I’ve Always Been A Geek — Now Why Don’t You Believe Me?
Editor’s note: With Comic-Con International coming up this week, it seems the perfect time to remind everyone — inside and outside fandom — that despite […]
Movies
Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
If the trailers made The Amazing Spider-Man 2 look ridiculous to you, chances are watching the whole thing will not change that opinion. Let’s face […]
Review: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Want to know the truth about a culture? You look to its myths and legends. For us, those myths, writ large, come in the form […]
Cinequest 2014: An Interview with Neil Gaiman
How do you sum up the importance of Neil Gaiman? I tried when Michael Rabehl at Cinequest asked me to write up some biographical material […]
Review: “All Hail The King”
Something about Trevor Slattery keeps him from understanding the moral implications of his acts. Or even the consequences of his actions. Or anything about the […]
Cinequest 2014: Neil Gaiman To Receive Maverick Spirit Award
Live from San Jose, California, Halfdan Hussey and his Cinequest crew revealed their programming for this year’s Cinequest. We’ll have more on it a little […]
Review: ‘The LEGO Movie’
Every day, Emmet (Chris Pratt) wakes up, does his exercises, goes through his morning ablutions and generally faces the day. Figuring that as long as […]
Cinequest 2014: ‘Eternity: the Movie’ – the Trailer
We’ll be featuring trailers and pieces on as many of the Cinequest highlights that we think will specifically interest Fanboy Planet readers, though the whole […]
Cinequest 2014: Cargo
Yes, I can watch zombie films. And every now and then, I’m really glad I do. This is beautiful — a little story of hope […]
Sweethearts of the Galaxy Episode 1 – “Wish Granted”
My friend Dexter Adriano directs this webseries about cosplayers who turn superhero after one suffers a head injury and believes she’s an alien being named […]
Review: ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Long ago in the Nine Realms, the Dark Elves sought to destroy reality as we know it, barely suppressed in time by the Asgardians. And […]
Comic-Con 2013: The Godzilla Encounter
“When mankind falls into conflict with nature, monsters are born.” So Legendary Entertainment would have us believe, and they have a way of making it […]
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 […]
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 […]