The seminal 80s Judge Dredd comic book was one of the best of its era, the 1995 feature film starring Sylvester Stallone was craptacular. This 2012 movie version, simply titled Dredd, could go in either direction. The casting of Lena Headey (Queen Cersei from Game of Thrones) as the villain/drug dealer Ma-Ma is promising, but the direction […]
It will be a bittersweet day when the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s much revered Batman trilogy drops July 20, as it will be the end to one of the best comic book franchise films of all time. This second trailer does nothting to quiet the buzz this film will generate as 2012 grows into […]
Arguably the most hated (and yet beloved) villain in comic book history, the Joker has had his fair share of highs and lows over the 70+ years he’s been featured in print, television and film. In showcasing his storied history, writer Daniel Wallace’s The Joker: A Visual History of the Clown Prince of Crime looks […]
The work of legendary comic book artist/lech Robert Crumb has been gathered in numerous graphic novels and books, but this is the first hardcover compiling the hundreds of record covers he’s illustrated over his career. His first album cover was for Janis Joplin’s Cheap Thrills in 1968 when Crumb was just a youngin’ living in Haight […]
Anyone who has watched Big Bang Theory will attest to the hotness factor surrounding Kaley Cuoco. A girl that’s tall, beautiful and blonde, but also has the wits to go toe-to-toe with two physicists is a girl that knows the path to my heart. Plus, she rocks a damn good Wonder Woman outfit to boot. […]
There’s been a lot of bustle lately about Stussy’s collaboration with Marvel, and considering the onslaught of Marvel comic book movies coming out this summer the Cali boys at Stussy couldn’t have a better brand to get in bed with. To promote the collab, they’re doing a GIVEAWAY as well (altho clearly not as cool […]
You can’t help but notice: of the top 10 highest grossing movies in each of the last 10 years, an alarming 74 out 100 are adaptations of existing material: comic books, books, video games, sequels, reboots, et al. Everything Is a Remix is a 4-part series exploring the remix techniques involved in producing such films. […]
I will gladly admit the Mundt Nerd-o-Meter is going all about haywire right now at the release of the trailer to X-Men: First Class. After the much loathed celluloid abortion that was X-Men Last Stand — Brett Ratner’s shameless taint-fiddling shit bomb — the X-Franchise desperately needed to get its stomach pumped from the toxic […]