News Around the Net
Every now and then a great, cancelled-before-its-time TV show earns a magical second chance. My favorite recent example of this is the staggeringly underrated Futurama. This wonderfully bizarre and hysterical show, created by Matt Groening, was cancelled back in 2005, but it was reviv
Season Finale Round-up
Well, its been a somewhat bizarre strike-interrupted TV season. The most exciting new program I watched this year was The Wire which, as I’ve mentioned in this blog before, is what got me through the months-long writers strike. But there was still a lot of fun TV-watching to be
“They only lack the light to show the way”
As an addendum to my list of my five favorite super-hero movies posted at the start of this week, here are three super-hero movies that I consider to be tremendously under-rated: Superman Returns — I just don’t understand the almost universal apathy or even dislike towards
With Great Power…
I love comic books. And that means that I grew up with a great love of super-hero stories. These days its true that many of my favorite comic books have little to do with super-heroes (looking through my “to-read” pile I see titles like David Lapham’s Young Liars, St
Indiana Jones and the Long Weekend
I’ve gotten quite a response, via e-mail, to yesterday’s review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! I truly wish I had better things to say about that movie. Maybe some of you out there will enjoy it more than I did. No new cartoon on Monday because of t
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I just returned from a midnight showing. What follows are my spoiler-free thoughts. Boy. They did it to me again. I have never been more disappointed walking out of a movie theatre than I was after sitting through Star Wars: Episode I back in 1999. It truly never occurred to me that E
Viewscreen on!
I love DVDs. Love ’em. I love the great resolution and the surround sound. I love watching all the behind-the-scenes special features and listening to the commentaries (which I often play while drawing Motion Pictures, among other projects). I love getting to enjoy g
“When first you start down that dark path… forever will it dominate your destiny…”
So…are you aware that there’s a new Star Wars movie being released in theatres this summer? http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000639.html It’s a computer animated film that takes place between Episodes II and III, during the Clone Wars. (Apparently there’s a C
Fortune and Glory
So I feel like I’ve come across as being rather down on the new Indiana Jones movie in my recent blog entries. But really – it’s the first new Indiana Jones movie in 19 years! How could I NOT be incredibly excited?? Am I a little dubious about The Kingdom of the Cr
Fight The Future Again
Oh man I am so pumped: http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/379767/the-x-files-i-want-to-believe/videos/xfilestrailer_050908.html