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Off to MegaCon for Three Days; Observant Yet Silly Tweets to Follow

Grim D. Reaper — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:08:22 +0000

We’re doing MegaCon this weekend, the first of a handful of southeastern conventions we like to participate in. We’re pairing up with Delvling Press in the Independent Press area of the Dealer’s Room. Looking from the front, we’re to the right of the Star Signing area (usually messing with the celebs) at the end of [...]

Concerning Print Critics Being Laid Off…

Grim D. Reaper — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:52 +0000

It’s always interesting to hear someone suggest that you’re not a “real” critic because you’re not in “real” print or publication, suggesting that because trees aren’t cut down and permanently inked (prior to recycling, that is) to articulate an opinion somehow makes it worth less (or just worthless.) By that justification, it seems to me that [...]

‘Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day’ in Stores!

Grim D. Reaper — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:25 +0000

Guess what came out in stores today in standard DVD, Blu-ray, and special edition “steelbook” with bonus DVD? Yep, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is yours (and ours) to own, and just in time for St. Paddy’s Day, too.

Trailer 2: ‘Prince of Persia’

Grim D. Reaper — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:01:33 +0000

Why did it have to be snakes? The next big trailer “The Sands of Time” is out, and as more of the special effects nearing completion keep leaking their way into the advertising, the question remains if there will be enough plot to justify them all.

Trailer 2: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Grim D. Reaper — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:26:14 +0000

The man of your dreams is back. Does he make the cut, or are fans about to get burned? Looks good, all except that scary-looking “From producer Michael Bay…”

Review: ‘Shutter Island’

Grim D. Reaper — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:56:35 +0000

Director Martin Scorsese channels his inner M. Night Shyamalan. The year is 1954. When a murderess mysteriously escapes from Shutter Island, an isolated hospital for the criminally insane, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is called in to begin an investigation on the disappearance. Along with fellow marshal Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), they meet with Dr. [...]

Trailer: ‘Gone with the Wind with Vampires’

Grim D. Reaper — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:28:16 +0000

Has this vampire thing finally gone to far? Nah. Somebody need to make this film for real and exactly the same way.

Review: ‘The Wolfman’ (2010)

Grim D. Reaper — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:40:18 +0000

Special effects and location shots can only get you so far when your cast looks like they’re telegraphing their performances in. Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to Blackmoor, England when he is told of his missing brother. Reuniting with his father, Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins), for the first time since he left as a [...]

Review: ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief’

Grim D. Reaper — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:08:02 +0000

Remember the first time you saw “Harry Potter” on the big screen? This is more like the third time you saw him but with bigger effects and Greek mythology replacing the occult. Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) loves water. His talent for holding his breath over seven minutes below the surface seems a poor compensation for dyslexia [...]

Review: ‘The Book of Eli’

Grim D. Reaper — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:18:49 +0000

The first feel-good, post-apocalyptic, religious thriller of the year (unless you hate Christians, deplore gun violence, and/or love book burnings.) Eli (Denzel Washington) appears to be a drifter on the road with an unknown destination to the west. Walking across the former United States following a devastating attack decades earlier, Eli has a mission and carries [...]