Superhero movies are all the rage these days, with endless sequels, spinoffs and team-ups hitting the screen seemingly every month. An argument can be made that the comic-book movie craze can be traced back to 2000 when director Bryan Singer’s X-Men became a box-office smash, raking in just under $300 million worldwide. There were huge, blockbuster comic book movies before that, but it became appa...[Read More]
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope you all avoided Fantastic Four like the plague this past weekend. On that topic, this is three weeks in a row that I’ve covered a comic book movie here on Trailer Trashin’. Now let’s dive into the new red band trailer for Deadpool. Premise: In an attempt to cure his terminal cancer, former special forces operative Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) ...[Read More]
This Friday, we at last get to see the next part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Thor: The Dark World finally hits theaters stateside. And fittingly, this week’s new installment of Trailer Trashin’ examines another upcoming Marvel Comics movie, next summer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Premise: The X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of their species across two diff...[Read More]
With the theatrical release of Iron Man 3 this week, fans of all ages will be flooding the multiplexes to witness the return of everyone’s favorite comic book hero. No, I’m not talking about Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Instead, I’m talking about “The Man” himself, Stan Lee! Stan has been making cameos in just about every Marvel movie since 2000’s X-Men. While these cameos are mainly little no...[Read More]
It’s April, and the weather is finally warming up. Even better, the beginning of April means that the start of the summer movie season is only a handful of weeks away. And appropriately, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ examines our first look at one of this summer’s tent-pole releases, the comic book sequel The Wolverine. Premise: Set sometime after the events of X-Men: The La...[Read More]