Tag: Marvel

I was first introduced to X-Men comics in 1991, when my mother brought me to her favourite hobby shop and allowed me to pick up one issue of whatever funny book struck my fancy, provided there weren’t any naked people in it. Thinking myself a clever boy

Iron Man 3 starts with our hero, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), reciting a dramatic, ominous quote and then going out of his way…

A brief look at Marvel at the movies! In this episode, Nick, P-O, and Dimitri discuss every theatrical release based on a Marvel super-hero. Also, they humiliate

Kazim returns for three comics-themed movie reviews! As part of the Summer of Heroes, she and Dimitri review Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993). Then P-O joins them to talk about

The summer of 2009 was a rough one for Hollywood blockbusters. Throughout most of the previous year, the Writers Guild of America had been…

Somewhere in Iron Man 2 lies a compelling drama about a larger-than-life industrialist turned super-hero struggling with his all too humbling mortality. Unfortunately, to…

If I had to sum up Thor in one word, I’d use “quaint”. This may come as a surprise to those familiar with the…

In light of the vitriolic backlash against Ang Lee and his take on the Hulk in 2003, I can understand Marvel Studios wanting to…

Captain America: The First Avenger is an imperfect movie with a perfect hero. Sure, the battle sequences grow monotonous after the first half dozen…

I don’t understand fanboys’ hatred for Ang Lee’s Hulk. Back in the day, the pensive blockbuster achieved both critical and box office success, which…