Everything truly good in Marvel’s Avengers is compromised by its mercenary feature set.
Every serious narrative beat in the film is ultimately undercut by pro-forma storytelling, or by faux-improvised humor.
Joss Whedon’s film struggles against the rigid formula that typifies the Marvel universe, but only does so up to a point.
Aside from expected essays on film adaptations, there are a number of pieces that roam free from these constraints.
Disney continues to produce and use the same kind of fantasy marketing template to attract kids of all ages.
Aside from the ethics of 3D, it’s undeniable that Catching Fire will be at an economic disadvantage without it, losing as much as $4 per ticket in some cases.
Anchored by its attachment to The Avengers, this new film’s artistic aspirations become irrelevant to domestic reception, since the massive global opening ensures its event status.
These days, the X-Men saga seems like an interweaving, incestuous franchise bent on its own redemption.
Even amid the troubling trend of remaking films that have barely collected a speck of dust, there are still movies that can surprise you.
Comic-Con 2013 absolutely cements these cultural developments, where future films aren’t even contingent upon the previous film’s success.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry boasts its fair share of quotable dialogue ranging between wistful philosophizing, off-the-cuff calumny, and cornball caricature.
Like Avatar before it, Life of Pi is the kind of Oscar-y prestige pic that also stands as a benchmark for the medium.
Does Looper have a prayer in the Visual Effects race, where tigers and hobbits and Avengers will be sprinting, neck-in-neck?
Conventional wisdom says this film would surely have the sound categories in the bag.
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Critics get a bad wrap for being “out of touch” with the masses, but Tomatometer listings indicate that critics have been surprisingly forgiving of superhero fare.
The Avengers will assemble for what may be the most overstuffed tent-pole ever, and Katy Perry will unleash the first movie that could actually give you cavities.
For all the similarities between these two posters, it’s important to note that their central logos are fundamentally opposite.
The actor makes a lasting impression, the sort that leaves you itching to Google him. And that’s just in Round 1 of his breakout year.