Archive for May, 2009
In Comics: Gotham Gazette: Batman Alive?
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art by Dustin Nguyen (The Veil), Alex Konat & Mark McKenna (Harvey Bullock), Jamie McKelvie (Leslie Thompkins), Chris Cross (Stephanie Brown) and Guillem March (Vicki Vale)
The Story
Despite the title, this one-shot issue doesn’t really deal with the question of if Batman is alive or not, aside from a line at the end [...]
On Blu-Ray: Paycheck
Starring Ben Affleck, Uma Therman
Directed by John Woo
Phillip K. Dick has become Hollywood’s favorite whipping boy. Ever since the classic Blade Runner made so much money his stories have been adapted film left and right with mixed results. The John Woo film Paycheck is based on one of his short stories.
The Movie
Michael Jennings [...]
CineGeek Webcast Episode 65: Buffy Movie, Zune HD, and Starbuck in a Daredevil Flick
We cover a lot of ground this week discussing the new Zune HD, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer remake without Whedon, Fox being mad at the Dollverse, and Eddie Murphy!
Contest: HISTORY Channel presents the television event of the summer: EXPEDITION AFRICA: STANLEY & LIVINGSTON.
Watch the series premiere May 31 at 10pm/9c. Twenty miles off the coast of eastern Africa, four modern-day explorers are sailing toward the unknown, the deep interior of Tanzania. They’ll travel over 900 miles through African terrain that is as stunning as it is fraught with danger. Using only a compass and basic maps, they [...]
On Blu-Ray: Wayne’s World
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe,
Remember Wayne’s World? Starting out as a skit on Saturday Night Live before becoming a feature film in 1992, it seemed like everyone was walking around in the early nineties saying “”asphinctersayswhat?” Paramount Home Video recently released the film on Blu Ray.
The Movie
Wayne (Mike [...]
On Blu-Ray: True Blood The Complete First Season
Created by Alan Ball
Starring Anna Paquin, Nelsan Ellis, Stephen Moyer
OK, so I’ll admit right away that I’m not a huge fan of vampire stories and movies. Interview with a Vampire was dull to me. I just don’t like the whole idea of the romantic villain theme that is at the core of most vampire stories. [...]
CineGeek Webcast Episode 64: Geeks of Doom, The Upfronts, and Kevin Smith
This week we talk Kevin Smith Comic book projects, Geeks of Doom, licorice from Australia, and gadgets galore!
On Blu-Ray: The Uninvited
Directed by Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Starring Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn
Asian horror films had a really brief amount of time where literally every film you watched was cool in some way. That time was really short though. Soon Asian horror films became so watered down and formulaic that those films are just [...]
On DVD: Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampire
Directed by Gerardo de Leon
Starring: Eddie Garcia, Amalia Fuentes, Mary Walter, Romeo Vasquez
Cinematic Titanic is: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, J. Elvis Weinstein, Mary Jo Pehl
Anyone who knows me knows how I loved Mystery Science Theater 3000. The gang is back now as Cinematic Titanic and just as funny as ever. The most recent [...]
On Blu-Ray: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Directed by David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton
“The years like great black oxen tread the world, And God the herdsman goads them on behind, And I am broken by their passing feet.”
- William Butler Yeats
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a movie that was tailor [...]
