I can only recall a few films turned into small screen concepts that didn’t become a short lived excercise in TV disappointment- MASH, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate and… that’s about it. (RIP Alien Nation, Ferris Beuller, My Big Fat Greek Life, Clueless, Freddy’s Nightmares, Tremors and Young Indie). Is it time to add another … Continue reading
I imagine that the Spider-Man movies have been a tough sell in Japan – after all, the Nipponese grew up with a Spidey who rode around in a big mechazord thing. But our friends to the East have embraced Tobey Maguire and friends, and they’re jonesing for Spider-Man 3 just as much as we are. … Continue reading
Man, the new Black Christmas really sucked, huh?
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading
Will the travails of Mel Gibson never end? After getting drunk and revealing his true thoughts about the Chosen People and then mistaking a female police officer’s breasts for a sweet confection, Mel hoped to bounce back with Apocalypto, his gory Mayan epic. The film opened well, but soon imploded – the movie has made … Continue reading
In just over 24 hours the word about Zyzzyx Road has spread across the internet, and my inbox has been inundated with emails. I haven’t even had a chance to call the folks at Leo Grillo Productions yet and already many new facts have surfaced – including an eyewitness report from someone who saw the … Continue reading
NTDOWN
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $44.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 478 minutesSPECIAL FEATURE: "The Audition" featurette The Pitch "Are you thinking what I’m thinking?" The Humans Rob (Pinky) Paulsen, Maurice (The Brain) LaMarche, and a host of other talented voice actors. The Nutshell One of them is a mouse with a huge … Continue reading
There are so many things about Heroes that are remarkable: that such a middling show could be so big, that a mass audience could take to series heavily influenced by comic books, that comic fans wouldn’t mind grossly obvious stealing from better comic book stories just because the show is popular. But most shocking of … Continue reading
A NOTE FROM SEAN… Here’s a smattering a trades and some other reviews for your reading pleasure. For those of you who still read monthly comics and enjoy the occassional small press or indie book, be sure to check out the warrior-scribes’ expanded comic book review site RACK RAIDS at www.rackraids.com. Happy New Year! Elgin … Continue reading