Take The City And Run

Directed by Zack Snyder
300 could very well go down as a watershed moment in filmmaking. No, it’s not a particularly great movie; it is entertaining, but it’s not exactly an exercise in sophisticated storytelling. It is, however, groundbreaking as far as technical achievement. For years now, anytime a movie laden with CGI and special effects […]

Directed by Bryan Singer
Clark Kent: You may sometimes be an outcast, but you will never be alone.
It’s been said that this is meant to be a sequel to 1978’s Superman Returns and 1980’s Superman II, with little or no regard for the later Superman III or Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. That’s all well […]

Directed by Brett Ratner
Professor X: You of all people know how fast the weather can change.
Well, it’s not terrible, but it certainly doesn’t stand up next to the previous films. The problem, which is surely the result of Bryan Singer’s absence, is a certain lack of imagination that permeated the first two, making them vital […]

I totally fucking cannot wait for Aaron Sorkin’s new show, Studio 60 on The Sunset Strip. It’s got Bradly damned Whitford and two other familiar faces from The West Wing: Timothy Busfield and Matthew Perry. I’m even willing to give Amanda Peet and D.L. Hughley — neither of which I’m normally a great fan of […]

“It’s Super Mayor! In Ex Machina, a crime fighter is elected to City Hall. Sure, he can fly. But could he beat Bloomberg?”
There’s a nice Q&A with Brian K. Vaughan over at New York Magazine (via DYFL). Vaughan’s Ex Machina is quite possibly the best ongoing comic book being produced right now — […]

The Spider-Man Official Movie Website now features a picture of Thomas Haden Church as Spidey villain Flint Marko, aka Sandman. Apparently all it takes is a green striped shirt.
Seriously, though Thomas Haden Church will probably be great. Good actors playing interesting villains makes for good movies. Usually. Sooner or later we’ll surely be […]

“Hannity & Batman”
Warning: not sure how steeped in Batman knowledge you’ll have to be to find this funny.

Written by Harvey Pekar
Art by Dean Haspiel
completed November 1, 2005
For anyone who has read Pekar’s previous work, The Quitter will cover much familiar territory. Just as his American Splendor comic is largely autobiographical, dealing with his life as an insecure, working class guy living in Cleveland, coming to terms with his problems, listening to and […]

Images from Marvel’s upcoming Ultimate Avengers animated DVD release are availabe at ComicBookMovie.com (via Cinematical)
That’s Nick Fury to the left there, from the successful series, The Ultimates, with characters based on artist Bryan Hitch’s work, whose run on the title was very popular.

Supreme was originally a very bad Superman rip-off created by Rob Liefeld to interact with the other creations in his books at Image Comics in the 1990s.
But once turned over to Alan Moore, with free reign to do as he pleased, the character and his book became a unique meditation on the history […]

After months of speculation spurred on by a mysterious slide displayed at a Marvel comics panel, it is confirmed that Stephen King will be writing for Marvel Comics. His first project will be a series about a notorious gunslinger named Roland from King’s Dark Tower series and will be his first time producing original […]

Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last sixty-five years, you’ve heard of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. They are, indisputably, cultural icons. But they are first and foremost comic book superheroes.
Chances are that most people know DC Comics‘ “Big Three” primarily from mediums other than comic books, but the comic book versions, […]