Sentences with phrase «of other comic book movies»

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Most kids prefer the film for family movie entertainment shows despite the abundance of other kids» movies inspired by various comic books.

With the growing mainstream popularity of comic book movies, conventions, video game culture, and other mediums once considered niche and nerdy, the time is ripe for geek - centric businesses to thrive.

It's not as fun as other comic book films, but we get a better sense of the man in front of the cape and an actual Superman movie throwdown that sets the stage for an exciting new chapter of DC films as we start the countdown for «Batman vs. Superman.»

My expectations went up very very high in an instant and I could not wait to see a purely Kick ass Film that could compete with the likes of other great comic book movies (The Dark Knight).

Discussion of all other games, comics, Silent Hill movies, Book of Memories, Play Novel, SHHD, cellphone games, etc..

In addition to costumes, masks, and cosplay, we also focus on our other favorite staples of Halloween, including horror movies, spooky music, scary books and comics, haunts and fear attractions, and of course the icons of the season, Michael Myers, Jack Skellington, Sam from Trick «r Treat, Angela from Night of the Demons, Captain Spaulding, and many more.

In addition to costumes and masks, we also focus on our other favorite staples of Halloween, including horror movies, spooky music, scary books and comics, haunts and fear attractions, cosplay and costuming showcases, and of course the icons of the season, Michael Myers, Jack Skellington, Sam from Trick «r Treat, Angela from Night of the Demons, Captain Spaulding, and many more.

Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg is all set to helm his first superhero movie and it is going to be none other than DC's cinematic adaptation of the comic - book character Blackhawk.

0:00 — Intro 2:45 — Headlines: RIP Sidney Lumet, Wayne Kramer Drops Out of Headshot, Will and Jaden Smith in M. Night Shyamalan's Sci - Fi Film, Michael Shannon is General Zod 18:30 — Review: Your Highness 43:10 — Review: Hanna 1:03:00 — Trailer Trash: Warrior, Anonymous 1:11:15 — Other Stuff We Watched: Arthur, 12 Angry Men, Taking On Tyson, Atonement, The Killing, Tough Enough, The Windmill Movie, Taxi Driver, The Toy, Three Kings 1:40:45 — Junk Mail: Reed, The Expendables 2 Directors, Spoilers, Unlikeable Main Characters, Comic Book Recommendations, Directors We'd Like to See Direct a Documentary, Movies vs. Video Games, Cult Classics 2:10:25 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:13:00 — Outro

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic - book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast Ryan Reynolds as the self - destructive and puerile Bugs Bunny figure of the present superhero blockbuster landscape, mostly outdoes its predecessor in terms of style and satirical intent: Now that he's...

But in another sense, all is changed — the power behind the comic book movies lies with Marvel and DC, the studios now mere unloaders of other people's product.

The first Venom trailer, which premiered earlier this year, didn't really impress me, mostly because it looked like a retread of about a hundred other comic - book movies of its ilk.

There could more news on Ninja Scroll soon also Gears Of War, Lost planet other comic book movies and video games movies.

Like our rundowns of upcoming comic book - based TV shows, movies, and other genre movies, we're not including production info behond the developer; this is just an easy - to - read look at what's to come for North American gamers.

With off - the - shelf shootout and showdown scenes that differ from any other over-the-top action fare only in their gloomy lighting, «The Punisher» can't begin to measure up to the popcorn vengeance of Mel Gibson's Payback or the moody, provocative, primal reprisal of Steven Soderbergh's The Limey In fact, even the cheap, cheesy 1989 B - movie adaptation of the same Marvel comic book (with dramatically lumbering Dolph Lungren in the title role) was more entertainingly bad than this picture.

In addition to the plethora of comic book - based superhero movies in the next few years, there are a variety of other films such as science fiction, fantasy and action under the umbrella description of «genre.»

Like our list of comic book - based superhero movies and other genre movies, we're not including production info such as cast, crew or plot; this is just an easy - to - read look at what's to come in North American theaters.

DC on the other hand, can point to Heath Ledger's Joker as the greatest comic book movie bad guy in history, even if the clown prince of Gotham existed long before the DCEU was a twinkle in Warner Bros» eye.

Essentially the «Punisher: War Zone» of «Ghost Rider» movies, «Spirit of Vengeance» is a true experiment in letting directors (and actors) go full - blast in what they do best, rather than trying to tie a film to other comic book movies or a larger shared universe.

American Splendor is a movie unlike any other, taken from the pages of Harvey Pekar's autobiographical underground comic book of the same name.

It's a brutally beautiful, complex film that even with a rocky third act remains a towering pinnacle if for no other reason than it unlocked hitherto unknown bonus levels in the capacity of a comic book movie to make you think.

Easily missed among these other more successful action films, Dredd was a shockingly good comic book movie, and one deserving of far more praise and attention than it received.

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic - book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast...

The thriller, starring Ryan Reynolds (mercifully away from any kind of comic book adaptation), Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman and Rosario Dawson, is about the search for a missing child and, like every other movie in the known universe, will be premiering at this fall's Toronto International Film Festival.

«Black Panther,» the story of how that son enters his legacy as both king and superhero, unfolds like every other big - deal comic - book movie — in the best of ways.

It's just not a blockbuster comic book movie without blocky plastic recreations of pivotal scenes, courtesy of Lego.Check out three Justice League movie Lego sets coming in August, starring Stubble Affleck Batman, Sea Hobo Aquaman, Pizza Delivery Flash and other super friends.

In Tim Miller's Deadpool, Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds in the role of his career) lived up to his comic book roots by openly embracing the fact that he's 1) in a movie, 2) is a comic book superhero owned by a corporation, and 3) name - dropping actual actors and other superheroes like Wolverine and Batman.

There will be many conversations and laughs had thanks to Deadpool 2's mid-credits scene, an instant contender for one of the very best to ever appear after a comic book, or any other kind of movie.

«I actually think part of the problem on the last Fantastic Four is that we tried to make it maybe a little bit more like an X-Men movie, make it a little bit darker, when, in fact, I think the Fantastic Four comic traditionally is a lighter, brighter, more hopeful book that's interested in very different things to other comics.

And let's not downplay the fact that this is as much a comic book movie as The Avengers, Batman v Superman and all of those other superhero movies that people site when dismissing comic books as «just for kids.»

The film, aiming for production to start in 2015, joins a host of others in various stages of production that may threaten the dominance of the comic book movie.

Some of these movies take place in a shared animated universe, while others bring to animated life classic comic book stories for fans to enjoy all over again.

Into The Spider - Verse calls back to a very famous comic book storyline, and it strongly implies that the movie might feature many other versions of Spider - Man fans have grown to love in the comics.

To put it in perspective against other comic book movie universes, Deadpool's final totals are higher than Man of Steel and Suicide Squad (though not Batman V Superman) and the majority of the MCU's entries, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Doctor Strange.

This is no ordinary one - off comic - book - movie MacGuffin: Individual Infinity Stones have driven the plots of Captain America: The First Avenger, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and various other MCU joints.

In an interview with Comic Book Resources, J. Michael Straczynski said, «The story that I've always wanted to see visualized, and that I think other fans of the movies have eagerly anticipated, is the battle that set all of the movies into motion: the assault on Skynet, the Terminators going through and what happens afterward on both sides of the timeline.

He speaks of Mayhem going to other media, like movies, after building a comic book fanbase.

Thanks to movies and games and other media, of course, many people do so, but not as many as once did (ask any comic book store owner) and not with any consistency.

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Fortnite, with the kind of art style you could easily interchange with Overwatch, Battleborn, Heroes of the Storm, Paladins, Team Fortress 2, Agents of Mayhem, and at least three other games that released while I was typing this, is the perfect fit for a comic book movie cameo.

Ack Studios said that Two Brothers was actually initally inspired not by games, but by other things like Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, 80's movies, comic books, and Orientalist paintings As for video game inspirations for Two Brothers, Ackk Studios had a pretty solid list, «Legend of Zelda was a big influence of course, Link's Awakening in particular.

Works by such Pop artists as the Americans Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman, James Rosenquist, and Robert Indiana and the Britons David Hockney and Peter Blake, among others, were characterized by their portrayal of any and all aspects of popular culture that had a powerful impact on contemporary life; their iconography — taken from television, comic books, movie magazines, and all forms of advertising — was presented emphatically and objectively, without praise or condemnation but with overwhelming immediacy, and by means of the precise commercial techniques used by the media from which the iconography itself was borrowed.