Let’s take a moment to reflect on 18 of the best trailers ever made . . . for what were ultimately some pretty terrible movies. Let me be clear: these are neither the best trailers ever made nor the worst movies ever made. This group of trailers did their job remarkably well – they made bad movies look amazing, and they tricked us into paying good money to see the movies.
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Mauricio Abril gets Superman in a way Zack Snyder didn’t in Man of Steel.
Continue ReadingHenry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Zack Snyder are scheduled to participate in this weekend’s “Man of Steel” online fan event.
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Need to geek up the school lunches? Thermos has lunchboxes, bottles and jars for that.
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It’s the time to celebrate independence and freedom, leading this week’s Cliffs of Insanity to focus on equality, which is lacking in current mainstream superhero comics.
Continue Readinghave generally found that novelizations are the exception to the general rule that novels are better than movies. Where a movie screenplay is the original source material, the novel can feel thin and hurried–lacking in the depth of thought and characterization that goes into good original novels. Thus when I was asked to review the Man of Steel novelization, I agreed with low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised.
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Man of Steel was about two-thirds a very good movie and one-third a pretty awful movie. Here’s why in a spoiler-filled list of 10 things to love and 10 things to hate.
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The Man of Steel movie is a big hit. So how are the toys?
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A very tall, infographical take on the money-making history behind the Superman franchise, and now Man of Steel.
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In the final chat in a series of interviews with the theorists on how Superman shaves, we sit down and talk with two of the MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, about the Large Hadron Collider, lawnmowers, and jazz improvisation.
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Like every comic book geek I know, I am hugely excited for the new Superman movie, Man of Steel. The previews are amazing and it shows every sign of being one of the best superhero movies ever made. But there is one thing that could ruin it. They could try to make Superman into a super-powered Batman.
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Welcome to this year’s Father’s Day Gift Guide. Geeky dads can be a lot of fun to shop for, so lets get the ball rolling on our picks this year.
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My first IMAX movie was Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when I was 17 years old. I wanted to see it because it was also the first movie I saw in a theater. I haven’t been back to an IMAX since, but with the release of the latest Superman movie right around the corner, I have a feeling that is going to change.
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Kevin Smith talks about Superman’s beard, the upcoming Man of Steel movie, and comic book culture in this GeekDad interview.
Continue ReadingI am a bit behind the curve and only recently finished watching the Showtime series The Tudors. It’s taken most of the summer, but I finally saw the last episode where crotchety old Henry VIII bids us adieu. Despite the series title, my favorite character wasn’t Henry, but his best friend, the Duke of Suffolk, […]
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