The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, […]
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Duel
Synopsis: Fear Is The Driving Force. Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about a motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg’s first full-length movie, Duel, helped jumpstart the director’s big-screen […]
Smokey and the Bandit 3
Synopsis: In this plotless, mindless chase movie, papa Big Enos and son Little Enos (Pat McCormick and Paul Williams) hire Cletus (Jerry Reed) to haul a Jaws-replica shark from Miami […]
Irredeemable, vol. 7
Irredeemable, vol. 7, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 7.25 Well, that’s it, then. I give up on ‘Irredeemable’. I know it’s considered one of the great new reads, and […]
Smokey and the Bandit II
Synopsis: Jump in and buckle up for a wild ride in the fast lane of laughter as Burt Reynolds and Sally Field team up again to take on Jackie Gleason […]
Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan
Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan, by Zeb Wells and Seth Fisher 8.25 ‘Big in Japan!’ is a book that I picked up from my local library’s bookstore as a […]
Smokey and the Bandit
Synopsis: Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana–the closest place it can be legally sold–and […]
Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil
Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil, by Jeff Smith 6.75 I’ve only read a little bit of ‘Bone’. I enjoyed it, but it didn’t grab me like it did some […]
Raising Arizona
Synopsis: A comedy beyond belief. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter and John Goodman star in Ethan and Joel Coen’s acclaimed screwball love story filled with mad chases, unexpected plot twists and […]
Judge Dredd vs. Otto Sump
Judge Dredd vs. Otto Sump, by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Ron Smith 7.5 Despite its peculiar and somewhat off-putting title (Otto Sump? Say what? ), this compilation was a […]
Judge Dredd vs. The Dark Judges
Judge Dredd vs. The Dark Judges, by John Wagner and Brian Bolland 6.0 I’ve known for years that Judge Dredd is a cult classic. Between Anthrax’s song “I Am the […]
Red Ketchup: Kamarade Ultra
Red Ketchup: Kamarade Ultra, by Pierre Fournier and Réal Godbout 7.5 Red Ketchup was a character from a satirical Québec magazine called Croc. Originally conceived as a bit player, he […]
Fables, vol. 2
Fables, vol. 2, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha 7.25 Well, that’s it, then. I’ve decided to write off the ‘Fables’ series. …at least for now (who knows […]
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