I had no interest in seeing either of the first two Kung Fu Panda movies. I thought they were a place for a brand of Jack Black shtick that I had grown tired of by the time 2008 got here (for the record: peak Jack Black was 2003âs School of Rock). I had a strong…
When I first heard about the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Mark Miller’s Wanted, I was, as I usually am in these situations, skeptical. Hollywood’s treatment of comic books has ranged greatly over the years and produced some seriously bad movies such as Daredevil, Ghost Rider and The League of Extrordinary Gentlemen. However, to be fair,…
Sega has released the first trailer for the videogame based on the upcoming Incredible Hulk film. The footage gives us a good indication of what we can expect. The Hulk jumping great distances? Check. Hulk wrecking New York City? Check. The army and robots, Hulk’s favorite fodder, getting smashed? Check and check. Also the "Coming Soon"…
JukePop Serials has posted the first chapter of James Hutchings new story, The Case of the Syphilitic Sister on their site. The Case of the Syphilitic Sister is a detective / superhero story set in a two-fisted version of the 1930s. With an innocent girl dead, America’s finest superheroic detective agency must find and destroy…
Via the Comedy Central Insider, a feature article in the latest Cracked.com (did you know Cracked had a major newsstand relaunch? Me neither!) examines "awesome" superpowers and why on earth anybody would want them, including matter-eating, super-breath and splitting. And yeah yeah, talking to fish. I swear, I’m getting closer every day to joining that…
On the heels of the broadcast network’s fall announcements comes the never-ending trickle of cable commitments. As is their wont, many of these shows will debut in the summer months (like, June) when broadcast network series are on hiatus. TNT will be showing us a hospital series starring Jada Pinkett Smith called Hawthorne, Jerry Bruckheimer’s…
