Category: Movies
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Hmm. [Opens mouth to speak, nothing comes out.] Hmm. Before I start, a caveat: I couldn't help but notice the controversy over Man of Steel on Twitter, much of it involving Mark Waid, one of the standard-bearers for a view of Superman I share. Passions are running hot over this one, which is both good…
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I just got back from seeing Captain America: First Avenger, and it was, in a word, amazing. If you're read my tribute to Captain America at The Good Men Project, you know how inspired I am by him–and if you know me personally, it won't surprise you that I was fighting back tears through the…
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Wow, everything's coming up Miller and Mazzuchelli lately (which is fine with me): The Hollywood Reporter is… well… reporting that Fringe writer-producer David Caleb Kane is adapting the "Born Again" storyline for the Daredevil reboot movie. Not familiar with Kane, but if done well this will give the movie some cred with comics fans (just as…
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Courtesy of Bleeding Cool, here is a trailer for the animated version of Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli's classic Batman: Year One. I don't much go in for animated superheroics (though The Incredibles made me think all that Pixar should do all superhero films), but this looks tremendous.
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Just a heads up – my friend Dr. Robin Rosenberg gives her unique perspective on X-Men: First Class on her blog at Psychology Today – check it out. (Can't comment myself–saw Kung Fu Panda 2 with my daughter instead–closest thing to an Immortal Iron Fist movie we'll see for a while, and a really good…
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Sorry–I've watched Enchanted a thousand times with my daughter, and dammit I like it. (I also liked Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Sunshine Cleaning, but those are harder to work into a title. And don't ask about Leap Year.) Via the LA Times, Comics Culture's The Beat is reporting that Amy Adams will…
Mark D. White 