Pop Culture for Fun

  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
Filed under: Movies | 4 Comments »

Comic books excel at giving geeks fantasies. Mostly involving superpowers. And almost as often involving hot chicks with superpowers. The cinema industry has been using attraction for ages when it comes to movies, so, when comic book movies started becoming mainstream, it was only natural they’d tap into that fantasy pool when it comes to [...]

Posted on June 5th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Literature, Movies | 20 Comments »

So, I haven’t really been around much, hadn’t had time to write any articles, but let’s see if I can catch up on those 2 weeks missed: Cinema: Iron Man 2 gets released, does well with crowds, Marvel execs probably have dollar signs for eyes right now. Robert Downey Jr. does his thing, Scarlett Johansson [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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Remember that scene from Toy Story, when the kid got Buzz Lightyear (of Star Command) and started to ignore his old pal, Woody, the cowboy? Well western movies are somewhat a thing of the past – not like you see many Rio Bravos or High Noons these days. What you do see, more often than [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Gossip, Movies | 2 Comments »