‘Arrow’ Pilot Recap: “We’ll Put Out an AP
It’s been more than a year since ‘Smallville’ finally went off the air. Hoping to lure back some of that comic book geek audience, the CW network premiered its new series ‘Arrow’, based on the DC Comi...
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Weekend Roundtable: Fearing the Suck Fairy
Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing. No matter how much we may have loved something in our youth, returning to revisit it as an adult can sometimes lead to painful disappointment when we discover that the movie, TV show, cartoon, b...
Mid-Week Poll: Batman Reboot vs. ‘Justice League’ Mov
Christopher Nolan says that he’s done with the Batman film franchise. It should surprise no one to learn that Warner Bros. plans to continue making Batman movies without him. About a month ago, Luke here speculated about how...
Where Does Batman Go From Here?
I figure that enough time has passed since the opening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and enough people have seen the film that we can discuss the ending of the movie and what it means for the future of the Batman franchis...
Mid-Week Poll: Best Superhero Movie of 2012?
It’s time for the Spectacular Superhero Smackdown of 2012! Spider-Man vs. the Avengers vs. Batman. Which costumed crimefighter was the best of the summer? Vote in our poll.
Now Playing: ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Soars
I believe in Christopher Nolan. For me, there was never any doubt that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ would be a worthy finale to his Batman trilogy. I went in with expectations even higher than ‘The Dark Knight’,...
It’s Got to Be a Comic Book First: Casting a ‘Preache
During my brief and utterly unsuccessful attempts to pitch scripts in Hollywood, one of the most common responses I heard from development execs and producers was, “Yeah, that’s a cool idea, but it’s got to be a ...
Poll: What Did You Think of ‘Amazing Spider-Man’?
Last week, you, our readers, voted that ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ was the movie you most wanted to see over the Fourth of July holiday and the weekend. So, how was it? Tell us in our new poll.
Now Playing: ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Swings Back into Ac
When it was first announced that ‘(500) Days of Summer’ director Marc Webb was at the helm for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, I couldn’t have been more excited. The brief teaser trailer fueled that excitem...
Weekend Roundtable: Comic Book Characters Who Still Need Movies
These days, it feels like pretty much every comic book ever written has been turned into a mega-budget Hollywood summer tentpole movie, doesn’t it? Surprisingly, that’s not the case. For this week’s Roundtable, w...
‘Castle’ 4.02 Recap: “Our Killer Is a Superhero
As I fully expected, after the disappointing season premiere, ‘Castle’ returned to its tried and true case-of-the-week formula with a second episode that brings back the fun that the show is known for.
The Progression and Regression of Superhero Costumes
As comic book movies have taken a turn for the realistic, so have the characters’ costumes. Instead of looking cartoonish and, well, comic book-y, superhero costumes have become more practical and believable – for the most p...