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The Contrarian Call #1: Revisiting X-Men: The Last Stand
Producer Lauren Shuler Donner (current Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige’s first Hollywood boss) should get the credit for seeing cinematic value in the X-Men franchise when she secured the film rights for 20th Century Fox in 1994. James Cameron was originally attached (and it should be noted that Brett Ratner, who ended up directing The Last […]
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In Memoriam: Stan Lee (1922 – 2018)
Stan Lee – in all honesty – was like the ultra-cool grandfather that I’d never met. As a child who grew up in the 1980s, his narration on TV shows like “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” and “The Incredible Hulk” were some of my earliest childhood memories. And I was (and always will be) grateful […]