This feature ran on IFC.com while I was on vacation, so I’m finally getting around to posting an excerpt now. As part of the lead-up to the premiere of “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” (which I thoroughly enjoyed — suck it, haters!) I put together a list of my favorite 10 vehicles from comic book [...]

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Wow. Today’s installment of vacation-themed geekery makes me think that a holiday with Bruce Wayne wouldn’t be nearly as cool as I thought. Dick move, Batman. (via EcoComics)

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Happy New Year, folks. I can’t place which comic this panel is from, so if you recognize it, please let me know.

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Over at Red-Blooded America, the following question is posed: What if Adam West had been the star of Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise? The answer? Well, it would probably look a lot like this: And while I’m a big fan of Nolan’s Bat-verse, is Christian Bale’s growl any less ridiculous than Adam West’s take on Batman? [...]

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With the arrival of the new trailer for “The Dark Knight Rises” this afternoon, it seemed as if everyone in my social media circle seemed to experience a simultaneous, life-changing, world-shattering shift in perspective that suddenly replaced whatever they previously considered THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER WITNESSED with the two-minute preview of Christopher Nolan’s [...]

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Last week, I told you about my conversation with John Carpenter on the Friday before Halloween. The first portion of the interview went up that weekend, but the rest of it went up this week on IFC.com. During this part of our chat, I asked him for his thoughts on superhero movies and whether he’d [...]

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It was a productive week on the homefront, with two screenings (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark) and a fun interview (Elizabeth Olsen from Martha Marcy May Marlene) on top of all of this week’s writing. I’m hoping to cap things off with a trip o the Parkside Lounge [...]

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