Remember when movies used to be fun? Now they require homework. The Hollywood Reporter published a story this morning that it subtitled “How to Prepare for the Batman Saga’s End.” It presents a list of six things a moviegoer must do in order to get ready to view The Dark Knight Rises this weekend. Share: Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share [...]

This isn’t a movie – yet – but this new Marvel production should be of interest to X-Men fans and to anyone who has been following the roll out of Marvel superhero movies such as Iron Man and Captain America, all done in anticipation of the May 4 release of Marvel’s The Avengers movie. Marvel Comics is getting ready to unleash Avengers vs. X-Men, a 12-issue comic book miniseries that [...]

The 10th anniversary of 9-11 will be an occasion of solemn remembrance for most Americans. There certainly will be memorial observances. The airwaves and news websites will be filled with commentary. The President will mark the occasion in some dignified way. Then, three days later, comic book readers will replay the events of 9-11 in the pages of Holy Terror, a graphic novel by Frank Miller, the creator of 300 [...]

We are saddened by news of the passing of Peter Falk and Gene Colan on Thursday. Doubtlessly, you know Peter Falk, from his long run on television as the rumpled detective on Columbo or his wide-ranging film career. Perhaps you’re familiar with his great work in John Cassavetes’ movies such as Husbands. I would guess that many of you don’t know who Gene Colan is. Colan was a comics book [...]