Should I See Thor?

I feel like a bad comic book fan this weekend. Everyone’s excited about seeing Thor, the latest big-budget superhero movie, but I’m feeling very ambivalent about it. I have never liked the character much — the exception, Thor: The Mighty Avenger by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee, was killed young — so the reasons for me to go are weak. To support more superhero films? They certainly don’t need my help, with three more — X-Men: First Class (June 3), […]

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Old People Kick Ass: Red

Based on the short comic series by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, Red is the story of Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), a super-cool retired CIA assassin put out to pasture while he still has his skills. He lives alone, with only a sprouting avocado and the phone voice of customer service for his pension (Mary-Louise Parker) for company. Of course, since this is Bruce, it’s not long before action arises and he gets to do really impressive things. Someone’s sent […]

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

I am really glad I own this movie. I’d meant to talk about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World before now, but there’s just way too much stuff on the Blu-ray for me to get through it all before I tell you about it, much as I tried. Four commentaries! (Which took me a while to find — they’re at the end of the extras section.) Plus an on-screen trivia track that identifies all the real-life locations and music and design […]

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Cowboys & Aliens Writing Credit Dispute

Cowboys & Aliens is Universal’s bid for a big summer blockbuster. It will be in theaters July 29, 2011, but the press has already started, with a release sent out announcing the poster and a trailer debuting on Wednesday. They’ve got some big names in the cast — Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde — an easily graspable high concept, and the ability to say “from the director of Iron Man“, Jon Favreau. It’s all “based on Platinum Studios’ graphic […]

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Scott Pilgrim on DVD Today

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the under-appreciated but excellent movie adaption of the graphic novel series, debuts on DVD today. Here’s more information on the many special features. I’ll have a review coming later this week once I can sit down and savor all its goodness. In the meantime, have some video clips! Here’s a behind-the-scenes about the comic book, creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, and how he worked with director Edgar Wright. Casting was important, to get the right look […]

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Scott Pilgrim on DVD/Blu-ray Before End of Year

Highly anticipated by its devoted fans, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on November 9, three months after its theater debut. The Blu-ray (list price $40) is jam-packed with special features. (If I hadn’t already upgraded my system, this would be my excuse.) It’s also a combo pack, coming with a DVD version and a digital copy. Both the Blu-ray and the DVD ($30) offer bloopers, deleted and alternate scenes (with commentary from director/co-writer […]

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I Saw Scott Pilgrim

Actually, I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. the World on opening night, but then I went on vacation and forgot to post about it. Oops. I don’t think my recommendation would have helped, though, since the negative judgments came in fast and furious, whether it was hatred for the presumed ‘hipster’ audience, the wrong release date (up against the much more testerone-y Expendables), the inability of geeks to open a movie, the tendency of the presumed target audience to download films […]

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Scott Pilgrim Rocks!

I am spending the weekend re-reading the Scott Pilgrim books: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe Links go to my reviews, which looked at now, are shallower than I would like, because it took me years and multiple re-reads to truly appreciate what Bryan Lee O’Malley was doing with the series and characters. He’s created the defining comic series of […]

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