Movie Trivia: Marvel’s Next Move - Thor, Avengers, Captain America

Marvel Comics has already dug deep into their second-tier barrel for this summer’s hit Iron Man. While longtime fans of the comic are thrilled, most people had no idea who this “Iron Man” is, unless he’s the fellow from that song by Black Sabbath. If they hope to continue their franchise, where will Marvel go next?

The Fantastic Four has already proven to be a colossal failure. X-Men has completed its trilogy, although spinoffs are planned. Spider-Man pretty much fell flat with 3, and The Hulk is just now being revived. With this history in mind, how much more bottom-of-the-barrel scraping will Marvel do just to make a quick buck?

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Movie Trivia: New “Dark Knight” Trailer. WOOOO!

Happy news for Batman fans - this past Sunday, the new, un-jokerized trailer finally debuted in all its massive glory. You can go to the splash page revealed by other dedicated fans to watch and download the trailer in three different sizes.

The trailer indicates more of the trademark humor of Batman Begins, and specifically highlights the character of Harvey Dent. This may be a result of Heath Ledger’s untimely passing; while Two-Face is a popular villain, he is not as beloved or as recognizable as The Joker.

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Movie Trivia: Arena–Loved It The First Time I Saw It

It may not be the best of signs that all Hollywood really has to work with at this point is rehashings of crap that’s already been done.

And despite the fact that horror-movies.ca believes that Arena is the second coming of theatrical originality, they’re hampered by one minor fact:

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Movie Trivia: Eli Roth Can’t Hack It At R Any More

Oh, this is just the news we needed to hear—apparently, Eli Roth has had enough of failing at making adult-focused horror films (even Cabin Fever got hijacked from him, that’s how bad it got), so now, he’s got a promise for us.

He’s going to start failing at making PG-13 horror films!

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Movie Trivia: Dolan’s Cadillac Starts Up

If you set Stephen King to writing for The Sopranos, you might well end up with something like Dolan’s Cadillac. Based on a story King did in his Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection, Dolan’s Cadillac is about a mob boss who kills a man’s wife.  The man, naturally, follows up for revenge.  Which, admittedly, does not sound very Stephen King—the car doesn’t run by itself, the wife doesn’t come back from the dead, and absolutely no ghosts or aliens are involved—but Stephen King’s done some more action-themed stuff in the past, so Dolan’s Cadillac doesn’t surprise me one bit.

But can it make a movie?  That’s the question on my mind.  Though Christian Slater, Emmanuel Vaugier and reportedly Dennis Hopper are involved, I’m not sure a lesser-known Stephen King title from his lesser-known genres is the best route to go.  Especially with so much good still out there, like “The Jaunt”—now that was cool. 

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Movie Trivia: Sam Raimi Proves Gypsies Are Really Rather Dangerous

For the longest time, we’ve all been somewhat in the dark as to what Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell, his first original horror film since Army of Darkness, was going to be about.  Oh, sure, we were all looking forward to it regardless of what it was going to be about because we’ve got a whole lot of faith in the man not to botch things beyond all recognition.  That and most of us are STILL quoting from Army of Darkness—aren’t we, Mister Fancy Pants?

But now we’ve got word on the plot! And it’s a doozy, too—think Stephen King’s Thinner, except the gypsy is denied a loan instead of getting run over by a car.  Man, you’d never think those gypsies were so DANGEROUS!

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Movie Trivia: Iron Man – Great If You Knew What You Came For

Some moviegoers dismay me somewhat–it’s as though they don’t know what they want in a movie and thus go to a movie that clearly doesn’t offer what they want just so they can badmouth it later.  Such is the case with Iron Man, a movie that’s been unsettlingly well received by most of the critical community and, not surprisingly, by me too.

I’ll be honest with you, I loved Iron Man.  Of course, I went into Iron Man not expecting rational plotlines or sensible dialogue or character development.  I went to see Tony Stark kick ass in the Iron Man suit, and indeed, Iron Man delivered.  Even better, I got some laughs out of the deal–the overreacting fire extinguisher robot is the best joke in the movie.

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Movie Trivia: The Coen Bros. Return to Comedy with “Burn After Reading”

After their Oscar-winning foray into drama with No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen are returning to their Fargo roots with upcoming comedy Burn After Reading.

FirstShowing.net reports:

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Movie Trivia: CNN Pits Iron Man Against…GTA?

Sometimes, I can’t help but notice that it seems like everyone else on this blog gets to write about video games. The more I examine this suspicion, the more I realize that - by golly! - it’s true. Those jerks. Somehow, just because I am a girl with a limited interest in gaming, I got passed over. Help, help, I’m being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!

Anyway.

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Movie Trivia: Will Smith Plans to Wax On, Wax Off with “Karate Kid” Remake

Lately there’s been an obsession with remaking movies that barely needed to be made in the first place. This may be sacrilege to those of you who grew up loving The Karate Kid, but I actually took karate as a kid and was insulted at the depiction. Pretty much everything about it was wrong, including that ridiculous bird pose that nobody ever uses in actual fights.

Surely, what the world needs is another Karate Kid! Why not? No, I’m not talking about the one with Hilary Swank. This one will be a modern re-imagining of the classic martial arts fairy tale, featuring Will Smith in his big screen directorial debut, and - naturally enough - his son Jaden as the titular character.

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