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Movie review: The Avengers
There were an untold number things that could have gone wrong with The Avengers, Marvel’s epic team-up of its big-screen superheroes — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Nick...
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Thomas Jane gets back to punishing
Here’s something unexpected that popped up online over the weekend. Thomas Jane, who as you may recall played raging Marvel Comics vigilante the Punisher in a shitty 2004 movie, has returned to the...
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Just how far-out is the Marvel movie universe going to get?
News broke yesterday that Marvel is negotiating to extend FOX’s hold on the rights to Daredevil in return for the rights to the Silver Surfer and Galactus, two characters FOX controls as part of their...
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Episode 1: Huggin’ Up on the Blond Guy
The Cult Spark Podcast is here! Our first episode features Cult Spark writers Bob Taylor and Terrence Aybar, along with film critics Tim Kelly and Stewart Smith, as they tackle a number geek-friendly...
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The Green Goblin, as he should have been
This video apparently has been floating around for about a year now, but Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. — the Hollywood practical-effects studio responsible for it — finally posted it themselves on YouTube...
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First Iron Man 3 trailer is pretty boss
Here’s what I like about the first trailer for Iron Man 3: It looks nothing like the other two Iron Man movies. Instead of glib, cocksure Tony, we get laying-defeated-in-the-snow,...
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Is The Wolverine the X-film we should be excited about?
The X-Men movie universe is currently in a bit of disarray, and not just because an already convoluted and contradictory continuity is about to get even more labyrinthine when First Class 2 tackles...
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Marvel gets ballsy with their big-screen take on the Mandarin
Massive spoilers of Iron Man 3 to follow. Seriously, don’t read this if you haven’t seen the movie yet. In the Marvel Comics universe, the Mandarin is Iron Man’s greatest villain — an Asian scientist...
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Movie Review: Iron Man 3
Let’s talk numbers. Three: The number of Iron Man films that Disney outfit Marvel has produced. Seven: The number of films Marvel has released in theatres. Five: The number of films Marvel currently...
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Episode 11: Paul Walker Tries So Hard
It’s episode 11 of the Cult Spark Podcast, wherein our fearless podcast crew dissects Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal, ponders movies that are green-lit solely because it’s contractually beneficial for...
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Padding the pull list: Satellite Sam, Dexter are July’s most intriguing new...
The biggest plus about reading comics is that there is so much content. If you look around, it won’t be hard to find a title that fits your favorite genre. This does, however, work both ways. Because...
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Movie review: The Wolverine
In a lot of ways, The Wolverine is one refreshing summer movie. It’s not a prequel or rebootquel or team-up or “dangerous” re-imagining of the character. It merely takes the most popular mutant from...
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Padding the Pull List: Get to know the Guardians of the Galaxy
Padding the Pull List is a monthly feature where Alan Smodic recommends which comics you should be adding to your regular reading list. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Brian Michael Bendis, Steve McNiven) It...
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Episode 13: Blandy McSpydude, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Is Star Wars Episode VII in serious trouble? Who should play Daredevil? Is there still hope that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. might one day be good? And just how much does Stew love his PlayStation...
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Padding the Pull List: Start the new year with Black Widow and Deadly Class
Last year proved to be a major success for both Image and Marvel Comics. Image, with its increasing ability to welcome top-notch talent, published hit after hit in the creator-owned space. Marvel, on...
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On Marvel, The Lego Movie and the sharing of intellectual property
On Monday, I was thinking about The Lego Movie (as I am wont to do) and I posted this little missive on Twitter: Marvel must not have wanted their heroes in The Lego Movie. Wonder if that's going to...
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Is a black Captain America progressive enough to be worth celebrating?
Within the past week, Marvel has announced that in a reshuffling of its Avengers comic-book lineup, Thor will now be a lady and Captain America will now be a black guy. Progressive geeks celebrated...
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Episode 16: Ape evolution and what kind of extinction?!
Our podcast crew has monkeys on the mind as Bob, Tim and Stew discuss their love for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. (Well, okay, Bob and Tim love it. Stew just mostly likes it.) They also reflect...
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Adapt This Now: Moon Knight
Not every great story has yet been turned into a TV series or movie. Adapt This Now is a series where we highlight some of our favorite tales that Hollywood has yet to adapt — books, comics,...
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Movie review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy is not a superhero movie, the creative heads at Marvel are fond of saying before pointing out that it’s actually a science-fiction film. And while technically they’re not...
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