Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of the end, one of two films (the second coming in May 2019) which mark the conclusion of “Phase Three” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a universe that began a decade ago with the first Iron Man. Marvel has been very clear that these movies will mark a decisive endpoint to…
Every two weeks, Big Issues focuses on newly released comic books of significance. This week, they are Doctor Strange #384 and Thanos #15. Written by Donny Cates (God Country, Redneck) with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Magneto, The Vision) and Geoff Shaw (Buzzkill, God Country) and colors by Jordie Bellaire (Magneto…
From Iron Man on, the gajillion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe has toyed with portraying its characters as A-list and B-list celebrities or even actors cast in roles—a Hollywoodian fantasy where superheroes go to lunch, get asked for autographs, mingle at after-parties. (Avengers Tower is supposed to be in Midtown…
Marvel’s Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme has consistently experimented with visual storytelling, making it one of the most imaginative superhero comics of the past year. The main art team of penciler Javier Rodriguez, inker Álvaro López, and colorist Jordie Bellaire took advantage of the book’s magical…
As much as we Americans cherish the TV edits of Scarface and The Big Lebowski, censorship isn’t all fun and games. Hollywood studios are now banking on the Chinese box office (where international films made $2.7 billion last year), and that means playing nice with China’s state censors, who don’t appreciate quips…
Who he is: Kaecilius
Who he is: Dormammu, the Dread One, master of the Dark Dimension
Who he is: Doctor Strange, a.k.a. Stephen Strange
Who she is: The Ancient One, Sorcerer Supreme up until her death
Who he is: Karl Mordo, former Master Of The Mystic Arts
Who he is: Wong
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Doctor Strange And The Sorcerers Supreme has been flying under the radar, but it’s a damn good superhero comic. Doctor Strange is one of those characters that has a really cool concept but isn’t easy to make compelling, and writer Robbie Thompson has successfully crafted an intriguing story around Stephen Strange by…
We’re only a few days from finding out if La La Land is truly the greatest film of all time at the Academy Awards, but the movie is still picking up as many trophies as it can along the way. Today, Damien Chazelle’s film can add yet another award to its collection, with The Wrap reporting that La La Land has won the…
The Oscars are this Sunday, which means there are only a few days to catch up on the nominees, hone your predictions, figure out more reasons why you hate La La Land, and pre-write snarky tweets about Andrew Garfield’s hair. (You can catch our own takes on at least a couple of those items here.) The Best Visual…
Whether you loved every aspect of Marvel’s Doctor Strange or, like our critic, were somewhat underwhelmed by the origin story at the heart of the film, there’s no denying the film’s visual effects are a marvel of CGI artistry. Wizardry of the technological kind broke the film out of the mold of the standard Marvel…
[This article contains spoilers for the end of Marvel’s Doctor Strange. The movie came out a while ago, but if you still haven’t seen it, you have been forewarned.]
Back in August, we reported that Community creator Dan Harmon had been brought in to secretly punch up Marvel’s Doctor Strange and write some script pages for “additional photography.” Without any concrete details, we theorized that he was either there to simply make the film a little funnier or to set up some future…
La La Land joins an elite club after receiving 14 Academy Awards nominations morning. Damien Chazelle’s musical about lovers in Los Angeles tied for most nods ever received by a film alongside All About Eve and Titanic. Now it seems just about preordained for glory when the ceremony rolls around.
Look, no disrespect to Doctor Strange. It was a fun movie, full of dazzling special effects that require repeat viewing if only to fully absorb the CGI pyrotechnics director Scott Derrickson put together during those amazing city-transformation fight sequences. But the story was far from equal to the imagery. Aside…
