Marvel Studios are on a roll, having already cast not one, but three different villains for Iron Man 3 – and now they’ve announced Casino Royale baddie Mads Mikkelsen will be playing an as-yet unknown villain in Thor 2. However, fans will be happy to know Tom Hiddleston will also be back as Loki, and is said to still have a big part as the sequel’s antagonist – and there willll be plenty of tension to look forward to back at Asgard.

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Watch out everybody, Orlando Bloom is about to go epic… again. In his latest project he won’t play an elf, a swashbuckler, or a medieval warrior, just an average Joe who wants to go where no man has ever gone before! According to Variety, Bloom has signed on to star in The Cross. The film will be directed by Andrew Niccol, the same guy who brought you the Nicolas Cage blood bath Lord of War.  Cross is categorized as a “science fiction escape story,” which will be set in a border town.

More on Cross after the jump.

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Did you realize that the Daniel Craig, Bond reboot, “Casino Royale” is the THIRD version of Iam Fleming’s kick-off Bond novel?  The first is an oddball entry, though technically the first time Bond was filmed.  That was back in 1954 on American television when CBS aired a one hour episode of “Climax!” their weekly suspense show.  However, for this, the first ever filming of a James Bond story, Bond was portrayed NOT as a British Secret Service agent, but one from the CIA!  Felix, his CIA compadre in so many films was the Brit instead.  Holy through the looking glass, Batman!  For you trivia types, Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre in this early, b&w, TV version.

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I have to say I love Daniel Craig as Bond. My only warning is that his eyes are so blue it’s best if you don’t sit in the first 10 rows. They might melt your soul. If you’re worried about spoilers, don’t be. I won’t even give you the basic synopsis like everyone else. I think the more you know about what actually happens in the film the worse off you are.

Instead let’s talk about the film itself. There have been a number of films this year with a lot of promise that did not live up to expectations. You walk out of the theater, thinking it was good, but that the trailer was far more enjoyable. This is one of the first films that follows through on it’s promise. You walk out of the theater knowing you just saw something awesome. There may be some problems, but you really don’t care because it was just so much fun to watch.

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More dependable than your 401k, this coming Friday, James Bond returns for his 23rd adventure in “Quantum of Solace”. It’s been well reviewed so far with a positive tomatometer, should lead the box office this weekend and has already broken box office records in the UK. Initially most were skeptical that Daniel Craig would prove a fitting heir to the Bond throne, but the popularity and boffo revenues from “Casino Royale” has put that skepticism to rest. However, how does Craig’s reboot of the venerable series compare to the others on an economic basis?  Or to put it another way, which Bond gives more bang for the buck?

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