Many, many months ago, I wrote about George Clooney’s latest directorial project, THE MONUMENTS MEN. Since that time, Matt Damon replaced Daniel Craig. And the trailer, released this week, replaces my initial feeling of “I can’t wait to see this movie” with “I need to see this movie TONIGHT, and it makes me sick and …
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How about 8 hours of MAN OF STEEL talk?
Despite a couple of reservations that are more about execution than actual story, I found MAN OF STEEL to be muscular, emotional, and often even majestic. (I still can’t believe I got a Superman movie where Jor-El’s digital ghost choreographs his future daughter-in-law through a ray-gun battle on a goddamn spaceship. Loved it.) The fellow …
Marvel borrows Disney dollars to write the big check to Downey
Robert Downey, Jr. publicly wondered aloud if he’d return as Tony Stark after IRON MAN THREE, while Marvel mused just as publicly that they could replace him James Bond-style when the time came. But even after multiple reports of strained negotiations, I don’t think anyone ever doubted that Marvel would get an advance on their …