With the next season of Mad Men in limbo, John Slattery has become the hardest working man in show business. Last summer he was Howard Stark in Iron Man 2. This past weekend I saw him running around Manhattan in his Mad Men wardrobe chasing Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in The Adjustment Bureau. Last [...]
I’m waiting to be impressed. I’ve reached that age, where I’ve pretty much seen everything and nothing is blowing my skirt up anymore. Case in point, Inception. Sure it was visually stunning and it kept me interested for two hours but– it seemed familiar. Maybe if Leonardo DiCaprio hadn’t done Shutter Island earlier this year, [...]
Its a new month and time for a recap of what comic books I flipped through. May was very lackluster, I’ve been trying to ween myself off of mainstream Marvel and DC offerings. This has led to a few indie gems like Umbrella Academy and books with promise like Turf. Luckily, I did happen to [...]
Its not that I’ve fallen prey to Iron Man mania, even though promotion for the film is everywhere: on ESPN, at Burger King, any toy aisle at Target. I’ve been impressed by Matt Fraction’s run on the series. The completion of his most recent story arc just happens to coincide with the U.S. debut of [...]
Hell hasn’t quite frozen over, but the dead are walking around and somehow after enduring Avengers Disassembled, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and Dark Reign it looks as though we’re almost at the end of Bendis’ grand story arc. If the numerous house ads are any indication, then we get a whole new team of Avengers [...]
Let’s open with a bang, I finally finished Umbrella Academy Vol 2: Dallas. In the liner notes (I don’t know what else to call them), writer Gerard Way says that, “Dallas began as an idea for a single-issue adventure, like a great episode of The Twilight Zone or Doctor Who.” Well… mission accomplished. They hit [...]
Last month, it seemed that a lot of storylines were building to their conclusion. Two standouts are Greg Rucka’s Batwoman in Detective Comics and Matt Fraction’s Invincible Iron Man. Here’s the outstanding art for Batwoman, but more on it later. I’m a little annoyed with the slight revisions to Iron Man. We’re now on part [...]
The big news of the month occurred yesterday, with Disney coughing up $4 billion for Marvel Entertainment. Its not just the comics obviously, its the 7,000 characters in the library that lend themselves to licensing of bedsheets, movies, and videogames. I was laughing as the financial press kept stressing that with this acquisition that Disney [...]
Continuing on the thoughts from last week’s Watchmen post… I know that a big factor in the improved quality and quantity of superhero films and TV programs has been (1) the advances in CGI effects and (2) the presence of top name talent in front of and behind the camera. As impressive as Nicholas Hammond’s [...]
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