DC Entertainment Names New Executives: Jim Lee, Dan Dido, Geoff Johns, John Rood, and Patrick Caldon
This isn’t really news to anyone else but geeks like me. The newly formed branch of WB, DC Entertainment, has named its new Executive Management Team. The reason this is worthy news is the fact of who they named to their team. Three of these people, Jim Lee, Dan Dido, and Geoff Johns, have all […]
James Cameron is Writing an “Avatar” Prequel Novel
Those of you who fell in love with James Cameron’s hugely successful Avatar, and are a bit depressed the story is over can feel a little bit better today. Avatar producer Jon Landau told MTV that James Cameron is currently writing a prequel novel. “Jim is going to write a novel himself,” the film’s producer, […]
LOST: Season 6 Episode 6.4 – The Substitute – Review
The Substitute, the fourth episode of the final season of LOST has firmly righted the ship after an average episode three and not only answered one of the biggest questions in the LOST lore but added so much intrigue to the numbers that you can’t help but get excited. The flash sideways followed John Locke […]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief – Movie Review
Heavy is the head that seeks the Harry Potter crown. So it is for the cumbersomely titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. With visions of franchise-driven dollar signs dancing in his head Chris Columbus, director of the first two Potter films, attempts to bring another popular “kid lit” fantasy epic to the […]
The Wolfman – Movie Review
Universal Studios attempts, yet again, to resurrect its legendary Universal Monsters franchise with The Wolfman. While the studio struck gold with The Mummy franchise, it had more in common with Indiana Jones than it ever did with 1932’s The Mummy. And don’t even get me started on Van Helsing. This time out Benicio Del Toro […]
Valentine’s Day – Movie Review
An all star cast joins forces to celebrate love in the new Garry Marshall film Valentine’s Day. It’s a cast so star-studded, it has to be listed alphabetically to sooth competing egos: Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Dempsey, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George […]
Creation
“Creation” is the story of Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany), and how he came to write his most famous work – “On the Origin of Species.” What you see in this film is a look into his family life, and and a side of Darwin that you never knew existed. On-screen, we are given a perspective […]
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson has the unfortunate pleasure of being compared to Harry Potter. The coincidences are many. They are both different takes of the monomyth or the hero’s journey that takes place in so many other stories such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix. Complicating matters for the new Percy Jackson films […]
The Wolfman
The Wolfman took a long and rough road to the screen and the results are a rather poor to mixed affair that lacks direction, plot, and quality acting from a talented group of filmmakers. The film follows the return home of one, Lawrence Talbot, who is summoned back to his family’s estate after learning of […]