Box Office News: America Hates Katy Perry
On Friday, I begged America to take a step in the right direction toward financial responsibility, and for the most part people listened. Katy Perry: Part of Me opened to a colossal fart noise, earning...
View ArticleNever Seen Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy? Here It Is in Six Minutes
Hey kids! Based on box-office receipts it seems you’re really enjoying the new Spider-Man film, but did you know there were other Spider-Man movies before The Amazing Spider-Man? It’s true! Way back in...
View ArticleThe Free Market Has Spoken — The Cover To Amazing Spider-Man #328 Is The Most...
Pop quiz comics nerds — what’s the most valuable single piece of comic art in the world? Probably a page from Action Comics #1 or maybe some early Jack Kirby Fantastic Four or Steve Ditko Spider-Man...
View Article‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Has Found Its Mary Jane
Aside from a few details – like the Lizard being the villain instead of Green Goblin, Emma Stone >>>>>>>>>>> Kirsten Dunst and Macho Man Randy Savage – I didn’t see...
View ArticleMore Cute Girls And Dorky Villains For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
So, The Amazing Spider-Man was pretty solidly alright I thought. Its main asset was Emma Stone adorable-ing it up as Gwen Stacey. Its main flaw was relying on the rather uninspiring Lizard as villain....
View ArticleShailene Woodley Officially Signed For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ And More...
Shailene Woodley is following up her Indie Spirit Award win for best supporting actress in The Descendants with another big role. As we reported earlier, she was in talks to play Mary Jane Watson in...
View ArticleHonest Trailer: The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man receives the “honest trailer” treatment, and it is predictably hilarious. Previous honest trailers: Paranormal Activity, Prometheus, The Avengers, The Hunger Games
View ArticleJamie Foxx May Play Electro In 'Spider-Man 2'
In a strange twist, Vince and I actually agreed that The Amazing Spider-Man wasn’t just a lousy film, as it was also the same exact story as the original Spider-Man retold and simply filmed with a few...
View ArticleJamie Foxx And Director Marc Webb Are Dropping Hints About 'The Amazing...
Ain’t nothing but an ohm resistor. Yesterday we reported Jamie Foxx was in talks to play the villain Electro in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now we have an update, as both Jamie Foxx and Marc...
View ArticleHonest Trailers: The Amazing Spider-Man (Morning Links)
[via Screen Junkies] MORNING LINKS Christoph Waltz And The Muppets? Yes Please! |Film Drunk| John Hyams, a for reals filmmaker, joins the Frotcast to talk MMA, and share JCVD and Dolph Lundgren...
View ArticleYour Mid-Week Guide To DVD And Streaming: The Amazing Spider-Man Is Not This...
If you were -justifiably- waiting for home video to check out The Amazing Spider-Man, well, this is your week. If you’ve already seen it (or simply don’t want to) this is still your week. Why?...
View ArticleThe Absolute Very Worst Movies Of 2012
After last year’s Worst Movies feature, I received feedback from some readers and Twitter folk about me possibly being “too negative” and “mean” when it came to criticizing films that I chose to watch...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Of Geek Culture 2012 (Part 2)
2012 was a big year to be a geek, nerd and/or poindexter. This is the year geek culture went mainstream. Like, really, really mainstream. It wasn’t all roses though — there were still plenty of...
View ArticleJames Franco Saw ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, States The Obvious
This is not what I meant when I searched for James Franco with a bear. James Franco was recently questioned by an interviewer for MTV about Spider-Man, because James Franco really hasn’t done anything...
View ArticleBad Lip Reading: The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man gets the always entertaining Bad Lip Reading treatment. Previously from BLR: The NFL, Presidential Inauguration, The Hunger Games, Edward & Bella
View Article‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Gets A Hilariously Suggestive Edit (And Other Mashups)
(Video is NSFW) Good afternoon you princes of Maine, you kings of New England, you stalkers of Bruce Campbell. Here are all the mashup and parody videos I didn’t get a chance to cover, thrown in your...
View ArticleJamie Foxx Rocks A Sweet Combover In ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Set Pics
We’ve already watched as Jamie Foxx blue himself as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now director Marc Webb has tweeted the first photo of Foxx as Max Dillon, the electrical engineer who gains...
View Article'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Set Video and Pictures: Lookin' Good, Jamie Foxx!
We have a new batch of set pictures from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to add to the ones where Jamie Foxx blue himself and director Marc Webb introduced us to the nerdy non-blue version of Foxx. The video...
View ArticlePictures Of Emma Stone From The ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Set May Drop A Huge...
Another batch of set pictures from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is here to add to our burgeoning collection. This batch is different in two key ways. It features Emma Stone (Yay!) and it potentially offers...
View ArticleHaters Gonna Hate: Sony Announces Two More ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Sequels
We already knew The Amazing Spider-Man was being set up as a trilogy, but Sony now says in a press release that four films are planned. They’re also “planting a flag” on two release dates. The Amazing...
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