‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Composer Mark Mothersbaugh Talks About Bringing Something New to the MCU [Interview]

When he was hired to compose the score for Thor: Ragnarok, Mark Mothersbaugh was well aware that Marvel Studios has been hammered with criticism about bland and unoriginal scores for their superhero movies. So when he met with director Taika Waititi, Mothersbaugh put a two-pronged plan in place: to live up to the scores they’d done previously, […]

The Morning Watch: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Edition – Easter Eggs, Scene Breakdown & More

(The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this special Thor: Ragnarok edition, check out a rundown of […]

How this lesser-known Marvel character became a scene stealer in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

Marvel Korg is a minor character in “Thor: Ragnarok,” but is a major reason why the movie is so funny. Director Taika Waititi voiced the character and did the motion-capture. Originally supposed to be in one or two scenes, Chris Hemsworth loved the character so much Korg scenes continued to get added to the movie.   Warning: […]

Thor Ragnarok SHOCK: ‘Odin is an ABUSIVE father who does TERRIBLE things to his children’

WARNING SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AHEAD The King of Asgard has appeared in all three movies of the Thor trilogy, but is he an abusive father? This is something Reddit user EmperorJoker firmly believes, based on Odin’s actions across the movies. The theorist writes: “So this is covers pretty much the whole franchise but I […]

‘Thor: Ragnarok’: Kevin Feige Addresses What Happened to The Warriors Three

The opening seconds of Thor: Ragnarok make it abundantly clear that this is not going to be like the previous two Thor films. It really can’t be overstated how much of a comedy this is, and director Taika Waititi reshapes the franchise into something that aligns with his storytelling sensibilities. That means that certain elements or characters from […]

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Almost Featured Fat Thor and Emo Loki

Thor: Ragnarok is in theaters now, and it will have no problem taking the top spot at the box office. With director Taika Waititi behind the camera, the franchise steered hard into comedic territory, even more than audiences have come to expect from the Marvel Studios superhero movies. But Thor: Ragnarok almost headed into John […]

Daily Podcast: Stranger Things Theories, Thor Ragnarok Spoilers, and Goonies 2

On the November 3, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Jacob Hall and Ben Pearson for the latest news, including the likelihood of a Goonies sequel. In the Spoiler Room, we’ll be talking about some Stranger Things theories and some spoiler discussion for Thor Ragnarok. You can subscribe to /Film Daily […]

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Review: This is Marvel’s Silliest Movie Yet and That’s Okay

Nearly a decade ago, Marvel’s first entry in their burgeoning Cinematic Universe, Iron Man, proved so successful as to influence and inspire plenty of other studios and filmmakers to build out extended-universe franchises. Now, it’s hard to imagine a more influential Marvel movie than Guardians of the Galaxy, the gleefully anarchic, candy-colored 2014 film that […]