The Point Radio: One HANGOVER Too Many?
This weekend, Director Todd Phillips brings us the final chapter in the HANGOVER saga. We talk to Todd as well as Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis on the pluses and minuses of doing a...
View ArticleREVIEW: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
In the wake of revisionist takes on classic fairy tales, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with an approach that was tongue-in-cheek or so over the top it was going to be a wacky...
View ArticleUuncovering the Scarlet Jaguar!
Cover Art: Mark Sparacio On his blog, New Pulp Author Win Scott Eckert shared the final cover design for his upcoming novella, The Scarlet Jaguar. The cover was painted by Mark Sparacio with design...
View ArticleFirst RED 2 TV Spots
We enjoyed Red so much that we were thrilled to hear that there was a sequel coming. Then we saw the first trailer and knew it was in good hands. Now come the first television ads for the July 19...
View ArticleDennis O’Neil: The Obese Lone Ranger
I’m hungry. Gimme a plate. No, a bigger one. Bigger. Bigger! Big as a house, a stadium. Now, lemme eat. Eggs and cheese and pork chops and ice cream and popsicles and pickles and brownies and...
View ArticleREVIEW: G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Back in the 1960s, like most boys, I had at least G.I. Joe action figure. They were cool but maybe not as cool as Captain Action, which followed two years later. Of course, both faded away over time...
View ArticleFight Card Introduces the Can’t Miss Contender
Fight Card Books’ latest, Can’t Miss Contender by Kevin Michaels writing as Jack Tunney is now available as an ebook at Amazon. Press Release: AVAILABLE NOW ~ FIGHT CARD: CAN’T MISS CONTENDER Our...
View ArticleReview: “Kick-Ass 2″
Well. This might be the easiest review I’ve written. If you liked the first Kick-Ass movie, you’ll like this one. If you would have liked the first film if it didn’t have Nicolas Cage in it, you’ll be...
View ArticleREVIEW: Pacific Rim
I find Guillermo del Toro an incredibly imaginative visualist and energetic storyteller but his movies tend to be overly stuffed with too many elements to crowd the story (Hellboy II) or too many...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a children’s book about a creature called a Hobbit and people in England seemed to like it. His publisher asked for a sequel, expecting something within a year or two, and instead...
View ArticleREVIEW: Man of Steel
At 75, Superman remains the archetypal superhero and still relevant to comic books and the American people. When created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, he was an amalgam of the myths and pulps both...
View ArticleREVIEW: Superboy: The Complete Fourth Season
The Adventures of Superboy found its groove with the third season and a sense of stability was most welcome as the tone was consistent and the stories got stronger thanks to Stan Berkowitz and the...
View ArticleWeekend Window Closing Wrap-Up: February 9th, 2014
Closing them on my browser so you can open them on yours, a list of various things that I haven’t had time to write full posts about. Here we go again… Big comics to TV news with AMC announcing...
View ArticleREVIEW: The 300 Spartans
We have Frank Miller to thank for reminding us of the valiant tale of the Battle at Thermopylae as 300 Spartans fought off an invading force from Persia. His 300 graphic novel is a wonderful retelling...
View ArticleDennis O’Neil: Complexly Evolving A Bible
Settle down, now. Sure, the Oscars have got you all excited, but for heaven’s sake, try to relax. Take some deep breaths while we return to where we left off last week. The subject, a week ago, was...
View ArticleThe Point Radio: Getting 300 Back On The Big Screen
Building a sequel to the hit film 300 wasn’t an easy task, and Zack Snyder talks about the choices he made to get RISE OF AN EMPIRE on the big screen and Lena Headey shares what it’s like to play...
View ArticleJohn Ostrander: Short Form and Long Form Storytelling
My favorite new show on TV this year is The Blacklist. It’s on opposite another show I enjoy a lot, Castle, which is now in its sixth season. Assuming it makes it (and I certainly do hope it’s...
View ArticleBox Office Democracy: “Mr. Peabody & Sherman”
I was a big fan of The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show as a child and while I enjoyed almost all of the segments “Peabody’s Improbable History” was a particular favorite. I don’t know what it is but...
View ArticleDennis O’Neil: Veronica
Well, my friends, here we are, home after a weekend of adventure down south in horse country. That’s a lie. We intended to spend the weekend in Lexington, Kentucky, but we never got there....
View ArticleJohn Ostrander: Sequels and Prequels and Remakes, Oh My!
Fox Movies has announced the possibility of re-making the musical West Side Story because Steven Spielberg has evidently expressed an interest in doing so. A part of me, a large part of me, wonders if...
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