New Comics! Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale and Dueling Versions of the Origin of Superman!
Here are some of the comic books I’ve been reading lately: Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale — This gorgeous hardcover graphic novel finally reveals the mysterious back-story of Shepherd Book, the enigmatic preacher from Joss Whedon’s dearly-missed TV series Firefl
The War For Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy
Last week I wrote about Bill Carter’s seminal book The Late Shift, which chronicled the 1992-1993 struggle between David Letterman and Jay Leno over who would host The Tonight Show. Almost two decades later, NBC’s late-night terrain was unravelled by a very similar late-ni
News Around the Net!
I’m a big, big fan of Adywan’s fan-edit of the original Star Wars, so much-so that I consider it to be the definitive version of that film. I am chomping at the bit for the release of his upcoming edit of The Empire Strikes Back! Here’s a fascinating interview with
Josh Reviews Tron: Legacy
The original Tron (read my review here), released in 1982, boasted incredibly stunning special effects but was hamstrung by a pretty simplistic story. The new Tron: Legacy, released last week, boasts incredibly stunning special effects but is hamstrung by a pretty simplistic story. I&
Josh Enjoys Danny Elfman’s Newly-Released Complete Soundtrack to Batman (1989)!
Last month, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 2-CD set containing the complete score to Tim Burton’s Batman (1989), composed by Danny Elfman. As I’ve written before here on the site, I’m a bit of a nut for movie soundtracks, and I love it when we’re
The Late Shift
Like many of you out there, I followed the news of NBC’s recent late-night craziness — the collapse of Jay Leno’s 10 PM show, the feud this caused between newly-installed Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien and the NBC brass, and Jay Leno’s return to The Toni
The BBC is Adapting Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency!!!
MUST. SEE. IMMEDIATELY.
