What Does Sony Have Against Spidey?

First, Sam Raimi is forced to cram too many villains (by which I mean Venom, who he didn’t want to use) into Spider-Man 3; then Sony (essentially) cans him, as well as his cast and crew, rebooting the franchise  and handing the directoral reins to Marc Webb, who’s prior film was “500 Days Of Summer,” which […]

Ryan Reynolds As The Next Batman!? Really?

Let me start by saying that Ryan Reynolds seems to be an affable, charismatic actor, whom I enjoyed watching in films like 2005’s “Just Friends” or the more recent “Safe House.” Heck, he even was interesting in last year’s “Green Lantern.” The problem is that I am not entirely sure that Reynolds can headline a […]

‘Dredd’ Trailer Set On Frag!

The image to the right is the one of the last from the trailer for Pete Travis‘ “Dredd,” and it looks like Karl Urban has nailed the look, though in the comics he generally appears thinner, almost gaunt, though other than that, he looks good. What Danny Cannon’s 1995 version did right–for the most part–was […]

New ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Trailer 2

First off, I am not quite sure how “untold” this story is, since there were three prior films covering similar territory. Then, for some reason, they don’t feature Mysterio (quite possibly the greatest Spidey villain ever*) and the web-slinging scenes appear to look better than those of Raimi’s original trilogy, but do we really need […]

Warner Bros Conjures Up ‘Mandrake The Magician’

When I was growing up, I was a big listener of radio shows, like “The CBS Radio Mystery Theater” (hosted first by E.G. Marshall, followed by Tammy Grimes), “The Mysterious Traveler,” “The Green Hornet,” “Inner Sanctum,” and “Chondu, The Magician.” A show that I didn’t listen to much was “Mandrake The Magician,” though it appears […]

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Trailer

“The Amazing Spider-Man” trailer is up, and watching it makes me ask:  Why?  As far as I can tell Marc Webb’s reboot doesn’t appear to be bringing anything new to the party.  Now keep in mind that it’s just a trailer, but how is it significantly different that Sam Raimi’s version? It will probably be […]

Green Goblin Makeup Test

I found this makeup test for The Green Goblin, from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man from 2002.  It’s visually closer in appearance to the character from the Marvel comics, and certainly will not bring any comparisons to the Power Rangers, as the version that Raimi finally used, did. via SuperHeroHype