TINTIN AND I reviewed
We had the chance to watch this documentary last night, and it was utterly fascinating stuff, featuring much audio footage of George Remi aka Hergé talking about his life. The documentary was based on...
Adams, Sienkiewicz team with Waters
While the world mourned eccentric former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett yesterday, we're reminded that another former Floyder, Roger Waters, is out on tour, and he's tapped a couple of comickers to help him...
Linkie winkies
§ Gossip column All The Rage has a new writer, John Vouleris, as Blair Marnell has decided to take a much-deserved break after writing 100 columns.
§ Chris Tamarri colors an entire issue of NEXT...
FC Brandt’s INDEPENDENTS trailer up
Cartooner FC Brandt has been working on a documentary about indie comics entitled IDEPENDENTS. The trailer is up in Low Bandwdith and High Bandwidth versions. From the trailer, this looks pretty bearable, with interesting...
More on Hollywood malaise
Our dismay at PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST drew a mixed response in the comments section, but we're not the only ones feeling the dismay. Anne Thompson, one of our most favoritest...
SPEED RACER lives
Our item on the proposed SPEED RACER film by the Wachowski Bros. (think the highway chase from MATRIX RELAODED for 150 minutes) drew a response from Art Asylum pointing to their SPEED RACER LIVES...
MUST VIEWING: Tintin and I airs tomorrow on PBS
Danish documentarian Anders Østergaard has made a documentary about Tintin and the worldwide influence of Hergé's cartoon creation, entitled Tintin and I. It will air tomorrow night at 10 pm on PBS's P.O.V. program....
Filmic blockbuster news
The idea of M. Night Shyalaman directing a Harry Potter movie makes baby Jesus cry.
There will apparently be a lot of wild characters in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3, as this casting notice posted...
Adult Swim advertises SDCC
We were peacefully watching ADULT SWIM tonight when an ad for, believe it or leave, the ADULT SWIM booth and panels at the San Diego Comic-con came on. The ad consisted only of text...
PIRATES II: The death of Hollywood
My one word review of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST:
Exhausting.
Not good. It was so not good that it made me wonder if we will ever see a great studio action movie...
Reitman on Super Sex
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND director Ivan Reitman sounds off on how superhumans might be able to mate with normal humans:
What goes on in the bedroom between a normal guy and a superwoman in My...