Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
This is a post that you may not want to read… but my guess is that most of you will.
Stephen Marr wrote How Did Harry Houdini Do His Deeds – Legendary Illusionists Secrets Revealed for Metro.
Spoiler Warning – Be advised if you click over you’ll get what the article promises.
Crime Fiction Lover: The Site for Diehard Crime and Thriller Fans posted their choices for The 20 Greatest Classic Crime Movies of All Time.
I’ve seen 14 of their 20. And while I don’t think their list is the best [No LA Confidential? The Big Heat? Carlito’s Way?], it did give me six more crime films to seek out.
The Playlist had an interview with David [Gone Girl; Se7en; Fight Club; Zodiac] but the link is dead so I added the interview below for your pleasure. – Craig, 2021
Frank Stallone performs Carry On from Reach Me.
The Hollywood Reporter recently went into their vaults to bring together excerpts from their original reviews for the Universal Monsters…
It’s interesting to see how these films were originally reviewed, some over 80 years ago.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter – When Universal’s Classic Monsters Hit the Big Screen for the First Time.
Still looking for that perfect gift for a Raiders of the Lost Arc fan?
Firebox may have just what you’re looking for with their Melting Toht Candle. And guess what…
…there’s no need to seek out the Ark of the Covenant and unceremoniously release its supernatural powers… just light the wick.
American Heist stars Adrien Brody, Hayden Christensen, and Jordana Brewster. The trailer below feels like another one of those seen-the-trailer-seen-the-movie previews.
Don’t you love it when you’re watching a movie and suddenly there’s a cameo by an uncredited actor/actress? It’s like an unexpected treat.
Entertainment Weekly took a look at 13 (Shhhh!) Memorable Unbilled Movie Performances. Be advised if you click over you’ll find spoilers and uncredited performances by…
In the early 70’s, Atlas, a small comic company attempted to make it’s mark. Although it folded after a few years Atlas did have a couple of comics that many fans [or at least this fan] fondly remember.
The Scorpion was Howard Chaykin‘s swashbuckling, never-aging hero. After Chaykin left Atlas he reinvented The Scorpion as Dominic Fortune for Marvel Comics. I’d like to see Chaykin return to Scorpion. Who wouldn’t?
The second Atlas title that I loved as a kid was Planet of the Vampires. Think of Beneath the Planet of the Apes and substitute vampires for monkeys. Pat Broderick was the interior artist and Neal Adams inked Broderick‘s covers.
Man, those were the days.
I am so ready for February 8, 2015.
Neatorama recently posted 15 Fun Facts About The Twilight Zone that You Might Not Know. Here are my three favorites from their list…
Diversions of the Grooviest Kind recently ran a Savage Sword of Conan cover gallery. Man, it brought back some great memories of me binge reading the Savage Sword of Conan.
I started reading comic books when I was in elementary school. Each year as I got older my comics buying dwindled. As a senior in high school I was down to just regularly buying Master of Kung Fu, Marvel Team-Up, and an occasional odd issue of whatever popped out at me.
As a senior, John Beatty and I started hanging out again [I first met him in junior high but when I moved on to high school we drifted apart]. John turned me on to the world of comics fandom and other mainstream comics that were worth checking out. John loaded me down with a bunch of Savage Sword of Conan magazines which I took home and devoured. It was great having several months worth of stories to dive into.
Thanks to Diversions of the Grooviest Kind for their post that sparked the memory and thanks again to Big John for the loan of the magazines nearly 40 years ago!
Today is Thanksgiving and many of us will come together with family and friends to pause and give thanks for what we have and perhaps what we’ve been spared. Charles Dickens may have said it best…
Of course not everyone gives thanks. The Sexy Pilgrim doesn’t. Instead he says, “You’re welcome.”
I hope that you and yours have one of the best Thanksgiving Days ever. Count your blessings, eat too much turkey, ignore that family member who irritates you, make big plans, eat too much pie, doze in front of the tube, have a bit more turkey, and remember to watch a bit of the parade and some football!
If you’re a fan of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns you should quickly recognize Billy the Butcher’s homage featuring Captain American blasting Iron Man with a knuckle-sandwich.
Iron Man fans will want to click over to io9 to see Iron Man returning the favor by kicking things up a notch in another Miller Dark Knight homage.
Well played, Billy the Butcher. Well played.
Ever wonder who would win in a battle between Batman and Darth Vader?
Yeah. Me, neither… until just before watching the video below.
I have to admit that I picked the wrong guy to win. Who knew?
