Comic fans love to debate Marvel vs DC, but when it comes to movies, there’s no arguing: Marvel has been both more prolific and way more successful than DC has been in this latest burst of superheroes at the movies. Marvel’s been able to bring not just their A-list characters – Spider-Man, The X-Men and … Continue reading
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon is one of the great games of all time (although you can play it with just about anyone. My brother has a friend who does Six Degrees of Abbott and Costello*), and now the actor is about to get himself a couple of degrees closer to Oscar gold: Bacon has … Continue reading
Jim Carrey’s career has taken a surprising, and negative turn – not only have his movies been underperforming for the last couple of years, but he’s been having projects canceled or delayed on him because of the cost. And part of that cost is his huge – and increasingly unjustifiable – paycheck. Meanwhile, he hasn’t … Continue reading
It’s as we suspected – and frankly, kind of hoped – there are only 22 episodes of Battlestar Galactica left. The show, which barely got renewed for a fourth season as it is, will make that hard-fought year its last, and the producers promise to ‘go out with a bang.’ "This show was always meant … Continue reading
I have recently taken some heat for my blanket dismissal of anime – it sucks! – but don’t get me wrong… I just dislike Japanese cartoons, not all Japanese – or Asian, for that matter – film. I’ll prove that to you by sharing how excited I am about this summer’s line-up at the New … Continue reading
In Knocked Up, the already classic Judd Apatow comedy opening tomorrow, Martin Starr has sort of the exact opposite role of Gerry Bednob’s Mooj in The 40-Year Old Virgin: where Mooj would show up to say something hilarious at intervals throughout the film, Starr shows up to have hilarious things said about him. He’s engaged … Continue reading
As he prepares for Hostel Part II to hit theaters next weekend (they finally set up a critic screening, so I will actually have a chance to see the movie before it opens), Eli Roth is saying that this is the end of the road for this franchise. “I hate a lame third sequel, and … Continue reading
Warner Bros is going team crazy – just months after announcing that they were developing a live action Justice League movie (note that ‘developing’ and ‘making’ are different things) comes word that they’re also working on a live action Teen Titans film. This is sort of weird news – the Teen Titans are a bunch … Continue reading
This article will be choppy and filled with black spaces. They’re spoilers; swipe them to read. I don’t think any of them will ruin a first time reader of Special Topics in Calamity Physics, but since I really, really liked this book and hope more people read it, I want to protect folks. I recently … Continue reading
Sports films might be the most formulaic genre there is, and they end one of two ways: the big win or the close loss that teaches the value of trying, good sportsmanship, teamwork, etc. That’s it – unless you count Alive as a sports film, in which case it ends with ‘white meat or dark?’ … Continue reading