Ely Henry is numb in the face – and singing.

There are no further words…enjoy?

A humble Review-Rant of G.I.Joe… LOTS OF SPOILERS.

Well, well, well. A good friend of mine promised me to write a review of the G.I. Joe flick, which promised to be excellent due to his extraordinary expertise in all things G.I. Joe. He failed to deliver a review and instead delivered a novel. Kinda.
Here’s what Ed has to say:

G.I.J.O.E. is the codename for America’s NATO’s daring, highly-trained spuriously recruited special mission force. Its purpose: to defend human freedom France and the Arctic against Cobra MARS, a ruthless terrorist organization defense contractor determined to rule the world impersonate the President.

This ain’t your father’s G.I.Joe. This isn’t really even your G.I.Joe. But it’s a lot closer to yours than your father’s. So be grateful. After 4 years of development hell, it looks like GIJoe actually became a good summer action spectacular. Is it arthouse brilliance? No, but you were in a bubble or sanatorium for the last year if you thought it might be. I knew this was going to be a rocky road four years ago, when Hasbro made the first announcement about DiBonaventura getting the license to hollywoodize Joe. They promised us the moon (80s Joe characters in familiar, comic-based settings)… with the exception of Rex, a new character to give the audience a point of reference.

The Longbox: Nobody does it better: Part One

I’d said last time, I’d planned a readers questions column for this week, but I’m flaking, again.

also let me apologize for the lack of last weeks column,  I was having some inner ear issues, and it had me out for the count.

Instead, I’m bringing you a column that in near and dear to my heart, something that I hold in great esteem. “What is that ?” I hear you ask.

Riddle me this: what do the following names have in common?

Sir Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Sir Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Peirce Brosnan, Daniel Craig

That’s right, Lets all say it together:

Bond, James Bond; 007

So As I always say…

Read on, dear reader, read on.

“Trailer Trash” #2 – The Bracelet of Bordeaux

In this episode Ely Henry faces a trailer so unique the movie could be the first of a new genre. Or, you now, just plain weird. Also, if you ever thought girl scouts needed their own kick ass action movie line, this trailer delivers it. John McLane would be so jealous. If he were a girl scout. Enjoy.

Raimi is back \ The “Drag me to Hell” Review

James Raynor

Today we are joined by a young film-maker from the UK. James Raynor does not only have a soft spot for horror movies, he makes his own. I urge everyone to check out the short “H. P. Lovecraft’s The Book” on Imdb.com but first, read the review of Sam Raimi’s newest trip down Horrorlane. Some spoilers ahead. Ye be warned.

In the mid-90’s, following the release of his post-modern western “The Quick and The Dead”, Sam Raimi decided to grow up. He felt his over-the-top humour and camerawork, defined by his Evil Dead trilogy, were compromising his work, so he embarked upon what fans would dub his “serious period,” with the stunning drama “A Simple Plan” (1998) and the stunningly average “For Love of the Game” (1999). “The Gift” (2001) was a great supernatural thriller, but was more of a character study than a balls-to-the-wall horror flick of yore.

The LongBox: In brightest day, In blackest night…

The LongBox

Okay… so as you all know, last year I did a post on my top 5 comic movies.  I took a long time and spent hours of research (aka watching movies) to come up with that list.

Add to that that you will always be looking for perfect casting for various heroes in the movie adaptations. Now I was surfing another site and I came across a fan made superhero trailer that absolutely blew my mind.

Not only was the trailer very very very well done, the casting of the main character had caught me completely off guard.

Who? What hero (as if the title didn’t give it away)? Will there be punch and pie? For all these answers and more (including the trailer) read on.

And adding to that my discussion who should play more memorable heroes.

Ely Henry returns with “Trailer Trash”

It has been quite some time since our audio visual correspondent Ely Henry amazed us all with his in depth report from Canada’s FanExpo. Behold for he has returned and brings us a tale of trailer trash, which might be the beginning of a new series, we will see. For now, enjoy Ely Henry and Luke Mochrie’s review of the trailer for “Aliens in the Attic”
Original trailer available here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/aliensintheattic/

“Star Trek” is dead, long live “Star Trek”

From Iowa to Vulcan, from the Star Trek era of “Nemesis” to the beginning of Kirk’s adventures, the “make it or break it” reboot/prequel of the nerdiest of all geek phenomena takes the audience on a long and fast ride.

Ready for some big blue genitals? The Watchmen Review

One hour ago I was still in the screening of what is most likely a movie that was even more anticipated by fans and geeks than the big bat’s last adventure. Let me start this review by saying, I can not wait till I can watch it again. And then some more.

New Trailer for “Purgatory Comics”

Hey kiddos,

some of you might remember our little chat with independent filmmaker Ralph Suarez back in September. Well, there is a new trailer out for his movie “Purgatory Comics” which just completed post production.

If you are a fan of high definition video – and let’s face it, who isn’t? – check the link under this already very pretty youtube-version of it:

http://idisk.mac.com/ralphys/Public/purgatorycomicstrailer.m4v