Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Joe DeGeorge and Paul DeGeorge were not born wizards. Paul, the elder by eight years, toured the northeast with his feather-dusted power-pop project The Secrets. The 14-year old Joe would occasionally play with his brother in a band called Ed in the Refrigerators. It was juvenile stuff, made for family giggles and far removed from…
Why is it so hard to make a good Fantastic Four movie? Marvel’s first superteam, that yammering surrogate family of Silver Age aberrations, has now appeared in as many features as it has members, and each film is embarrassing in its own special way. The latest reboot, starring several overqualified actors, isn’t as chintzy as…
I knew from the opening moments of this 187,874th reboot of Fantastic Four that it would be getting everything wrong in most shiftless ways. Because that’s when it suggests that Oyster Bay, on Long Island, is across the East River from Manhattan and has a lovely view of the Empire State Building. Which it isn’t,…
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Not content with a new TV series on the CW, a newly redesigned and shockingly excellent comic relaunch, fighting zombies, Predators and Sharknados, and all the other ways he and his Riverdale pals are conquering the entertainment world, Archie will also get a Broadway musical with help from Anchorman’s Adam McKay. From the press release:…
https://youtu.be/cJz3FXjZ3Sc via ▶ Arby’s to Jon Stewart: Thank You for Being a Friend – YouTube.
Are computer generated visual effects really ruining movies? We believe that the reason we think all CG looks bad, is because we only see “bad” CG. Fantastic, beautiful, and wonderfully executed CG is everywhere – you just don’t know it. Truly great visual effects serve story and character – and in doing so are, by…
I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link This “Harry Potter” Theory About Dumbledore’s Role In “Deathly Hallows” Is Blowing Minds http://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/harry-pot… A nice reminder that Harry Potter will be messing with our brains for the rest of our lives. This “Harry Potter” Theory About Dumbledore’s Role In “Deathly Hallows” Is Blowing Minds.
Photo Alan Cheuse at home in Washington in 2001. Credit David Scull Alan Cheuse, a late-blooming author who published his first short story just before his 40th birthday and went on to write two dozen books, but who became even better known as a longtime book critic for NPR, died on Friday in San Jose,…
Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts…