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16 items from 2012
Review: Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture
27 May 2012 10:09 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture
By Rob Salkowitz
McGraw-Hill, 304 pages, $27.00
Comic book fandom was a natural outgrowth of science fiction fandom, splintering off in 1961 as the revival of superhero comics was clearly here to stay. In that year, sci-fi fan and future author Richard Lupoff published Xero, the first comics-only fanzine. Just a few years later, in 1965, the first comic convention occurred in New York City, birthplace of the first science fiction con back in 1939. The success of the zine and the con inspired others to produce their own tributes to the comics of their youth and comics fandom spread rapidly, fueled by the nationwide furor ignited by ABC’s Batman in 1966.
Interestingly, the first to write about comic conventions and its attendees was Fredric Wertham, the very man pilloried for almost single-handedly destroying the field with his poorly researched Seduction of the Innocent. Since then, fans and »
- Robert Greenberger
The Vampire Diaries Season 3 Report Card: B
23 May 2012 12:49 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
With fans already buzzing and speculating over The Vampire Diaries Season 4, let's stop and take one final look back, shall we?
What worked? What failed? What do we hope to see continue and who do we hope to never see again? Pour one out for Alaric Saltzman, Tvd viewers, and review the following TV Fanatic Report Card.
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Best Character: Caroline Forbes. The top three characters are out because they were each involved in the tiresome love triangle. Rebekah has to be considered a contender because she's layered, interesting and extremely attractive. But she also wasn't prominent enough. Klaus earned this honor at midseason, but I thought the show fell too in love with this villain and should have killed him off at the end. Caroline and her bubbly attitude, as we all know, simply rules.
Worst Character: Bonnie Bennet. Just too dour for my taste. Smiled for maybe a »
- matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Before Sunset"
4 May 2012 1:23 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Klaus can't really be gone... can he? One brother won't really leave town... will he? Matt doesn't really think he's like a ninja... does he?
All of these pressing Vampire Diaries topics, courtesy of the latest insanely awesome episode, "Before Sunset," are tackled below by your TV Fanatic Round Table team of Matt Richenthal, Steve Marsi, Dan Forcella and Eric Hochberger. Gather around and jump in now!
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: Call me sticky and pour me on pancakes, because I'm a sap these days. From last week's unanimous favorite scene - the group saying goodbye to Alaric - to this week's kitchen-based toast, I'm getting a kick out of seeing the friends gathering together so often. Too bad one of them will clearly be dead one week from today.
Eric: Can I pick the whole episode? Man, that was good! If I had to pick one, »
- matt@tvfanatic.com (TV Fanatic Staff)
Before They Assembled: The Best Performances From The Cast Of 'The Avengers'
3 May 2012 12:59 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
For all the many strengths of "The Avengers," there's one important element that writer-director Joss Whedon can't take credit for: the casting. Of the main characters, only one, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, hasn't appeared in one of the previous five Marvel movies that have led to this point. So given the casting committee that assembled The Avengers, it's something of a miracle that it's ended up with one of the most enjoyable collections of actors in a big tentpole movie for quite some time.
Of course, for the most part, it's to be expected: while there are a few newcomers in the mix, the principle cast have close to a century of experience in the movies between them, and countless great performances in their back catalogs. With "The Avengers" finally hitting U.S. theaters tomorrow, we've picked out the greatest performance of each of the seven members »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Name That Movie: Avengers Stars Edition
3 May 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | BuzzSugar | See recent BuzzSugar news »
One of the best things about The Avengers is that we get to see a handful of our favorite movie stars all in one place. With A-day swiftly approaching, we thought we'd brush up on some of the superheroes' filmography. See if you can match each picture to the movie starring an Avenger! Question 1 of 5Name that Scarlett Johansson movie: The Nanny Diaries Match Point Lost in Translation Ghost World »
- Maggie Pehanick
Open thread: what films have you been watching?
27 April 2012 8:25 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The good, the bad, and the blockbusters … whatever you've seen recently, we'd like to hear about it
What films have you seen recently? Whatever you've been watching, we'd like you to tell us about it.
You can either leave a comment in the thread below, or tweet your thoughts with the hashtag #gdnreview. We'll pick the best and show them off here once a week.
Here's what some @guardianfilm followers had to say about recent films they'd seen:
@ImmortalGaga
Watched The Avengers this week & I say it's the funniest superhero film so far. Whedon has an eye for something fresh & fun.
@cathhood
Saw Delicacy. Beautiful film. Very moving, sad and brilliantly funny all at once. Audrey Tatou excellent in it
@theFullSouter
Lockout sees Pearce channelling Willis in a slice of scifi action nonsense. Particularly enjoyed the radge Scottish baddies
@mfchild
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Highly stylised, flawed and inferior film remake, »
- Adam Boult
Review: The Art of Daniel Clowes
21 April 2012 10:01 AM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
The Art of Daniel Clowes
Edited by Alvin Buenaventura
224 pages, $40, AbramsComicarts
The world appears to have caught up with Daniel Clowes, the artist who looks at the ordinary and conveys that feeling of loneliness and cluelessness so many of us feel on a daily basis. When he grew up, just three years behind me, he saw the pop art era in a vastly different way, an artist’s way I suppose. He had an unremarkable childhood and was trained at the Pratt Institute, graduating in 1984. He desperately wanted to find a commercial art job.
“I was trying to get work as an illustrator in the ’80s, but no art directors actually ever called, which is what led me to throw up my hands in despair and slink back to comics. Originally, I was hoping to find a writer to collaborate with, since I was much more interested in the drawing part of the equation, »
- Robert Greenberger
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Heart of Darkness"
20 April 2012 1:53 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
The Vampire Diaries took one step Forwood... and then a couple backward in the romance department on "Heart of Darkness."
How is our Round Table panel of Matt Richenthal, Steve Marsi, Eric Hochberger and Dan Forcella feeling about events and characters these days? They chime in on the latest episode below...
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: The final one, only because I can legitimately say I didn't see it coming. The show has teamed up many characters in nearly three seasons, but a dark alter ego of Alaric's and the Original Witch taking on her daughter's form? Yeah. I couldn't have predicted this one.
Steve: The instant you knew Dark-laric had finally resurfaced. Matt Davis sold it with one look ... and help from a shift to more eerie Vampire Diaries music. But still.
Eric: This whole episode belonged to Alaric and Stefan. Do I »
- matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
True Blood star Ryan Kwanten's superhero comedy Griff The Invisible heads to Blu-ray and DVD
2 April 2012 3:30 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
This Year's superhero releases are not all about rising, avenging or web-spinning. Don't forget Griff The Invisible, which materialises on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on April 16.
By day, Griff is just a shy, socially inept office worker, easily bullied and ignored. By night, he turns into a dark-suited vigilante to go fighting crimes and righting wrongs.
Unaware of this dual identity, his brother Tim (Patrick Brammall) is concerned about his behaviour and while trying to get him to socialise more, Griff meets the beautiful but obsessive scientist Melody (Maeve Dermody), who has discovered a way of walking through walls.
It's a dynamic team-up that unexpectedly unleashes new-found powers that will transform all their lives.
A quirky caped comedy that blends superheroics with romance, Griff The Invisible is the feature film debut of Leon Ford, a former actor who has appeared in The Pacific and Hex.
Shot on location in Sydney, »
- David Bentley
Springtime for Homos: Our Nine Essential Springtime Movies
2 April 2012 10:46 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
I'm going to shock you with my findings here, but I believe spring is the most underrepresented season in movies. "Summer" is practically its own genre, fall gets plenty of Halloween-themed flicks, and winter films are downright ubiquitous. Problem is, spring is the time of year when the worst movies come out, so it's difficult to pinpoint the season's best finds. Lo and behold, we've done it: Here are our nine favorite movies that remind us spring's sassy freshness. There's even baseball! I can't believe it either.
9. Ghost World
If you're like me, spring means one thing. Say it with me! A Strange, Isolating Weariness!
Yeah, it means other things too, but spring routinely brings me back to high school when graduation was near, motivation was far, and you couldn't escape that pervading languor. In Ghost World, Thora Birch played a disillusioned teenager named Enid Coleslaw whose cynicism gives way to a realistic, »
- virtel
The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "All My Children"
17 February 2012 12:04 PM, PST | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Tick... tick... tick...
The clock almost ran out on Elena on the final episode of The Vampire Diaries for a few weeks, but Damon and Elena came to their true love's rescue. Much to the chagrin of Bonnie, of course.
In this edition of the TV Fanatic Round Table, staff writers Matt Richenthal, Eric Hochberger and Dan Forcella relive "All My Children" while wondering: what the heck will they do on Thursday nights until March 15?!?
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What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: The cave-based, gasoline-laden exchange between Elena and Rebekah. The former totally called the latter out on her vulnerabilities, but the latter still holds a trump card over her human foe: Rebekah has slept with Stefan and Damon.
Eric: Damon turning Bonnie's mom. Not because it was particularly riveting, but because I'm glad to have my evil Damon back. Poor Klaus has been going too soft »
- matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
Top 50 modern day low budget movies
2 February 2012 5:04 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
We salute 50 of the finest contemporary films with budgets of less than $10million. Did your favourite make the list…?
In this age of multi-million dollar blockbusters and eye-watering fees paid to some actors, you may forget we’re in an age of austerity. However, for the vast majority of the film industry, there is no huge vat of money, nor has there ever been. But this hasn’t stopped some of the finest films of recent years being made on a relative shoe-string, and in some cases, quite literally with a shoe-string.
I reckon filmmaking thrives at the sharp end, and low budgets mean more creative ideas, and as a result, more engaging films. To prove this, here is a list of what I consider to be the finest 50 contemporary films made for under $10 million. There is a breathtaking array of recognisable genre pictures in here, too, with budgets rangin »
Bingham Ray (1954 – 2012), San Francisco Film Society Executive Director
23 January 2012 3:20 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The San Francisco Film Society regrets to announce that Executive Director Bingham Ray passed away on January 23 while attending the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
“The board of directors and staff of the Film Society are stunned and deeply saddened by the untimely death of our executive director Bingham Ray. We at the Film Society and the entire film community have lost far too early an energetic and visionary impact player who has helped shape the independent film industry for decades in so many important and valuable ways,” said Pat McBaine, Sffs board president. “He shall be dearly missed. Our deepest sympathies and condolences go out to Bingham’s family and his legions of friends and colleagues all over the world who loved and respected him.”
Ray brought his well-developed creative and business acumen to the running, reimagining and reinvigorating of a major nonprofit arts organization. Since taking »
- Michelle McCue
Mindy Newell: Let’s Go To The Movies!
23 January 2012 5:00 AM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
“If I could do it all over again…”
How many times have you thought that, or dreamt it, or talked about it? I think everybody does. It’s in our natures, y’know?
“If I knew then what I know now…”
What would you do?
I wouldn’t be a nurse.
I’d go to film school. UCLA or Nyu. I’d aim to be a film editor.
I love movies. So, in keeping with Mike Gold and John Ostrander’s columns about the movies, I thought I would list some of my favorite movies and why I love them. In no particular order. Because every time I pick one as my “all-time fave,” I remember another and hastily move that one to the top spot.
Casablanca: Two men. The woman they both love. And Nazis. Who doesn’t love this move? Humphrey Bogart. Ingrid Bergman. Claude Raines. Sydney Greenstreet. »
- Mindy Newell
MoreHorror Sits Down with The Innkeepers Ti West, Sara Paxton and Pat Healy
16 January 2012 12:52 AM, PST | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »
by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
Our Hollywood Correspondent Dawna Lee Heising had a chance to sit down with Ti West (Writer/Director The House of The Devil), Sara Paxton (Shark Night / The Last House on The Left) and Pat Healy (Magnolia) to discuss the topic of Ghosts in reference to the upcoming feature film The Innkeepers.
See what they had to say in the video interview under the official press release and make sure to check out The Innkeepers on VOD now and in theaters February 3, 2012.
So, do you believe in Ghosts?
From the Official Release
Dawna Lee Heising Interviews The Innkeepers Director Ti West for MoreHorror.com.
Magnet Releasing Has Us Theatrical and VOD Rights to The Innkeepers, which Stars Sara Paxton, Pat Healy and Kelly McGillis. Segment produced by Seth Metoyer, Shannon Hilson, Matt Chassin and Dawna Lee Heising.
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, »
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Check In And Check Out New “Innkeepers” Teaser
3 January 2012 2:58 PM, PST | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
In theaters February 3, The Innkeepers is Ti West’s follow-up to his 2009 hit House Of The Devil. Taking the unique route of making the picture available on demand a full month and a half before a theatrical run, West is banking on buzz to put bodies in seats, and boy is there ever buzz. Last month we shared the first trailer with you, and now we have a new teaser trailer for you to consider.
Just to recap, here’s the plot synopsis (courtesy Dark Sky Films):
“During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel’s haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.”
The film stars Sara (Shark Night 3D) Paxton, Pat (Ghost World) Healy, Kelly (Top Gun) McGillis, and George (Arthur) Riddle.
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- Justin
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