[Review] Deadpool

Superhero fatigue: It’s a very real thing, especially at the beginning of a year in which we’ll see Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, and Doctor Strange representing the superhero film genre. By now, we’ve grown tired of the standard Marvel formula, as showcased by the less-than-stellar reviews of Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of […]

[Review] Fantastic Four

The name Fantastic Four suggests a certain joie de vivre, a delight in its own comic book silliness. When Marvel’s first family were translated to the big screen by Tim Story in 2005, and again for a 2007 sequel, that lightness of touch unfortunately slipped into kitschy smugness, with the excessive focus on camp humour […]

Red Band Trailer for Deadpool’s Deadly Debut

[youtube id=”FyKWUTwSYAs”] At one point, it seemed like Deadpool was forever going to be tainted and mishandled thanks to his “appearance” in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It’s so hard to tarnish an insanely popular superhero, yet Fox found a way to do the Merc with a Mouth wrong in that film. Since then, Ryan Reynolds, who portrayed […]

Channing Tatum Might Leave Gambit Solo Film

All seemed well for Fox and their X-Men film properties out of San Diego Comic Con ’15. After all, they cemented their status at the comic book convention with a great panel showcasing all of their upcoming films (Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, et al) and an epic on-stage selfie. All seemed well and good coming out of the successful […]

Fantastic Four Flex Their Powers in Final Trailer

[youtube id=”AAgnQdiZFsQ”] While San Diego Comic Con 2015 was a huge hit for superhero films, Fantastic Four unfortunately got buried beneath the hype surrounding Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad. After all, it’s hard to build more excitement for a film with no new information and scheduled for a release less than a month away. Nevertheless, […]