Earlier this year, Guardians of the Galaxy proved that even a relatively obscure Marvel Comics property could translate into box office gold. While Marvel’s own productions had previously performed admirably (including the back-to-back billion-dollar releases of The Avengers and Iron Man 3), Guardians took a quirky group of characters without any built-in audience appeal and made household names out of a gun-toting raccoon and a walking tree with a very limited vocabulary.
Disney’s Big Hero 6 then marks the second time this year a little-known Marvel superhero team has been brought to life on the big screen. However, unlike Guardians, the film is not a Marvel Studios project (despite the fact that Marvel has been a Disney property since 2009), meaning that the creative team that has so successfully brought Iron Man and Captain America to theaters had little to do with this animated adventure. Would the film live up to Marvel Cinematic Universe (in terms of quality, at least) or tarnish the Disney/Marvel track record? Continue reading Review: ‘Big Hero 6’→
Thanks to modern classics like Memento, The Dark Knight and Inception, director Christopher Nolan has become just as recognizable a brand in the film community as Disney-owned studios like Marvel and Pixar. In keeping with is reputation as arguably one of the most successful filmmakers of our time (and one of our favorites, to boot), a tremendous amount of anticipation and mystery have surrounded his latest film, Interstellar. But does the sci-fi epic live up to the pre-release hype, or does it serve as Nolan’s first creative misfire since ascending to the ranks of Hollywood royalty (notwithstanding the often-justified criticism of The Dark Knight Rises)? Continue reading Review: ‘Interstellar’→
