The Enterprise continues its journeys across galaxies (?) in Gold Key’s The Peril of Planet Quick Change. Once again the story was written by Dick Wood, and once again features art by Alberto Giolitti. It hit comic spinners on June 1969. The Enterprise interior still looks terrible and cluttered. I wish it was more in…
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Monday Musings – A Marvel Comics Super Special
Having recently talked about my love of the movie tie-in novelization, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t dive into the equally enjoyable Marvel Super Specials that often adapted those same movies, and brought them to life panel by panel – sometimes with stellar art, sometimes not, but always worth collecting. I remember…
Batman: Resurrection (2024) – John Jackson Miller
It seems like for many of us, 1989’s Batman directed by Tim Burton, and it’s follow-up, Batman Returns from 1992 really resonated with John Jackson Miller. With Batman: Resurrection, Miller takes us to the intervening years, and explores some of the ideas that nag a lot of viewers about the events of Batman. And to…
The Invisble Woman (1940) – A. Edward Sutherland
I didn’t love this one. It seemed to want to play a little too light-hearted considering the things the film could have done. Of course, I am looking at it from a modern view point, as opposed to being in the time, and realizing that it was just a very expensive b-movie. There are a…
Fan Expo 2024 Day 1
It’s that time of year in Toronto again. The summer is winding down, there is the first hint of the crispness of fall in the cooling evening air, which can mean only one thing. No not pumpkin spice lattes, it’s time for the CNE, TIFF, back-to-school prep, and the gathering of geeks from all over…
2 Guns (2013) – Baltasar Kormakur
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg star in 2 Guns, based on the comic series of the same name, a fun little actioner where everyone seems intent on betraying every one else over forty-three million dollars. Posing as buyers, Bobby (Washington) is actually a DEA agent, Stig (Wahlberg) is in the Office of Naval Intelligence, and…
The Crow (1994) – 4K
There are some films that leave an indelible mark on the viewer, The Crow had that effect on me. It stayed with me and whenever I revisit it, I’m reminded again of it’s power, it’s visual style, and it’s legacy. And now, thanks to Paramount Pictures, The Crow gets the 4K touch and Alex Proyas’…
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)- Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright takes the iconic Canadian graphic novel adventure of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and adapts it brilliantly and energetically to the big screen, casting Michael Cera in the titular role as Scott. Using iconic Toronto locations as a backdrop the story follows Scott in his quest to win the heart of the beautiful…
M*A*S*H (1983) – Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
On 28 February, 1983, millions of viewers bid goodbye to the 4077th and its residents over the course of two hours. It’s one of those moments burned into my brain, and I remember exactly where I was and how emotionally it affected me. The only other time I was affected in the same way would…
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984) – W.D. Richter
For many people Peter Weller will always be RoboCop. For me, Weller will always be the super-cool Buckaroo Banzai, the neurosurgeon, rock star, comic book hero who fights Red Lectroids from Planet Ten with help from his back-up band (of fellow awesomely named scientists) The Hong Kong Cavaliers, as well as his fan club, the…
The Mind Reels 