Deadpool as a character is known for his ability to tear a gaping hole through the fourth wall — so a whole series about him going back to the original 1984 Secret Wars event and mucking around isn’t out of character. But the series’ second issue, out today, also has one of the most bizarre deep cuts I’ve ever seen in a Marvel comic. … [Read more...]
Disney Gets Started on Maleficent Sequel, All Hope Lost.
As not a single week seems to go by without an announcement like this, I’m envisioning a future where Disney creates an interlocked live-action movie universe of re-imaginings of their animated tales. … [Read more...]
Sony Previews Game Lineup at E3
LOS ANGELES — Sony, as is customary, got the last word of the first day of E3, the video game industry’s annual conference here. … [Read more...]
Marvel And Sony Are Down To Two Final Spider-Man Candidates
Entertainment snippets. George R. R. Martin has even more shows planned for HBO. Dean Cain talks Supergirl, Chad Hodge discusses Wayward Pines, and Spider-Man casting getting close. Spoilers Now! … [Read more...]
How The Flash Effects Team Used Comics to Bring Gorilla Grodd to Life
One of the best things about The Flash’s first season was that it took on the challenge of Gorilla Grodd, a giant, talking, psychic gorilla. That would be a challenge on a movie budget, with a movie’s post-production time. The Flash did it for TV. … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones Finale Recap: A Bloody End to a Bloody Season
In the end we learned that we had the answer all along, and it’s one of the crueler ironies “Game of Thrones” has offered up over its five seasons: Jon Snow understood better than anyone the magnitude of what humanity is up against, but when it counted most he really did know nothing. … [Read more...]
RIP Sir Christopher Lee, 1922-2015
The legendary British actor Sir Christopher Lee — known to many for his roles as Dracula, Scaramanga in The Man With The Golden Gun, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels — has died. Lee, who was suffering from respiratory problems, passed away in Hospital on Sunday. … [Read more...]
Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85
The alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was 85. … [Read more...]