It’s been a while, due to snow and slush and sludge and general hell here on the East Coast, but the News is back . . . 1. DVDs COMING SOON . . . DC and Marvel have been outdoing themselves, and sometimes each other, quite a bit lately. Marvel’s DVD movie line has been [...]

These days, Vampires are all the rage. And let’s face it, Vampires are cool. But Dracula usually sucks. Pun intended. But seriously, when you know that a movie, TV show or book is about The Count–as opposed to being about a less renown vampire–it’s usually an indicator that something lame this way comes. But such [...]

Note: This list eschews the obvious (Justice League!), the pretty-far-along (Deadpool!) and the already done (even if you sucked, you were Superman, Brandon!) in favor of those books that need their adaptations developed NOW! As always, I favor capes over clothes and lean heavily towards Marvel and DC. Those are my personal biases. If you [...]

Sick of folks talking about True Blood and Fringe and Mad Men and Monk?  Me, too.  Those shows are stupid. Here’s what I liked this year. A mention: The Shield: The Complete Series (DVD; FX).  Yeah, it’s a DVD release so it doesn’t rate higher, but it’s my last chance to pay tribute to my [...]

Story of the Grandson of Jesus-Cloud Cult Me and Jesus the Pimp In a 79 Grenada Last Night

First of all, I want to thank all of you who have been digg-ing and Stumble-Uponing these posts.  Their popularity is the reason I keep doing them so regularly. 1.  Marvel/Lionsgate just released a box set Marvel Animation’s 6 DVD movies.  Thought I’d let you know whether it’s worth the price.  Inside, you’ll get: Ultimate [...]

Spiderman vs. Superman, on theme songs.

1.  First of all: Spider-Man movie news. Spider-Man 1 and 2 were fantastic, 3 not so much.  But Raimi will return for the fourth film, which will begin shooting in March 2010.  The script is being developed with Gary Ross, who we’ve heard will also direct a Venom film at some unspecified date in the [...]