Great news from our friend Josh Elder: As of yesterday Tokyopop has given me the greenlight to turn Mail Order Ninja into a graphic novel trilogy. My existence has now, finally, been justified. So thanks to all of you who voted for me in Rising Stars contest. It really worked! And for those of you…
Author: thehutch
Michael is standing right behind you.
Just in case you thought the movie was bad…
AMC theater chain offers: Enjoy ‘Cinderella Man’ or Get Money Back In a marketing ploy the company hasn’t trotted out since 1988’s “Mystic Pizza,” AMC took out newspaper ads saying it would refund moviegoers’ money if they are unhappy with one of its features, “Cinderella Man.” The gimmick is seen as a desperate move to…
Penciling and Inking DVDs are out!
Tom Nguyen and Doug Mahnke’s new DVD series has debuted. “The Doug Mahnke Style of Comic Book Penciling” and “The Tom Nguyen Style of Comic Book Inking” guide the reader through the rendering of a comic page. I believe you’re seeing the same art in progress in both disks, so you’ll watch the piece go…
Mark Steyn reviews Batman Begins
Having pointed you to all of Mark’s past Batman movie reivews, I figured we all wanted to know his take on Batman Begins.
LIBERTAS Review: War of the Worlds
Not great, not terrible seems to be the consensus.
Today is Ray Harryhausen’s birthday!
Ray Harryhausen’s Birthday is being celebrated on Turner Classic Movies via the showing of some of the stop motion animator’s rarities. Unfortunately, the only Classic Movie channel I get is American Movie Classics. (Someone recently told me that they’re changing their name to American Movie Channel because all they ever show are classics like “Turner…
Not wowwed about WoW
When a studio doesn’t allow critics to pre-screen a movie, that’s usually a terrific sign that it’s a dud. In the case of “War of the Worlds”, debuting today, critics were allowed to see it ahead of time but couldn’t publish their reviews until June 29th. Was that just a way to pique curiosity, or…
Miss Fear Factor last night?
If, like me, you forgot to watch the King Kong trailer after Fear Factor, you can now watch it online.
My room keeps spinning
Argh. Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena and other timewasters, all courtesy of a tip from Jonah Goldberg.
Eye of Sauron is in space
Hubble spies lord of the stellar rings A recent image captured with the Hubble Space Telescope – which makes the system look uncannily like the Great Eye of Sauron from the blockbusting Lord of the Rings trilogy – confirms that Fomalhaut’s ring is curiously offset with respect to the star.