The cry came forth from a dark corner of my living room as it usually does this time of year, as it does sometimes during other parts of the year too. It was my wife, shrieking from the depths of her soul, articulating a cry of despair and disbelief: “You’re watching this again??!!” As the familiar strains of James Bernard’s magnificent score rose from beneath the blood-red Warner Bros.-Seven Arts insignia and the subsequent and equally scarlet opening credits, my wife didn’t even need to look up from her book to realize what was happening. It was the week before Halloween, and therefore time for my in-the-neighborhood-of-annual dose of Terence Fisher’s masterful, terrifying Hammer classic, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), the fifth in a line of gloriously lurid reiterations of the Frankenstein myth, the pinnacle of the series for the studio, and a movie I...
- 10/28/2018
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
It’s that time of the month again to go through all comics laced with more than a hint of adamantium. This month I will bring you up to speed on the previous three issues of Weapon X, All New Wolverine #20-#21 and then review the first issue from the new creative team on Old Man Logan #25. Before I get into the reviews I must apologise for not giving proper credits for the books I reviewed last month, so that will be rectified from here on in.
Weapon X #2-#4
Writer: Greg Pak | Artist: Greg Land/Ibraim Roberson | Inks: Jay Leisten | Colours: Frank D’Armata | Letters: Joe Caramagna
The second and third issues of this series have a certain feel of the writer following a paint by numbers. That being said I am enjoying the series thus far, but because of the characters involved and the concept of Weapon X always appeals to me.
Weapon X #2-#4
Writer: Greg Pak | Artist: Greg Land/Ibraim Roberson | Inks: Jay Leisten | Colours: Frank D’Armata | Letters: Joe Caramagna
The second and third issues of this series have a certain feel of the writer following a paint by numbers. That being said I am enjoying the series thus far, but because of the characters involved and the concept of Weapon X always appeals to me.
- 7/5/2017
- by Ian Wells
- Nerdly
Written by Si Spurrier | Art by Simon Fraser | Published by Titan Comics
So here we are, the final issue in Year Two of the Eleventh Doctor. Obviously that doesn’t affect The Doctor much, as Year Three begins almost immediately and he will find new escapades aplenty to get tied up in. What is does affect is the creative team, as this is the swan song of the Si Spurrier and Simon Fraser team, and as a reader you hope they go out with one final, creative bang. For me, this has been one of the inconsistent titles, great some months, average at best others, but all can be forgiven with a strong finale, right?
Last issue had quite a lot going on, the two biggest things being the reveal of The Squire as a Dalek hybrid sleeper agent sent to betray The Doctor, and the seemingly fatal wounding of Absolom Daak,...
So here we are, the final issue in Year Two of the Eleventh Doctor. Obviously that doesn’t affect The Doctor much, as Year Three begins almost immediately and he will find new escapades aplenty to get tied up in. What is does affect is the creative team, as this is the swan song of the Si Spurrier and Simon Fraser team, and as a reader you hope they go out with one final, creative bang. For me, this has been one of the inconsistent titles, great some months, average at best others, but all can be forgiven with a strong finale, right?
Last issue had quite a lot going on, the two biggest things being the reveal of The Squire as a Dalek hybrid sleeper agent sent to betray The Doctor, and the seemingly fatal wounding of Absolom Daak,...
- 12/5/2016
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Yesterday, amid a crush of sweaty people desperate for last-minute props, I visited a local Halloween superstore with my daughter, looking for a Pikachu mask. Well, there wasn’t much to choose from in the Cute Kid Division. But this particular hall of Halloween hell definitely had the adult sensibility covered. Of course there were the usual skimpy or otherwise outrageous costumes for purchase —ladies, you can dress up like a sexy Kim Kardashian-esque vampire out for a night of Hollywood clubbing, and gents, how about impressing all the sexy Kim Kardashian vampires at your party by dressing up like a walking, talking matched set of cock and balls! It’s been a while since I’ve shopped for fake tools of terror, but it seems there’s been a real advance in sophistication in the market for “Leatherface-approved” (I swear) chainsaws with moving parts and authentic revving noises,...
- 10/30/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
The Ultimates #1
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Kenneth Rocafort
Colors by Dan Brown
Letters by Joe Sabino
Published by Marvel Comics
Part of the solicitation for Ultimates #1 says: “The ultimate superteam comes together to find and fix problems beyond the limits of the infinite!”, and boy do Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort deliver on this front.
The comic opens with Blue Marvel throwing more scientific terms at readers than in all of Jonathan Hickman’s run of Avengers that started 3 years ago. Iso-8, a substance only seen in the Marvel Contest of Champions mobile game gets a canonical debut as Blue explains this isometric form is because of the event that happened eight months ago (The finale to Secret Wars we’ve yet to witness.) Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown explode all over this issue with the dynamite color and detail that goes into every inch and space for each page.
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Kenneth Rocafort
Colors by Dan Brown
Letters by Joe Sabino
Published by Marvel Comics
Part of the solicitation for Ultimates #1 says: “The ultimate superteam comes together to find and fix problems beyond the limits of the infinite!”, and boy do Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort deliver on this front.
The comic opens with Blue Marvel throwing more scientific terms at readers than in all of Jonathan Hickman’s run of Avengers that started 3 years ago. Iso-8, a substance only seen in the Marvel Contest of Champions mobile game gets a canonical debut as Blue explains this isometric form is because of the event that happened eight months ago (The finale to Secret Wars we’ve yet to witness.) Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown explode all over this issue with the dynamite color and detail that goes into every inch and space for each page.
- 11/12/2015
- by Terrence Sage
- SoundOnSight
Airboy #1
Written by James Robinson
Art by Greg Hinkle
Published by Image Comics
Airboy, no matter how you slice it, it an utterly unique comic. When I first got ahold of it, I had no idea what I was getting into. The title sounded like some kind of fantasy adventure comic, Amy Reeder’s Rocket Girl for boys, maybe. If writer James Robinson (“The Starman Guy”) had played it straight, that might just be what we’d have ended up with. Instead, what we got was either an alarmingly frank portrait of Robinson bent on self destruction, a send up of self-serious autobiographical comics, or a speedball of both.
I played around with a few different ways of wrapping my head around Airboy while I was reading it. The Kaufmans’ Adaptation as a comic. A heroin snorting riff on Steven T. Seagle’s It’s a Bird… Then I reached...
Written by James Robinson
Art by Greg Hinkle
Published by Image Comics
Airboy, no matter how you slice it, it an utterly unique comic. When I first got ahold of it, I had no idea what I was getting into. The title sounded like some kind of fantasy adventure comic, Amy Reeder’s Rocket Girl for boys, maybe. If writer James Robinson (“The Starman Guy”) had played it straight, that might just be what we’d have ended up with. Instead, what we got was either an alarmingly frank portrait of Robinson bent on self destruction, a send up of self-serious autobiographical comics, or a speedball of both.
I played around with a few different ways of wrapping my head around Airboy while I was reading it. The Kaufmans’ Adaptation as a comic. A heroin snorting riff on Steven T. Seagle’s It’s a Bird… Then I reached...
- 6/5/2015
- by Emma Houxbois
- SoundOnSight
It’s such a wild idea to consider that two of my favorite writers are from Saint Louis and two of my favorite artists live in Missouri. It would be very easy to have an epic mini-convention here if I could ever get Chris Samnee, Jeremy Haun, Matt Kindt and Cullen Bunn to hang out in one place together. There’s a big convention happening here in September 2015, and they’ve confirmed the writing talents Matt Kindt and Cullen Bunn but Samnee and Haun seem to be a bit trickier. How does one trick an artist into attending a convention? I mean, we’ve already got a bunch of artists but I can only assume they’re all suckers or gluttons for punishment. I’m talking, how do you ensnare the jumpy ones? Should I set up some kind of trap using a box, a stick, some string and maybe a Wacom tablet as bait?...
- 12/9/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
With 2014 being Batman’s 75th anniversary, DC Comics is flooding every month with new titles for fans to scoop up. Arkham Manor is one of those books looking to give Dark Knight enthusiasts as much of a good thing as they can stomach plus a few more bites. Issue 1 kicks off an interesting storyline which engages readers from the get-go.
After the destruction of Arkham Asylum, its inmates were temporarily relocated to an outdoor sports arena. A more permanent facility is needed to keep the crazies locked up tightly. The government of Gotham City finds what it’s looking for in Wayne Manor.
With just a few minor adjustments to its locks and design, the monstrous estate will become home to the most dangerous criminals our Caped Crusader has ever faced. Luckily, our hero’s secret hideout is located right underneath it still. You can take the Wayne out of the Manor,...
After the destruction of Arkham Asylum, its inmates were temporarily relocated to an outdoor sports arena. A more permanent facility is needed to keep the crazies locked up tightly. The government of Gotham City finds what it’s looking for in Wayne Manor.
With just a few minor adjustments to its locks and design, the monstrous estate will become home to the most dangerous criminals our Caped Crusader has ever faced. Luckily, our hero’s secret hideout is located right underneath it still. You can take the Wayne out of the Manor,...
- 10/30/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
The playlist to tonight’s column? Revocation‘s new brutal thrash metal masterpiece “Deathless.” Landing right smack in the middle of October, I have to mention how much energy this record instills in me. The thing about “Deathless” is that it marks an absolute highwater mark for Revocation, nailing the insanely technical flair they were previously known for while stepping up the songwriting a full notch, producing some of their most intense, melodic and catchy work since their inception. This isn’t a review because I’m a casual metal fan and that’s why I mention this album; outside a Dethklok album (or maybe High On Fire), “Deathless” truly embodies the best that modern metal has to offer. Listening to it is akin to snorting a line of demon cocaine off the butt of Satan itself.
So if this week’s column seems a little more aggressive than usual,...
So if this week’s column seems a little more aggressive than usual,...
- 10/17/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
So on Monday, I watched the Gotham series premiere with about 8 million of my friends. I started writing a column about the show and what it says (accidentally and/or purposefully) about the role of Batman in pop culture right now. But working on that column got me thinking more generally about Batman: A character who has been around for 75 years, a figure in my cultural consciousness since before my memory begins. The next thing I knew, I was making a list of my favorite Batman things–the movies, the TV shows, the vividly recalled comic book story arcs and standalone issues,...
- 9/29/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Batman #404-407
Written by Frank Miller
Art by David Mazzucchelli
Colored by Richmond Lewis
Lettered by Todd Klein
Batman Year One was the first Batman (and DC) comic I read back in 2010. The things that stood out to me were the poetic nature of Frank Miller’s writing (mainly the caption boxes), the parts that Batman Begins homaged, and how Jim Gordon seemed to have more page time than Batman. After rereading this story a few times over the year, I realized that Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli could have named this story “Jim Gordon Year One” and his ups and downs as he goes from a do-gooder cop from Chicago to an overworked Gotham policeman who has an affair with one of his co-workers to an ally of Batman. His character arc is just as compelling and more down to earth than Batman’s. Letterer Todd Klein shows this...
Written by Frank Miller
Art by David Mazzucchelli
Colored by Richmond Lewis
Lettered by Todd Klein
Batman Year One was the first Batman (and DC) comic I read back in 2010. The things that stood out to me were the poetic nature of Frank Miller’s writing (mainly the caption boxes), the parts that Batman Begins homaged, and how Jim Gordon seemed to have more page time than Batman. After rereading this story a few times over the year, I realized that Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli could have named this story “Jim Gordon Year One” and his ups and downs as he goes from a do-gooder cop from Chicago to an overworked Gotham policeman who has an affair with one of his co-workers to an ally of Batman. His character arc is just as compelling and more down to earth than Batman’s. Letterer Todd Klein shows this...
- 8/20/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
Tonight. Midnight.
‘Hp Lovecraft’S From Beyond’ At The Hi-pointe Theatre. Late Nite Grindhouse.
I can’t even tell you how stoked I am for this. One reason you’ve got to see this movie is for a very geek reason; the title credit is done in one of the coolest design schemes I’ve ever seen. You just don’t know how cool it looks until you see it on screen. The other great thing about the movie is that it’s progressive for its genre, with a female protagonist who not only makes other horror movie heroines seem like idiots by comparison but is also not an ice queen either. I really can’t say enough about how much I love this flick. If you’re here in Saint Louis, go see it tonight or tomorrow night! If you’re not, why not join us at home and...
‘Hp Lovecraft’S From Beyond’ At The Hi-pointe Theatre. Late Nite Grindhouse.
I can’t even tell you how stoked I am for this. One reason you’ve got to see this movie is for a very geek reason; the title credit is done in one of the coolest design schemes I’ve ever seen. You just don’t know how cool it looks until you see it on screen. The other great thing about the movie is that it’s progressive for its genre, with a female protagonist who not only makes other horror movie heroines seem like idiots by comparison but is also not an ice queen either. I really can’t say enough about how much I love this flick. If you’re here in Saint Louis, go see it tonight or tomorrow night! If you’re not, why not join us at home and...
- 6/7/2014
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
• Part One Of The Biggest Spider-man Story Of The Year “Revival”! • Miles is back in action with a new status quo and a new outlook on life! • A Big Big Big villain from Peter Parker’s past is alive and well and about to turn New York upside down! • The last page will have Ultimate Spider-man fans Screaming! • This issue can’t be missed! Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-man #1 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils & Cover by Dave Marquez Variant Covers by Fiona Staples, Brandon Peterson...
- 5/1/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
New comic book Wednesday has come and gone. The dust at your local comic shop has settled. An eerie silence descends as you finish reading your last superhero book of the week. Now it's time for something a little more sinister. Welcome to Bagged and Boarded: comic reviews of the sick, spooky, twisted and terrifying!
Monster & Madman No. 1
Although the cover of this awesome new comic screams "The Secret History of Jack the Ripper and Frankenstein's Monster" we only really spend time with the Monster in this first issue. The story takes place right after the events of Mary Shelley's famous novella, and we see the Monster roaming the frozen wastes of Antarctica searching for a life to live after his creator dies. When he comes upon a ship, he asserts himself, proves his worth, and climbs aboard. Trouble and treachery await him almost immediately, and at the end...
Monster & Madman No. 1
Although the cover of this awesome new comic screams "The Secret History of Jack the Ripper and Frankenstein's Monster" we only really spend time with the Monster in this first issue. The story takes place right after the events of Mary Shelley's famous novella, and we see the Monster roaming the frozen wastes of Antarctica searching for a life to live after his creator dies. When he comes upon a ship, he asserts himself, proves his worth, and climbs aboard. Trouble and treachery await him almost immediately, and at the end...
- 3/14/2014
- by Giaco Furino
- FEARnet
If you don't read Image Comics' Saga, you're missing out. As well as being a brilliant read, it's also one of the best looking comic books currently available, and the fact that Fiona Staples has provided a variant cover for Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1 should leave you nothing short of ecstatic. The cover and details on the upcoming issue can be found below... • Miles is back in action with a new status quo and a new outlook on life! • A Big Big Big villain from Peter Parker’s past is alive and well and about to turn New York upside down! • The last page will have Ultimate Spider-man fans Screaming! • This issue can’t be missed! Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-man #1 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils & Cover by Dave Marquez Variant Cover by Fiona Staples...
- 3/6/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
In terms of a winter finale, I was expecting “Bass Player Wanted” to have a little more umpth to it. Last year we had the fantastic two-parter, “The Last Page,” which finally brought Barney and Robin together in a hugely successful way. This year, How I Met Your Mother didn’t end things – temporarily – on an emotionally high note; instead we’re left with many dangling threads and a lot of hurt feelings. There is a small ray of sunshine in the form of the Mother making a return appearance, but even that couldn’t take away from the fact that “Bass Player Wanted” just wasn’t big enough to start off the winter hiatus. I’m not even sure what I was expecting – it’s still too early for Ted to try and ruin the wedding – but it certainly wasn’t the light-hearted romp that we got here.
Admittedly,...
Admittedly,...
- 12/18/2013
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
8th May 2013
Batman #20, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, DC Comics
It’s taken me some time to come around to Scott Snyder’s run on Batman but now I’m fully on board. I couldn’t stand the Court of Owls plotline when I first read it, but since then, I’ve made a real U-turn on my Snyder-based opinions. I have always rather liked Greg Capullo’s art on the book. The recent Death of the Family storyline managed to take a fairly gimmicky set up and create something effective with actual emotional resonance. At the moment though, we’re pretty much treading water with Batman until the duo’s Zero Year arc begins next month (which, in spite of everything, I’m cautiously optimistic about, which speaks volumes for the amount of trust Snyder has garnered from me).
This is the second of a two part arc starring Clayface,...
Batman #20, Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, DC Comics
It’s taken me some time to come around to Scott Snyder’s run on Batman but now I’m fully on board. I couldn’t stand the Court of Owls plotline when I first read it, but since then, I’ve made a real U-turn on my Snyder-based opinions. I have always rather liked Greg Capullo’s art on the book. The recent Death of the Family storyline managed to take a fairly gimmicky set up and create something effective with actual emotional resonance. At the moment though, we’re pretty much treading water with Batman until the duo’s Zero Year arc begins next month (which, in spite of everything, I’m cautiously optimistic about, which speaks volumes for the amount of trust Snyder has garnered from me).
This is the second of a two part arc starring Clayface,...
- 5/13/2013
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Batman Incorporated is over – or at least the organisation is. We’re 3 issues away from the finale in July but issue #10, “Gotham’s Most Wanted”, sees Batman Inc. in ruins with Batman no longer welcome in Gotham and being actively pursued by the Gcpd. Meanwhile, Talia prepares for the final showdown with a righteously furious Dark Knight, and Nightwing, Red Robin, Ranger and Knight search for Wingman who’s being held captive by unknown forces. And Bruce? Bruce decides to take an all-or-nothing approach in his all-out assault on Leviathan – and it is Epic.
DC’s Wtf covers have been utterly nonsensical and pointless for the most part but the one Chris Burnham did for this issue actually ties into what happens in the comic – a feat unto itself! The tag is “He will become a creature of the night… he shall become a Bat!” so it’s no surprise...
DC’s Wtf covers have been utterly nonsensical and pointless for the most part but the one Chris Burnham did for this issue actually ties into what happens in the comic – a feat unto itself! The tag is “He will become a creature of the night… he shall become a Bat!” so it’s no surprise...
- 4/28/2013
- by Noel Thorne
- Obsessed with Film
Beware, there are some serious spoilers below.
Wow, what an issue! It was a struggle to fit my entire analysis of this month’s events in one quick review, so I kept this article short and sweet.
The hype for Batman Incorporated #8 has been huge over the past month. All of this is due to DC Comics showing-off the cover. The artwork is almost identical to the Batman R.I.P. series, which was also worked on by Grant Morrison. Because of this ominous drawing on the cover, and the fact that Morrison had been instrumental in shaping Damian Wayne, people believed that this would be the end of the newest Boy Wonder. After reading this issue, it seems like they were right.
The last few Batman Inc. issues were great and all seemed to be building up to something, this was that moment. After being chased and hunted by his own mother,...
Wow, what an issue! It was a struggle to fit my entire analysis of this month’s events in one quick review, so I kept this article short and sweet.
The hype for Batman Incorporated #8 has been huge over the past month. All of this is due to DC Comics showing-off the cover. The artwork is almost identical to the Batman R.I.P. series, which was also worked on by Grant Morrison. Because of this ominous drawing on the cover, and the fact that Morrison had been instrumental in shaping Damian Wayne, people believed that this would be the end of the newest Boy Wonder. After reading this issue, it seems like they were right.
The last few Batman Inc. issues were great and all seemed to be building up to something, this was that moment. After being chased and hunted by his own mother,...
- 2/28/2013
- by Costandinos Karalis
- Obsessed with Film
That last page is going to calm a Lot of people down.
With the seven hundred issue run of Amazing Spider-Man ended, Marvel has started this new odd hybrid Spider-Man in a new title, Superior Spider-Man, which premiered this week. Writer Dan Slott has presented one of the most controversial plot twists in comics in some time and set it up in a new book. And it works exceedingly well. (Spoilers ahead.)
Superior Spider-man #1
by Dan Slott
art by Ryan Stegman, color by Edgar Delgado
In case you’ve been off-planet for a while, there’s been a bit of a shake-up in the pages of Spider-Man. Peter Parker is dead, his body taken over by Otto Octavius Aka Doctor Octopus. Fandom has gotten up on its hind legs over it, but after having actually Read the ferschlugginer thing, realized there’s a lot of story here.
Octavius, being presented...
With the seven hundred issue run of Amazing Spider-Man ended, Marvel has started this new odd hybrid Spider-Man in a new title, Superior Spider-Man, which premiered this week. Writer Dan Slott has presented one of the most controversial plot twists in comics in some time and set it up in a new book. And it works exceedingly well. (Spoilers ahead.)
Superior Spider-man #1
by Dan Slott
art by Ryan Stegman, color by Edgar Delgado
In case you’ve been off-planet for a while, there’s been a bit of a shake-up in the pages of Spider-Man. Peter Parker is dead, his body taken over by Otto Octavius Aka Doctor Octopus. Fandom has gotten up on its hind legs over it, but after having actually Read the ferschlugginer thing, realized there’s a lot of story here.
Octavius, being presented...
- 1/9/2013
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
The Fall of the Ponds. The Last Page. The Great Weeping. You knew it was coming, The Grand Moff Steven made it clear. Who died, who lived, and who will have a Lot of explaining to do to the parents. Spoilers abound, even more than usual, so here we go…
The Angels Take Manhattan
by Steven Moffat
Directed by Nick Hurran
The episode jumps between 1938 and 2012 Manhattan – in 1938, detective Sam Garner is asked to investigate a mysterious apartment house “where the angels live”, only to meet…himself, years older. In modern day, The Doctor is visiting Central Park with Amy and Rory, when Rory is sent backwards by a weeping angel, into the arms of his daughter River Song. How do you fight an enemy that can suddenly make you go decades into the past? Perhaps the answer in some cases is: you can’t.
The story bears more than...
The Angels Take Manhattan
by Steven Moffat
Directed by Nick Hurran
The episode jumps between 1938 and 2012 Manhattan – in 1938, detective Sam Garner is asked to investigate a mysterious apartment house “where the angels live”, only to meet…himself, years older. In modern day, The Doctor is visiting Central Park with Amy and Rory, when Rory is sent backwards by a weeping angel, into the arms of his daughter River Song. How do you fight an enemy that can suddenly make you go decades into the past? Perhaps the answer in some cases is: you can’t.
The story bears more than...
- 10/1/2012
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
The Doctor is very good at saving the world, but very poor at sitting still. So when he’s stuck waiting a full year for an invasion to start, it gives a new meaning to cabin fever. The Year of the Slow Invasion, the year The Doctor got involved in Amy and Rory’s life and not the other way around. A very personal episode (featuring the entire world), rife with spoilers, so sit back, and keep your eye on the box.
The Power Of Three
by Chris Chibnall
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon
Amy and Rory have been spending more time away from The Doctor, and it seems less and less of a problem to them. But when tiny little boxes appear all over the world, it’s a mystery sure to attract their time traveling friend, which of course it does. But his arrival also attract the attention of...
The Power Of Three
by Chris Chibnall
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon
Amy and Rory have been spending more time away from The Doctor, and it seems less and less of a problem to them. But when tiny little boxes appear all over the world, it’s a mystery sure to attract their time traveling friend, which of course it does. But his arrival also attract the attention of...
- 9/25/2012
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Elijah Wood has signed on to star in Grand Piano, in which he sits down to play and discovers a message in the sheet music threatening his family. So it's basically speed for the classical music set.
Evangelist Billy Graham is coming out strong in favor of North Carolina's awful Amendment One, taking out ads in fourteen papers around the state in favor of writing discrimination into the state constitution.
A gay Indiana teen is facing expulsion for carrying a stun gun that his mother gave him to protect him from bullies. Towleroad has the video.
The Weinstein Company has acquired Quartet, about opera singers in a retirement home who stage a concert every year for the birthday of Verdi. The main draw to me is the cast - Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon and Pauline Collins, and directed by Dustin Hoffman.
Over at Think Progress, they've declared Glee...
Evangelist Billy Graham is coming out strong in favor of North Carolina's awful Amendment One, taking out ads in fourteen papers around the state in favor of writing discrimination into the state constitution.
A gay Indiana teen is facing expulsion for carrying a stun gun that his mother gave him to protect him from bullies. Towleroad has the video.
The Weinstein Company has acquired Quartet, about opera singers in a retirement home who stage a concert every year for the birthday of Verdi. The main draw to me is the cast - Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon and Pauline Collins, and directed by Dustin Hoffman.
Over at Think Progress, they've declared Glee...
- 5/3/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
By Lee Pfeiffer
Man Bait is an engrossing, low-budget British film noir that represents an early Hammer Films production in the years before the studio turned to producing their legendary line of horror movies. Several soon-to-be-big Hammer icons worked on the production: it was directed by Terence Fisher, Michael Carreras was the casting director and Jimmy Sangster was assistant director. The claustrophobic drama takes place mostly inside offices and homes with only a few sequences shot outdoors. Perhaps because the producers thought the movie needed some Hollywood gloss, the leading roles went to George Brent and Marguerite Chapman, though both Yanks are overshadowed by a far more intriguing cast of British thespians. Brent plays John Harman, the prim and proper manager of an upscale London antiquarian book shop. He's happily married to an invalid wife with whom he is anxiously looking forward to traveling with on an exotic cruise. His staid,...
Man Bait is an engrossing, low-budget British film noir that represents an early Hammer Films production in the years before the studio turned to producing their legendary line of horror movies. Several soon-to-be-big Hammer icons worked on the production: it was directed by Terence Fisher, Michael Carreras was the casting director and Jimmy Sangster was assistant director. The claustrophobic drama takes place mostly inside offices and homes with only a few sequences shot outdoors. Perhaps because the producers thought the movie needed some Hollywood gloss, the leading roles went to George Brent and Marguerite Chapman, though both Yanks are overshadowed by a far more intriguing cast of British thespians. Brent plays John Harman, the prim and proper manager of an upscale London antiquarian book shop. He's happily married to an invalid wife with whom he is anxiously looking forward to traveling with on an exotic cruise. His staid,...
- 4/14/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Jimmy Sangster today, at the age of 83. While Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing may be the first names Hammer Horror fans think of, Sangster was just as influential when it came to the success of Hammer’s films in the 50′s and 60′s.
Having written The Mummy, Horror of Dracula, and The Curse of Frankenstein, Jimmy Sangster was one of the men responsible for the creating some of Hammer’s most beloved films and horror franchises. After the success of those films, Sangster worked consistently with Hammer as a writer on dozens of films in the 60′s, including Dracula: Prince of Darkness. In the 70′s, Sangster tried his hand at directing and took on The Horror of Frankenstein and Lust For a Vampire.
Jimmy Sangster was married to his longtime wife and actress Mary Peach and they lived together in London.
Having written The Mummy, Horror of Dracula, and The Curse of Frankenstein, Jimmy Sangster was one of the men responsible for the creating some of Hammer’s most beloved films and horror franchises. After the success of those films, Sangster worked consistently with Hammer as a writer on dozens of films in the 60′s, including Dracula: Prince of Darkness. In the 70′s, Sangster tried his hand at directing and took on The Horror of Frankenstein and Lust For a Vampire.
Jimmy Sangster was married to his longtime wife and actress Mary Peach and they lived together in London.
- 8/19/2011
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Patton Oswalt is not only a funny comedian, but a is a fellow Geek! Here are two Batman storylines that he wrote and pitched to DC Comics. Both stories were never published, but they are still cool and worth a read.
Check out the two stories below, as well as Oswalt's commentary of each:
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The Joker once again breaks out of Arkham Asylum, and Batman - along with the Justice League - tears apart Gotham to find him.
And who feels the heat the worst when the League is cracking down hard? Gotham's criminals.
And because Batman works his way up from minor street thug, higher and higher on the chain, it's the "C" list criminals who suffer first.
Barely escaping a beatdown and capture, The Cluemaster (who I'm going to make a much younger, inexperienced criminal) gathers a literal "C"-list of other, frightened criminals - Crazyquilt, Crime Doctor,...
Check out the two stories below, as well as Oswalt's commentary of each:
"J"
The Joker once again breaks out of Arkham Asylum, and Batman - along with the Justice League - tears apart Gotham to find him.
And who feels the heat the worst when the League is cracking down hard? Gotham's criminals.
And because Batman works his way up from minor street thug, higher and higher on the chain, it's the "C" list criminals who suffer first.
Barely escaping a beatdown and capture, The Cluemaster (who I'm going to make a much younger, inexperienced criminal) gathers a literal "C"-list of other, frightened criminals - Crazyquilt, Crime Doctor,...
- 7/4/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Update: A portion of this essay is based on a misreading. Not just a questionable interpretation or one of my more idiosyncratic reveries — no, literally a misreading, and one I did not learn about until after my mistake was already public. Please see the note at the end.
“Ramadan” is the final story in Fables & Reflections and was originally published as the fiftieth issue of Sandman. Appropriately, it’s a stunner. P. Craig Russell’s art is rich and imaginative, given extraordinarily vivid coloring by Digital Chameleon, and the story itself is one that seems simple for much of its length and then, in the last pages, gains new complexity and resonance.
All of the Fables & Reflections stories explore the connections between storytelling and dreaming, fantasy and reality; The Sandman as a whole does this generally, of course, but the theme is especially clear in each of the tales collected in Fables & Reflections.
“Ramadan” is the final story in Fables & Reflections and was originally published as the fiftieth issue of Sandman. Appropriately, it’s a stunner. P. Craig Russell’s art is rich and imaginative, given extraordinarily vivid coloring by Digital Chameleon, and the story itself is one that seems simple for much of its length and then, in the last pages, gains new complexity and resonance.
All of the Fables & Reflections stories explore the connections between storytelling and dreaming, fantasy and reality; The Sandman as a whole does this generally, of course, but the theme is especially clear in each of the tales collected in Fables & Reflections.
- 6/28/2011
- by Matthew Cheney
- Boomtron
DC Comics’ dynamic cover campaign strikes again! I picked up this month’s issue of The Flash based entirely on the phenomenal cover by local artist Francis Manapul. I’m not entirely sure why I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the issue, but it is a great read. This really shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me, given the creative team involved. Geoff Johns is one of my favourite writers, I have enjoyed nearly everything he has done, with one exception – Blackest Night. This was a big reason that I didn’t give The Flash #1 more than a quick flip through when it was first released. I knew I should be reading the comic, but I was trying to avoid anything related to Brightest Day, and its banner above The Flash logo soured its debut for me. That and the insanely long delays that plagued The Flash:...
- 2/12/2011
- by Andrew Uys
- DorkShelf.com
(Please keep in mind as you read this review that I am a huge Joss Whedon/Buffy fan, having watched the show from its first episodes on Ytv to this latest comic issue… so I’m speaking from a place of great appreciation and love.)
This is it. The end. After 4 years of Buffy comics, this is the last issue.
Until Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, which is already confirmed.
The last issue of this phenomenal run of Buffy comics is okay. Not amazing. Not bad. The story is good. The art is good – though Georges Jeanty’s pencils feel a little off here, especially on the faces, which he has always nailed perfectly before.
If I really had to describe it in a Whedon-way… this issue feels a lot like the final episode of Season Four, where the big climax was the episode before, and this is the...
This is it. The end. After 4 years of Buffy comics, this is the last issue.
Until Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, which is already confirmed.
The last issue of this phenomenal run of Buffy comics is okay. Not amazing. Not bad. The story is good. The art is good – though Georges Jeanty’s pencils feel a little off here, especially on the faces, which he has always nailed perfectly before.
If I really had to describe it in a Whedon-way… this issue feels a lot like the final episode of Season Four, where the big climax was the episode before, and this is the...
- 1/21/2011
- by Andrew Uys
- DorkShelf.com
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