Marvel has released two new stills for this summer’s upcoming Avengers film. While we’ve gotten decent looks at the new costumes from the trailer, these stills give us a much better chance to critique more carefully the looks for Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Thor. Photo 1: Cap and CompanyComing down the runway first is the envy of...

The Walking Dead has shown that horror related material, and in relation, comic book material, can be treated with the level of respect and care as any drama on TV today. The writing in the show caliber of acting it holds has always impressed me . Some of the changes they’ve made from the source hasn’t sat well, but the overall quality of the show...

You see these lists everywhere, what actor should play the Batman, or who should fill Superman’s boots; and those are easy, the answer is always Kurt Russell. But the actor can only be as good as the director. Josh Brolin and Michael Fassbender are terrific actors, throw in John Malcovich as the villain and you’ve got some dream casting there. Yet...

The rumor mill has been rumbling all day long with news of Kick-Ass 2 to begin filming this summer.  There has been no confirmation or press release stating this.  This news was first reported by the Daily Record.  In the article Mark Millar creator of Kick-Ass is quoted:“We shoot Kick-Ass 2 and American Jesus this summer. Then Matthew and I have Secret...

UPDATED: New episode is now available to listen to here! In this Wednesday’s episode, the Comic Booked Podcast team will be discussing the two-hour nerd programming bloc on AMC Sunday nights.  Both the premiere of the season two return of Walking Dead and Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men are chewed over by John Iwasz and Lucas Stiverson, with honorary...

I can’t explain the glee I felt when I was asked to contribute to today’s Rewind Review. Having just reviewed the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, there wasn’t anything I could think of as a better follow-up than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2:The Secret of the Ooze. Written by Todd Langen and directed by Michael Pressman, based on...

In the world of the Crimson Blur, new Volvers are popping up all over the place. Humans that have been treated with the Hyper Evolution Serum, Volvers are people with extra-human powers, abilities that make them powerful beyond belief, if not a little psychologically imbalanced. The serum acts in completely unpredictable ways, allowing for the possibility of...

When Ghost Rider came out in 2007 most people agreed that Hollywood was not yet ready to tackle a character such as Johnny Blaze.   In 2010 pretty much everyone agreed there was no need for a sequel to Ghost Rider, it was hard enough to watch the first one.  In 2012 I went to see Ghost Rider and I’m here to say that it wasn’t as bad as everyone...

“I betcha, in heaven, everyone has a Batmobile.” – Walt FlanaganThis week’s episode opens with the guys musing on time travel with basic questions and the same child-like humorisms from the previous one. A general enough geeky conversation (just like the one had in the podcast opening set-up directly after), but one that our ilk have...

The promotional machine is beginning to pick up steam for the second season of HBO’s mega-hit Game of Thrones. The first show is set to air on April Fool’s Day and what better way to whet rabid fans’ appetites than with a series of posters of some of the favorite characters from the show. Each of the posters features a memorable quote by the...

Ever since Spirited Away won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2001, the films of Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli have garnered much attention and fanfare. As well they should. Studio Ghibli manages to work into their film an aspect of storytelling that is mostly lost in the medium, whether through animation or live-action; heart. Miyazaki and his...

What started off as a rumor nearly seven days ago is finally being confirmed as Warner Bros. has announced it is in fact going to be making another I Am Legend.  Loosely based on Richard Matheson famous work, the hit film from 2007 was a huge success after grossing $584 million world wide, another installment was bound to happen at some point.  Akiva Goldsman...

For the past year, Seattle’s EMP/Science Fiction museum has played host to an exhibit on Battlestar Galactica, the ground breaking 2004 series that was a re-imagining of the short lived 1978 series. With that exhibit set to close on March 4, the museum elected to send it out in style with a “Galactibash”, an evening of memories, guest stars,...

Michael Fassbender, who lit up Hollywood’s radar this year with X-Men: First Class and Shame, is in the early stages of developing Irish Myths with writer Roy Bennett. Irish Myths will bring to the big screen the life of Cuchulain, an ancient Celtic hero and a pervasive cultural figure in Ireland. He shares certain traits with his more famous Greek...

It’s a zombie outbreak!  Who will survive?  That’s the perennial question of every movie, comic or book dealing with the undead menace.  On college campuses, outbreaks are played out in a game of Humans vs Zombies.  It originated in 2005 at Goucher College in Maryland and proved to be infectious fun that broke down barriers between students.   When the...

We all know the next vehicle Nicolas Cage will be riding is a fiery motorcycle in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, but is that the best use of his talents?  Cage has certainly played a number of super powered type characters, having already been an angel, a sorcerer, a wielder of premonition, and having returned from the dead, alongside his previous comic book...