MAN OF STEEL’s Henry Cavill can’t stop being kind to kids

January 23, 2012 by John

I wrote an article about this photo (and another adorable one) at Modern Myth Media!

Review: WONDER WOMAN #5

January 21, 2012 by John

I love the cover!

And please read my review at Modern Myth Media!

Review: BATMAN #5

January 19, 2012 by John

You can read my review at Batman on Film, hosted as always by our good friend, Bill “Jett” Ramey, the hardest-working Batman fan on the planet!

Review: BATWOMAN #5

January 16, 2012 by John

Hosted by the original Gentleman, Sean Gerber, at Modern Myth Media!

“‘Til help arrives, I’m deputizing the little guy, the skinny one, and the boy with the patch on his eye to come with me in the station wagon.”

January 12, 2012 by John

Apple just debuted the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new one, “Moonrise Kingdom.”

You can click the poster to watch it.

Bill Murray. Bruce Willis. Edward Norton. Frances McDormand. Jason Schwartzman. Tilda Swinton.

Yeah. I’ll probably see this, like, a gazillion times.

Schiff adds science to Superman cast

January 12, 2012 by John

Earlier this week, Variety reported that Richard Schiff (IMDB) had joined the cast of Man of Steel as Dr. Emil Hamilton, a scientist who’s been both an ally and a villain of Superman in previous animated and comic book incarnations (and was most recently portrayed in live action by Battlestar Galactica vet Alessandro Juliani on several Smallville episodes).

With Christopher Meloni (IMDB) and Harry Lennix (IMDB) previously cast as Colonel Hardy and General Swanwick, respectively, we know the movie’s going to have a military element.

Schiff’s casting promises a science angle, too, which is entirely welcome, along with adding yet another familiar face from Superman mythology to one of the most amazing casts we’ve ever seen for a superhero movie.

Jami Philbrick from I Am Rogue recently interviewed Mr. Schiff, who says he’s filmed scenes with Meloni and our new Lois Lane, Amy Adams (IMDB). He’ll also share a scene with Superman himself, Henry Cavill (IMDB).

Thanks to my fellow Modern Myth Media Gentleman Josh Costella for passing this along!

Man of Steel soars on June 14, 2013! And that’s entirely too far away.

Entertainment Weekly’s exclusive DARK KNIGHT RISES photos and cover!

January 12, 2012 by John

I’ll be flying out to Los Angeles this summer to see The Dark Knight Rises with my friend Kareem (just as I did for The Dark Knight in 2008, and I wouldn’t see it any other way), and he’s already bought our IMAX tickets, which is 47 kinds of excellent.

(Thanks for doing all the footwork, Kareem. You’ve basically made it so that all I have to do is show up, enjoy wonderful hospitality from you and your family and friends, feast like a king on delicious California burgers and sushi, and watch Batman battle the forces of Bane for the soul of Gotham and its people on a screen as big as a planet.)

Entertainment Weekly has posted their cover for this week’s issue …

… featuring a Batman’d up Christian Bale, who says of his final adventure as Bruce Wayne, “I can tell you the truth because I’m done with it: I felt immense pressure, and I think it’s a good pressure, because you owe it to the films — and the people’s expectations — to make great work.”

As if he’s ever given anything less than above and beyond his best.

The magazine has also shared three exclusive photos depicting Tom Hardy’s Bane, Bane and Batman grappling in sunny, snowy daylight, and Gary Oldman’s Commissioner Gordon:

I feel bad that I’ve basically abandoned this website and even worse that I’m so far behind (to the point of never catching up) on Batman and Man of Steel news.

But I am writing.

I’m working hard on two projects I can’t talk about until contracts have been signed, and once I can talk about them, I’ll probably never shut up.