino!…
When you have just won an Oscar… sorry, TWO Oscars… I can only imagine that you must feel like a million bucks. You must feel like the world is your creative oyster. That… whatever you may want to create now should get a guaranteed green light! At least, that is what we can hope for Academy Award winning director, Guillermo Del Toro who took home two Oscars on Sunday (Best Director and Best Picture) for…
While I don’t love giving my former employer the clicks, this video I wrote and narrated over there almost exactly a year ago serves as a great appetizer for today’s Revenge Report. So check it out if you’d like to understand some of the greater context for what we’ll be discussing today regarding Ben Affleck’s tenure as Batman. Timeline-wise, this was made after Ben Affleck departed the director’s chair for The Batman but before Matt Reeves took over: As should be evident…
Making a movie based off of a theme park ride sounds like a dumb idea on paper. But the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has made billions for Disney. They are going to try their luck again, with a film that is based off their Jungle Cruise ride. To hedge their bets, they cast two of the most charismatic people working in Hollywood today – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt. Johnson had been…
Video game movies have had a rough go. Almost every film has been a critical and/or commercial failure. Off the top of my head, the only real successes in this niche have been Wreck-It Ralph and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. However, those are not adaptations, but rather films sharing the spirit of and inspired by their creators’ love of video games. Now that the long-rumored Super Mario movie is officially happening I thought it would be a great…
As of May 2018, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is 10 years and 19 films old. In celebration, we’re talking about the deeper elements of the MCU, mostly film-by-film. We’ve already talked about how Iron Man is about finding truth, why Incredible Hulk might not be in the MCU, that Iron Man 2 is the true beginning of the MCU, how Thor does the work to make the Avengers great, why Steve Rogers was alone BEFORE…
A few weeks ago, I published the DC slate as I saw it. Using a combination of intel from WB sources and my own inferences, I separated the fact from the fiction of the incongruous slate of DC films that has slowly been growing over the last three years. When I published that report, many questioned why I left Batgirl off of it. After all, with a director like Joss Whedon attached to it, surely it…
By Brandon Alvarado I am a gamer. The problem is that I can be a very picky gamer. Normally I choose games of a particular genre, a particular series or developer. I admit that this limits the possibility for me to enjoy certain titles that the whole world considers masterpieces. But if it doesn’t look or seem to satisfy my particular taste, I tend to brush it off. I know it’s horrible. I am a…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is celebrating its tenth anniversary. There are many characters throughout it that we’ve known and loved for a decade now. When Avengers: Infinity War drops in May, the landscape of the MCU will change as we know it. It is a safe bet to say that not everyone will make it out okay. If one of those people happens to be Steve Rogers, there are two people who could take on…
The draw for me to read American Jesus Vol 1: Chosen, was because it was written by Mark Millar. Whether it be his work for Marvel, DC, or his other creator-owned work I’ve read, he’s quickly become one of my favourite comic book writers. Half way through this book, it feels as though we’re going to get a 21 Century telling of the Jesus story we all know. For a bit, I was thinking that…
All you Aquaman fans may have a reason to rejoice! While we all are waiting patiently for some kind of teaser to drop for the hotly anticipated solo film; we have gotten information that seems to say that we will be seeing Jason Momoa rocking the traditional orange and green as the King of Atlantis. According to Twitter account @AquamanShrine, they shared a rumor which reveals what costume we will see Arthur Curry/Aquaman wearing in…
