Pop Culture for Fun

Ever watched one movie and thought of a completely different one, just because a little tiny bit of a character in one movie was like a character in the other? I have, so let’s look at fiction’s distant cousins. James Bond and Maxwell Smart They’re both spies at work for the government. Only one has [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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Action movies will always be popular because people like heroes. Heroes that walk away from explosions without flinching, dodge bullets, ignore serious injuries, do death defying stunts and witty one-liners along the way. The number one prerequisite of being an action movie character? Toughness (and the ability to generate suspension of disbelief). So let’s count [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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Building up franchises is nothing new to the world of cinema. It has been going on since the early days (William Powell and Myrna Loy enjoyed three movies in the Thin Man series starting 1934, I don’t have to mention Bond, but I do, and even Sergio Leone did his Dollars trilogy). Now, taking the [...]

Posted on August 1st, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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This is a man that in order to escape the fame of his family name (Coppola), took the name of a superhero. Luckily, he didn’t go for the obvious and was more subtle, choosing Luke Cage (his kid wasn’t so lucky, being named after Superman, Kal-el). So, what do you do as an actor trying [...]

Posted on July 25th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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  There’s been a lot of buzz about The Avengers movie ever since Marvel announced it and it’s understandable. As it stands, it would be the biggest, boldest superhero movie ever made and as the studio sees it, a huge payday. The idea is to gather most of Marvel’s superheroes under one roof. By “roof” I [...]

Posted on July 14th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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