Archive for April, 2009
CineGeek Podcast Episode #61: LOST, Facebook, Crank 2, and Thor!
This week we’re a man down as Mike is out of town again but we still manage to discuss LOST, Crank 2, Thor 601, Magic the Gathering, and a ton more!!
In Comics: Skrull Kill Krew #1 of 5
Written By Adam Felber
Art by Mark Robinson and Mike Getty
The Skrull Kill Krew is a Marvel Comics team created by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, and Steve Yeowell at the height of Mad Cow disease hysteria in the 1990s. See, these gentlemen decided to take the classic Skrull story from Fantastic Four #2, yes that [...]
On Film: 2009 Nashville Film Festival in Review
“Films, Pineapple Juice and Dante”
By Suzie Lackey
Stephen and I look forward to this event each year. We have pre-screened for the festival for many years and have served proudly on the jury. We have had our short documentary films play the festival. Even with pre-screening films, there are so many that we want to see [...]
On DVD: X-Men Animated Series Volume 1 and 2
Created by Stan Lee, Matt Edward Edens, Michael Edens,
Starring Cathal J. Dodd, Cedric Smith, Norm Spencer, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Alison Sealy-Smith, Catherine Disher, Alyson Court, Chris Potter
Cartoons or animated TV shows finally started paying attention to older viewers in the 90’s. The best shows wee able to walk a fine line between adult [...]
In Comics: Detective Comics #853 (Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (2 of 2)
Written By Neil Gaiman
Art by Andy Kubert with Scott Williams and Alex Sinclair
Batman has had a rough year with dying in Batman R.I.P. and having God only knows what happened to him in Final Crisis (really Batman in prehistoric times WTF Grant Morrison?) Sadly, the wonderful run on Detective Comics by Paul Dini (Batman: [...]
CineGeek Podcast Episode 60: We’re Back and talking Green Lantern, LOST, Terminator, and Starburst Gummies!
We tool a week off to cover the Nashville Film Festival (wrapup article coming soon) but we’re back with a vengeance! This week we munch on some Starburst GummieBursts, talk Ultimatum, the Green Lantern movie, LOST, Terminator on TV and on the big screen, Hellraiers and much more!
On DVD: The Loyal 47 Ronin (Chushingura)
Directed by Kunio Watanabe
Starring Shintaro Katsu, Raizo Ichikawa, Machiko Kyo
There have been many different films telling the classic Japanese story of the loyal 47 ronin. I did some research and there have been over 200 films telling this much beloved tale. So, how does Kunio Watanabe (Lady Sanshiro, Ambush at Iga Pass) and Shintaro [...]
On DVD: Ron White: Behavioral Problems
Directed By: Comedy Central
Starring: Ron White
One of America’s favorite and curmudgeons and most erudite country gentleman Ron White’s new show has been released by Comedy Central on DVD. While Ron White is undoubtedly from the South and of the South it would be a mistake to pigeonhole his material as Southern humor. It’s just [...]
Con Trek Episode 2 Bloopers!
Episode of the hit new XBOX Live series is on the way and to get things going the producers have posted a short blooper reel from that episode to their YouTube Channel. Episode 2 was shot at Anime Weekend Atlanta so you guessed it, it’s all anime all the time. Check out the blooper reel [...]
On DVD: Secrets of the Furious Five
Directed by Raman Hui
Featuring Voices by Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman
Secrets of the Furious Five is a short film based on the characters in the popular animated film Kung Fu Panda. Dreamworks Animated recently released the film on DVD and I love some animated critters, so I gave it a whirl.
The Film
Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) has [...]
