Well over 50 years ago, after seeing massive success with comic book characters like Spider-Man, The Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and The Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics mastermind Stan Lee, along with celebrated artist and longtime collaborator Jack Kirby, created the X-Men, mutant heroes born with something called the X-gene, which gave them special abilities. I […]
The Godzilla franchise is one of Japan’s most well known cultural icons and the most famous out of all the kaiju monsters. The franchise is over 60 years old and he is set to return to the big screen, so now is a perfect time to see why this series is so enduring. The First […]
Jump to Last Week’s Episode Welcome summer movie season enthusiasts to The Plot Hole, where this week we tackle the film that officially kicks off the start of the summer movie season, The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Does it better its predecessor? Or is Spidey being overshadowed by its Marvel counterparts over at Disney? We’ve also got a […]
This is shaping up as a big week for Spider-Man. On Wednesday, Marvel released The Amazing Spider-Man #1, which marks the return of Peter Parker as the famous wall-crawler after the character had been controlled by Otto Octavius for a while. The timing of the relaunch of Amazing Spider-Man is no accident since two days […]
A couple of months ago, Joseph Gordon-Levitt made an announcement that shocked the comic book world: that he is involved in a film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 75-issue comic book series, The Sandman. In what way he’s involved is uncertain, but reports say that he might not only be starring in the movie, he may […]
DC and Marvel: who’s better? I don’t think that’s a great question to ask. They’re not the same thing, their characters represent two different approaches to mythology. DC deals in archetypes, Marvel in characters with relatable issues. Besides, Image might be doing better than both of them right now anyway. However, there is a question […]
Jump to Last Week’s Episode While it may only be April, with the arrival of blockbuster fare such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it almost feels a if summer movie season is upon us. In that spirit, we look at early reactions for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and more developments on their expanding villain […]
Guess who saw the new Captain America movie? Well… millions of people, sure, but me specifically. I’ll leave the review up to the good people at Entertainment Fuse movies, but since it’s become something of a habit I feel it’s my duty to clue you in on some comic book easter eggs. I think it’s […]
Jump to Last Week’s Episode As Spring arrives so to does a slew of movie news and tidbits, beginning with a barrage of trailers this week on The Plot Hole. We’ll take a look at Luc Besson’s trippy sci-fi actionier Lucy with Scarlett Johansson, the saucy Sex Tape with Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz and […]
Scum was and still is a very controversial movie when it was first made back in 1977, being banned from broadcast by the BBC and re-made by director Alan Clarke, turning it into a cinema release in 1979. This brutal flick is now considered a classic and was Ray Winstone’s breakout role. Carlin (Winstone) is […]
