Finally, another James Bond film, set to open in October, four years after the last one. I actually just watched Casino Royale, and Quantum of Solace this week, and they’re both good films, although Royale is the better entry. This 23rd Bond film is directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty) whose last film was the [...]
Empire’s Top Ten Female Avengers
Film mag/site Empire has a list of ten female Avengers they’d like to see in the sequel. There’s Moondragon, Tigra, Scarlet Witch, She-Hulk and others only comics fans would know about. Oh, and also Miss Piggy. Um…yeah. Seeing as The Avengers has now made over a billion dollars and is the 9th highest grossing film [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #90-Grand Finale!
57 mins. Yes, it’s the big finish, our fond farewell, our last hurrah. In our most rambling episode yet, we talk about a bunch of comics, Turok, the master of sit-com theme songs, an awkward Italian song contest, David Bowie’s wife, Michael Jackson as Spider-Man, alternate cinematic realities, and much more! Fare thee well and [...]
New The Amazing Spider-Man Trailer
There’s a good look at baddie The Lizard in this latest Spidey reboot trailer, which opens July. It appears to be more bright and fun than The Dark Knight Rises, which opens the same month.
New The Dark Knight Rises Trailer
Opening on July 20, and set 8 years after TDK is the final instalment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Exploding bridges, Bane, Catwoman, and a flying car – it’s all here. You can catch the 2:19 long trailer right here or below. At The Avengers premiere I saw a trailer that looked different than this, so [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #89-Fave Comic Book Films
70 mins. How many movies based on comic books have there been in the last few years? Heaps. How many of them have been awesome? Far less. We offer our ten fave films, and not many of our selections feature superheroes! Also, Katrina and the Waves, and a dancing Emperor Palpatine. LISTEN TO IT BELOW [...]
The Avengers Review
As a DC Comics fan, at least until lately when they unnecessarily rebooted their entire line, I was always hoping to see a Justice League film on the big screen. Alas, it looks like that won’t be happening for a long time. The Avengers will do very nicely however. Effectively, it is now the template [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #88-Are Superheroes Relevant?
58 mins. We examine the role superheroes play, what stories they can tell, and how far they’ve come since their roots from the pulp era. Also, multiple Boba Fetts, and Jean-Claude Van Damme vs a pinata. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES You can email us at kris (at)extrasequential(dot)com and [...]
Avengers, X-Men and Nightwing
Yay! Pretty pictures. First up, here’s a text-free look at next month Avengers vs X-Men extravaganza from Marvel. Your First Look At AVX: VS #2– An AVENGERS VS. X-MEN Tie-In! Marvel is proud to present your first look at, AVX: VS #2, the explosive, no holds barred, action packed tie-in to the smash-hit blockbuster event of the [...]
Hulk’s Live Action Looks
Now that The Avengers has had its world premiere, we are witness to the fourth live action version of the Hulk. Empire has a nifty rundown of all his film and TV incarnations so far, right here (not counting animated outings).
First Five Minutes of Lock Out
Aussie actor Guy Pearce will appear in one of this year’s most hyped sci-fi films, Prometheus. Don’t look past another sci-fi treat though, as the French production company Europacorp brings us Lock Out. Luc Besson’s company knows how to do action as it showed with Taken, District 13 and Transporter. Lock Out is set in [...]
Eisners, Archaia and Total Recall
This year’s nominations for the prestigious Eisner Awards are now up, right here. Voted by industry professionals, the winners will be announced at July’s San Diego Comic-Con. It’s an impressive and diverse list including a few faves of mine like Who Is Jake Ellis? and Atomic Robo. Daredevil, Jim Henson’s A Tale of Sand and many [...]
Justice League: Doom Review
I was very impressed with DC/Warner Bros’ latest animated film, based on the classic Tower of Babel story from the comics, in which Batman inadvertently betrays his fellow Leaguers. Check out my review here.
Superman vs The Elite
DC’s next animated film is based on one of my (and many others’) favourite Superman story, from Action Comics #775 by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke. Kelly has written the screenplay and here’s an interview with him. The film premieres at WonderCon on Friday and hits DVD and Blu-Ray…sometime soon. SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE WORLD PREMIERE THIS [...]
