Entries Tagged as 'Comics'
The Dark Knight - First 5 Minutes
July 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Action · Adaptation · Comics · Preview · Uncategorized
Sherlockornucopia
July 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Sherlock Holmes seems to be a character Hollywood is looking towards with two news reports in regards to high profile actors\directors looking to adapt him for the big screen once again. Both Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros both offering completely different takes on the super detective. I am a Sherlock Holmes fan and while I [...]
Tags: Action · Comedy · Comics
Wanted (2008) - Morbid
June 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is pathetic loser living a pathetic life. His day to day existence consists of working a miserable job as a desk jockey in a sea of cubicles. After being consistently berated by the boss who hates his guts, he returns home to his skank girlfriend who constantly demeans him while [...]
Tags: Action · Comics · Review
Counter Programming: June 27
June 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Ah, summer. A season of overblown budgets and extravagant productions. For movie goers everywhere, this three and a half month stretch is what they have waited for all year. So as always, the prediction for this summer is: Hollywood makes oodles of money. Over these next few months, this column will be examining the phenomena [...]
Tags: Action · Adaptation · Adventure · Comedy · Comics · computer animated
Wanted (2008)
June 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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I’ll admit that I’m a bit ignorant when it comes to comics in general (especially since most of my knowledge of superheroes comes from cartoons), but I consider Wanted to be one of the best modern series. The comic tells the story of a Wesley, an ordinary and seemingly unimportant man who discovers he [...]
Tags: Action · Adaptation · Comics · Review
Marvel Unveils Iron Man II Logo and More!
June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
New York’s Licensing Expo. Don’t worry, I’ve never heard of it either. Apparently we all should be paying a little more attention to them because Marvel has unveiled some cool looking logos for Iron Man II, Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers. Thank you Licensing Expo, whatever you are!
Tags: Action · Adaptation · Comics
Wanted Red Band Trailer
May 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I had meant to post this last week after I posted about the movie, but I wanted something other than the Youtube video. Check it out after the jump, as it really highlights the visual style that fans of director, Timur Bekmambetov, have come to expect. I still am not sure if this movie will [...]
Tags: Action · Adaptation · Comics · Trailer
Marvel Wallpapers Office In Money
May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
As of right now, Marvel Studios aren’t in the movie business, they’re in the Iron Man business. But, that’s all about the change soon, with the huge box office of Iron Man tracking to make well over what analysts predicted. This, of course, has only made their slate of films grow over the past few [...]
Tags: Action · Adaptation · Comics
Frontiere(s) (2007) - KamuiX
May 21st, 2008 · 6 Comments
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Much like the J-horror boom a few years back, it seems like France is the new hotspot for kick-ass horror films. Films such as Haute Tension, Them, and Inside take extreme, harrowing horror to a whole new level, and I personally loved all of them (Them to a lesser extent than the other two [...]
Tags: Cannibal · Comics · Extreme Gore · Foreign · French · Horror Movie · Monster · Review · Sci-Fi
Flash From The Past
May 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment
If all the films just announced at Cannes wasn’t enough for you, Sony has just won a bidding war over the film rights to the beloved 30’s comic strip, Flash Gordon. For those of you who don’t know Flash’s backstory, he was a polo player who was kidnapped and taken to the planet Mongo, where [...]
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