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Podcast 4 Season 2
Tweleven

By Dork Shelf
January 12, 2011

Mortal Kombat

The Shelf rings in the new year by waxing nostalgic about 2010′s best and worst games and movies, and talk about what we’re looking forward to in 2011. Will and Zack are joined by Emily and our old friend Lucas for this best/worst of ought ten show. The episode also has the distinction of being the only podcast you’ll ever hear successfully segue between Gaspar Noé’s brutal Enter the Void and Pixar’s heartwarming Toy Story 3. To read more of our favourites be sure to check out our recently published “Best of 2010″ lists.

What were your favourites of 2010? What are you looking forward to in 2011? Comment and let us know.

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Thor Trailer Thunders Online

By Will Perkins
December 11, 2010

Marvel has released the first official trailer for Thor. The Kenneth Branagh directed action epic stars Chris Hemsworth as the titular Norse god of thunder, robbed of his power and cast down to Earth by his father Odin. The film also stars Anthony Hopkins as Odin, and Natalie Portman as his love interest, Jane Foster. Continue reading →

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Thor Comic Con Trailer

By Will Perkins
July 29, 2010

The much talked about trailer for Thor that Marvel screened for fans at the San Diego Comic Con last weekend has unsurprisngly found its way online. The Kenneth Branagh directed film stars Chris Hemsworth as the titular Norse god of … Continue reading →

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Marvel’s Avengers Assemble at Comic Con

By Will Perkins
July 25, 2010

Marvel Studios brought out the big guns for their panels at the San Diego Comic Con this weekend. In addition to showing off the first footage from Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America, they assembled the cast of the … Continue reading →

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First Official Still of Odin and Sons

By Rajiv Joshi
July 14, 2010

Hero Complex gives us the first official photo of the three stars of Marvel’s upcoming Thor film being directed by Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein). The photo shows Norse God Odin (Anthony Hopkins) alongside his two sons, Thor (Chris … Continue reading →

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Podcast 13: Inside This Glass

By Dork Shelf
November 30, 2009

The triumvirate is back for this sixth prime-numbered episode, almost none of which was recorded behind glass. The dorks find themselves deluged with games, fatigued of comics events, and infected with empathy—but it’s all good. Continue reading →

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Thor adds Asano, Stevenson and Townsend

By Will Perkins
November 17, 2009

The cast for Kenneth Branagh’s Thor just keeps getting better and better.  Twitch is reporting that the big screen adaptation of Marvel’s Norse hero has added three more extremely talented actors to its already stellar cast.  Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the … Continue reading →

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Anthony Hopkins to play Thor’s Daddy

By Will Perkins
October 30, 2009

The Heat Vision Blog has some intriguing news about Kenneth Branagh’s big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics Thor, both on the casting and story front.  Word has come down that Sir Anthony Hopkins is in negotiations to play Odin, the … Continue reading →

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Thor has Found His Loki

By Jeff Brown
May 20, 2009

Hello Everyone Jeff here, glad to be back and I’m very excited about this bit of casting news. Why am I excited? Director Kenneth Branagh has demonstrated an ability to spot talent time and time again for his many film … Continue reading →

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Captain Kirk’s Dad Cast as Thor

By Will Perkins
May 17, 2009

Deadline Hollywood Daily has confirmed that Chris Hemsworth; who most will recognize as the ill-fated George Kirk from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, has been cast as Thor. The big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Thor is being helmed by … Continue reading →

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Has Kenneth Branagh Found his Thor?

By Will Perkins
March 10, 2009

Latino Review has a scoop regarding the Kenneth Branagh directed Thor movie from Marvel.  At this point it is unsubstantiated, but apparently Branagh was spotted having lunch with Alexander Skarsgård(son of Stellan Skarsgård), best known for his work on HBO‘s … Continue reading →

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Marvel Comics Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Top 70 Comics Countdown

By Will Perkins
March 3, 2009

Hard to believe that little old Marvel Comics is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year.  To celebrate Marvel.com is counting down the Top 70 Marvel Comics as voted by their readers. Some great books on the list so far, but … Continue reading →

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