This is a catchall thread for thoughts and comments about the new TV season.
Doctor Hmmm? launched a similar thread last year, and it's a good idea worth repeating.
Fox has boughtThe Spectre, a drama series project based on the DC Comics superhero character co-created by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily.
I'll watch if it ever gets aired.
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Whitfield was the star of the sword and sandal epic Spartacus on the Starz network. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma toward the end of the first season, forcing him to leave the series.
Read more…SECRET AGENT: "TO OUR BEST FRIEND"
Would you want to work for these people?? *******
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Drake is assigned, begrudgingly, to go to Istanbul and check up on a longtime friend he's known for 10 years, who the
THE AVENGERS: MAN IN THE MIRROR
Not Much Fun at the Funfair *****
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Steed catches hell from his latest superior, "One Six", for showing up late for a briefing, and for having a "lone wolf" attitude. A cipher c
...and a snarky cartoon I saw on my Facebook feed about it , dealing with Disney's profit-sharing practices , that's what I'm posting of here .
I am sorta-planning to see the flat version of the TLK reish , whilst it's still playing ( Quite !!!!! I
Read more…Who has already seen Captain America? I saw it last night.
It's a good movie. I know a lot of people are saying it's their favorite of the Marvel movies. Not sure I'd go that far. It came close. I had a headache when I saw it so I may need to see i
Read more…Today, Friday 7/22, Syfy is showing the two Captain America TV movies from the 70s and the (apparently very bad) film from the 80s from 2 PM to 8 PM EST.
Read more…I've noticed a recurring theme in my recent movie watching: trenchcoats.
Coming up next, I've decided to watch all seven of the versions of Hamlet that I have on disk. For the record, these are:
1)Hamlet (1948) - Olivier
2)Hamlet (1964) - Burton
3)Hamlet (1990) - Gibson
4)Hamlet (1996) - Branagh
5)Mystery Science Theate
Read more…An Australian film , " GRIFF THE INVISIBLE " , opens here in San Francisco this weekend . ( I dog-now - I suppose that " TAKE A BITE OUT OF CRIME WITH GRIFF THE CRIME DOG " PSA campaign didn't exist down Antipodes way ? Now there's a marketing compli
Read more…Part One:
1)"Compassion is a noble thing, Citizen - also costly."
2)"Cassius"?
3)"Entreat, master. I'll be good."
4)"Perhaps everyone runs from the taxman."
5)"You touch me again and I'll fillet you."
6)Cliffhanger #1: The Doctor is trapped in the ATM
Read more…Which DC or Marvel hero do you want to see in a movie? Someone overlooked that has a good story?
I think a Deadman movie would be good. Or what about the Spectre?
Read more…What? Am I really the first to start the thread on Green Lantern, the movie?
I don't even get to use my disclaimer that I'm posting without having read anyone else's comments in the thread first ...
Anyhoo:
Finally have decent copies of all of these, as well as of the MST3K episodes, so this seems like a good one to do. I don't have as much reference material on Gamera as on the other Big G, so there won't be as much info on the technical side in this
Read more…From FremantleMedia Enterprises
July 24, 2011
FREMANTLEMEDIA ENTERPRISES ANNOUNCES MAGICAL
FIFTH SEASON COMMISSION FOR MERLIN AT COMIC-CON SAN DIEGO
San Diego – It was today announced by FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) that hit television show
Read more…I was thinking of starting a movie discussion group on the board. Seems like a lot of us enjoy films of all different sorts. We already have comic re-reading threads and TV series threads. Why not a movie one?
It would work similiar to a book club.
Read more…I recently saw several B&W episodes of the 60s " THE SAINT " series with Roger Moore , not the later colo(u)r ones , on a " retro TV " channel here in the United States .
What US network showed them back in the day ?
I don't believe there was muc
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