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A superhero film played for laughs? Sweet!

The ‘Ex’ files: Wilson eyes Regency lead Luke Wilson is in negotiations to topline “Super Ex” for Regency Enterprises. Ivan Reitman is on board to direct the feature, which is being produced by Gavin Polone from a script by Don Payne, an Emmy winner as “The Simpsons” writer/co-exec producer. The story centers on a man…

June 16, 2005
Endorsing President Luthor

One of the joys of getting older as a writer is that my memory is going and I can re-read my old works as though someone else wrote them. I wanted to find an old comparison I’d read of “Scrooge McDuck vs Richie Rich”. And what happens if you google them together? An article I…

June 16, 2005
Why did “Cinderella Man” fail? I know why!

Universal Rethinks Boxing Film Plan Why did “Cinderella Man” fail? Because it’s called “CINDERELLA MAN”! That is just the worst title I’ve ever heard. If you are going to go to a movie about a tough guy doing everything he can to make it during the Depression, don’t conjure up mental images of a pretty…

June 16, 2005
“Cheerleaders disciplined”? Can we watch?

Cheerleaders disciplined for putting feces on pizza

June 16, 2005
Batman Begins in Newsweek

Earning His Wings features this terrific appraisal (emphasis mine): The rugged charm of “Batman Begins,” which stars Welsh actor Christian Bale, lies partly its refusal to join the visual-effects arms race that the summer-movie season has lately become. When Nolan does turn to digital wizardry, he uses it to amplify the action, not supply it.…

June 15, 2005
One more thing: Bring tissues

Batman Begins has some scenes that are so dramatically intense that I was in tears. Nothing like crying at a movie while you’re attending it with a gaggle of comic geeks in superhero shirts, so take a hankie.

June 15, 2005
Spoiler-Free Review: Batman Begins

I didn’t even realize it was time for Batman Begins to debut. Aren’t all Batman films preceded by 12 weeks of omnipresent Burger King tie-in ads? The absence of such gross merchandising is just one of many signs that this Batman film is going to be good. Marketing “Batman Begins” would be like including “Requiem…

June 15, 2005
Best. Batman. Ever.

‘Nuff said. At least, until I have finished writing my real review of Batman Begins.

June 15, 2005
Batman Forever

Mark Steyn’s Batman Forever review resurfaces to mark the debut of Batman Begins. That last Batman film series got so bad so quickly that I’d like to believe that this new film is an all-new start.

June 14, 2005
Concrete reviewed in Time

TIME.com — Andrew Arnold: Heavy Andrew Arnold is clearly a person with his own personal hobby horse. He’s reviewing “Concrete” but he’s already got his mind made up about the worth of superhero comics and anything that is owned by a corporation. He feels they would never address something like abortion in comics, because it…

June 13, 2005

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