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New Releases: August 6

August 5, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. The Other Guys (Sony/Columbia, 3,651 Theaters, 107 Minutes, Rated PG-13): First off, I might be alone in saying this, but I’d probably be first in line for a cop buddy movie starring Dwayne Johnson [click for more]

SUPERMAN, JAMES BOND Screenwriter Mankiewicz Has Died

August 3, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Hollywood screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz has died from complications due to pancreatic cancer. He was 68. Mankiewicz, the son of legendary screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, started his career in New York. His book for the 1970 musical [click for more]

New Releases: July 30

July 29, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (Warner Brothers, 3,705 Theaters, 82 Minutes, Rated PG): The conceit behind this franchise is that dogs and cats have been waging a secret war behind their [click for more]

Comic-Con News Round-Up: Sunday

July 26, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Sunday is usually the off day for comic book conventions. It’s the least attended day, it’s usually when convention organizers have their “kid’s day” and also typically when comic book dealers slash their prices so [click for more]

Comic-Con News Round-Up: Saturday

July 25, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

A very busy day at the Comic-Con. A lot of “first looks” and a very ugly incident. Let’s get that out of the way first. ITEM!: There has been, as far as I can remember, no [click for more]

Comic-Con News Round-up: Friday

July 24, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Another day, another load of updates from SDCC. Some of them have actually been confirmed. ITEM!: Nathan Fillion has been confirmed as Ant-Man! By Joss Whedon! For five minutes! But it was a joke! Ha-ha! [click for more]

Comic-Con News Roundup: Thursday

July 23, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

So, San Diego Comic-Con is once again upon us, and they are not waiting until the convention hits the big days of Friday and Saturday to give us breaking news and inside scoop. Here is some [click for more]

New Releases: July 23

July 22, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

1. Salt (Sony/Columbia, 3,612 Theaters, 100 Minutes, Rated PG-13): The one fact I know about this film is that Tom Cruise passed on it to make Knight & Day, thinking this role was too close [click for more]

THOR Gets Hammered

July 21, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

Allow me to slip into a little “Grumpy Old Man” voice here for a second. I remember, back in my day, that the big announcements and new images from movies were released AT San Diego [click for more]

Some THOR And CAPTAIN AMERICA Concept Art

July 21, 2010 Bill Gatevackes

I love me some production art. It often represents the movie the filmmaker wants to make in its most pure and imaginative state before the realities of budgetary and technical restrictions, script rewrites and other [click for more]