Honest Abe. The Great Emancipator. Abolisher of slavery. And, in his spare time, slayer of the undead. New this week on DVD and Blu-ray (just in time for Decision 2012) is last summer’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Produced by Tim Burton, who’s having a prolific year (see Frankenweenie, skip Dark Shadows), and directed by Timur […]
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Video Review)
October 25th, 2012 
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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Above and Beyond
July 21st, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo For those living in a cave (a… Batcave?), opening this weekend is the final installment in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, or, as it’s being billed, The Dark Knight Trilogy. Like George Lucas rebranding Star Wars as A New Hope, Nolan and WB are trying to do the same with their franchise. Should’ve thought of […]
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Film Review)
July 3rd, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo It’s nice to see the producers of the Spider-Man franchise finally take advantage of Stan Lee’s penchant for adjectives by naming the latest installment after the wall-crawler’s flagship comic book. Hopefully other comic titles like Spectacular Spider-Man and Web of Spider-Man will follow as sequel titles, rather than just tacking on numbers as the Sam […]
AMAZING TALES FROM THE RED (AND BLUE) CARPET
July 3rd, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo “They’re giving away tickets to the Amazing Spider-Man premiere and all you gotta do is answer geek questions! You know, about comics and crap. You’re a geek, so pick up the phone.” This is all I heard from my wife for days, urging me to call her favorite LA-based morning radio show. On a whim […]
A BRAVE NEW WORLD FOR PIXAR
June 21st, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo Brave represents many firsts for Pixar Studios. It’s their first feature with a female protagonist, first directed by a female, first period piece, first with nudity (seriously). I’m pretty sure it’s the first with a gay character (check out how the witch’s male crow describes a Scotsman) and I’m definitely sure it’s the first original […]
IN THE DARK WITH DARK SHADOWS (Film Review)
May 10th, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo Dark Shadows, the new Tim Burton movie based on the old TV series, is soap opera with a supernatural twist. All the soap tropes are present — lies, affairs, murders — but the Ewings and Carringtons have been replaced by vampires and werewolves. If anything can make me a fan of soap opera this should […]
Protected: LIFE’S A PITCH: INTRO
May 9th, 2012 Charlie Price There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
