Last week, Mandeville Films optioned the rights to the comic book mini-series Cla$$War for development as a live action feature. It’s clear that after the monumental success of superhero films like Spider-Man,… Continue
This year in movies has been full of surprises (District 9) and letdowns (Year One, Transformers 2) but I thought I'd put out my favorite films of '09 so far. Remember this is a FAVORITES lit not a best of list. With that out of the way, let's begin.
#5
Halloween II
I know I'm in the minority here, but I absolutely loved Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween. People complain that Micha… Continue
The short answer is: YES! Having said that, there are a few exceptions. I saw the trailer for the Coen brothers new film “A Serious Man” in the theater recently and it was so convoluted, I couldn’t figure out what the hell it was about. For the most part, however, I have come to the conclusion that most trailers give away too much of the films. “The Hangover” is just one of many movies that revealed its best joke/jokes in the trailer. How many times have you seen a film where you’ve already seen… Continue
Added by FabFilmFan on September 18, 2009 at 11:37am —
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2009 has been a decent year so far. More of the films have been mediocre, but there have been some excellent gems and horrific abominations against humanity. So, let's go with a good news-bad news scenario and start with the bad.
EDIT: I can only put movies on here I have seen. As of this edit, Funny People is the most recent movie I've seen (though District 9 looks awesome!)
Worst of 2009...So Far5. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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I think faithfulness is very important because im tired of hollywood screwing up comic book characters like venom, galactus, and deadpool just so they can say "oh hey we know we screwed up so lets make a spin off movie where we can get the characters right and milk more money from the fans". However if the director can make it work like with Iron Man or Watchmen or even The Dark Knight then i'll have no problem with it. Very rarely i will accept huge changes like transformers for example (which… Continue
If you’re a fan of film like me with limited cash, what to buy on July 21st was a hard decision to reach. The film adaptation of the most revered Graphic Novel of all time or Henry Selick’s new Stop-motion wonder. With the increasing price of Blu-Ray and DVD’s and Special Editions abound, I thought I’d help in reaching the decision that I have made and several of you may have to make.
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Two of my most anticipated films of '09 came out this Tuesday on DVD; Watchmen & Coraline. Being the film led consumer that I am, I contributed to the system by buying them. I wonder if they're any different from theater to home viewing? Let's dive into it...
Coraline: Two-Disc Collector's Edition… Continue
I've been looking forward to this one for a long time, I love the movie version of Watchmen. The directors cut only makes it better, not to mention this is a 3-DISC Blu-Ray! Granted that 3rd disc is just the digital copy of the movie. But on with the review!
Let me start by saying that the directors cut IS the superior version of the film without a doubt in my mind. It's way… Continue
WATCHMEN, arguably the greatest Graphic Novel ever written. It changed the face of comics forever; I remember hanging out at my comic shop waiting for when I had enough money to get the book. Of course being a teenager in this day-in-age, I had never heard of Watchmen until the announcement of the movie. So I got really hyped, and I really wanted to read the book. But hey, you don't want to here me talk about what Watchmen did to me, you’re here to read a review.
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As many of you have already seen on the front page of the Spill site today, we have several "lovely" posts from the always-charming (*supressed gag* Cumonass. For thos of you who want the full story, follow the link below to "Leon's WTF Theater presents: "Attack of the Watchmen Preacher!""
http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A1401534&page=1#first_comment
Well, on the bright side of all this mess, you could say that a website truly becomes the real deal when it earn… Continue
For those of you who don't already know, I'm a big Star Trek fan. But for the last ten years, Star Trek and it's fanbase has been dying. The last two films, Insurrection and Nemises were big disappointments, and same goes for the last two television series, Voyager and Ente… Continue
Watchmen has created a lot of debate. Is it good, bad, faithful to the book, alienating to audience members who don't know anything about it. Well, let's take a look. Watchmen is a superhero film directed by Zack Snyder. It's based of the graphic novel written by Alan Moore… Continue
He launches another very poorly constructed review of McG's latest film, which I did like. I don't think it's great, it's definitely flawed, but it's good. Anyway, check this out on YouTube and read some of the ridiculous comments his supporters leave. This guy attracts some retarded fans.
First off, he is scarcely making a review here. He's just saying: "I was right, the movie sucks, here are the one sentence review summaries from Rotten Tomatoes, you all who liked it are id… Continue
How many graphic novels can you name that would count as literature? There's Watchmen, naturally. And Maus, you can't forget that one! Oh, and The Dark Knight Returns... and eh... Persepolis... that would count too... hmmm. The high art of graphic novels sort of stops a… Continue
Jackie Earle Haley. Seems like a great choice to me. Here is the article as seen on www.rottentomatoes.com...
Although he had been rumored to be the front runner for the role of Freddy Krueger since February, it was this week that Jackie Earle Haley, AKA Rorschach in Watch… Continue
Added by Patrick on April 12, 2009 at 10:19pm —
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