New ‘Kid’ Line Only Newsstand Marvels at $2.25 The newsstand price for all Marvel comics will be $2.99 but direct market prices will be cheaper. The only newsstand Marvels selling for $2.25 will be a new book called Marvel Age featuring many Marvel Universe characters and aimed at a young readers audience.
LOTR – 1/4 billion $$ in 5 days!
‘King’ Rakes In a Quarter Billion dollars Wow. That’s just…wow. If there is anyone left at New Line wondering whether a Hobbit movie would be worth the money…
My “Return of the King” Review
I saw Lord of the Rings last Thursday. So why didn’t I post a review? Because it’s all been said. It’s great and completes a mammoth masterpiece of movie filmmaking that should get a special Oscar for this one-movie-in-three-parts. That it has its problems and overdoes the slo-mo drama a bit much. That the 40-minute…
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Theater Hopper on “Return of the King
Training the buttocks to withstand nine hours of movie watching Was the workout a success? Second feat of strength
Blurb this!
Speaking of Catholics reviewing movies, how about this? Pope gives two thumbs up to “The Passion of the Christ” Wow. Do you think that will be on the posters encouraging others to see it? After all, how many other movies can boast that? “An eye-popping thrill ride! The Core will have you on the edge…
The Source and “Job Wanted
Just got off the phone with Nick at The Source of Comics and Games. I’ve praised the store (and Nick) before, because they are big supporters of local talent. Nick was gung ho to carry Job Wanted and told me that they were ordering 50 copies from Diamond. I just found out today that they…
LOTR Marathon
‘Rings’ Devotees Show Up for Debut of ‘King’ I don’t know that I could do a marathon in a theater. These movies are all very long, and they lack intermissions. This is an annoyance, frankly, since people consume refreshments and have the attendant bodily needs. In other words, monster-sized popcorn and a tankard of Pepsi…
Steven Grant reviews Job Wanted
Steven Grant reviews Job Wanted today in his Master of the Obvious column. Wish it was a better review, but I do appreciate that he read it and gave it some buzz.
Reviews of “Return of the King
Eric Spratling’s review below should be taken with a grain of salt, in that he isn’t enthused about the first two films either. We all have our quibbles, but if you are inclined towards liking the first two films you’ll probably like this one even more. What can I find in the way of reviews…