Archive for the ‘Screen Gems’ Category

Dream Team Assembled

Dream Team Assembled

I remember the last time I was excited about a Dream Team. It was 1992 and Michael Jordan was lining up on the same side line as Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Normally, I wouldn’t care about basketball, especially one in the Summer Olympics, but this time I knew it was special. I knew it [...]

Blockbuster Actor Behind New Akira Movie

Blockbuster Actor Behind New Akira Movie

It’s becoming increasingly clear to me Hollywood is made up of two factions: those who have great ideas and want to use them for good and those who have terrible ideas and are too stupid to realize it. I wish there was more gray area in this opening paragraph, but it just seems like every [...]

Ryan Reynolds Strikes Again

Ryan Reynolds Strikes Again

Some people have accused me of being too cynical. Others feel my pain, so to speak. Last week I announced Zac Efron is being touted as the next Spider-Man. Nobody seemed to mind my ranting and raving. I did, however, get some mixed results about Ryan Reynolds being cast as Green Lantern. Well, apparently that [...]

Efron To Play Spider-Man (No, Seriously)

Efron To Play Spider-Man (No, Seriously)

Have you ever spewed a drink across the room? I know we’ve seen it done on television and in movies time and again, but have you actually ever done it? I have choked on a drink after hearing something, but I have yet to spew. Today, I am no longer a spewing virgin.
What made me [...]

Let’s Make A Deal

Let’s Make A Deal

You can always judge the success of any movie franchise by the actors who want to be a part of it. I can remember when George Clooney played Batman. Yes, yes, it was awful, but he has gone down in Batman history as one of the Caped Crusaders. There’s a status with it I suppose.
I [...]

Those Darn Blue People

Those Darn Blue People

I thought the winter was going to be boring. I thought I was going to be buried under piles of snow and just hibernate like a giant bear. That was until Avatar hit theaters. Yes, I’ve seen it three times. Yes, I’ve seen it in both 2-D and 3-D. Yes, 3-D is FAR superior in [...]

Stan IS The Man!

Stan IS The Man!

How cool is it to be Stan Lee? No, really, that’s an actual question. Think long and hard about it for a second. The man who brought us Spider-Man, Iron Man, sometimes the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four (not to mention countless more) has got to be riding high right about now. He’s a legend [...]

Kicking Ass And Taking Names

Kicking Ass And Taking Names

I have to admit 2009 was not near as much fun as 2008 in the world of comic book movies. It was the year that gave us G.I. Joe (which we can’t get back), an awful version of Wolverine, and didn’t do much to squash rumors about upcoming projects that made most comic book fans [...]

Santa, Check Out THIS List!

Santa, Check Out THIS List!

Dear Santa,
I know you are a busy man and all, but I couldn’t let a Christmas season pass without dropping you a line of my wish list for the next year of comic book to movie projects. I’ve (almost) been a really good person this year. Well, nobody died from anything I did, so that’s [...]

A Legend Is Born

A Legend Is Born

Every now and then a film comes along that defies logic…..but in a good way. I remember watching Star Wars as a kid and marveling for years at how fantastic the movie was to me in my mind and in my heart. Folks, I’m here to tell you we have another movie to rival the [...]