TO DO: May 4th, NYC: Too Art for TV
Actual animators come out and show their stuff at 2A4TV2 (LEFT, Jason DiOrio):
Second Annual Exhibition for New York's Animation Industry
Opening reception - Friday, May...
REVIEW: A Spider-Man is Born
SPIDER-MAN 3 is a touching musical about a young couple whose struggles to keep their relationship going increase as they face the challenges of...
300 rippling abs hits Cannesfilm market; war brewing?
We know that Beat readers must be as sick of our 300 coverage as we are by now, but the trades just can't keep...
IRON MAN waits in the wings
While Marvel is assured of a record year at the box office with Spidey 3, and FF 2, the real excitement begins WITH...
Spider-Man 3 already setting records
Opening internationally, in advance of its US premiere tomorrow, SPIDEY 3 has already broken records on two continents:
"Spider-Man 3" cast a worldwide web...
One more Eisner docu screening
WILL EISNER: PORTRAIT OF A SEQUENTIAL ARTIST had its world premiere last Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, and a...
RONIN news made larger
Variety sent out a NEWS FLASH yesterday that Sylvain "STOMP THE YARD" White will make RONIN, the new Frank Miller project, but that's funny...
Speaking of Spidey…
USATODAY explores the unbearable lightness of being Sam Raimi:
"This was the franchise he was meant to do," Franco says. "It lets him do the...
Vess views STARDUST
Over at his Blog, Charles Vess reports on his first viewing of the Stardust movie:
Nervous couldn’t half describe how I was feeling at that...
News and notes
§ The LA Times looks at the rising sales for novels based on manga. Already a huge category in Japan, the novels are catching...
Morning Briefing: Downey, WHITEOUT, etc
§ The first images of Robert Downey as Tony Stark were released last week and according to director Jon Favreau, the oft-troubled star fits...
Where’s…Frank MIller: “An enigma”
The LA Times catches up with Frank Miller in a lengthy profile by Geoff Boucher. It seems since the 300 premiere, Miller has been...
