Rock The Block: The Story Of The Cactus Club
Lon Lopez wrote, directed, and produced this documentary about a local rock club that could… until the city said it couldn’t. Christopher J. Garcia also […]
Movies
Review: ‘Iron Man 3’
Tony Stark can’t sleep. Ever since New York, everything’s different. The cool exec with the heart of steel opened it up. He knows who he […]
Comic-Con 2012: Ron Ely Knows Who He Is
Every year at Comic-Con there’s that one panel that might be obscure to some people but that I know I just have to see, and […]
Review: ‘The Avengers’
After years of build-up, Marvel Entertainment has finally delivered The Avengers unto us. In the capable hands of writer/director Joss Whedon, it balances the snark […]
Comic-Con 2011: James Gunn Is Still ‘Super’
In a year when the movies feel flooded with superheroes, one came out of the gate early, violently and yet somewhat quietly. That would be […]
Review: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
Score one for truth, justice and the American Way. Yes, that’s Superman’s motto, but it’s never been more fully inhabited, more sincerely realized, than in […]
Review: ‘Thor’
It was always about fathers and sons. Actually, that’s what Jack Kirby wrote in his Fourth World saga for DC, but as that was an […]
Review: ‘Super’
In the roaring heart of the crucible, steel is forged. On the mean streets of your city, violence and injustice can make a man see […]
Review: ‘The Green Hornet’
How do you update a superhero who actually predates comic books? That’s obviously hard enough, but just for laughs and awkward explanations about intellectual property, […]
The Heroic Movie Age: After ‘Iron Man 2’, What’s Next?
After watching The Incredible Hulk, I resigned myself to all the Marvel movies being one long epic story, with each “episode” focusing on different characters. […]
Review: ‘Iron Man 2’
Steve Jobs wishes he were Tony Stark. Sure, the iPad announcement was cool, but if Jobs had actually dropped down from the sky on repulsor […]
Don Coscarelli, Master of Horror: Giving A Hand To ‘John Dies At The End’
Don Coscarelli won’t remember this, but we met once years ago at a Comic-Con. Of course, Coscarelli meets many people at conventions, and I can […]
This Interview Dies At The End
The Fanboy Planet Magic Mailbox delivers many intriguing things, one of which last month was an advanced copy of a novel called John Dies at […]
The Man With The Fanboy Dreamjob
If you’re still surprised that Warner Brothers made Watchmen, if you can’t believe that some of the best animated projects featuring DC characters are happening […]
Review: ‘Star Trek’
The first time I ever saw Star Trek was in a re-run on Channel 2 at 6 p.m. My parents had recently taken me to […]
Review: ‘Watchmen’
The times, they are a-changin’, and so must elements of Watchmen when bringing it to film. Fundamentally and occasionally slavishly, Director Zack Snyder leaves the […]
The Man Behind The Hockey Mask
When producers of the new Friday the 13th reboot announced their Jason Voorhees, I had particular reason to be excited. I had known him for […]
Review: ‘The Incredible Hulk’
Whatever Marvel did with The Incredible Hulk, it would be most important they didn’t make us bored. They wouldn’t like us when we were bored, […]
Henry Thomas, Wrapped In ‘Red Velvet’
A creepy guy at a laundromat starts telling a nightmarish story of a strange killer at a lake…and soon fantasy and reality start to merge. […]
Review: ‘Iron Man’
In the 60s, the song went “Tony Stark makes you feel / he’s a cool exec with a heart of steel…” (Okay, so it’s not […]