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Applying Chaos Theory: Showdown of the century

The global box office ain’t big enough for the both of them. In 2016, the showdown between Warner Bros. and DC and Disney and Marvel will begin in earnest, and things had already started to come to a head in … Continue reading

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A brief history of space movies

With The Martian holding steady in the no. 1 spot, it’s time to take a look at how space has been used as a setting in movies over the years. The first space movie — the first science fiction movie, really — was the 1902 … Continue reading

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Ant-Man staring at lowest Marvel opening in four years

Remember how amped everyone was in 2008 for Iron Man?  There’s been a lot of noise in the past few months, strengthened by Age of Ultron’s performing less than The Avengers on the same weekend and Comic Con, about superhero fatigue finally setting in over the next … Continue reading

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A less chaotic state: 2005’s Batman Begins

Batman Begins is 10 years old today. Take a moment and let that sink in. Batman Begins is simultaneously the extraneous sequel that was always going to get made and the crazy wet dream movie that should never have been produced. Before … Continue reading

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