News Around the Net (Comic-Con Edition!)
So, wow! After the recent Comic-Con the web has been flooded with all sorts of teases about upcoming movies, TV shows, and other geeky goodness. Here’s some of the best stuff that I’ve found: After so many years of speculation and false starts, the sequel to Tron is fi
Kingdom Come
It is the distant future of the DC Universe. Beings with super-human abilities have spread across the globe, and ever-more powerful violent heroes and villains wreak untold havoc with their escalating conflicts. Meanwhile, the heroes of old are gone. Green Lantern has abandoned
Here Come the Superheroes! Part III of Josh’s Look at His Favorite Graphic Novels!
Over the past two days I have listed several of my favorite graphic novels. (Click here for part I and here for part II.) You’ll notice that most of them had nothing to do with super-heroes. This was purposeful — although super-hero stories dominate the American comi
News Around the Net!
Have you seen this? Jon Hamm (Mad Men) plays Lex Luthor in this short from Funnyordie.com, asking for bailout money for Luthorcorp. Genius! Out-there director Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) is making a film of Maurice Sendak’s beloved childrens’ book,
“Sorry, we’re closed” — Josh’s Favorite TV Series Finales!
As I prepare for this weekend’s series finale of Battlestar Galactica (and contemplate life without that brilliant show, one of the greatest of the last two decades), I’ve been thinking about some of the great series finales of the recent past. Here are some of my favori
Animation Update! Josh reviews the final Futurama adventure and DC’s new Wonder Woman film!
Two rather high-profile new direct-to-DVD animation projects have been released recently — but are they worth your time and hard-earned dollars? Well read on, true believers! Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder — And so, once again, we bid farewell to Futurama. Matt G
“I Am The Night” — The Very Best Episodes of Batman: The Animated Series
Last week I wrote about the terrific new soundtrack collection of music from the early episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. That got me reminiscing about that amazing cartoon series, and so of course I busted out my DVDs to enjoy a few episodes. Several few years back, I was rat
The Sounds of Gotham City — Music from Batman: The Animated Series!
In 1992, the groundbreaking Batman: The Animated Series premiered on Fox. To this day, despite some mighty competition from the last two live-action Batman movies (especially the magnificent The Dark Knight), this show still stands as my favorite non-comic book depiction of Batman,
Top 10 Movies of 2008! — Part Two!
Today we continue my list of the Top 10 Movies of 2008! Scroll down (or click here) to read yesterday’s installment, listing numbers 10-6 and several honorable mentions, if you missed it. 5. Tropic Thunder — Ben Stiller’s evisceration of Hollywood actors and thei
The Dark Knight Returns: Spoiler-Free Review!
I am almost speechless. For the past two and a half hours I had my brains pretty much blown out the back of my head by the The Dark Knight in IMAX. This is a SPECTACULAR film. It is dense. It is dazzling. And boy oh boy it is dark. It is SHOCKINGLY dark — […]