Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter and Under the Hood (review)
Help yourself to another cinematic serving of the grim graphic novel…
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Watchmen (review)
Probably the best three-hour version of the story that could be made…
Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (review)
The concept sounded potentially intriguing to me, but, well, it turns out to be quite bizarre.
The Spirit (review)
Bête Noir It’s been a week since I saw The Spirit and I’m still thinking about it, and usually that’s a good thing, when a movie sticks with you like that, but not always. Like, not this time. Cuz what I’ve been turning over in my head is this conundrum: Just how awful is this … more…
Comic Books Unbound (review)
It’s an entry in the ongoing series ‘Starz Inside’ that the cable network Starz likes to label ‘documentary,’ but this one, at least, feels exactly like the kind of promotional filler you find filling up odd scheduling holes on premium movie channels (it’s suspiciously 59 minutes in length).
‘Heroes’ blogging: “Villains”
(previous: Chapter Seven: “Eris Quod Sum”) I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula and Superman away. –Jack Handy And if I had an Off button on my TV, I could keep away Heroes. Oh, wait, I do… [spoiler-laden commentary on last night’s Heroes after the jump!] I’m not … more…
‘Heroes’ blogging: “Eris Quod Sum”
(previous: Chapter Six: “Dying of the Light”) I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula and Superman away. –Jack Handy And if I had an Off button on my TV, I could keep away Heroes. Oh, wait, I do… [spoiler-laden commentary on tonight’s Heroes after the jump!] The title … more…
‘Heroes’ blogging: “Dying of the Light”
(previous: Chapter Five: “Angels and Monsters”) It may sound absurd: but don’t be naive Even Heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed: but won’t you conceed Even Heroes have the right to dream but It’s not easy to be me Everyone thinks superheroes got it made. Not so. [spoiler-laden commentary on last … more…
‘Heroes’ blogging: “Angels and Monsters”
(previous: Chapter Four: “I Am Become Death”) It may sound absurd: but don’t be naive Even Heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed: but won’t you conceed Even Heroes have the right to dream but It’s not easy to be me Everyone thinks superheroes got it made. Not so. [spoiler-laden commentary on … more…
‘Heroes’ blogging: “I Am Become Death”
(previous: Chapter Three: “One of Us, One of Them”) I can’t stand to fly I’m not that naive I’m just out to find The better part of me I’m more than a bird…i’m more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It’s not easy to be me Everyone thinks superheroes got … more…
