MOVIE REVIEWS: THOR

Critics are almost equally divided over Thor, the latest from superhero factory Marvel Entertainment. Joe Morgenstern’s review in the Wall Street Journal is typical of those that scorn it. “Like Thor’s hammer,” he writes, “this ersatz epic bludgeons its victims into submission. What’s more, it requires them to stare at the source of their punishment […]

EDWARD NORTON — FIRED BEFORE BEING REHIRED AS HULK

In a remarkable case of a star being fired for being uncooperative before even being hired, Marvel Studios said over the weekend that it will not cast Edward Norton as The Incredible Hulk in the upcoming The Avengers. Norton, who played the role in The Hulk movie — and reportedly clashed with producers over the […]