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San Diego Comic Con 2011 Film Panel Schedule

July 18, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

It’s about that time again. Time for the San Diego Comic Convention. The criticism of the con is that it has become less a comic con and more a movie con. As the list of [click for more]

HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK FILM: Past Is Prologue

July 15, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Without the Great Depression, we might not have ever had a comic book film.

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New Releases: July 15

July 14, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

One of this weekend’s movies will feature an epic battle amongst wizards. Can you guess which one?

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New Releases: July 8

July 7, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

It’s two new comedies opening this weekend – one for the family and one just for grown-ups.

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Michael Uslan Talks Superhero Movies to the Wharton School: “Hollywood Doesn’t Get It.”

July 6, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Michael Uslan has been a producer for almost thirty years, and nearly all of his projects have been comic book related. He has been producer or executive producer on comic book properties such as Swamp Thing [click for more]

International Poster for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Revealed

June 30, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Dissecting how Marvel is selling the movie to audiences outside the US.

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THOR 2 Set For Summer 2013–Without Branagh

June 30, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Deadline: New York is reporting that Marvel has announced that not only will they be going ahead with a sequel to this year’s Thor, but also that the film is scheduled to arrive in theaters [click for more]

New Releases: June 24

June 23, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Cars 2 (Disney, 3,900 Theaters, 113 Minutes, Rated G): FBOL Editor-in-Chief Rich Drees started a conversation on Facebook about this film concerning his sense of malaise about it. I have to say that I share [click for more]

Review: GREEN LANTERN

June 17, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Green Lantern is a by-the-numbers, textbook comic book movie, and I don’t mean that as a complement. While it isn’t a bad movie, it lacks a definite wow factor, which, considering the concept, it should [click for more]

New Releases: June 17

June 16, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Green Lantern (Warner Brothers, 3,816 Theaters, 105 Minutes, Rated PG-13): Once upon a time, DC Comics held a monopoly on the comic book movie. Between the Superman and Batman franchises, DC was being well [click for more]