All Star Superman

by | Mar 15, 2009 | Features

ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOLUME1 AND 2I’m a big fan of Grant Morrison and I really enjoy his take on super hero comics so it wasn’t much of a decision to read this. The clincher was of course the amazing Frank Quietly doing the art work.The all star comics are...

Pop Goes the Culture

by | Mar 13, 2009 | Features

I don’t know if I’m starting to be just a little more alert or if my mind is coasting to such a degree that “pop culture” is all it can handle in it’s spongy condition. Beginning last Thursday Night and ending last night with the late...

Informant Media buys Diehl's Hooligans.

by | Mar 13, 2009 | Films

Informant Media has optioned William Dielh’s Hooligans. The option includes a screenplay Diehl before his death.After Dunestown becomes filled with gambling and prostitution, Jack Kilmer puts together a group of ex-cops, called the Hooligans, for the purpose of...

Love Your Independant Bookstores

by | Mar 13, 2009 | Books

Joe Hill is doing something very nice and very generous.In order to help independent bookstores he is running a contest to help them drum up more business. Details are here on his blog.And you should just read his blog anyway, he’s a sharp guy that Joe Hill.The...

Comic Book Stack- March 11

by | Mar 11, 2009 | Comics

Here’s what I came home with today:BATTLE FOR THE COWL #1BOOSTER GOLD #18fun book, two BoostersB.P.R.D. THE BLACK GODDESS #3EX MACHINA SPECIAL #4FABLES #82wrap up and prelude to upcoming cross over. Nice.GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #18GREEN LANTERN CORPS...

A PERFECT GETAWAY appears to have a release date.

by | Mar 11, 2009 | Films

A while back, I talked about A Perfect Getaway, a thriller that stars Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich as newlyweds on their honeymoon that come across a pair of killers (Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez). Naturally conflict ensues.Well, word is finally coming out as to...

DVD Review: CRACKER – The Complete Collection.

by | Mar 11, 2009 | TV

Acorn MediaRelease Date: Mar 10, 2009MSRP: $119.99Stars: Robbie Coltrane,Barbara Flynn, Ian Mercer, Amelia Bullmore,Buy this.Really, it is as simple as that.In 1993, one of the best crime shows, if not the best, in the history of British television was creator. Robbie...

Oscar Nominee Joins Cast of David Simon's TREME

by | Mar 10, 2009 | TV

David Simon will have another familiar face on the set of Treme. Oscar Nominee Mellisa Leo has signed on to play an unnamed civil rights lawyer in the post-Katrina New Orleans drama. Leo previously played Det. Sgt. Kay Howard in Simon’s Homicide: Life on the...

Thoughts on Castle.

by | Mar 10, 2009 | TV

Nathan Fillion has been a regular on numerous television shows. Some good, some less than stellar.But Castle appears to have the potential to make him a star.In Castle, Fillion plays Rick Castle, a “bad boy” crime writer whose life is turned upside down...