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Mar 16, 2023

A Marvel Movie Is Apparently Filming In D.C. This Year. We’ve Got Theories

Watch out on your left, these Marvel superheroes (or villains) may be coming to D.C. soon.

Jul 31, 2017

The ‘Black Panther’ Fashion Show Excites Comics Fans With a Display Of Black Excellence

To get audiences pumped up for the upcoming Marvel blockbuster, Fantom Comics put on a show of Wakandan elegance.

Jun 19, 2017

Photos: ‘Awesome Con’ Is An Alternate Universe Heaven For All Geeks

The sprawling event helped you forget about the real world, if only for a moment,

Mar 03, 2017

‘Logan’ Is The Most Dour, Bloody ‘X-Men’ Film Yet, Thank God

It is the most savage and depressing film in the franchise, and we mean that as the highest compliment.

Aug 07, 2015

Out of Frame: Fantastic Four

Yes, it’s as bad as everyone says it is.

May 01, 2015

Out of Frame: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Is there anything in it for people who aren’t dedicated fans?

Aug 01, 2014

Guardians Of The Galaxy Will Resurrect Your Faith In Summer Blockbusters

The latest Marvel adaptation is easily the most fun summer blockbuster in years.

May 04, 2012

Out of Frame: The Avengers

After six films worth of buildup, The Avengers contains something to entertain the comic book collector as well as the contemporary Hollywood fan boy.

Jul 22, 2011

Out of Frame: Captain America: The First Avenger

Kids, I just want to be clear on this point: performance enhancing drugs have no place in sports. Being that all’s fair in love and war, when faced with difficulties in either of those arenas, you go ahead and do what you need to do. It was war that birthed Captain America, née 98-pound weakling Steve Rogers. Chosen by the army for an innate courageousness that far outpaced the abilities of his scrawny body, he participates in an experimental program designed to use chemicals and some really cool-looking and completely unexplained technology to create a super-soldier. OK, so the rippling pecs don’t exactly hurt Rogers’ chances in the love department, either.

May 07, 2010

Out of Frame: Iron Man 2

If more of a good thing is always better, Iron Man 2 is a huge success. Villains? Twice as many as in the first movie. Two and a half, if you count Garry Shandling’s vile bureaucratic caricature of a senator. Potential love interests for Robert Downey, Jr.’s charmingly egomaniacal billionaire genius Tony Stark? Double the fun there, as well. Scarlett Johansson’s Natalie Rushman is added to the mix as Stark’s new assistant when he…

 
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