"Apart from being supersmart, Joss Whedon has the perfect credentials to write and direct a colossal commercial construct like Marvel's The Avengers," begins David Edelstein in this week's New York. "He plainly loves the opportunity to put these comic-book icons — Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) — in one room and let them hang out, spar (with words as well as hammers, shields, etc), and weigh the merits of individualism versus teamwork. Really — debate is as important to him as 'Hulk, smash!' The movie would be all over the place if not for Whedon's centrifugal seriousness. And it would be overbearingly pompous if not for his nifty ability to spoof his subjects without devaluing them. Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other Whedon wonders, The Avengers is both campy and reverential."
The Avengers, slated to open in the Us on Friday,...
The Avengers, slated to open in the Us on Friday,...
- 4/30/2012
- MUBI
Columbia Pictures A scene from Columbia Pictures’ Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance.
If you’re planning on hitting the multiplex over Presidents’ Day weekend, you’ve got a few new options. We’ve got a combustible biker (“Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” starring Nicolas Cage and Idris Elba), lovestruck spies (“This Means War,” starring Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine), and a very little girl (“The Secret World of Arrietty,” with voice work from Bridgit Mendler and Amy Poehler). Find out...
If you’re planning on hitting the multiplex over Presidents’ Day weekend, you’ve got a few new options. We’ve got a combustible biker (“Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” starring Nicolas Cage and Idris Elba), lovestruck spies (“This Means War,” starring Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine), and a very little girl (“The Secret World of Arrietty,” with voice work from Bridgit Mendler and Amy Poehler). Find out...
- 2/17/2012
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Good news for fans of Hellboy – Guillermo del Toro is bringing collaborator and Big Red creator Mike Mignola to work on The Hobbit. Talking to MTV, del Toro confirmed that while the script is still in its embryonic stages, he’s getting to work on visualising the movie. "We are sketching and designing with Weta's John Howe, and Adam Lee. Mike Mignola is coming soon. He's going to do a stint on the design team." “Some really interesting designs” "In about two, three months we're going to...
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- 1/27/2009
- by jwhite
- TotalFilm
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