Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ned Beatty, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Joan Cusack, Michael Keaton
Director: Lee Unkrich
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Toy Story 3 has finally hit theaters, and take note: this one isn’t aimed at kids. The explanation is after the jump. Continue reading
Archaia was kind enough to give me an opportunity to interview Zachary Quinto regarding his production company Before The Door Productions and their first foray into comic publishing, and I totally have every intention of publishing it, I’ve just forgotten everything I’ve ever learned in journalism class, which is kind of an issue when doing a write up an interview. As I’m trying to figure out how to word it so I don’t sound like the lame sauce amateur I am, they’ve also sent out some sweet solicitations for some of their books releasing this September, and OH MY GOD IS THAT A DAYS MISSING SEQUEL WITH AN ALEX ROSS COVER?!
Ahem. The solicits and cover images (that are absolutely, totally, in no way the final cover art and subject to change before their final release) follows.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Sharlto Copey, Jessica Biel, Gerald McRaney
Director: Joe Carnahan
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I was a fan of the original A Team series, though I am a recent convert (I got caught up during a brief period of time in which I had Netflix, though). It’s a great “man” show. There’s not a terribly deep plot in any episode, and usually the climax is a large number of bullets and something making a rather large explosion. Fans of the original series, rejoice: the movie mostly follows this tried and true formula, for better and for worse. Continue reading
The upcoming THOR feature is getting closer and closer, and Entertainment Tonight has a look at the film, as well as your fist look at Anthony Hopkin’s Odin and Idris Elba as Heimdall, guardian of the rainbow bridge to Asgard.
I will say, I’ve got a bit more faith in the project now. It does appear like the film is going with Kirby-esque Asgard, which was more futuristic than mythical. Also, for the first time we really see that Chris Hemsworth is GIGANTIC. The movie is shaping up to be a lot of fun, and I’m certainly looking forward to checking this out next year.
Avengers Academy #1 Permanent Record, Part 1
Writer: Christos Gage
Artist: Mike McKone
Colorist: Jeromy Cox
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Christos Gage was the writer who ended up inheriting the bastard child of the Avengers franchise from a more popular writer. Avengers: The Initiative suffered from having C and D-List characters populate its cast, and also from trying to connect itself to every single Marvel crossover. This sounds like a disaster, and sometimes it was, but Gage found a way to make it work. He used this opportunity to flesh out fan favorite characters, introduce new heroes, and tell an epic soap opera that defined the Marvel Universe just as much as it was defined by it.
Avengers Academy is not that book.
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There’s work on a new Mortal Kombat game, as Ed Boon is constantly talking about on his Twitter page, but the movie franchise is dead in the water. Or is it? A trailer surfaced today that’s been confirmed to be a flavor trailer to try and push a re-imagined Mortal Kombat franchise. Per Jeri Ryan herself…
It’s not a game trailer. Actually was made for the director to sell WB on his vision for a reimagined MK film.
More MK FAQs: I did it as a favor to a friend. No idea yet what WB’s reaction to it was. And I’m not sure how you can contact WB…
…(cont.) to push them to make it. But you guys are resourceful…!
Now, I won’t lie: this looks pretty cool. It looks to be a realistic take on the franchise, and has some strong points. Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan? That’s kind of awesome. And giving the characters a realistic, almost twisted serial killer feel is cool. But…and here’s my key problem with this…it isn’t Mortal Kombat.
I’ve always maintained that, yes, you have to change things to fit different mediums. But you have to change them within the context of the world. Look at that movie, at how radically different the characters are, and at how different the world is from the established one. Sure, you’ve called it Mortal Kombat and slapped the characters names in there, but when you can rename everyone and be relatively indistinguishable from the original creation, you’ve got a problem.
Regardless, this does look like it has a lot of potential, and I’m certainly going to keep my ear to the ground for more information.
The acclaimed Archaia series TUMOR is getting released as a collected edition which hits comic shops tomorrow (and bookstores on June 22nd), but we’ve got a whopping 11 page preview for you to kick things off!
TUMOR Collected Edition Hardcover
Retail Price: $14.95 U.S.
Page Count: 224 pages
Format: digest-size hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25” x 8.25”, black & white
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov
Illustrated by Noel TuazonFrom the Harvey Award-nominated creative team behind ELK’S RUN comes TUMOR, a haunting Los Angeles Noir graphic novel. Frank Armstrong has an inoperable brain tumor that’s killing him. In his final days, with his body, senses and mind failing him, he’s going to do the one thing that he’s never been able to do before—save the girl. After debuting on the Amazon Kindle and holding the #1 spot on the Kindle Graphic Novel Bestseller list for over two months, Archaia is pleased to bring this acclaimed graphic novel to print!
Superman/Batman Annual #4
“A Time Beyond Hope”
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Renato Guedes
Inker: Jose Wilson
Cover: Art Germ
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With the week starting off slow for comics, I admit I was eagerly looking forward to this book. I was (and still am) a huge fan of Batman Beyond when it aired, and was justifiably so excited to see this book, which could technically be considered the first in-continuity appearance of the character (he was called Tim during his previous appearance in Superman/Batman, which editorial insists was a mistake and corrected in the trade; you decide for yourselves).
