Safe to say that when the summer movie season of 2009 is summarized, the success of Transformers 2 will be called into question by how many people straight up loathed the film. I’m still trying to wrap my head around how a movie so reviled by folks could gross near $400 million bucks, but so [...]
Neill Blomkamp is Your New Favorite Director
We’re about a month away from what I believe will be the sleeper movie hit of the year, DISTRICT 9, a film directed by Neill Blomkamp. Blomkamp’s currently famous for being the guy attached to the failed HALO movie adaptation, produced by Peter Jackson, but I’ve been a fan of his since seeing some of [...]
“In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night…”
I’ve been far away from superhero comics for a while and, after checking out the industry’s moves as of late, I’m happy with my decision. Marvel seems hell-bent on grabbing new readers by revamping their universe with character death, storyline changes, and putting celebrities in their work. Hell, even the Ultimate universe, which was intended [...]
gameCred: Week of 7.9.09
A couple of days off during the week without my wife insures I will end up buying something for one of the consoles, despite a backlog the size of a monkey.
