Free Comic Book Day Penetrates Phoenix This Saturday
Thanks to the wonderful people over at Phoenix Comicon, Free Comic Book Day will not go unnoticed! This Saturday marks the 11th annual celebration where comic shops around the world are giving out comic books out for free. And if you live in Phoenix, you’ll be awarded with giveaways and be able to hang with special guests at participating comic book stores.
Common Law Starts May 11th on USA
USA is adding another new original show Common Law, to it’s already extensive lineup of high watched shows. Starting May 11th watch Michael Ealy, star of the film Think Like a Man, Travis Marks along with Warren Kole as Wes Mitchell star as LAPD’s top detectives with one problem… each other. Read the rest of this article…
It Didn’t Take the Internet Long to Crack The Dark Knight Rises Viral Campaign – New Trailer Also!
Earlier today, like 8 hours ago Warner Bros launched a viral campaign for The Dark Knight Rises. If you checked out The Dark Knight Rises website you would see a police file with over 100 locations scattered worldwide. The goal was to get someone to submit a photo of the area via Twitter or email which would then in turn unlock a frame in the latest trailer. Read the rest of this article…
The Five-Year Engagement Review: Love the One You’re With
The Five-Year Engagement isn’t a bad movie. It isn’t even a mediocre movie. It features an awesome cast, a talented director of comedy, and a solid screenplay; it also benefits from bearing Judd Apatow’s brand. And yet, it lacks something I can’t quite put my finger on—a bit more irreverence, a little more raunch, some additional poignancy. There’s just something keeping this from being a legitimately good movie.
Safe Review: Balls So Big He Can Barely Walk
Now here’s an oddity: A movie that works in spite of a completely stupid screenplay. Jason Statham rampages across New York City killing triad gangsters, Russian mobsters, and corrupt cops in Boaz Yakin’s Safe. This flick is chock full of good old fashioned ‘80s style action with minimal CGI and an emphasis on stunt work and Statham’s innate charisma.
The Innkeepers Review: The Worst Part Is the Waiting
Just as I was ready to write off watching any low budget horror fare in the near future (thanks to seeing the dreadful 7 Below), along comes director/writer/editor Ti West with The Innkeepers. This delightful little flick isn’t revolutionary, but it’s charming, well crafted, and occasionally chilling. It lacks a sustained sense of dread often essential to a great horror film, but I allowed the movie to weave its spell over me, and I ended up liking it quite a bit.
7 Below Review: Stumbling Around in the Dark
The mafia needed to launder some money. That’s the only explanation I can think of for the existence of 7 Below, this week’s straight-to-DVD turd starring Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames. You’d think a movie starring Val Kilmer and Ving Rhames couldn’t be all bad. You’d be wrong. I sure was. I desperately want to say something semi-witty or insightful about this movie, but I can’t. Fuck this movie. Just…fuck it.
Shame Review: I’m Kind of Ashamed I Liked It
Let me qualify this review right off the bat: Shame is not for everyone. It’s the kind of film that some people (such as myself) will quietly admire, but probably won’t admit to liking in a casual setting. Talking about this movie won’t make for a good icebreaker at any parties. This falls into the same camp as Requiem for a Dream Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant: It’s an extremely well made film with sharp direction and brilliant acting, but it leaves you wanting to scrub your brain afterwards. On those terms Shame is brilliant because it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do.
Phoenix Comicon ’12 To Be More Affordable
You excitingly fumble with the bag of merch collected throughout the day. It’s gotten rather heavy and awkward. As you inch closer and closer to your final destination, exhilaration is the only feeling that keeps you from falling over. After hours of waiting, the trek has finally come to an end. You wait, thinking the captain will shout “Come!”, but he never does. Instead, you grab your wallet clumsily only to find you’re $20 short for the photo op with Patrick Stuart. You shed a tear of hopelessness and embarrassment as the realization sets in of the last purchase made — one Angry Birds plush toy. Fortunately, this heart wrenching example will not be happenning at Phoenix Comicon ’12.
Lockout Review: He’s a Real Loose Cannon
A collection of the world’s most demented criminals have staged a riot in an orbiting space prison and kidnapped the President’s daughter. Only one man, framed for a crime he didn’t commit, can save her. His name is Snow. You could be forgiven for thinking that this plot synopsis was pulled from the title screen of an 80’s arcade game; but no, this is the plot of Lockout, a movie released just this year. If this had been a video game instead, the plot synopsis would have ended with the bold challenge: “Are you a bad enough dude to save the President’s daughter?”
