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Review: Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1
Writer: Ed Brubaker Penciler: Scot Eaton Inker: Mark Morales Colorist: Sunny Gho Of IFS Lettering & Production: Joe Caramagna Cover Art: Marko Djurdjevic Editor: Tom Brevoort Publisher: Marvel Release Date: March 16th, 2011 Marvel’s big event kicks off today with the “Fear Itself” prologue, Book of the Skull #1, from Ed Brubaker and Scot Eaton.…
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Elizabeth Hurley Wonder Woman Set Images
Check out some pics from the set of NBC’s Wonder Woman featuring Elizabeth Hurley! They shot in Los Angeles today with Hurley playing the archrival and enemy to Adrianne Palicki’s Wonder Woman – as Veronic Cale. Click to enlarge:
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X-Men: First Class: Russian Trailer
Here is the Russian trailer to X-Men: First Class which shows off a little more of the movie. So who brought the Vodka? Might need it to get through this flick. Translation follows the video. English trailer follows that. X-Men: First Class opens June 3rd, 2011 and is directed by Matthew Vaughn and produced by…
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Review of the Power Girl comic series thus far
A Tale of Two Creative Teams An Analysis of the Power Girl Series and Why No One Can Figure This Character Out By: Lawrence Napoli POWER GIRL #2AMANDA CONNOR art Power Girl, as a character, can best be described as an NBA lottery draft pick: insanely popular and highly coveted based purely on potential and…
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What the D’ast? Quantum
(Editor’s note: This is another in a series of irregularly-scheduled columns by Managing Editor Byron Brewer, mainly dealing with Marvel Cosmic and its many denizens. Mr. Brewer’s opinions do not necessarily reflect that of CosmicBookNews.com. He welcomes both raves and opposing views.) By Byron Brewer I know that when Cosmic Book News’ esteemed publisher hears…
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Review: The Grim Ghost #1 (Atlas Comics)
Writers: Tony Isabella & Stephen Susco Penciler: Kelley Jones Inker: Eric Layton Colorist: Kieran Oats Letterer: Richard Emms Editor: Mike Grell Publisher: Atlas Comics, $2.99 Release Date: March 9th, 2011 For those who’ve only been reading comics a decade or two, or less, the name “Atlas Comics” probably means one thing: Marvel Comics’ distant ancestor.…
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James Gunn F’ Bombs Green Lantern, Praises The Avengers
Filmmaker James Gunn, who premiered his low-budget anti-hero movie, Super, at SXSW, is holding no punches when it comes to Warner Bros. Gunn was quite explicit when describing big budget movies from the major movie studios. In regards to Warner Bros. (Green Lantern, Superman, Batman), Gunn said the following: “Warner Bros. is obviously f—ing up,” Gunn…
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Source Code: Watch The Opening Preview Clip
Source Code doesn’t open until April 1st, but Yahoo Movies has put up the first four minutes and twenty-nine seconds, which you can view below. The sci-fi action thriller stars Jake Gyllenhaal who enters the last eight minutes of deceased people’s memories trying to stop a terrorist. You can read more about Source Code in…
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Super 8: Secret Footage Web Site
According to ReelZChannel, there is a super secret url (web link) hidden in the trailer for the J.J. Abrams directed and Steve Spielberg produced sic-fi movie Super 8. You can see the trailer below, I haven’t been able to find it, but the link is valid. You can check it out here: http://www.super8-movie.com/editingroom.html. It takes…
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Boom! Studios Amory Wars: Claudio Sanchez at C2E2
Press Release DON’T MISS THESE C2E2 EXCLUSIVES THE AMORY WARS: IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH: 3 #9 C2E2 EXCLUSIVE VARIANT & THE AMORY WARS: THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE BLADE LIMITED EDITION PRINT BY TONY MOORE! March 14, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – Don’t miss your chance to meet Coheed & Cambria front man…
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Tanya Tate X-Men: First Class in-theaters standee pic
Now this is the best looking image I’ve seen to come out of the X-Men: First Class movie! British adult film star Tanya Tate attended a screening of Battle: Los Angeles at the AMC Promenade 16 and snapped a pic of the X-Men: First Class in-theater standee. I would say this pic looks a lot…
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12 Year Old Publishes Comic Book – “Mii Toons”
Inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog and the Nintendo Wii characters, 12 year old Arion D. Rashad of Pembroke Pines, FL, put together and published his own comic book, Mii Toons. Arion stated on his website, MiiToons.com, that he began creating the characters four years ago and decided to share them with the world. In an…
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Thor (2011) World Premiere to be held in Sydney, Australia
The Australian website Spotlight Reports tells us that the world premiere for the Kenneth Branagh directed Thor movie will be held in Sydney, Australia on Sunday April 17th, 2011. Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, is from Melbourne, Australia – and the premiere will begin a two day promotional tour that will cover his hometown and…
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SYFY’s 200th Original Movie “Scream of the Banshee” with Lance Henriksen
Saturday, March 26th at 9pm marks the premiere of SYFY’s 200th Original Movie with Scream of the Banshee starring Lance Henriksen and Lauren Holly from After Dark Films. From the press release below: “Scream of the Banshee,” sees a “college professor open a mysterious and ornate box discovered hidden in the tunnels under her university, she…
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Bradley Cooper Not Playing The Flash
Bradley Cooper was in contention to play Hal Jordan in the upcoming Green Lantern movie, but was beat out by Ryan Reynolds. ObsessedWithFilm.com asked the actor if he would be interested at all in playing The Flash. It was reported that Bradley Cooper was in the lead for the role of Barry Allen, as Marc…
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: Behind The Scenes Images
Here are some behind the scenes images from the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). Images come via Doug Jones, who portrayed the Sentinel of the Spaceways. The first six feature a test of Doug Jones getting make-up applied, two images how they did some of the Surfer’s movements, The Thing (Michael Chilkis) getting…
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Green Lantern Movie: Mogo promo image
Our friends over at the Daily Blam posted a promo image for the Green Lantern movie and you can see Mogo in the background! Looks decent enough, I suppose. Click to enlarge. Via Wiki: Mogo is a sentient or “living” planet, technically genderless but often casually referred to as male. When it is desired, its…
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Mortal Kombat Video Game Fight Stick Announced
Press Release PERFORMANCE DESIGNED PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES THE MORTAL KOMBAT FIGHT STICK AND THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN MORTAL KOMBAT TOURNAMENT PDP Issues The Ultimate Tournament Challenge To Gamers in Las Vegas This May With $21,000 in Prizes At Stake LOS ANGELES, CA – March 9, 2011 – Performance Designed Products LLC (“PDP”), a worldwide leader in the video…
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Review: Sigil #1
SIGIL #1 PREVIEW COVER BY: JELENA DJURDJEVIC WRITERS: MIKE CAREY PENCILS: LEONARD KIRK INKS: ED TADEO COLORS:GURU EFX LETTERS:ROB STEEN PUBLISHER:MARVEL RELEASE DATE:MARCH 9, 2011 Weird. Really weird but cool. The last time I felt this strange feeling about a comic book was September 1976. Really. The comic book? Marvel’s debut issue, “in the marvelous…
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First Look: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) Nickelodeon Concept Art
Viacom bought the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a reported $60 million according to the Wall Street Journal. Nickelodeon plans on developing a new TMNT tv series for 2012 using computer generated animation. “Ciro Nieli, an executive producer of the new Turtles series, says that the coming computer-animated version will be slightly different…