Building the Bat: Batman Returns (1992)
Batman Returns is still the Bat-film to beat!
Column Article, Shot For Shot
Nick Boisson July 17, 2012
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Building The Bat: Batman (1989)
A breathtaking 50,000 letters - actual letters sent before email existed - were sent to Warners by fans protesting the casting of Keaton in the role.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Jason Sacks July 16, 2012 -
Assembling the Avengers: The Avengers (2012)
It's the sort of superhero film I've personally wished for since I was eight years old, reading The Avengers from Englehart through Shooter through Michilenie and watching George Perez and John Byrne come into their own as artists.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy May 5, 2012 -
Assembling the Avengers: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Jon Favreau approached Avi Arad with the intention of making it a comedy, but luckily opted to make Iron Man instead. Then, Incredible Hulk director, Louis Leterrier, was shown concept art and offered his services, but Marvel turned him down.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy May 3, 2012 -
Assembling the Avengers: Thor (2011)
That score was markedly lower amongst White Supremacists, who objected to Idris Elba's casting as a black Norse god and attempted to organize a boycott of the film.It had no effect.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy May 2, 2012 -
Summer Movie Spectacular Explosion Boom Hell Yeah 2012: Part 1
Pre-judging the summer movies for May and June!
Column Article, Shot For Shot Nick Hanover, Dylan Garsee, Danny Djeljosevic May 1, 2012 -
Assembling the Avengers: Iron Man 2 (2010)
Not only is this film set six months after the first film, through later interactions with Fury, we discover that it is occurring at the same time as The Incredible Hulk and that Stark's father was a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy May 1, 2012 -
Assembling the Avengers: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The story, unfortunately, doesn't really break any new ground, despite being action-packed and more viscerally entertaining than Ang Lee's version.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy April 30, 2012 -
Assembling the Avengers: Iron Man (2008)
The first step on the road to The Avengers was taken in 2006, as actor/director Jon Favreau was hired to direct Marvel's first independent production, Iron Man.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy April 29, 2012 -
2012 EZMM: The Dead Outside (2009) & Pontypool (2008)
Prepare, good children, as I bear witness to the artful restraint of Scotland's The Dead Outside and bask in the glory of Canada's Pontypool.
Column Article, Shot For Shot Paul Brian McCoy April 9, 2012
