Alan Kistler
The For Real ‘The Green Hornet’ Trailer Raises Reasonable Fan Concerns
Last night, the official trailer for the new "The Green Hornet" film was released and this old Hornet fan finds himself thinking: " ... really?"
For a long time "The Green Hornet' film production read like a list of recasts and delays. Plans were made in the '90s, then dropped...
The Hollywood Science of ‘Iron Man 2′ is Here Today…Kind of
For decades, mankind has longed for cool exo-suits. In the 1960s, Tony Stark created one of the coolest fictional suits of high-tech armor ever. The Iron Man suit (and its many updated models) responds to brainwaves, increases strength, allows for flight and is equipped with electro-magnetic "repulsor blasts...
Of Oil Leaks and Toxic Sludge: Comics’ Six Biggest Polluters
Damage wrought by oil leaks and pollution are on everyone's mind right now. The escalating harm hitting the gulf of Mexico is enough to make you wish that environmentally savvy heroes such as Aquaman and the Swamp Thing were real so they could help clean up the whole mess. But just as their are heroes dedicated to protecting our planet, there are those baddies who seem determined to poison it via
Virgin/Liquid Comics Free to Download on Scribd
Back in 2006, Sir Richard Branson and self-help author Deepak Chopra joined forces and launched Virgin Comics. Initially based on stories from Indian mythology, the company later expanded with two more lines: Marverick (later renamed Voices) and Director's Cut...
Ryu Hayabusa of ‘Ninja Gaiden’ Joins ‘Super Mario Bros. Crossover’
Ever since Jay Pavlina created his Flash game mash-up Super Mario Bros. Crossover, fans have been clamoring to see even more of their favorite video game characters show up in the Mushroom Kingdom. Sadly, some characters just weren't going to make the cut...
Dominic Cooper to Play Iron Man’s Dad in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
A few weeks back we caught wind that Iron Man's father Howard Stark will appear in the "Captain America: The First Avenger" film, since Director Jon Favreau said he was involved in the creation of the super-soldier formula. Naturally, many of us got excited at the thought of "Madmen" star Jon Slattery showing up in a World War II film with the famous Star-Spangled Avenger, acti
‘Iron Man 2′ Fan Takes War Machine Cosplay to the Next Level
Cosplay can be iffy. For every time you see a fantastically done Mojo or Poison Ivy outfit, you get ten mediocre Star Wars stormtroopers walking in packs despite sometimes not knowing each other prior to the convention. However, some costumes set a whole new standard and make you excited to wonder what other fans may do in the future...
‘The Death of Dracula’ to Cast a Shadow Over Marvel’s Heroic Age
Marvel's Heroic Age is going to be a time of bright, shiny fun and inspirational heroes who don't need to fear the dark forces of Norman Os- ... Wait, what? Vampires are coming back to ruin our fun? SWEET!
Turns out the X-Men are going to have their hands full with fighting off the legions of the undead...
The ‘Iron Man 2′ Annotations: Breaking Down the Blockbuster
It is the duty of geeks everywhere to go over certain movies with a fine tooth comb, to look in the background for hidden jokes and Easter eggs, to ponder what throw-away jokes may be deliberate allusions to future plot points or the original material the film is based on...
Samuel L. Jackson Likely Spinning Into ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ After the ‘Avengers’ Movie
Enough of this cameo stuff. It looks like Nick Fury will be headlining his own film soon enough.
Last year, Samuel L. Jackson told Marvel he wasn't just going to do a cameo here and a cameo there at their whim. So he signed a deal promising he would appear as Nick Jacob Fury (agent and sometimes Director of S...