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the Avengers Keep on Assembling

I like the Avengers, I like Brian Michael Bendis (usually) what I don’t like is the fact that Marvel has decided to continue to saturate their title list with yet another Avengers book, Avengers Assemble. It is not a terrible book, but it is a book that doesn’t bring anything new that we haven’t already [...]

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The Adventures of Tin Tin

I took my daughters (3 and 7) to see the Tin Tin movie during the holidays and was pleasantly surprised by the movie.  I’d never read any of the Tin Tin books, so I came to the theater with no pre-conceived notions.  What I found as the story unfolded was an exciting adventure story where [...]

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The Real Deal on Real Steel

Hi Kiddies, Today, I’m not gonna talk about comic books. Instead, I wanna tell you about a pretty good little movie called Real Steel. And I’m not even going to spoil it, just in case you haven’t seen it yet. Now, it’s not the greatest movie that was ever made. Not even close. But, it’s [...]

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First Trailer for The Hunger Games

http://youtu.be/3wO9IqyJkBw This post is little more than an excuse to pimp one of my favorite book series turned film. The Hunger Games (which will star Jennifer Lawrence, who played Mystique is X-Men: First Class earlier this summer) is a series by Susanne Collins featuring teens in a dystopian future where a televised death match pits [...]

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Confessions of a Superhero (A Movie Review)

Confessions of a Superhero (A Movie Review)

I came across this documentary on Netflix the other day, entitled “Confessions of a Superhero.” My first thought was that this was a movie about real people fighting real crime, dressed up as superheroes–kinda like a real-like “Kick-Ass.” “Oh, cool!” I thought as hit “play” and prepared to be entertained. Instead, I was mostly depressed…at [...]

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