Join Brian as he discusses science fiction, comic book, and horror films.
Thomas Jane strikes me as a really neat guy, mainly because he seems to care about things. This interests me because, for afar, it often seems that many actors do what they can to isolate themselves from their fans to such a degree that they appear as cyphers. Not Jane. He’s also not afraid to […]
I don’t know how true this is, but supposedly Anthony Mackie is in the running to play the Falcon in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which reminded me that Marvel, in my humble opinion, has missed opportunities to introduce or use African-American characters before. And I get that the Ultimates version of Nick Fury happens to […]
Today’s New York Times has a neat story about creator-owned comics, and the role they play in today’s comic business, even though it mainly deals with Image comics. It also mentions Rob Liefeld, who is bringing Youngblood back. I hope that he took a few art lessons while he was away because a lot of […]
Marvel Studios has confirmed that one of their upcoming films will be “Guardians Of The Galaxy.” My question is: Why do they expect this film to succeed? Rocket Raccoon? Groot? Bug (some may have heard of him from his stint with the Micronauts, but relatively few)? And yeah, I have been wrong before. After all, […]
One of the many things that Gavin Hood’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” got wrong was Deadpool, the anti-hero from the X-Men comics, because they turned him to a silent assassin-type, as opposed to the raging arsehole assassin-type that was in the comics. In that film Deadpool was played by Ryan Reynolds, which is interesting because Reynolds […]
Deadline: New York has a great interview with Guillermo Del Toro, from Comic-con, where he’s discussing his upcoming “Pacific Rim,” as well as how he feels about “The Hobbit,” and “At The Mountains Of Madness.”
Here’s the trailer for Sam Raimi‘s “Oz, The Great And Powerful.” I like the way the trailer (and I assume the film as well) start out in black and white, which provides an interesting contrast with Oz, which is bold and very technicolor. It also provides an interesting (and somewhat obvious) metaphor for his life, […]
As the owner of an iPad 2, when I want something to read, I often search the iBookstore (Apple), Amazon (Kindle app), Barnes & Noble (Nook app) or Kobo (Kobo app) though if I want to read some comics, I tend to look elsewhere. For instance, I have the Marvel and Dark Horse Comics apps, […]
I haven’t seen much in the way of imagery from Guillermo Del Toro’s giant robots versus monsters epic, “Pacific Rim,” so I am posting the Comic-Con poster for the film. I like that the robots appear to be the stars of the film, which is what nature intended. I am also hoping that Del Toro’s […]
Not quite sure how I feel about Rian Johnson’s “Looper.” Time travel in movies, like great power, must be used responsibly. In most films that is often not the case, since they tend to bend or break rules they have already established as soon as the plot finds them inconvenient. That being said, I am […]
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