A look back at the Green Hornet.
Recently there has been a whole slew of photographs from the set of Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet film, and I have to say they look great.
Before Seth Rogen, and even before Bruce Lee, the Green Hornet was a long running radio serial. Starting out as a cousin to the Lone Ranger, the character was created [...]
The Neverending Question: Gaiman and Doctor Who.
No, the neverending question seemingly is not how many girls has James Bond impregnated, but will Neil Gaiman write an episode of Doctor Who?
The question has been asked hundreds and hundreds of times but recently on io9.com’s Morning Spoilers edition they picked up on someone on some Doctor Who message board saying Gaiman would write [...]
NPR reveals who is behind HOBODARKSEID.
Not familiar with what I’m talking about? HOBODARKSEID is the Twitter version of the DC Universe’s Big Bad, who was killed by the power of song in Final Crisis. Hilarious right? Well, it seems like the character’s essence has been transfered to Twitter where he panhandles and lives in a dumpster behind a Baby Gap. [...]
Smith’s Pekar Project keeps on trucking along.
Besides Deadpool, I think my other comic obsession would have to be all things Harvey Pekar. The fact that Smith Magazine has been doing a serialized Harvey Pekar web comic project for the past couple of weeks has been a wonderful thing to look forward to, but the Cleveland native came here to New York [...]
AMC’s Prisoner Reboot set for Nov. 15.
So, AMC has finally announced the premiere of their reboot of the classic Science Fiction series. This update has Number 6 (Jim Caviezel) retired to The Village where Ian McKellan’s Number 2 controls everything with a smile on his face and a giant bubble. The miniseries will be a three parter starting November 15th, and [...]
Check out Rorschach as Freddy Krueger in the first trailer for Nightmare on Elm Street.
When I was a kid, my Dad frequently contributed to my movie fixation at a very young age. I watched extremely violent films that were spectacularly unsuitable for a kid between the ages of 6-8. This movie was one of them. Predator was another one, which I still think is the best movie the Governator [...]
Another convention? This one is in Brooklyn.
A month after the Big Apple Con, spotlighting Wizard Entertainment we’re going to have another comics related convention, this time celebrating the comic creators of Brooklyn! Sweet.
Via press release, King Con will feature such creators as Brian Wood, Dean Haspiel, Molly Crabapple, and Al Jaffe. There is a ton more.
The convention is being held [...]
RECAP: Smallville premiere.
Friday evening saw the premiere of season 9 of Smallville, and the ratings were not that great to be honest. Like Dollhouse, only 2.8 million people tuned in to watch the show. I DVR’d it. So warning, Spoilers below.
We open on Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) trying to track down Lois Lane (Erica Durance) who in [...]
The Weekend in Review: Ignatz, Shuster Awards, and Iron Man 2.
There was a ton going on this weekend, in Baltimore, in cyberspace, and here in New York. Here are some highlights.
The New York Anime Festival showed record attendance. Up 16% from last year, which is great to hear.
The Ignatz Awards were announced. Congratulations to Jordan Crane, Nate Powell, and for the Kramers Argot, which is [...]
REVIEWS: ‘Superman Secret Origin’, ‘Planetary’, ‘Captain America Reborn’
Time to catch up on a couple of reviews, this is a mix of a couple of books that came out this week, and last week.
Pick of the week: Fantastic Four # 571 by Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham. I’ve never been a Fantastic Four man, but this issue captured my imagination. From what I [...]
Complex interviews Joss Whedon.
Friend (and neighbor) Tim Leong interviews Joss Whedon for Complex Magazine this week.
In the lengthy interviews, Leong talks to Whedon about his Astonishing X-Men artist John Cassaday’s turn behind the Director’s Chair this season on Joss’s show, Dollhouse. The multi-platform writer also shares ideas on Buffy Season 9, his movie Cabin in the Woods [...]
Rob Liefeld freaks out over Deadpool movie.
Yeah, I just used “freak out” in a headline, but you had to be there. On Twitter, when he flipped out over the Deadpool movie meetings.
Walking into Deadpool movie meeting!!! Yowza!
Great Deadpool movie meeting! Lauren Schuler Donner and her team are headed in the right direction!
Deadpool movie- YES! Ryan Reynolds is on board!!!
Deadpool movie checklist- [...]
Don’t Hate, Just Read #1: This Week in Comics.
Wednesday means new comics, anyone reading this blog knows that. So, with that in mind I’d like to point you in the direction of a couple of books I’m looking forward to.
From DC Comics today, we have the Geoff Johns/Gary Frank interpretation of Superman’s modern origin in Superman: Secret Origin #1. Think of it as [...]
What to Watch.
This week is chock full of season premieres. Here are a listing of some of the genre-friendly things I’ll be setting my DVR to.
This is the first time I’ll admit on the Internet that I’m a fan of Ghost Hunters. The show on Syfy follows a bunch of New Hampshire plumbers who use scientific devices [...]
PUSHING DAISIES Wins 4 Emmys.
The most creative show that was formerly on television, Pushing Daisies, won four Emmys Sunday night, including the absolutely adorable and totally awesome Kristin Chenoweth taking Best Supporting Actress in a comedy.
Series creator Bryan Fuller spoke about the award wins:
It’s a tremendous honor to see ‘Daisies’ win in so many categories — and in the [...]
