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Almost every actor has at least one massive failure on his or her imdb page. A performance so hideous, you're liable to get punched if you bring that movie up on the red carpet. And some of the best actors have played some of the most hideous supervillains. More »
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Frank Miller's solo directorial debut, The Spirit, may have crashed and burned, but he's not done bringing camp to noirtown. Check out this sexy 30-second tease for his Gucci fragrance ad, starring Chris "Captain America" Evans and Evan Rachel Wood. More »
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Every major studio hopes the films it showcases at Comic Con this year will be major hits. But if history's any indication, some of those movies will tank. Here are the biggest turkeys Comic Con has seen in years past. More »
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Wednesday comics aren't always super-people wearing variegated bodysuits. No, sometimes they're filled with crazed cannibals who'd love to don your skull as a codpiece. If gut-churning horror is your fancy, rejoice. More »
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With Kick-Ass in the theaters this weekend, you may be considering superheroics as a career yourself. But wait! What kind of superhero will you be - the neighborhood champion or the deodorant-eschewing, bloodthirsty lunatic? Find out now! More »
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One thing we love about the bubble-gum slaughter epic Kick-Ass is the heaps of Easter Eggs and comic book references. We've made a list of the best moments, from jabs at The Dark Knight to subtle movie tie-ins. Spoilers ahead... More »
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When superhero/supervillain costumes succeed on the big screen, it's a miracle. But it's also rare. The movie superhero outfits are a multiverse of fail, and here are 40-odd examples of total costume catastrophe. Brace yourself, this won't be pretty. More »
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2010 sees the 75th anniversary of DC Comics, which launched in February 1935 with the first issue of New Fun. Since then, it's gone on to publish some of the greatest comics ever. Here're seventy-five you really should've read already. More »
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Has comic creator and filmmaker Frank Miller abandoned the noir of his Sin City and ill-fated Spirit movie for something a bit more prehistoric? Either that, or there's some odd teasing happening on his new Twitter. More »
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Worried that Frank Miller's rumored Buck Rogers movie would be another Spirit-esque mess? Don't be; according to IGN, Miller is no longer involved with the project. Guess someone realized Buck would never have a monologue about loving his city. [IGN] More »
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We've all had our hearts broken by movie and television versions of our favorite book characters. You know the adaptation will never be as good as the beloved original, but sometimes it's hideously worse. Here are the absolute worst offenders. More »
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If there's one thing that Pandorum shows us, it's that it's psychologically stressful to be out there in space. Studies have shown the dangers of space madness, but we have to admit: It makes for good entertainment. More »
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Ignore your familiar superheroes this week; the Comics We Crave are all about unfamiliar faces (or unfamiliar takes on familiar faces), the stories we never saw on television and even an alternate history of the 21st Century. Who could resist? More »
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It's been over a year since The Dark Knight made a billion dollars and revolutionized genre cinema. At the time, everyone said we'd be seeing a spate of Dark Knight-influenced "dark" superhero films. So are any of them still happening? More »
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Not content with being this year's most successful movie so far, Star Trek is seeking out new frontiers to be successful in. Like, for example, being named the best trailer of the year. More »
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The Shazam movie isn't dead, according to its producer, and it's not the only superhero movie that may also be more alive than you'd been led to believe. More »
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The nominations for all of the worst movies of 2008 are out. And lucky, lucky Frank Miller missed the nominations for the worst movie in the history in the world by a few days. More »
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With The Spirit having pretty much killed his movie career, Frank Miller is doing the only sensible thing he can: Working on sequels to 300 and Sin City as fast as he can. More »
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It's no secret that Frank Miller's The Spirit has flopped both critically and commercially, earning only $14million in its first week of release. But could that have been avoided, if more care have been taken? More »
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Watching The Spirit get tangled up in his black and red suit wasn't only as confusing as Samuel L. Jackson's eyeliner, it was disturbing. A full review (with spoilers) explains why. More »
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The Spirit may fight comic book crime, but he always preferred a fedora and suit to spandex. We look at the other heroes who’ve paired their masks with suits and hats instead of tights. More »
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OMG spoilers! Terminator 4! Transformers and Dragonball pics! A new side of Gaeta from BSG season 4.5! Doctor Who and Lost hints! Plus Heroes, Sarah-Connor, Smallville, Spirit, Stargate, Life On Mars and Knight Rider. More »
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Rumored for so long that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was already a done deal, sources are now saying that The Spirit's Frank Miller is close to officially signing on to direct Buck Rogers. More »
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Director Frank Miller rewrote the Spirit script to accommodate ScarJo and let Samuel Jackson improvise — and even reinvent his character's look. We met the director and cast, and learned just how much they collaborated. More »
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Is The Spirit just like Sin City — actually a playfully dark thriller, and we've all just missed the good jokes? See for yourself in these six Spirit clips. More »
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With Frank Miller's movie version of The Spirit less than two weeks away, it's time to consider what might have been: An animated version of the character, courtesy of Pixar's guiding lights. I claim do-overs! More »
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The latest and greatest Spirit TV spot titled "The Power" shows all the the ladies of Frank Miller's movie adaptation of Will Eisner's comic The Spirit in their awful stereotyped horror. The catty ladies fight over who gets to sex up the Spirit, and talk about being great eye candy. Plus, they're labeled "crazy," which I guess is code for women with more consciousness than a grape? The video awaits you below. More »
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If you're heading to your local comic book store on Thursday, I have one word for you to remember: schoolgirls. Yes, this week sees the usual amount of heroes, monsters and super-this-and-that, but the best books of the week? They're about girls in school. And not like that, perverts. More »
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The latest Spirit featurette shows off Frank Miller's idea of "modern noir" which apparently consists of men in hats, old timey cars and sexily dressed ladies. Yeah, basically Miller's erotic dream about Will Eisner's 1950s comic. Luckily, there's also a peek at some new Spirit butt-kicking as well. More »
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The Spirit wants you to create your own henchmen in the new Spirit video game, complete with chemistry set. While I'm not the biggest fan of this particular Spirit marketing tack (not enough Scarjo cleavage), it's worlds better than the jumping-across-rooftops flash game from days past. So quick, go build your big fat henchmen, and try and get on the Octopus' good side. [The Spirit] More »
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Thank spoilers it's Friday! There's a new Astro Boy pic, and Chris Pine spills some Star Trek sex secrets. (Really.) Even more excitingly, there's another hint about whether, and how, Arnold Schwarzenegger will turn up in Terminator 4. There's a German trailer for The Spirit and new 2012 dirt. Plus startling new Sarah Connor clips, a new Lost music video, and pics of Seth Green and yet another family member on Heroes. Plus bonus spoilers for The Survivors, Stargate Atlantis and Life On Mars. Spoilers are the magic eight ball of the entertainment machine. More »
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This is it, folks — the final poster for Frank Miller's The Spirit, which means there's no stopping it now. The latest mostly black-and-white image is a sort of collage of all those past posters, with weird sex-chat lines scrawled across the actresses' faces. Click to enlarge, and start practicing your Rocky Horror-esque responses to Silken Floss and Sand Serif now. The Spirit will be in theaters on December 25. More »
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It's a bad sign for Frank Miller's movie adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit when MTV's own movie-promo special Spoilers feels the need to explain how much cooler the comic was. In this clip, MTV highlights two of the "Ladies Of The Spirit," then notes how Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson) is a nuclear physicist and surgeon in the original comic — but in the movie, she's just Samuel L. Jackson's secretary. "A bit of a demotion," the MTV talking head notes. Weirdly enough, the online version of this featurette is missing that observation. But it does have more ladies. Watch it below. More »
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In a week that sees the comic book shelves swamped with familiar names from TV, movies and, yes, even comic books themselves, the most interesting release is possibly something that you've never heard of before. It's almost as if science fiction is all about the future again with this week's New Comics We Crave! More »
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MTV premiered its new quarterly movie show Spoilers on Friday night, and it looks like they're a little unclear on the concept. Taylor Lautner wears a wig in Twilight? That's a major spoiler, worthy of a flashing banner! Luckily, we've got some real spoilers here: Zack Snyder explains a bit more about the controversial changes to his movie of Watchmen, and a new pic shows you what a crucial Decepticon may look like in Transformers 2. There's new footage from The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Spirit and Benjamin Button. And new details about the filming of next spring's episodes of Heroes and Lost. Plus spoilers for Dollhouse, Sarah Connor, Chuck, Fringe, The Survivors and Eleventh Hour. It's all spoilers and no wigs. More »
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Some of our craziest Transformers spoilers turned out to be 100 percent true — at least according to another set of unreliable sources. Not only that, but we read a ton of pages from the script of Dollhouse episode seven, including a weird dominatrix moment. Meanwhile, one of the stars of the Doctor Who Christmas special may have given away the show's secret plot twist. Oops! Plus it looks like Claire is getting pretty cozy with a new character on Heroes, in some new set pics. And there are new pics, and spoilers, for Day The Earth Stood Still, Repo!, The Spirit, Smallville, Chuck, Life On Mars and (yes) Supernatural. Get a last dose of spoiler therapy before the weekend. More »
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Frank Miller reinvented noir with Sin City — and now he's doing the same for fashion with his new movie The Spirit. New stills show a parade of models dressed in lightning bolt eyeliner, giant fur coats and kimonos. And boy, is it a "whole lotta' look." I'm terrified to think of the fashion spreads that will start coming this December, titled "the many hats of of Scarlett Johansson," or a cover shoot with smeared-make-up-wearing Samuel L Jackson surrounded by his honeys in horned rimmed glasses and red ties. See for yourself. More »
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In what I can imagine will only be the first of a long line of abusive franchising of Will Eisner's Spirit, big business has decided to create a small widget for the new movie with a quickie flash game. Run, jump and glide across cables as Spirit himself. There are three chapters (two and three are not available yet for the public) but I can only assume one of them involves seducing some poor innocent lady. More »
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If your comic book shelf is missing some classic - and, admittedly, not so classic - works, then this week's new releases may go some way towards solving that problem. There is an amazing number of classic comics collections that you should consider, if not essential, then at least well worth picking up. Especially if you're a fan of British science fiction that involves trucking and CB radios - and, let's face it, who isn't? More »
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