Sentences with phrase «dark world of comic»

The brilliance of A Scanner Darkly is how it suggests, without bombast or fanfare, the ways in which the real world has come to resemble the dark world of comic books...

Not exact matches

Across 2011's Thor and 2013's Thor; The Dark World - as well as the two Avengers flicks — we got a God of Thunder fairly comparable to the one from the comics.

Both Thor and Thor: The Dark World presented us with something drastically different than what was before it, including expanding beyond the cosmos and accepting the God - like characters as normal, which really pushed the medium of comic book films, while also blending humor and action in a way that made the character both interesting and viable.

Comic books have a long history of using contemporary world affairs as fodder for their plots, but Batman v Superman utilizes them in a dark, uncomfortable way that precludes entertainment.

By perfectly imitating the trailer for Wright's adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's comic, right down to all the same music cues and pauses for jokes, Inventor Headquarters shows off the fun that can be had within the dark world that Nolan created on screen.

The ending of «The Graduate» is almost identical to that of «Bonnie and Clyde,» but in a dark comic way: After a moment of supreme self - expression, our hero is about to get subdued and swallowed up by the world.

If The Avengers brought a lighter tone to the cinematic comic book genre, dosage Thor 2: The Dark World is a simple byproduct of that.

Set in a dark, comic book world against the backdrop of late 80s counter culture, DEADLY CLASS follows a homeless teen recruited into a storied elite private school where the world's top crime families send their next generations.

Thor returns within weeks in The Dark World, while 2014 will see Captain America sequel The Winter Soldier and comic book space opera Guardians of the Galaxy hitting cinemas.

In a world where The Dark Knight has pushed every comic book property to its most existentially gritty, Thor was a reminder the genre can still, heaven forbid, retain an element of honest fun — without delving into the absurdity of failed attempts of the past such as Daredevil and Fantastic Four.

Here's what appears to be a new limited edition minimalist poster for the upcoming comic book movie «Thor: The Dark World» by director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, The Playboy Club, The Sopranos) and starring Chris Hemsworth (Snow White and the Huntsman 2, Robopocalypse, The Avengers, Red Dawn), Tom Hiddleston (Henry V, Only Lovers Left Alive), Natalie Portman (Your Highness, Knight of Cups), Kat Dennings (Renee, 2 Broke Girls) and Anthony Hopkins (Arabian Nights, Red 2, Noah, Hitchcock)

Marvel just released the first official movie poster for the upcoming comic book film «Thor: The Dark World» by director Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones, The Playboy Club, The Sopranos) and starring Chris Hemsworth (Snow White and the Huntsman 2, Robopocalypse, The Avengers, Red Dawn), Tom Hiddleston (Henry V, Only Lovers Left Alive), Natalie Portman (Your Highness, Knight of Cups), Kat Dennings (Renee, 2 Broke Girls) and Anthony Hopkins (Arabian Nights, Red 2, Noah, Hitchcock)

It's Vegas, baby, and the human Looney Tunes that are the likes of Siegfried and Roy and Criss Angel... except here they're the partnership of Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell: Hope Springs, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi: On the Road, Grown Ups) and the fame spoiler Steve Gray (Jim Carrey [A Christmas Carol, I Love You Phillip Morris], who is especially good here, playing it more dark than comic), who is honing in on their magical celebrity mojo.

Marvel Studios» «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» And «Guardians Of The Galaxy» Red Carpet - Comic - Con International 2013

Comic - book movies have mostly focused on the superhero world as of late, but in the early 2000s Hollywood was taking bigger chances on darker...

Future Con also takes a fun look at fiction vs. fact in the comics world, with panels like The Technology of Dark Nights: Metal featuring a discussion with «Batman» artist and writer duo Greg Capullo and Scott Snyder about the technology at the iconic character's disposal.

One app is the behemoth of the digital comics world, Comics by comiXology, which carries over 30,000 titles from every major comics publisher except Dark Horse.

Although Dark Horse has published several Mass Effect miniseries, this will be the first ongoing comics series set in the world of the game.

Dark Horse has had the franchise for over 20 years, during which they not only spun out a series of prequels and sequels that added to the Star Wars universe but also, in the past year, launched two new series: Star Wars, which was set in the world of the first movie, and The Star Wars, a comic based on George Lucas's first draft of the screenplay.

Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world's leading entertainment publishers.

By turns terrifying, darkly comic, surreal and stomach - churning, these forty - one stories and poems from award - winning author Tracie McBride open the veins of the world to show humanity in a different - and much darker - light.

Dark Horse Comics Publisher Mike Richardson and «Captain Midnight» writer Joshua Williamson visited the world famous CBR Tiki Room at New York Comic Con to discuss resurrecting the pulp serial hero in the modern day, the company's revival of other classic heroes like Ghost and X and the publisher's future in light of a landmark 2012 and the changing face of both pop culture and technology.

This week, the More to Come Crew — Heidi «The Beat» MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons — discuss digital comics news from Archie, Hoopla, Google Play and Europe Comics; PW's Best Graphic Novels of 2015, Frank Miller's Dark Knight III, and the Goodreads and Amazon best - of lists; R. Sikoryak's iTunes the Graphic Novel, and more on PW Comics World's More To Come podcast.

In honor of their soon to be released love letter to swords, sex and sorcery, BioWare has tapped Penny Arcade to create an original web comic set in Dragon Age: Origins «dark fantasy world.

The official comic set in the world of the best - selling Dark Souls videogame franchise!

The natural next step in storytelling is expanding that world to the entire DC comic universe, but don't let the aptly - noted subtitle «DC Super Heroes» fool you: Lego Batman 2 is still all about the Dark Knight and his sidekick, only this time you get to fly around with Superman for half of the game too.

Wargaming, the award - winning online game developer and publisher of the globally successful World of Tanks combat series, today announced a partnership with comic book publisher Dark Horse Comics.

From the desolate worlds of Namco - Bandai's critically - lauded videgame series comes this unsettling collection of all - new Dark Souls tales, written and drawn by some of the comic industry's finest.

However, a mistake from a publisher that's quite well - known in the comics world, Dark Horse, may have just given us the exact launch date of the game.

An open world game with an incredible amount of detail, it boasts excellent production values and a dark, comic book - style story.

His references span from the deep and dark corners of the carefully mannered art world to the more esoteric branches of culture such as inglorious comic books, unsung hip hop heroes, and freakish, hallucinatory imagery from the drug - fueled political past.

Worlds and Views (2005) at The Museum of Modern Art, Two Years (2007) at the Whitney Museum, Eclipse: Art in a Dark Age (2008) at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, After Nature (2008) at the New Museum, Riotous Baroque (2012) at Kunsthaus Zürich, Comic Future (2013) at Ballroom Marfa in Marfa, Texas, [34] and at the Musée Rath In Geneva Le retour des ténèbres (2016).

«We're going to be building out our world in a whole series of publishing programs, including Dark Horse comics.