On the Comics Shelf
There is a lot of terrific comic book work being published these days. Last month I spent a lengthy post discussing Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. Allow me, today, to bring a few other high-quality series to your attention: All Star Superman, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely – The idea
Howard/Nixon
I love movies, and I am fascinated by politics, so it’s no surprise that I am always up for a good political movie. And make no mistake, Ron Howard’s latest film, Frost/Nixon, is a very good political movie. Adapted by Peter Morgan from his own play (which attracted noti
No Flipping! The Larry Sanders Show on DVD
One of the first full-season-of-a-TV-show DVD sets that I ever purchased was Season 1 of The Larry Sanders Show, released back in 2003. After having risen to prominence as a stand-up comedian in the 1970’s & 80’s, Garry Shandling became a fixture of late-night television a
Dead Bond Girls
For the record, the dead Bond girls in today’s cartoon are (from left to right): Paris Carver from Tomorrow Never Dies, killed in her bed by the assassin Dr. Kaufman at the behest of her media mogul husband Elliot Carver; Miss Anders from The Man with the Golden Gun, shot by Sc
“He was Some Kind of a Man” — An Orson Welles Double Feature
I first saw Citizen Kane in college, during a fantastic class called Film Architecture (one of the best classes I had in college). I’ve seen it several times since then, and while I wouldn’t list Kane as my favorite film of all time, I certainly understand why many consi
My Farewell to Heroes
I suppose I have high standards for the TV shows that I watch. Is that a bad thing? I don’t watch TV casually. I don’t sit down and flip around to find something that looks interesting. There are a bunch of shows that I watch, and I watch them religiously — e
The Redemption of 24?
When the new TV-movie 24: Redemption begins, television super-hero Jack Bauer is in Africa, helping out at a school for orphans and trying to avoid a subpoena that would summon him back to the States. However, this being 24, it isn’t long before a perfect storm of evil warlord
Happy Thanksgiving and News Around the Net!
The folks over at aintitcoolnews have posted something very cool — a slightly tweaked version of the new Star Trek trailer. It’s basically the exact same trailer, with one big glorious change made to the very last shot. This isn’t a fan-made hoax, this is a real
How to edit a movie, starring The Incredible Hulk
In the weeks before Marvel’s The Incredible Hulk opened this summer, there were a lot of stories on-line and in various entertainment magazines about a dispute over the editing of the film between Marvel and star Edward Norton (who played Bruce Banner). As the tale was told, N