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by Tim Janson (Fri 03-28-2008)
Take Willy Wonka out of the chocolate factory and put him in a toy story and you essentially have Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. Like Wonka, Mr. Magorium (Hoffman) is a playful eccentric with wild hair, and a penchant for bizarre behavior.&nbs... MAGORIUM'S EMPORIUM Trailer Hits
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 06-29-2007)
A trailer for the upcoming fantasy MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM has hit the internet courtesy of Moviefone.com. Acting veteran Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman & Zachary Mills lead up the cast for the film which is directed by Za... BEOWULF Wins B.O. Battle
by Associate News Editor (Mon 11-19-2007)
...y fantasy MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM rounded out the top five with $10 million in its opening weekend.
Here are the top ten estimates for this weekend:
1. Beowulf - $28.1 million 2. Bee Movie - $14.3 m... A Movie for Kids?
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 03-04-2008)
...t film:
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (Widescreen Edition)
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Crypt of Terror: Horror from South of the Border Volume 2
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The Forever Dead
The F... DVD Success for Disney's DALMATIONS
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 03-13-2008)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition easily topped the national DVD sales chart for the week ending March 9. Fox's Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which grossed $31.8 million in theaters, was a distant second on t... Amazing Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-22-2006)
... VEIL and MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM. via www.filmmusicradio.com
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The Brigham Young University's Film Music Archive proffers another Max Steiner masterpiece with the original soundtrack to the 1939 dram... Mania talks with VFX firm Intelligent Creatures
by Pat Ferrara (Sun 02-25-2007)
With The Number 23 just hitting theatres, postproduction work ongoing with Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, and Babel up for a Best Picture nod (with the Oscar’s right around the corner), life is pretty busy right now for IC President Raymo... BEE MOVIE Stings The Competition
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 11-11-2007)
It seemed that audiences wanted to check out last week’s releases once again rather than watch any of the new releases debuting over the weekend. The two returning films hit the top 2 spots while the debuts show up behind in 3rd and 4th place. As to... Trolling
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-11-2007)
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATION
Richard’s Band’s 1986 score for Troll remains one of the best and most ambitious of his career. Released only on LP from Restless Records and quickly evaporated into oblivion, the score h... MR. BROOKS
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 06-01-2007)
Broadly speaking, Mr. Brooks is a serial killer thriller, but that genre description creates all sorts of expectations that don’t apply here. This is a million miles away from not only slashers like Halloween and Friday the 13th, but also procedural... 300 and Captain America: Your Mail
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-21-2007)
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another sequential art escape, courtesy of Comicscape. Last week’s column about the death of Captain America and the successful release of 300 at the movies garnered a respectable amount of mail &nd... Someone Get Mr. Bauer Some Caffiene, Stat!
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 01-03-2005)
After a wait of seven months, Jack Bauer and 24 return to television with a two-hour fourth season premiere this Sunday, followed by two more hours in its new regular Monday-night slot. I've seen the first three hours, and the premiere starts off with a l... Exploding Heads: My Thoughts on 52
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-23-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another weekly web of Comicscape wonder. For the past couple of weeks, we talked about Spider-Man 3 in lieu of discussing the end of DC’s weekly maxiseries, 52. The film came out the same week as the final issue of... Wagging Tongues: Ten Questions with Gene Simmons
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-10-2007)
You think you know Gene Simmons. You know Kiss and the Demon with the extraordinary tongue, the actor, and the writer. Now, in his effort to enter every medium imaginable, Simmons has branched into comic book publishing with his IDW imprint, Sim... Nothing in Particular
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-18-2007)
Greeting, Maniacs, and welcome to another heart-stopping, villain-crushing edition of Comicscape. This week, I feel woefully short of ideas. I also failed to schedule an interview or garner enough mail to create a column. In lieu of ... The Advantages of Digital Comics and Why I Will Never Like Them
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-13-2006)
No one tires of arguing about the future, even comic readers. Though we often find ourselves embroiled in the latest round of delays, controversy, and creator antics, in the back of every fan's mind looms a storm that won't veer to the east and leave us ... Going Digital with Marvel
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-28-2007)
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another fantastic foray into the heart of sequential art with this week’s Comicscape! I, your loyal columnist, will lead this journey into the dark digital future as we examine Marvel’s newest onli... Don't Believe the Hype
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-05-2008)
Who do you trust? Whose side are you on? What would you do with one more day? This summer, everything will change. Do you even care anymore? Public Enemy once said “Don’t believe the hype,” Maniacs. I’... Character Consensus and the Evolution of Heroes
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-04-2006)
Readers often lambaste comic writers for screwing up their favorite characters. From EMERALD TWILIGHT to IDENTITY CRISIS to CIVIL WAR, nothing burns comic fans more than a wildly out-of-character depiction of a treasured childhood icon. Writer Ron Marz ... Comics After Katrina II: Tedd Walley and Mathilda
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 02-13-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crash-course Comicscape! Before we dive into this week’s interview, I want to acknowledge the passing of Steve Gerber, who died from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis this past Sunday. G... Comicscape - April 12, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-12-2006)
After years of starts and stops, Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's LOST GIRLS will see print in August of this year in a three-volume hardcover set from Top Shelf Productions. The idea is classic Moore -- three of literature's most famous female protagonist... Alas, Poor Yorick
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 02-06-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another entry into the Comicscape canon! Last week, I had to pick between two important subjects – the return of Captain America – temporary or not – and the conclusion of DC/Vertigo’s fantas... Comicscape - January 18, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-18-2006)
Sex has long been a controversial subject in popular comics. I've thought about how comic creators and publishers approach sex and women, in particular. Never a dull subject to be sure, I'll try to keep this week's COMICSCAPE as tasteful as possible and s... Digging Up Deady with Voltaire
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-05-2007)
Aurelio Voltaire Hernández – known to most by his shortened nom de plume, Voltaire – has established himself as a one-man traveling dark carnival. His résumé includes his own brand of catchy, comedic music – dub... Comicscape: Sucking Life with Gabe Soria
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-14-2008)
You think your life sucks. You think your job sucks. It feels like it will never end. But for Dave Miller, it’s all true. Dave is a vampire, but he owes his allegiance to Lord Radu Arisztidescu, the vampire owner of the Last Stop convenience store i... Halfway Through 52
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-15-2006)
Happy Wednesday, and welcome to another Comicscape. This week, we dive into DC’s weekly event 52, which just crossed the halfway mark two weeks ago. I would’ve covered it then, but the late-shipping Seven Soldiers #1 delayed th... Ghost Rider: Don’t Forget to Burn
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-21-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another skull-burning installment of Comicscape. Last week, I asked for readers to submit their Marvel jokes for the chance to replace Al Brown, the column’s joke writer and a future federal inmate. ... Opening the Black Dossier: The Alan Moore Interview, Part Two
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-14-2007)
Leave it to the comics industry to drop about three things at once in around one week, all worthy of discussion in this week’s Comicscape. DC’s Countdown reached its half-way point last week, World War Hulk wrapped today, and Marvel very ... Politics in Comics or The Follies of Didacticism
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-29-2006)
For anyone still unaware, veteran comic book artist Dave Cockrum passed away this past Sunday, November 26th. Mr. Cockrum was best known for his work on The Uncanny X-Men where, along with Len Wein, he created the definitive version of the team ... Continuing Continuity: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-26-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another installment of the classiest comic book column on the web! I, your humble host, will guide you on another foray into comic shop talk, as we read your letters regarding the continuity problems facing Marvel a... Time Out for Torture
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-13-2006)
I love The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman’s zombie epic rarely fails to impress, and I conclude each issue cursing his name for ending it. Though I’ve found the book a bit slow in the past few months, I still continue to enjoy th... Merchandising: The Search for More Money!
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-16-2008)
The summer draws near, and comic publishers saturate fans with news and previews of upcoming films, conventions, and merchandise of all stripes. Compared to the Bronze Age and earlier, comic fandom has much more to offer. Back then, fans could b... Comicscape - May 4, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-04-2005)
First, an apology: whereas I intended to run a reader response column to last week's COMICSCAPE about comics in the classroom, I've decided to run an original column instead. I only received a handful of letters and while all were original and several lea... Comicscape - September 14, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-14-2005)
Kurt: How did you break into the comics industry? Tim: I worked my way up through the role playing game industry. I started doing that in 1986 and worked pretty steadily until about 1996. I started at the bottom and worked my way up the totem pole. By the... Reading Comics on the Phone or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Clickwheel
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-18-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting Wednesday with Comicscape! Last week’s column about DC’s new web-only Zuda imprint ran later in the day, for which I apologize. Then again, it also ran next to the review of the new... Halloween Grab Bag
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 10-25-2006)
I’ve devoted this week’s COMICSCAPE to a few topics that hardly merit an entire column. Or, if they do, the inspiration has failed to strike me for more than a few paltry lines. Call it stream of consciousness, call it laziness, or call it ... Comicscape - December 21, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-21-2005)
Last week, I proposed an interesting solution to the crossover and continuity issue that plagues the comic reading experience. In short, I suggested that Marvel and DC drastically reduce titles per character and any in excess of, say, two, should occur ou... Comicscape - March 31, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-31-2004)
OPINION: Before I begin this week's discussion of the comic books you most wanted to see made into movies, I'd like to share one e-mail in particular that made a very deep impression on me, sent by no less than the producer of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENT... Comicscape - April 5, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-05-2006)
Rising quickly in world of small press and self-published comics, the New Radio has begun carving its own space of avant-garde comics-as-literature. The New Radio is the brainchild of Alex Cahill and Jad Ziade. Cahill's first published effort, the one-sho... Taking the Good with the Bad: My Thoughts on Spider-Man 3
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-09-2007)
Spider-Man 3 opened on Friday to mixed, yet mostly positive reviews. It also opened to record-breaking box office receipts, making it the biggest opening weekend in history. Effectively, more people saw Spider-Man 3 in a single weekend than any ... Hell Hath No Fury
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-06-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of cutthroat Comicscape action! Late as usual, I realize the furious spell of controversy over the statue of Mary Jane Watson-Parker leaning over a laundry hamper wound down last month, but the storm ov... One Comicscape, Many Subjects
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 01-16-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another dive into the shallow end of Comicscape! Last week’s none-too-scientific analysis of the many 1990s throwbacks plaguing the industry generated a lot of comments, but little mail. I intended to run... Comicscape - May 3, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-03-2006)
Greetings, and welcome to another week of COMICSCAPE, where I make sequential art matter. Last week, I expounded upon the relative merits (and lack thereof) of Marvel and DC's new plan to accept advertiser money for ostensibly discreet product placement i... Comiscape - March 8, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-08-2006)
Greetings, fellow fiends, and welcome to another week of brilliant banter, witty rhetoric, and cataclysmic commentary about the state of the comics industry. Before we dive headlong into this pit of barbed wire and broken glass: I'll run your letters next... Does Whatever a Mailbag Can
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-16-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another web-slinging, wall-crawling edition of Comicscape, where we elevate Internet discourse above typing in “leet.” Last week, I offered my mixed review of Spider-Man 3. In short, while I thoroug... Cycle of Gimmicks
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-12-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another adventure into the astounding unknown with Comicscape! I, your host, will take you aboard this craft of my own design – one powered by fan-boy indignation! So, quickly – climb in, strap in, ... Civil War and the Road Ahead
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-28-2007)
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another calamitous Comicscape adventure, where we crack wise about comics and I insult movies everyone else likes. Last week’s admittedly merciless review of Ghost Rider garnered very little mail – n... Slicing Cold Cuts with Lance Stahlberg
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-27-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crime-bustin’, crypt-rockin’ edition of Comicscape! This week, I’m going to give some love to a love I haven’t loved nearly enough in a long time. I’m talking about the sma... News and Notes Before the Storm
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-25-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting journey into the darkest reaches of Comicscape. I, your stalwart and steady captain, will take us careening into one of the greatest mysteries to plague the comic industry as we ask, “Whatever... Watching the Watchmen
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-12-2008)
Last Friday, Watchmen director Zach Snyder released the first five character shots from the upcoming comic-to-film adaptation, which will hit theaters on March 6, 2009. As usual, fan reaction has run the gambit from excited to enraged. The usual... Singles, Trades, and Hardcovers, Oh My!
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-22-2006)
After last week’s insanity over the scheduling change that wasn’t, no one responded to my column about 52. I don’t really blame you, given the overwhelmingly negative reaction to the move. But, rest assured, dear readers: ... A Critic’s Eye for the Comic Guy
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-29-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another head-scratchin’, book-learnin’ edition of Comicscape! This week, we’re going to examine the effect of scheduling on comic writing. Effectively, I want to know if producing monthly &nda... Civil Words
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-07-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom. Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately. For whatever r... Hollywood Writers and Mainstream Acceptance
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-11-2007)
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another edition of Wednesday weirdness. My friend and confidante, D.C. Harbold of New Orleans’s More Fun Comics, inadvertently gave me the idea for this week’s column. He remarked t... Good-Bye, American Virgin
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 02-20-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another colossal Comicscape creation! This week, I’m writing something of a eulogy for a series cancelled long before its time – Steven Seagle and Becky Cloonan’s American Virgin, which ended last ... Politics in Comics: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-06-2006)
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another week of four-color spills, thrills, chills, and kills. Last week, I went back to the well and ran a pretty well-received column about politics in comics. After two failed attempts at a... Getting Hellshocked with Jae Lee
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-20-2006)
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, and have a spectacular holiday-of-some-other-obscure-nation-or-alternative-religion. If I don’t say that part, someone will remind me about Yule or something. Anyway, i... I Talked with a Zombie: Mark Kidwell on ‘68
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-10-2007)
Everyone loves zombies. They scare the hell out of you. They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.” And, best of all, they eat people. With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb... What Women Don’t Want
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-14-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another serving of Comicscape calamity, where we rise above the fray and endorse insight over insults, and wisdom over whining. Once again, thanks to everyone for your praise and criticism in the comments secti... Means and Ends
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-28-2007)
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comicscape, where I’ll drag you through the soul-wrenching depths of moral inquiry and sequential art psychoanalysis. This week, I want to revisit an issue I touched ... The Dreaded Comic-Con Recap
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-01-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another calamitous edition of Comicscape! San Diego Comic Con wrapped on Sunday night after hosting over 125,000 attendees and selling out the Convention Center. I stayed home this year, rather than brave the c... Comicscape - June 8, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-08-2005)
Happy Wednesday to all of you for comic readers, every Wednesday is a holiday. That is, of course, unless you're married then every Wednesday is an exercise in shame and deceit and brings you one step closer to an episode of DIVORCE COURT or whatever it... Comicscape - May 18, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-18-2005)
Before my phone interview with Bruce Campbell on Thursday evening, I spent the better part of an hour and a half trying to calm down. I was nervous, to say the least. I undertook my usual pre-interview ritual drinking. This time, it was two swallows of B... Zuda and the Future of Web Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-11-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! All you aspiring creators raise your hopes and put the coffee on, because DC Comics will open the golden gates to comic book professionalism in October. On Monday, The New Y... My Thoughts on FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-20-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape adventure at the movies! I rarely see movies in the theater these days. Between the incessant chatter, the rising ticket prices, the ridiculous levels of air conditioning, and the overpriced ... Counting Blood with Glenn Danzig
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-22-2007)
Most people know Glenn Danzig through his 30-year musical career. From the Misfits to Samhain to Danzig, he has remained a pioneering force in dark rock. His discography includes everything from cacophonous, yet catchy hardcore punk to 1950&rsqu... Offbeat Observations
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-15-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another catastrophic adventure into Comicscape. My scheduled interview for this week fell through, so I’ve reduced myself to one of those pithy observational columns. Fortunately, Wizard World Chicago wra... Comicscape - October 12, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-12-2005)
You probably noticed that my colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, wrote last week's column. I had to return to New Orleans for a few days to help my parents with their house (hurricane, flooding), so I called Al and told him I'd turn over more evid... Throwing Gas on the Flames: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-04-2007)
Last week’s column on the some of the moral quandaries in recent superhero comics generated a couple of interesting e-mails that merit printed responses. I asked readers to consider the mind-wiping fiasco from DC’s Identity Crisis, To... Death Watch '05
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 04-11-2005)
I was originally going to sing the praises of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA this week, but that was before this Creeping Lovecraftian Death Cold set up shop in my head and turned my respiratory system into an industrial-grade snot factory. And so, as I lay here fe... Comicscape - February 1, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-01-2006)
My colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, and a couple of readers suggested I write a column about comics that might appeal to women and those repelled by spandex, big guns, big muscles, and big tits. Rather than just targeting women, I've decided to... COMICS, SEXUALITY, AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-11-2006)
Tonight, at 7:00 p.m. Central time, the Marshall Public Library Board of Trustees will convene to vote on whether or not to remove two graphic novels from their shelves BLANKETS by Craig Thompson and FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel. Louise Mills, a resident ... Comicscape - August 3, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-03-2005)
I thought my crossover critique in last week's COMICSCAPE would garner mail a plenty, but to no avail. My rant about the FANTASTIC FOUR movie must've driven away my readership or something. Fortunately, I received a few thoughtful, lengthy letters that co... One Comicscape About Many Things
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-25-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting episode of Comicscape, where we offer you, the reader, new and innovative excuses to spend yet more money on comics. For instance, next time you’re considering overspending your comics bu... Ascending into the Iconic: Separating Fiction From Legend
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 01-04-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs. Welcome to another week of comic shopping on Thursday. I hope you didn’t break down sobbing at the counter yesterday afternoon when you tried to pick up your books. I remember one Internet journalist describi... RESERVOIR DOGS
by SCOTT COLLURA (Sun 09-30-2001)
As the boundaries of what passes for a toy continue to be pulled and stretched at by toy companies everywherewith so-called "robot" dogs lining toy store shelves everywhere, kids turning white and pasty while sitting in front of their video game console o... A Fantastic Feud: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-27-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another controversial edition of Comicscape! Last week’s review of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer sparked a hellacious debate on the comment section unlike few we’ve seen on the site. It ... The Fourth of July Column
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-04-2007)
Happy Fourth of July, Maniacs, and welcome to another flag-waving edition of Comicscape! Unfortunately, comics ship on Thursday this week, so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to buy your fix. But, like a boulder tumbling down a mountain,... What Free Comic Book Day?
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-02-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another riveting episode of Comicscape, where I alternately bring you hard-hitting editorials and utter fluff. Some weeks, we talk about a threat to graphic novels in public libraries. Other weeks, we just me... Another Trip to the Buffet
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-13-2007)
Another Trip to the Buffet
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comiscape! Your faithful correspondent finds himself sent by his day job to Alexandria, Virginia for a conference, where he has enjoyed walking aro... DC Goes to the Movies (or Doesn’t)
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-31-2007)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape cavalcade of calamitous commentary! It’s Halloween! It’s my favorite holiday, and it also means I’ve been in the middle of a rush of parties, concerts, and family and friend... Rise Up and Hear the Bells: The Return of Captain America
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 01-30-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another rip-roaring Comicscape! Two important things happened in comics this week: the new Captain America premiered and Y The Last Man concluded after a very well-regarded run. Each deserves their own Comicsca... Comicscape - June 15, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 06-15-2005)
Before I get to my interview with THE SURROGATES creator Robert Venditti, there's some movie madness to take care of first. I just saw BATMAN BEGINS at an early screening. While not perfect, it is still very, very good. I'm still gathering my thoughts and... Comicscape - November 2, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-02-2005)
Let no man call me unwilling to raise the dead. Last week, I hesitated to write yet another critique of Burton's Batman films. Surprisingly, you all wrote an interesting, worthy batch of mail. Seeing as how it was also Halloween weekend, I had every inten... Running up the Hill with Brandon Thomas
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 01-23-2008)
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape. Before I dive into my interview with comic writer Brandon Thomas, I want to acknowledge the passing of Heath Ledger, who passed away in his apartment yesterday morning. Ledger, of co... Comicscape - March 24, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-24-2004)
OPINION: First of all, a point of clarification: a certain web site which shall remain nameless felt the need to link to last week's column with the headline CINESCAPE BLASTS HELLBLAZER'S CONSTANTINE, with a "synopsis" line reading "Who needs to see a mov... Comicscape - August 13, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-13-2003)
OPINIONBefore we start, my apologies for stating that 1602 was coming out last week. I am an idiot. We knew this. Anyway...A few weeks ago, my comment that casting a black actor as the Kingpin in the DAREDEVIL movie promoted stereotypes rather than creati... Comicscape Double Feature: Captain America and 300
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-14-2007)
Sometimes death sneaks up on you. I had every intention of devoting this week’s Comicscape to an in-depth look at the film adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300, which premiered last week to both box office success and mostly positive cri... Bat Battle: Who's The Best Movie Batman Ever?
by Jay Pinkerton (Fri 01-11-2008)
Michael Keaton. Christian Bale. Val Kilmer. George Clooney. Even, yes, Adam West (he did a Batman film during the TV show's run). All of them have donned the bat-ears, the billowy cape, and the pointy gloves for one movie or another, to varying levels of ... Comicsacpe - January 11, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-11-2006)
Greetings and welcome to yet another edition of COMICSCAPE, where I give you something to read in your cubicle when the boss isn't looking. This week, rather than delving into the metaphysical implications of the influence of Thelema upon the inner-workin... Comicscape - May 31, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 05-31-2006)
My Thoughts on X-Men: The Last Stand After a year of fan anticipation rife with both trepidation and outright, venom, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND opened in theaters last Friday to the second-highest single day box office gross ever, following REVENGE OF THE SIT... Comicscape - January 5, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-05-2005)
Welcome to a brand new year and what better way to start off that brand new year with a shiny spanking new controversy brewing in the world of comics? A little while ago, Marvel announced that Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award-winning writer of such works as ... Comicscape - October 20, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-20-2004)
Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli... A Sea of Troubles
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-20-2004)
This is one dead week, folks. Seriously, unless you've been eagerly awaiting the return of FATHER OF THE PRIDE, your best bet is riffling through the barrage of Christmas-related programming to find the few gems (which I, your humble servant, have taken t... Comicscape - January 7, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-07-2004)
OPINION: I'm back, and it's about time. (Wasn't that someone else's tag line a couple of years back?) After spending a relaxing two weeks' vacation first in Texas and then at home with the family (and realizing why I moved from the frozen wastes of Michig... Comicscape - May 19, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 05-19-2004)
PREVIEW/INTERVIEW: Next month, David Yurkovich and Top Shelf Productions will be turning the superhero genre on its ear with LESS THAN HEROES, a collection of his stories from the hard-to-find THRESHOLD series that it's impossible to describe without usin... Sir Sean Connery, A Living Legend
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 06-10-2007)
The rumors have been thick in recent weeks that Sir Thomas Sean Connery would be returning from his retirement in order to reprise his Henry Jones Sr. character in Indiana Jones 4. If you keep up with said news, you would have found out those rumors are n... AFI's GREATEST 100 Movies
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 06-23-2007)
The American Film Institute released their new edition of 100 Greatest Movies of All Time on CBS this past Wednesday. I didn't put it up until now because it's more of a discussion topic rather than actual movie news. I'm pretty sure you guys wo... SUPER FRIENDS: The Legendary Super Powers Show
by Tim Janson (Sun 09-02-2007)
Long before The Justice League animated series on the Cartoon Network there was the Super Friends on Saturday Morning TV. Premiering in 1973, the Super Friends went through various incarnations over the years until the final season during 1985 &ndash... Robert Wise’s Vision Still Lives.
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-08-2007)
In our last week’s column, I alluded to how passion for the arts molds that star to be elevated to a whole other echelon of achievement inside Hollywood’s history books. Certain actors find such passion with every word they utter in the gla... Semi-CHARMED Kind of Life
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 04-18-2005)
Once upon a time, there were three witchy sisters, one of whom used to be Brenda on BEVERLY HILLS 90210. They used their magical abilities and cleavage to fight evil for several seasons, until Brenda went poof and was replaced by that chick who used to da... HEROES: Four Months Later
by Stephen Lackey (Wed 09-26-2007)
So, it has been four months since the big showdown with Sylar and the characters have split up and began to move on with their lives. A lot happens in this episode, actually too much. So much happens that it’s nearly impossible to get inve... Comicscape - April 27, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-27-2005)
Before we dive in, there's a new, official-type e-mail address you can reach me at. You can still get me at kurtamacker@yahoo.com, but now comicscape@cinescape.com is up and it comes directly to me. It mostly just makes me look slightly official when I'... THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 12-09-2005)
Writers C.S. Lewis, who created the NARNIA series, and J.R.R. Tolkien, known for LORD OF THE RINGS, were contemporaries and friends. Their respective literary epics both involved vast conflicts in magical lands, but where Tolkien became invested in the in... Countdown – Gothic 3
by Captain Gordon Edward (Thu 11-16-2006)
Near the end of the week, a juggernaut system is released to put a nail in the coffin of the Playstation 2. Generally with most console releases, all other games slow to a crawl allowing an explosion of choice for those whom pick up this new system. Lucki... '80s Comics Redux, Part 1
by Tony Whitt (Mon 06-24-2002)
For those of us who experienced the '80s the first time around, the recent successful returns of comic series such as TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE makes it feel like Christmas all year round. Following the recent news that THUNDERCATS will soon experience a ... A League by Any Other Name
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-13-2004)
Cartoon Network's JUSTICE LEAGUE really hit its stride in last year's second season. Bruce Timm and his writers seemed to really be getting handle on characters such as Green Lantern and Hawkgirl, who didn't have the benefit of their own prior animated se... Comicscape March 9, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-09-2005)
Reader response to last week's column was strong and I got a good mix of responses. Some vehemently agreed and others felt that my love of HELLBLAZER colored my opinion of the film CONSTANTINE. I also got some compliments on my headline ("Into My Pants ... Comicscape - June 21, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 06-21-2006)
Anyone not living in a monastery has likely heard that Spider-Man unmasked at a press conference in last week's CIVIL WAR #2, which came out accompanied by a flurry of mainstream press coverage. Hell, Howard Stern spoiled it on air before most comic shop... Comicscape - October 15, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 10-15-2003)
OPINIONWhatever else you might say about the experience, reading CAPTAIN MARVEL for the past thirteen months has never been boring. Ever since the relaunch of the book last September as part of Marvel's lameduck "U Decide!" promotion, Peter David has take... Wading
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 06-16-2003)
Greetings Cinescapers! Last week this humble TV critic asked for you the reader to come up with pitches for the worst possible direction for season three of SMALLVILLE and boy did you ever! Response was overwhelming. So many of you contributed ideas, and ... BRUSEL
by Andy Hershberger (Thu 11-08-2001)
Constant Abeels is a florist who believes in progress! This is why he's turned his back on natural plants - pesky things tend to die, you know - and filled his shop up instead with the plastic variety they last forever. On the day before he opens his new... Lost Weekend - Part Three
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 02-04-2002)
In parts one and two of CINESCAPE's coverage of Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors convention, we looked at the many independent filmmakers who visited the event in hopes of promoting their home-made horror films. Today in the final part of our report, we reco... Comicscape - August 4, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-04-2004)
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on... THE SIMPSONS "Treehouse of Horror 2" and "Christmas" Playsets
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Tue 11-06-2001)
Just like THE SIMPSONS' annual "Treehouse of Horror" animated specials, Playmates looks like they're employing a similar tact with the "Treehouse of Horror" playsets which are exclusive to Toys "R" Us at this time of the year. Last year, they released the... Top 5 Genre Films of 2007, Top 5 Anticipated Films of 2008
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 01-01-2008)
The end of 2007 has come and gone. We’re now in the first day of 2008 and whether this year will be better or worse than the previous year, nobody knows. You don’t. I don’t. Even Thor doesn’t know and he’s a fictional god (... Comicscape - September 8, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 09-08-2004)
OPINION: REMINDER: DUE TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, COMICS ARRIVE IN STORES ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9A woman is raped, after which her husband's co-workers brainwash him. Another woman, after being raped, is cut into hundreds of cubed 3D jigsaw puzzle pieces... TV Not on DVD: The Your-Two-Cents Edition
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-31-2005)
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ... Laugh at them, not with them!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 03-10-2007)
Welcome to another edition of Superficial Slobber. This week has much the same of any other week in which Paris Hilton is still an idiot and Rosie O’Donnell is still an annoying crack job. Yes, all in all, it’s always those same celebs that... Edward Gorey--A Posthum(er)ous Appreciation
by Denise Dumars (Fri 04-21-2000)
Edward Gorey, best known for his macabre humor and his finely crafted line drawings, died Saturday, April 15 near his Cape Cod home. No doubt he would have appreciated dying on Tax Day, taxes being the only other certainty in life. Gorey`s appeal was ... MIGHTY GORGA / ONE MILLION AC/DC
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Wed 10-23-2002)
It's dime store monsters galore in this Something Weird go-around as the faithful and the curious are treated to the poorest man's KING KONG and SON OF KONG rip-off, THE MIGHTY GORGA, backed with the simulated sex hilarity that is ONE MILLION AC/DC. Which... Comicscape - December 28, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-28-2005)
The New Year looms on the horizon yet again, and I find myself lacking inspiration for a column in between the twin drinking binges of Christmas and New Year's Eve. As such, you'll have to make due with my ramblings about the state of the comic industry i... Comicscape - June 23, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-23-2004)
OPINION: I'm not entirely sure why, but I got neither death threats nor a lot of positive feedback on last week's musings about Captain America. I hope that doesn't mean no one cares about the old man anymore... My thanks, though, to the two(!) readers wh... PRIMITIVE LOVE / MONDO BALORDO
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 01-11-2002)
The Mondo film is an interesting cinematic curio. Purportedly documentaries on sensational themes, the films would often dramatize or fake incidents to heighten their topics. The success of MONDO CANE in 1962, with its Academy Award nominated theme song "... Comicscape - November 26, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-26-2003)
OPINION: Before we get started, two plugs: one, an invitation to visit CINESCAPE's comic book message forum in addition to sending e-mail to yours truly, so that you don't have to wait for me to reprint your letter before others can respond to it; and two... Comicscape - July 28, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-28-2004)
OPINION:The results are in, and it looks like I should leave the predictions game to the experts. Out of the eleven categories I made predictions about, I was only right about seven of them and at the college I teach at, 60% or thereabouts would be a D.... GATE Mail
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 08-08-2005)
It's been a long week, but I am finally back within the warm embrace of high-speed internet access, and so back to the TVW grind I go. Back before Mr. Davis' side-trip into the world of TV on DVD, we were talking STARGATE, specifically this season's addi... MYSTIC FUNNIES #3
by Mike Whybark (Sun 10-06-2002)
Robert Crumb, everyone's favorite twisted neurotic cartoonist, returns with MYSTIC FUNNIES # from Fantagraphics. Included in the standard-size comic are three multipage stories and several shorts, including a fresh Mr. Natural story, the first I've seen i... Something Wonderful From Something Weird!
by Andrew Hershberger (Sun 10-14-2001)
Fans of obscure cinema have had much to rejoice about since Mike Vraney started his beloved Something Weird Video label. Since the company's inception in the early '90s, Mr. Vraney has been responsible for bringing, and in many cases saving, delightful ge... The Song Remains the Same...or Not
by Jason Davis (Mon 07-17-2006)
Imagine popping CASABLANCA into your DVD player. When Ilsa Lund utters the immortal line "Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By," Sam obligingly pounds the keys of his piano producing a generic piece of 40s era music completely devoid of the requested son... OCEAN'S THIRTEEN Hits the Jackpot
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 06-10-2007)
Ocean’s Thirteen rolled the dice, overcame the odds and hit the box office jackpot over the last three days bringing in 37.0 million on 3,565 theaters across the nation. Last week, Knocked Up literally tore into the sails of Pirates of the Caribbean... JSA #54
by Tony Whitt (Wed 11-19-2003)
The JSA and the JLA get together for Thanksgiving dinner. Um, that's it.Seriously, though, there's little more that happens in this issue than two superhero teams who, in the post-CRISIS DC Universe, have little of the camaradie they once enjoyed getting ... Comicscape - October 1, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 10-01-2003)
OPINIONFirst of all, a quick announcement about a policy change of mine: many of you have noted the amount of times I've erroneously stated that a book was shipping during a particular week, and then that turned out not to be the case. I have to apologize... Disturbia Wins Back to Back
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-22-2007)
While it can be said that Disturbia wins this weekend, it should be noted first and foremost that the last 3 days, it’s clear the audiences of America were not going to the theaters. First place, Disturbia, gets only 13.4 mil in its top ranking s... The Obligatory Year In Review Column
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 12-28-2006)
Each December, I feel obligated to write one of these wretched “year in review” columns that gives you, the reader, my perfunctory thoughts on comic books through the last 12 months. These things hardly satisfy anyone, least of all me... Play Time
by ANDREW KARDON (Thu 07-25-2002)
Well, I did it. I finally took a trek down to good ol' Manhattan with a buddy of mine this weekend and stopped in on the toy mecca known as the Times Square Toys R Us. And boy was I impressed. Okay, so apparently it doesn't take much to impress me. After ... Greenwalt's Revenge
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 01-24-2005)
Have I mentioned recently how much I love the TV-on-DVD phenomenon? A lot, that's how much.What got me thinking about this was perusing the always-useful tvshowsondvd.com this past week and finding two announcements that, despite the glut of unlikely (and... Don't Mention Kolchak
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 09-26-2005)
Well, what do y'all think?Summer's over, most of the new genre shows have hit the airwaves (INVASION, THRESHOLD, SUPERNATURAL, SURFACE), Sci-Fi Friday takes a breather until January (thanks so much for that cliffhanger, Ron Moore, you bastard), and we fin... Who's your daddy?
by Jason Davis (Mon 01-23-2006)
There's never been a shortage of British television crossing the pond to air on American networks, but in light of recent week's additions to the fold, I thought it was time for a State of the Union Jack address. I know, awful pun...I've had a very long ... Hits and Misses
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-15-2004)
Not only does ABC have not one, but two popularly and critically acclaimed shows (LOST and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), as well as several entirely watchable shows that haven't yet cracked the top of the ratings (BOSTON LEGAL and LIFE AS WE KNOW IT)...Not only ... Music To Be Abducted By
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-29-2004)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSTAKEN, a Steven Spielberg-produced Emmy Award-winning TV miniseries, traces four generations of a single American family that has been beset with alien abductions. The show was broadcast in ten segments on the Sci-Fi channel in ... 33 Years Ago
by Jason Davis (Mon 03-06-2006)
First, let me tell you about Kudos. My first run-in with this British production company came with A&E's airing of MI-5. Known as SPOOKS in the UK, the series was the UK's answer to 24 and ALIAS, a sort of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE with accents. The neat thi... Sore Throat
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 03-22-2004)
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! I've got laryngitis this week, so I'll be keeping it short. Last week I asked you if there were any films you felt deserved to be American Movie Classics and I must say the response was overwhelming: ... The Worst List of Worst Songs
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 05-17-2004)
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! I was watching VH1 the other day and they had one of those "worst songs of all time" shows on and by the end when such abominations as "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," "Achy Breaky Heart," and "We Built ... GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW: VOLUME ONE
by Tony Whitt (Wed 06-16-2004)
There are two reactions you might have to reading a critically acclaimed comics "classic" produced in the past. The first reaction is to drink it all in and to marvel at just how little the hype lives up to the reality of the experience. That's the rarer ... Comicscape - August 18, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-18-2004)
OPINION: First of all, thanks for the continued responses to the extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2. As I figured, the strongly held opinions of our first pack of readers led to the expression of other strongly held opinions, and were I to print them all, w... One More Hour on the Island
by Stephen Lackey (Mon 04-14-2008)
The producers of Lost have been negotiating for sometime now to get an additional hour of Lost to close this season. Originally the season was to end with a two part finale, but E! reported that the script for the second part was 80 pages long! So ABC app... Who’s your daddy? Where’s your shoes?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 04-14-2007)
Halle Berry is in the news everyday now it seems (about as much as Anna Nicole Smith), from suicide attempts over a decade ago to shooting down rumors of Catwoman that doesn’t even exist! Anything in the name of the celebrity publicity, right? S... The New Brasyl
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-08-2007)
Good day to all of you Maniac readers and welcome to this week’s edition of the Buzz. After a staggeringly huge release last week, the genre book schedule is settling back into its usual pace with a relatively light load this Tuesday.
I kn... Robots in Various Disguises
by Nadia Oxford (Thu 06-28-2007)
Hey, did you know Michael Bay made some movie about cars that transform into giant robots? …Oh. I guess it's not exactly breaking news. It's no wonder the hype surrounding the Transformers movie has been so feverish; the series has existed in some ... The Sexy Episode
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 08-11-2003)
Greetings Cinescapers! With the fall season looming ahead, I have decided to jump the gun a bit and start indulging in preparation now. What this entails is reading a lot of press releases and asking (read: begging) for pre-season screeners. While press r... Around the World in Seventy Minutes
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-01-2007)
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
When it premiered in 1956, producer Mike Todd’s flamboyant cinematic incarnation of the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days, was the world’s most expensive and elaborate film, directed by... Xmas Shopping List
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 12-12-2006)
Another Xmas Peeve! Every year about this time, folks get the urge to see all those classic Christmas movies like A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation. You’d think that with warehouses full of these titles that you could just grab the last editi... Crisis on Infinite Earth Series 1 Figures
by John Denning (Thu 07-13-2006)
A while back, you may recall seeing these figures on your local retailer's shelves. Or not. Due to quality-control issues, DC Direct recalled them from retailers, asking them to cut off their heads and ship them back. Thankfully, the re-release has arrive... My First Time
by Jason Davis (Mon 08-07-2006)
I'm presently showing FARSCAPE to a friend for the first time. We've just reached season two's conclusion with "Die Me Dichotomy" and we're mourning the loss of Aeryn Sun. I always forget how beautiful the episode is and I can't imagine how it must have... Marv Wolfman: From ROBIN to NIGHTWING: Chronicling the Adventures of Dick Grayson
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Thu 10-19-2006)
One of the first comic book series I can remember feeling addicted to was Marv Wolfman and George Perez's New Teen Titans. There was just something about these characters: Wonder Girl, Starfire, Raven, Kid Flash, Cyborg, Changeling and Robin that struck ... Have you “LOST” interest?
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Mon 11-06-2006)
This week I’m most looking forward to Lost, mainly to see if this episode makes up for the lackluster season so far. We were promised in ads that the last two episodes of the fall season would change everything. Last week we saw SPOI... Preparation
by Jason Davis (Mon 06-12-2006)
In television, preparation is paramount. It's also Fox, Warner Brothers, Touchstone, etc. You have to be prepared. When I first came to LA for an internship on a major TV series, I walked in knowing that show backwards and forwards. I was prepared to ... Sci Fi Friday
by Jason Davis (Mon 03-13-2006)
I'm of two minds this week, so the column will reflect that state with an abrupt change in subject halfway down. As you might have noticed from the title, SFC's Friday night line-up is the subject of this week's words and it's going to focus first on the... May it Be
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 01-16-2002)
You can't be a Spider-Man fan without having griped about Aunt May at some time or another. Let's face it, as elements of the Spider-mythos go, May is one of the most annoying, exasperating facets of Peter Parker's life that we've ever encountered. With h... MURDER BY NUMBERS
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Fri 04-19-2002)
Making movies work is a lot like planning the perfect crime: No matter how many factors you take into account beforehand, unforeseen elements have a way of popping up and spoiling the whole caper. And then there are the efforts, like the Sandra Bullock-st... Comicscape - August 25, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-25-2004)
OPINION: Last week we spoke to Richard and Wendy Pini, whose latest chapter in the ELFQUEST saga, THE SEARCHER AND THE SWORD, has just been released by DC as a 96-page hardcover graphic novel. (And before I forget, let me publicly say thank you to Alexand... Goddess of Music
by Randall Larson (Thu 04-07-2005)
Winifred Phillips is an award-winning composer, producer and vocalist who writes and produces epic choral and orchestral music for cinematic productions. As the composer for Radio Tales, the acclaimed music drama series broadcast via National Public Radio... The Capra Redemption Part One
by Paul Zimmerman (Fri 12-21-2001)
We've seen Jim Carrey talk out his butt, blow smoke rings out his nose and give mouth to mouth to a cow. Can we take seeing him act standing virtually still? In his new film The Majestic Carrey does just that in his craziest performance yet: Straight.Play... Jungle Love
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 10-13-2001)
Now entering its second year of syndication, the adventure series SHEENA isn't just about a hot babe sprinting through the jungle in a loincloth. Well, there is that rather inescapable element, and it certainly can't hurt the ratings, but the series is mo... Zemeckis Tells CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 07-05-2007)
A new version of the classic, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, is coming to a theater near you courtesy of director Robert Zemeckis. Empire Online has put up a piece about actor Bob Hoskins telling everyone that Zemeckis will be re-imagining the christmas classic in a ... BATTLE OF THE PLANETS #4
by Tony Whitt (Fri 11-08-2002)
I'm not entirely sure how it was that we missed out on reviewing the very first issue of BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, or why it's taken us so long to take a look at this extraordinary series. Could it be because every single copy of the first three issues was g... First News: MARIO SUNSHINE and ZELDA
by James Stevenson (Thu 08-23-2001)
At the Spaceworld Pre-show news conference, Nintendo showed the first bits of MARIO SUNSHINE and the new ZELDA game for the GameCube.Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto asked specifically that no screens or video be taken and used by the media. We wi... FANTASTIC FOUR #554
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Sun 02-17-2008)
Mark Millar begins his run on Fantastic Four with a pitch-perfect, if somewhat decompressed, introduction. It opens with the team on a time-travel vacation gone horribly awry, with Ben Grimm somehow left in – and then rescued from – the y... Who Watches the Justice League?
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 07-04-2005)
Welcome back, and a happy Fourth of July to all my fellow crazy, explosives-happy Americans out there. I hope you're all enjoying yourselves as you float on lakes or guzzle alcohol or blow off various appendages with illegal fireworks. In the words of P... Coooooonnn!!!!!! Report: Wednesday
by David Michael Wharton (Thu 07-14-2005)
It is forty-five minutes into Thursday morning as I write this, which means one thing is clear: Comic-Con International 2005 is upon us. Wednesday is traditionally "Preview Night" here at Con, which is the Comic-Con
Sideshow booth at Comic Con 2005... They Might Be Giants - MINK CAR
by Tony Whitt (Thu 09-20-2001)
It seemed for the longest time that They Might Be Giants had disappeared from radar screens. The release of their last album of original material, 1996's FACTORY SHOWROOM, received virtually no publicity. Their previous album, JOHN HENRY, was a non-favori... Tom Hanks' ROAD Less Traveled
by Pamela Harland (Fri 07-12-2002)
Mr. Nice Guy does some naughty things in the new Sam Mendes thriller ROAD TO PERDITION. But when Tom Hanks does them they don't seem so bad for some reason. Which just proves the theory, some guys can get away with anything... even murder.Hanks plays hitm... Comicscape - August 2002
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-31-2002)
The beginning of yet another interminable DC crossover, starting this month in JLA, and a couple of collected volume reminders of the last one, are at least mitigated by the return of yet another '80s blast from the past, the continuation of RISING STARS,... Comicscape - July 2, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-02-2003)
OPINIONI know I promised a column on the best and worst movie adaptations, but I'm going to delay it for a week for two reasons: 1) I've not seen THE HULK yet, and I want to include it; and 2) I have something to get off my chest - namely, my thoughts on ... RISING STARS
by Tony Whitt (Sun 06-17-2001)
In the aftermath of the battle that leaves Critical Maas dead and officer Matthew Bright injured, John Simon realizes why the Specials were granted super-powers on the fateful night of their birth. At Doc's funeral, he explains to his friends that their p... Director Alexander Updates PUNISHER 2
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 08-23-2007)
Director Lexi Alexander has updated her upcoming movie, PUNISHER: WELCOME BACK FRANK, a sequel to the original Thomas Jane version a few years ago. I let you guys know a few days ago how Ray Stevenson had a few thoughts to share about the project in which... SPIDER-MAN 3
by Brian Thomas (Fri 05-04-2007)
I grew up loving movies and loving comics, but never expecting the two to mesh satisfactorily. The Superman and Hulk TV shows had their own charms, but were not a truthful interpretation from the comics any more than a Star Wars comic-book could give you ... THOR #1
by Tim Janson (Wed 07-18-2007)
Let me say right off the bat that Thor has always been my favorite Marvel super hero, and that goes back nearly thirty-five years! To me, Thor along with others like Captain America and the Silver Surfer were always the noble, moral conscience of the... The Five Biggest Announcements from the San Diego Comic Con
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 07-29-2007)
The San Diego Comic con has become the place for major announcements in pop culture whether it be from Hollywood or from independent comics. The big show has come and gone so I wanted to recap the announcements that really got me the most excited.
&... PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Wed 07-09-2003)
Hollywood long ago drew the commercial skull-and-crossbones sign over any movie involving pirates, and the public's stubborn lack of interest in such modern-day spins as the 1995 Renny Harlin/Geena Davis vehicle CUTTHROAT ISLAND and last year's Disney pir... 
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