10 in 2010: Geeky Movies

Our top ten (okay, eleven) picks for the best upcoming geek movies of the year.

Sony Kills Spider-Man 4, Plans Reboot

Sony kills the production of Spider-Man 4 and announces a series reboot. Is that good or bad news?

‘Twas The Dark Knight Before Christmas

Batman learns some of the importance behind the tradition of Christmas gift-giving in this silly video.

Looking Back: X-Men Cartoons, Part 2

In part two of this cartoon retrospective, we examine “X-Men: Evolution” and its unique take on the world of the X-Men.

Looking Back: X-Men Cartoons, Part 1

In this three part series of posts, we look back at the three main X-Men animated series and offer information on where you can watch them online.

Fahrenheit 451: The Graphic Novel

Despite author Ray Bradbury’s mixed reactions to previous adaptations of his famous Fahrenheit 451, he has given his approval to a new graphic novel.

Greenlit: John Carter of Mars

This one’s more for the old-school geeks who like their geekery mixed with classic literature from the early days of sci-fi. After years wallowing in development hell, the film adaptation of John Carter of Mars is finally going to happen!
Based on a series of science fiction novels written between 1912 and 1943 by Edgar Rice [...]

X-men Origins: Wolverine Is Unfaithful But Fun

As the first opening volley of the summer movie season, X-men Origins: Wolverine does a pretty darn good job of kicking things off well.
A friend and I decided that it would be a geektastic use of a sunny Saturday morning to first swing by the comic book shop for Free Comic Book Day before heading [...]

WALL·E Meets Watchmen

It’s a rare thing when a parody is as effective as this one is.
When the first Watchmen trailer originally premiered last year, I don’t think anyone had this in mind.  Some creative geek has crafted what is probably the best parody trailer I’ve ever seen, merging WALL·E with Watchmen in a brilliant way.  It’s not [...]

Watchmen Review

I learned two things last night in the wee hours of the morning:
1) I’m too old for midnight screenings.  Both because I get sleepy at that time of the day, and because 95% of the people in the theater were probably simply on spring break.
2) Watchmen is a terrific movie.
I doubt that the first of [...]