Comic Book News The Truth About Cake: Portal 2 Comic Debuts Valve, the company responsible for the darkly humorous and addictive action puzzle game Portal in 2007, has released the first part of an online comic that bridges the story between the original game and the upcoming Portal 2 (April 19). Titled Portal 2: Lab Rat, the comic, created entirely in-house
Movie News Toby Maguire Signs on For 'Life of Pi' ...der-Man Tobey Maguire will re-team with his Ice Storm and Ride With the Devil director Ang Lee for Life of Pi. The film is an adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel of the same name about a boy at sea in a lifeboat with a tiger, a zebra, a hyena,
TV Reviews It's Called THE KILLING, What Did You Expect? AMC’s new crime drama The Killing premiered tonight with the first two episodes played back-to-back. That was probably a smart decision considering the pace this series seems set to follow. Adapted from the “Nordic noir” Danish series Forbrydelsen, the show tells the story of the murder of a young
Movie Reviews Level Up: Sucker Punch Review This article contains major spoilers. Duh. Okay, let’s get this out of the way right up front: Sucker Punch is not a perfect film. God knows there are enough righteous film critics and internet ass hats falling all over themselves to be the one to find the snarkiest, most
TV News Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Get Powers! Could there be any more exciting casting news?! Deadline is reporting that the role of Detective Christian Walker in the upcoming FX series Powers has been offered to Coach Taylor… er, I mean Kyle Chandler! Powers is the comic series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming
TV News Wonder Wardrobe Update Congratulations, Internets! You’ve successfully cyber-bullied the wardrobe department of the new Wonder Woman television series. On set images of the costume in action (draped over someone who may or may not be WW actress Adrianne Palicki) show red boots instead of blue, and leggings that look more Lycra, less
In Memoriam Goodnight Folks: Remembering Andy Hallett Fred once told me, after a sinful amount of Chinese food and in lieu of absolutely nothing, ‘I think a lot of people would choose to be green, your shade if they had the choice.’ Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan was unique among his people: he could hear music. Mystic
Movie News In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. Welcome back, my friend. We’ve missed you.
Movie News David Slade Sets DAREDEVIL Record Straight Slow your roll, Internet. Apparently rumors about the nature of the new Daredevil film have been… well, less than accurate. I know, right? Shocking. Director-to-be David Slade says: Forgot to look at the internet for a few weeks and it’s a litany of false (and no so far off)
Movie News Gordon-Levitt Confirmed; Temple Rumored (UPDATED) This isn’t particularly news, seeing as I don’t think anyone has ever had any doubt that he’d end up in the film, but Variety reports that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Still no word on what character
Comic Book Reviews Review: Venom #1 Venom #1 Written by Rick Remender Art by Tony Moore Cover by Joe Quesada Published by Marvel Entertainment One of the characters I care the least for from the last decade or two of comics would have to be Venom. An interesting idea spun out of Secret Wars and brought
Comic Book Reviews Review: Xombi #1 Xombi #1 Written by John Rozum Art by Frazier Irving Letters by Dave Sharpe Published by DC Entertainment For one reason or another I never got onboard with the Milestone line of comics that debuted in the nineties. Not really sure why, but perhaps I was just too focused on
Video Game News Batman: Arkham City proves, "This Ain't No Place for No Hero" In 2009, Rocksteady Studios hit it out of the park with their multi-platform phenomenon BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM. Now we get our first official look at gameplay footage to the follow-up, ARKHAM CITY (October 18, 2011 for U.S. Xbox 360, PS3, and PC) in the newest trailer. Hugo Strange. Two-Face.
nos·tal·gia nos·tal·gia: Hawk the Slayer nos·tal·gia noun • longing for something past ORIGIN: 1770, Modern Latin rendering of German heimweh, from Greek nostos “homecoming” + algos “pain, grief, distress.” (i.e., you can never go home again.) In 1981, HBO had about five movies that played over and over and over again: Star Wars, Friday
Off Kilter Off Kilter: I, Robot Sonny (the voice of Alan Tudyk) in I, Robot Originally published on April 23, 2010 Welcome to the first of what may or may not end up being a semi-regular feature here, Off Kilter. This is where I plan to talk about those films, television, music, books, comics or whatever
