Friday, November 16, 2012
I saw the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, this week (and, no, is it NOT the “worst movie” I’m referring to in the title of this post—hold on, I’m getting to that). In the previews, they showed a trailer for what I was immediately able to identify as an absolutely HORRIBLE, terribly written, tritely conceived, [...]
A couple of days ago I made a post about the Spider-Man rockcomic that I got as a present when I was a kid. Reminiscing about that got me thinking about Spidey and Doc Strange — two of my favorite comic characters, and both created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. And that got me [...]
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
It’s a personal quirk that while I am a big fan of comedy films, it’s pretty rare for me to go see them in the theater. I’m not talking about comic-_____ films (comic-adventures, comic-romances, etc) … I’m talking about pure comedies, though I suppose that one could have a rousing debate trying to split that [...]
They released a new trailer for the Green Lantern movie … one that, if it had been the first or second bit of info I’d seen on the film, would have filled me with eager anticipation (rather than the anxiety I blogged about the other day. This captures the majesty of the GL Corps, gives [...]
Like a lot of people, I was stunned by the visual promise of Zach Snyder’s Sucker Punch from the very first time I saw a preview last fall. But even back then I IMMEDIATELY felt skepticism and suspicion creep into my heart. Sure, the images were cool … but what was the movie actually ABOUT? [...]
It feels good to get back to posting here more regularly, but it feels a little strange that most of the posts are about movies. Not that it comes as a surprise to anyone who knows me that A) I enjoy seeing a lot of movies, and B) I have pretty clear opinions about each [...]
Yesterday I talked a bit about how much I enjoyed Thor and how much I’m looking forward to X-Men: First Class and Captain America: The First Avenger later this summer. While I’m thinking about such things, it seems worthwhile to note that I am trepidatious and a little anxious about the upcoming Green Lantern movie. [...]
It’s another summer of movies based on comic book properties, and we’ve already seen the first big release — Thor! Like most other comic book fans I know, I’ve been pretty happy with the way the Marvel Comics characters have been treated on the big screen in recent years. There are notable exceptions, but most [...]
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Last year I started officially celebrating my Artist Holidays … the birthdays of various writers, cartoonists, and other artists whose work has important to my personal and professional development. The first artist holiday of 2011 is today … the 70th birthday of Hayao Miyazaki! Miyazaki many of you will know Miyazaki best for the movies [...]
I’ve never been much of a horror film fan. I like a few here or there, but I’m pretty picky. Yet, in my closet of guilty pleasures there lurk a few cheeseball horror films from my youth. Chief among these is Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, a made-for-TV movie which puts Kim Darby, as [...]