Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Your Highness - reviewed


Alrighty adventurers and non-adventurers alike! Many of us have seen the previews and trailers for the newest tale of comedy (of olde) and laughed our way to the end... and for those of you that have seen the restricted trailer - laughed much harder than most of us during the wait for this film to hit theatres.

At first glance, the movie looks like a great film for the year - filled with action, adventure, quests, mini-quests, and an odd little creature that looks like it has a magic-mushroom for the top of its head. It truly looked (and felt) as if it were a "Dungeons & Dragons" session/adventure turned into movie... but including all of the "out of game" humor, remarks, and banter. But as I mentioned: at first glance. Depending on your brand of humor and comedy, this movie could go either way for you.

In a nutshell - two brothers are princes. The wise and noble brother (James Franco) is set to marry the beautiful maiden (Zooey Deschanel) when she is kidnapped by a powerful evil wizard. Now the noble prince must set out to rescue the damsel and slay the wizard... with the help of his moron of a brother (Danny McBride). Along the way, they'll join with a female warrior (Natalie Portman) and traverse many trap and death-filled locales on their way to quest (and mini-quest) completion.



Pros:

+ The visual effects for a medieval adventure movie were EXTREMELY well done!

+ The story seemed to flow from one scene to the next smoothly

+ Most of the movie was done as improv by Franco and McBride

+ Alot of the humor is so off-the-wall and unexpected, it's well done

+ Natalie Portman wears a chain-mail thong

+ McBride ends up wearing... well... watch the film :P


Cons:

- The improv some of the time was just too dry and not captivating

- The film in and of itself didn't feel gripping and/or draw the viewer in until roughly the last half hour


The bottom-line? If you have nothing to do for an evening and can't think of anything better to do (and you like off-the-wall/off-beat humor), I recommend seeing this film. It had the potential to be so much more than it is - although in seeing this, it does raise my hopes that a more serious take on the "good vs evil in a medieval magic setting" film could easily make its mark.


Rated 2.5 out of 5

Monday, April 11, 2011

KNEEL BEFORE..... MICHAEL SHANNON????

Well it looks like General Zod has been cast and it is Michael Shannon!!! To his credit, he has an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the Film "Revolutionary Road" and currently starring in "Boardwalk Empire"!!!

Michael Shannon Superman Man of Steel

Friday, April 8, 2011

The Comic Hunter's Comix Jam!!




















When:
12:30pm-4:30pm, Sunday April 17th
Where: 465 Main street, Moncton, NB

Quand: 12h30-16h30, dimanche le 17 avril.
Ou: 465 rue Main, Moncton, NB

What is a Comix Jam? A collaborative gathering of cartoonists, doodlers and writers passing around comix pages. Everyone contributes a panel of words, drawings or both until the page is full! Pages will be posted to our blog. All skill levels are welcome. Jams are kid-friendly (12 or under accompanied by parents or legal guardians).
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C'est quoi un "Comix Jam"? C'est une rencontre collaborative d'artistes et d'écrivains qui contribuent des mots, des dessins ou les deux jusqu'à ce qu'une page soit complète! Les pages complétés seront affiché sur notre blog. Talents de tout niveau sont invités. Les jeunes sont les bienvenus (12 ans ou moins accompagnés d'un parent ou tuteur légal).


Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Comics Shipping April 13th



ADVENTURE COMICS #525
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #6
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #658
AMITY BLAMITY GN BOOK 01
ANGEL 100 PG SPECTACULAR
AREA 10 TP (MR)
B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #213
BATGIRL #20
BATMAN AND ROBIN #22
BATMAN SYMBOL 3-D T/S LG
BATTLE CHASERS ANTHOLOGY HC
BIRDS OF PREY #11
BLACK PANTHER MAN WITHOUT FEAR #517
BOOSTER GOLD #43
BOOSTER GOLD PAST IMPERFECT TP
BROKEN TRINITY PANDORAS BOX #6 (OF 6)
BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #2 (MR)
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIGHTING AVENGER #1
CARBON GREY #1 VAR CVR 2ND PTG (MR)
CARBON GREY #2 (MR)
CARNAGE #4 (OF 5)
CASANOVA GULA #4 (OF 4) (MR)
CHAOS WAR AVENGERS TP
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #3 (OF 6) (MR)
CLINT #6 (MR)
COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS TP (NEW PTG) VOL 13 SNOID (MR)
COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS TP (NEW PTG) VOL 15 MODE ODA (MR)
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #8
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER LITTLE SISTERS ELURIA
DAWN SKETCHBOOK ANN
DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN ARKHAM #1
DEADPOOL #35
DEADPOOL CORPS TP VOL 01 POOL-POCALYPSE NOW
DEAN KOONTZ NEVERMORE #1 (OF 6)
DEATH OF ZORRO #2
DIY GUIDE TO SURVIVING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE GN (MR)
DOC SAVAGE #13
DONALD DUCK #365
DOOM PATROL TP VOL 06 PLANET LOVE
ETERNAL DESCENT TP VOL 01
EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 05 (MR)
FARSCAPE #18
FLASH #10 (FLASHPOINT)
FORMIC WARS BURNING EARTH #4 (OF 7)
GI JOE COBRA #1 100 PENNY PRESS
GI JOE COBRA COMMANDER TRIBUTE 100 PG SPECTACULAR
GI JOE VOL 2 #0
GIRLS & GODDESSES PIN UP ART OF JOSEPH MICHAEL LIN
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS TP VOL 01 UNION
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #58
HALO FALL OF REACH PREM HC BOOT CAMP (MR)
HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT #3 (OF 4)
HELLBOY BUSTER OAKLEY GETS HIS WISH
HELLBOY MENS WILD HUNT T/S
HELLBOY W/ SKELETON MENS T/S
HELLBOY WOMENS WILD HUNT T/S
HOUSE OF M MGC #1
INCREDIBLE CHANGE BOTS TWO GN
INCREDIBLE HULKS #626
INFAMOUS #3 (OF 6)
INFINITE VACATION #2
IRON MAN 2.0 #3
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #5
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #622
JUGHEAD CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT TP
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #169
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #23
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST HC VOL 01
KEVIN SMITH KATO #9
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #4
LIL DEPRESSED BOY #3
MICKEY MOUSE & ORBITING NIGHTMARE TP
NEW AVENGERS #11
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD #4 (OF 5) (MR)
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD 2011 ANNUAL (MR)
NORTHLANDERS #39 (MR)
ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED #3 (OF 4)
ONWARD TOWARDS OUR NOBLE DEATHS GN (MR)
OUTSIDERS #38
PRIEST PURGATORY GN (MR)
PUNISHERMAX #12 (MR)
REBELS #27
RED ROBIN #22
RED SONJA REVENGE O/T GODS #2 (OF 5)
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #9
SAFE AREA GORAZDE HC SPECIAL ED (RES) (MR)
SALT WATER TAFFY GN VOL 04 CALDERAS REVENGE
SCREAM MAGAZINE #1
SECRET WARRIORS #26
SHIELD INFINITY
SPAWN #206 (RES)
SPIKE #7 (OF 8)
SPIRIT ANGEL SMERTI TP
SPONGEBOB COMICS #2
STAN LEE STARBORN #5
STAR TREK COUNTDOWN #1 100 PENNY PRESS
STAR WARS INVASION TP VOL 02 RESCUES
STEPHEN KINGS N TP
STEVE ROGERS SUPER SOLDIER ANNUAL #1
SUPER HEROES #13
SUPERBOY #6 (DOOMSDAY)
SUPERMAN #710
SUPERMAN CODENAME PATRIOT TP
SWEETS #5 (OF 5) (MR)
THOR BY WALTER SIMONSON OMNIBUS HC
THOR WHOSOEVER WIELDS THIS HAMMER #1
THUNDER AGENTS #6
TITANS #34
TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #18
TRANSFORMERS RISING STORM #3 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #3 (OF 6) DOSM
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #157 DOSM
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR MGC #1
UNCANNY X-FORCE #7
UNCANNY X-FORCE PREM HC APOCALYPSE SOLUTION
UNCANNY X-MEN #535
UNWRITTEN #24 (MR)
WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #1 (OF 4) (MR)
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #15 (MR)
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #2
WIND IN WILLOWS CAMPFIRE GN
X-23 PREM HC VOL 01 KILLING DREAM
X-FORCE UNDER GUN PREM HC
X-MEN LEGACY #247

Comics Shipping April 6th


AARON AND AHMED HC (MR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #38
ANNIHILATORS #2 (OF 4
ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #4
ARCHIE BEST OF DAN DECARLO HC VOL 02
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #5 (OF 9)
AVENGERS PRIME PREM HC
AVENGERS THOR CAPTAIN AMERICA OFF INDEX MU #12
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #2 (OF 3)
BATMAN BEYOND #4
BETTY #191
BLUE ESTATE #1 (MR)
BOYS #53 (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 08 HIGHLAND LADDIE
BPRD DEAD REMEMBERED #1 (OF 3)
BRIGHTEST DAY #23
BRING THE THUNDER #4
BUT I CANT DO ANYTHING ELSE ART OF ROB SCHRAB HC
CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA #4 (OF 5)
CARNAGE CARNAGIE HALL BLK T/S
CHAOS WAR TP
CHARISMAGIC #1
CHEW #18 (MR)
CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #5
CONAN HC VOL 10 IRON SHADOWS IN THE MOON
CONAN LEGACY FRAZETTA COVER #7 (OF 8)
DAOMU #3 (MR)
DARK AGE DOMINION GN VOL 01 (OF 3)
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #5
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE STATUE GREEN ARROW
DEADPOOL FAMILY #1
DIE HARD YEAR ONE TP VOL 02
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 4 #3 SEVENTH DOCTOR
DOCTOR WHO SONIC SCREWDRIVER INK PEN
DOOM PATROL #21
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #5
EMMA #2 (OF 5)
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 05 NEW ED
FABLES TP VOL 15 ROSE RED (MR)
FALLEN ANGEL RETURN OF THE SON #3 (OF 4)
FARSCAPE UNCHARTED TALES TP VOL 03 DARGOS QUEST
FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7)
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #1 (OF 7)
FEAR ITSELF SPOTLIGHT
FIRST WAVE SPECIAL #1
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #8
GI JOE TALES FROM THE COBRA WARS TP
GLAMOURPUSS #18
GREEN HORNET AFTERMATH #1
GREEN LANTERN SECRET ORIGIN TP NEW ED
GREEN WAKE #1 (OF 5) (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 09
HERC #1
HEROES FOR HIRE #5
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #36 (MR)
INFESTATION #2 (OF 2)
INTREPIDS #2 (MR)
IRON SIEGE #3 (OF 3)
IRREDEEMABLE #24
IZOMBIE #12 (MR)
JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON #1
JLA 80 PAGE GIANT 2011 #1
JONAH HEX #66
JSA ALL STARS #17
JUDO GIRL SO YOU WANNA REVOLUTION #1 (OF 4)
JURASSIC PARK DEVILS IN THE DESERT #4 (OF 4)
LEGEND O/T SCARLET BLADES HC
LET ME IN CROSSROADS #4 (OF 4)
LOONEY TUNES #197
MADMAN NEW GIANT SIZE SUPER GINCHY SPEC ONE SHOT
MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 TP
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #3 (OF 5)
MEMOIR #3 (OF 6)
MGM MIDNIGHT MOVIES IT THE TERROR & MOTEL HELL TP
NONPLAYER #1 (OF 6) (MR)
ORC STAIN #6 (MR)
OUR ARMY AT WAR TP
OUTLAW PRINCE TP
OZ WONDERLAND CHRONICLES #4 (OF 4)
OZMA OF OZ #5 (OF 8)
PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL #6 (OF 7) (MR)
POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 12
POSEURS GN
RAISE THE DEAD II #4
RED BETTER RED THAN DEAD TP
REUNION SC (MR)
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #8
SECRET SIX #32
SHADOWLAND PREM HC POWER MAN
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #1 (OF 5)
SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #1 (OF 4)
SPIDER-MAN POWER COMES RESPONSIBILITY #1 (OF 7)
STAR TREK KHAN RULING IN HELL TP
STAR WARS DARTH VADER & LOST COMMAND #3 (OF 5)
STARCRAFT GHOST ACADEMY GN VOL 03 (OF 3) (MR)
SUPER HERO SQUAD ONLINE GAME HERO UP
SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #5 (DOOMSDAY)
SWEET TOOTH #20 (MR)
THUNDERBOLTS FROM MARVEL VAULT #1
TIME MASTERS VANISHING POINT TP
TRANSFORMERS SECTOR 7 TP
ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 (OF 4)
UNCANNY X-MEN #534 POINT ONE
UNCLE SCROOGE #402
USAGI YOJIMBO #136
VERTIGO RESURRECTED HELLBLAZER BAD BLOOD #1 (MR)
VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS #27 (MR)
WALKING DEAD HOODIE RICK
WALKING DEAD LIGHTER DEAD HEAD
WALKING DEAD LIGHTER DEAD RULES
WALKING DEAD LIGHTER FRESH MEAT
WALKING DEAD LIGHTER RISE & FEED
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #14 (MR)
WARCRAFT SHADOW WING GN VOL 02 (OF 2) NEXUS POINT
WEIRD WORLDS #4 (OF 6)
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #3
WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #3 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #5
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS MONSTERS AND MUTANTS #2
YESTERDAYS TOMORROWS TP VOL 01
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS AVENTURE TP

Monday, April 4, 2011

The World's Best Podcast, Season 3, Episode 28

The World's Best Podcast is a forum for a group of devoted fans to discuss the latest news in the DC Universe. In this latest episode, we review the DC Animated feature "All-Star Superman." Special mention goes out to my favourite local comic shop.

http://tinmanfrisbie.podbean.com/2011/03/28/season-3-episode-28

Anime News!!!!

Here's is a little anime news for us geeks or nerds!!!! Adrian Pasdar will voice Tony Stark in the Iron Man anime and Milo Ventimiglia will voice Logan in the Wolverine anime!!!!

Both series will premiere on G4 in July 2011, with Blade and X-Men following later in the year.