The Flickering Myth writing staff rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 2017…2017 saw three new releases in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok – as well as our first looks at next year’s Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. As is tradition, we here at […]
Why does Marvel keep using the same villain for every movie?
Anghus Houvouras on Marvel’s villains…Next year Marvel Studios will turn ten years old. This milestone is being marked with a celebration that Kevin Feige touched briefly upon. There’s certainly a lot to celebrate. Marvel’s foray into feature films has been an unmitigated success financially and with the ticket buying movie public. Whether you love the […]
Stan Lee’s Marvel cameos get the Pop Vinyl treatment from Funko
Funko has revealed three new Pop! Vinyl figures for Stan Lee which includes the Marvel legend in costume from his cameos in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Captain America: The First Avenger; check them out here…New Pop!s of Stan Lee are arriving at Walmart next month! Featured in outfits from […]
Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2016 Edition)
Flickering Myth ranks the Marvel Cinematic Universe… Kicking off back in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe now contains a whopping fourteen movies, two TV shows and three Netflix series with more coming our way next year. We’ve seen the formation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., the rise of Ultron and the introduction […]
Suicide Squad passes Captain America: The Winter Solider and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the box office
Though it received some rather dreadful reviews and some pretty bad publicity following its release, Suicide Squad has earned another notch on its box office belt this weekend.Gorssing another $4 million from this weekend, Suicide Squad has now passed both Captain America: The Winter Solider ($714 million) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($708 million) at the […]
Captain America: Civil War overtakes The Winter Solider at the worldwide box office
Yesterday we brought you the news that Captain America: Civil War had crossed the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office just twelve days after it started rolling out around the globe, and now the film has pushed its takings to $737.8 million, overtaking the $714.4 million haul that Captain America: The Winter Soldier […]
Black Widow The Movie: Everyone Wants It, So Why Don’t Marvel Make It?
Tony Black asks why we haven’t seen a Black Widow movie from Marvel…Spoilers for Captain America: Civil War…Before you worry this article is going to descend, as so many do, into a Marvel bashing, feminist rant, let me disabuse you of this right off. I have never, and do not, consider Marvel to be sexist […]
Captain America: Civil War “twice as aggressive in tone and execution” as The Winter Soldier
During a question and answer session yesterday, Captain America: Civil War co-director Joe Russo briefly discussed the tone of the upcoming Phase Three-launching threequel compared to the Russos’ first Marvel outing, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.“We really did a radical reinterpretation of Captain America in Winter Soldier,” states Russo (via Cleveland.com). “We were twice as aggressive […]
Captain America: Civil War will have more comedy than The Winter Soldier
Co-directors Joe and Anthony Russo were asked by Collider to describe the tone of the next Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, Captain America: Civil War.The duo replied “There’s a good portion of [Civil War] that’s actually funnier than Winter Soldier, because there are characters in that film, that come from worlds where the tone is more comedic. […]
Superhero Movies: Contrarian Opinions and Partisan Fandoms
Samuel Brace on contrarian opinions and parisan fandoms…. This is a great time to be a fan. A fan of superheroes and superhero movies, of a particular TV series or film franchise, to be a fan of pretty much anything and anyone. For this there is no doubt. Fandom’s are at their peak, with the […]
