THE DEATH OF 'SUPERMAN LIVES': WHAT HAPPENED? (review)

July 13, 2015, 10:00 am

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Review by Dean Galanis

Produced by Robert Pierce, Jon Schnepp,

Holly Payne, Ryan Christopher Pierce

Written and Directed by Jon Schnepp

Featuring Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Jon Peters,

Jon Schnepp, Dan Gilroy, Colleen Atwood,

Wesley Strick, Lorenzo di Bonaventura,

Robert Meyer Burnett, Grant Morrison,

Rick Heinrichs, Michael Anthony Jackson,

and Nicolas Cage (archival footage)

There are a fair amount of what-if’s in film history: tantalizing projects that for whatever reason were never completed.

Kubrick’s Napoleon, Gilliam’s Watchmen, Cameron’s Spider-Man, to name a few.

One what-if that has struck most fans over the years as less a missed opportunity and more an averted catastrophe is Superman Lives, which was to be directed by Tim Burton, with Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel.


The Death of 'Superman Lives', without overtly stating as much, makes a great case that Burton and Cage were onto something that, if completed, would likely have been a fascinating misfire, but could have even been something really special. 

Despite an awkward title and a somewhat clumsy prelude, TDOSL:WH gains its footing during a very fun title sequence (paying tribute to the famous and beloved opening credits from the 1978 Superman: The Movie).

From there on out, Jon Schnepp’s riveting doc never makes a misstep.

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Rotten Candy: A Look Into TALES OF HALLOWEEN

July 13, 2015, 2:13 pm

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By Erin Maxwell

Faceless serial killers, masked maniacs, slackers turned slashers and all manner of things that go bump in the night will come out to play this October as Epic Pictures’ Tales of Halloween makes its way to the big screen.

Ten twisted tales from the filmmaking collective known as the October Society offer their take on All Hallow’s Eve with stories about the nasty side of Halloween, like a piece of poisoned candy.

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THE D TRAIN Arrives on Blu-ray/DVD/On Demand Sept. 1 and on Digital HD Aug. 18

July 13, 2015, 12:00 pm

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JACK BLACK AND JAMES MARSDEN STAR IN THE SENSATIONAL NEW COMEDY  FROM THE CREATIVE MINDS BEHIND NACHO LIBRE AND WAYNE’S WORLD

Called “an absolutely hilarious and wild ride” (Ethan Anderton, FirstShowing.net), THE D TRAIN makes its debut on Blu-ray and DVD September 1, 2015 from Paramount Home Media Distribution and will also be available for sale or rental from cable, satellite and telco providers through IFC Films. The film arrives two weeks early on Digital HD August 18, 2015.

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The COBRA WORLD ORDER Starts This October For G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero

July 13, 2015, 1:00 pm

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The Master Plan Is Set

This October, it’s zero hour for A Real American Hero!

G.I. JOE has been fighting the evil forces of COBRA for decades, but now COBRA is ready to unleash its master plan on an unsuspecting G.I. JOE!

Written by the man who started it all, G.I. JOE comics legend Larry Hama, this table-setter leads into a mammoth 8-part bi-weekly event, kicking off with G.I. JOE: ARAH #219 and #220! Art duties for this arc will be in the very capable hands of S.L. Gallant who has become a fan-favorite for his attention to detail and accurate portrayals of classic G.I. JOE vehicles and characters.

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Warner Bros Releases SUICIDE SQUAD SDCC Footage!

July 13, 2015, 2:10 pm

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Shame our sneak peek Hall H footage was leaked. #notcoolit's unfair to the fans who waited in line. And not how I intended folks to see it.

— David Ayer (@DavidAyerMovies) July 13, 2015

Apparently, within twenty minutes or so of Suicide Squad director David Ayer posting the Tweet above, Warner Bros. have officially released their SDCC footage online.


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Some Don't Like it Hot: Cosplay For Shade

July 13, 2015, 2:30 pm

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Living in what is basically the real world equivalent of Winterfell, I basically only ever experience two seasons here in Manchester up in the North West of England.

It’s either winter, or winter is coming.

The last couple of weeks however, we have actually had some summer and the city has lost it’s mind over it. After bitching about how we never get any breaks when it comes to the weather, people are now complaining about how it’s too hot at 29 degrees… or 84 degrees if we’re talking Fahrenheit – you guys are old school like that.

Winterfell IRL

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HOT PURSUIT Arrives on Blu-ray Combo & DVD August 11th and Early on Digital HD July 28th

July 13, 2015, 3:30 pm

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GET LOCKED, LOADED AND READY FOR ACTION

Witness a good cop turn into a fugitive when New Line Cinema’s and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ (MGM) comedy Hot Pursuit arrives onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD.

In the film, an uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.


Hot Pursuit will be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on August 11. The film will also be available early on Digital HD from MGM on July 28.

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Win CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU: SURVIVING THE POLICE Doc on Blu-ray!

July 13, 2015, 4:30 pm

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Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting (l-r), of The Police in a tour. Photo by Watal Asanuma. Courtesy of Taschen.

Based on the acclaimed memoir One Train Later by rock guitarist Andy Summers, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police follows Summers' journey from his early days in the psychedelic ‘60s music scene, when he played with The Animals, to chance encounters with drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Sting, which led to the formation of a new wave trio, The Police.

During the band’s phenomenal rise and its dissolution at the height of their popularity in the mid-80s, Summers captured history with his candid photographs.

Utilizing rare archival footage and insights from the guitarist’s side of the stage, Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police brings together past and present as the band members reunite, more than two decades later, for a global reunion tour in 2007.

And we're giving away Blu-rays to 3 lucky Forces of Geek readers!


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Marvel Comics' MS.MARVEL Coming to Graphic Audio

July 13, 2015, 5:30 pm

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Graphic Audio has been taking the recent Marvel novelizations and adapting them to full audio adventures.  Now, they're going to the source material and adapting the actual comics in their upcoming adaptation, Ms Marvel: No Normal.

Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers and unlocks a secret behind them as well. Is she ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to handle? Kamala has no idea either. But she's here to stay!

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Sneak Peek: STEVE McQUEEN: FULL THROTTLE COOL Graphic Novel

July 14, 2015, 8:30 am

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Available this month is Steve McQueen: Full Throttle Cool, an original graphic novel by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and Greg Scott.

Steve McQueen once said, "I'm not sure whether I'm an actor who races or a racer who acts."

Fortunately for us, he was the best of both.

McQueen left an indelible imprint as one of Hollywood's sexiest leading men. His masterful film roles in Bullitt, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Papillion have been often imitated but never repeated. An actor, motorcycle and automobile racer, and all-around gearhead, McQueen also epitomized the American dream, rising from hardscrabble circumstances to become one of the most famous movie stars in the world.

Steve McQueen: Full-Throttle Cool presents McQueen's life story in an artistic, graphic-novel format. It covers his entire life, from his earliest years growing up in a suburb of Indianapolis to his death from mesothelioma. Learn all about his stunning movie career, in which he defined the antihero archetype. The cool panache he brought to the screen was perhaps only matched by his adrenaline-pumping racing exploits. Get the full measure of both from this book.

Get a sneak peak of the book after the jump.

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LOGAN'S RUN Rewatch Review: Hollywood, Remake This Dud!

July 14, 2015, 10:05 am

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By Sharon Knolle

A remake of Logan's Run has been in the works forever and it's one movie that no one can protest being remade. Because, if you haven't seen the 1976 sci-fi flick recently, it's TERRIBLE. The concept – a society in which no one is allowed to live past 30 – is still great, but this execution is embarrassing on every level.

I recently showed it to a friend who had never seen it, warning her that it wasn't great. But, rewatching it for the first time since I was a kid, I was shocked to realize just how utterly, utterly awful it is. The highlight of the film is the scene where the group of masked and cloaked 30-year-olds take their place on the Carousel of Death.

From there, it's all downhill.

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MOTHER, JUGS, & SPEED and The Worklace Comedies of The Seventies

July 14, 2015, 1:25 pm

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By Generoso Fierro

There are two events, one positive and one negative, that precipitated my review of the much maligned 1976 dark comedy, Mother, Jugs, & Speed.

Extremely negative is the recent damning evidence against Bill Cosby, the titular “Mother” of the film that I am reviewing here, a fellow Philadelphian, and my comic hero whose self-admitted criminal behavior has broken my heart. And on a separate positive note, is the complete Robert Altman retrospective that is currently being mounted in my former town of Boston at The Harvard Film Archive that many of my dear friends are now enjoying.

Why Altman you may ask?

I will theorize that somewhere in the mix of 70s subgenres, is a rarely discussed collection of films that stem from the success of Altman’s game-changing counterculture film that began the decade, M*A*S*H, that I will define as “workplace” films.

You remember this seemingly endless flow of films that feature a group of irreverent misfits that are all stuck in a job whom you feel real empathy for and are always trying to get one over on the man. A wide array of films from the successful Blue Collar to Car Wash and ending somewhere around 1981 with Underground Aces, an epic flop starring a young Melanie Griffith, about a group of wacky employees in a hotel parking garage in LA. Yes, by that point Hollywood must have ran out of every conceivable place of employ to stage a workplace comedy. At least that film had a kicking theme song from Lionel Ritchie-led Commodores that one-ups the messy soundtrack of the even messier scripted Mother, Jugs, & Speed.

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Read an Excerpt of A.L. Kennedy's Novel DOCTOR WHO: THE DROSTEN'S CURSE, Plus Enter to Win a Copy!

July 14, 2015, 1:30 pm

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One of the most influential cult TV shows of all time, BBC’s Doctor Who has existed for more than fifty years and continues to be a major U.S. phenomenon. This July, Broadway Books delivers Whovians of all ages another enthralling, time-travelling adventure with Doctor Who: The Drosten’s Curse, which arrives in stores, today!

In this new novel, award-winning author A.L. Kennedy infuses the much-beloved Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker, with her own unique flair: a comic deadpan at a brisk pace.

When the Doctor surprises himself by landing at the Fetch Brothers Golf Spa and Hotel in 1978, he finds himself at the center of some very mysterious disappearances. Unsuspecting golfers have been swallowed up by bunkers. The owner’s grandchildren seem to be able to materialize from walls. People can suddenly hear the thoughts of those around them—and don’t like what they’re hearing. With some help from Bryony, the hotel receptionist, and the helpless, quirky chap who is lovesick over her, the Doctor (equipped with his fetching scarf and floppy hat) begins a risky and altogether preposterous investigation into a fabled danger that, should it actually exist, could easily destroy Earth and the future as the Doctor knows it. 

After the jump, check out an excerpt from the book and learn how to win one of three copies that we're giving away, thanks to our friends at Broadway Books!


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IDW Games Launches TMNT Adventure Board Game

July 14, 2015, 2:30 pm

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TMNT CO-CREATOR KEVIN EASTMAN AND DESIGNER KEVIN WILSON ON BOARD FOR LANDMARK GAME

Today, IDW Games announced a big box Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adventure game complete with sculpted miniatures that is going to shell shock gamers. Debuting in early 2016, the game will let players step into the roles of their favorite Turtle or ultimate villain, Shredder. Designed by Kevin Wilson with input from IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creative team, franchise co-creator Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz, the game will be available in a standard and special limited-edition format, featuring artwork by Eastman.

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REAL FAKE HISTORY Presents GAME OF THRONES: The Battle of Castle Black

July 14, 2015, 3:30 pm

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Real Fake History has launched with Star Wars: The Battle of Endor.

While Jon Snow and the Night's Watch deal with a massive intelligence failure, we look at the plight of Giants coerced into violence during the Battle of Castle Black.

Narrated by Phil Morris (Seinfeld, Smallville, Green Lantern The Animated Series), each program delivers the never before seen tales of those who witnessed these defining fictional moments. A new episode will launch every Tuesday.


And after the jump check out last week's episode featuring medical experts and eyewitness account tell the story of the Crazy 88s literal dismemberment at the hands of Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.

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BON VOYAGE, CHARLIE BROWN (AND DON'T COME BACK!!) Debuts on DVD October 16th

July 14, 2015, 4:30 pm

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The Peanuts Gang Goes On Their First International Adventure in a Classic Feature-Length Movie Arriving on DVD for the First Time Ever

Grab your passport and pack your bags because the Peanuts gang is going on their first international jaunt in BON VOYAGE, CHARLIE BROWN (AND DON’T COME BACK!!), arriving on DVD for the first time ever October 16, 2015 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Released theatrically in 1980, and celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, this charming movie was the fourth feature-length film made with Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts characters and was a product of the long-time collaboration between Schulz, animation director Bill Melendez and producer Lee Mendelson. Together, these three helped create all of the Peanuts animated television specials and feature films, starting with A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1969.

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RECKLESS aka Bloedlink (DVD review)

July 14, 2015, 5:30 pm

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Review by Joshua Gravel

The daughter of a millionaire is kidnapped by two ex-cons but the more we learn about the individuals the more their plan falls apart as plot twists, characters emotions, and their intentions are revealed.

If all of this seems familiar to you then you may have seen 2009’s The Disappearance Of Alice Creed, which Reckless is a remake of.

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OUTLANDER S1 V2 available on Blu-ray, DVD and Limited Collector's Edition 9/29

July 15, 2015, 9:00 am

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“THE EPIC CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SEASON”

Based on the Award-winning New York Times Bestseller

The Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Arrives Sept. 29 Featuring Exclusive Collectible Packaging with 3D Art, a 32-page Book with Photographs, Excerpts from the Script and an Introduction from Ronald D. Moore, Plus all Special Features on the Blu-ray

Outlander spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history and adventure as it follows Claire Randall, a married WWII combat nurse who mistakenly falls back in time to 1743. As the season continues, Claire and Jamie’s relationship is tested and Claire must reconcile her modern mindset with this 18th Century world. Ruthless Redcoats, volatile clan politics and a brutal witch trial force Jamie and Claire to escape to a new home. Just when their life as a married couple begins to take shape, Jamie is once again drawn into Captain Randall’s darkness. Ultimately, Claire discovers there is a fate worse than death as she struggles to save Jamie’s heart, as well as his soul.

Fans can now complete their Season One collection when OUTLANDER: SEASON 1, VOLUME 2 arrives on Digital HD Sept. 28 and Sept. 29 when a specially curated Limited Collector’s Edition will be released along with the Blu-ray and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In addition to all the special features included on the Blu-ray, The Limited Collector’s Edition boasts exclusive collectible packaging with 3D art, a 32-page book with photographs, excerpts from the script and an introduction from producer Ronald D. Moore.

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KICKSTART THIS! Amiculus: A Secret History Volume II

July 15, 2015, 9:30 am

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Amiculus: A Secret History is an original, epic three-part graphic novel series telling a lost history of the Fall of Rome, written by Travis Horseman and lavishly rendered by 30-year comics veteran Giancarlo Caracuzzo.

This series was launched in 2014 following the successful Kickstarter funding of the 64-page Volume I: Roma Aeterna, thanks to the generous support of its many backers.

Volume II: Flagellum Dei, the 72-page second chapter of this unauthorized biography of the destruction of one of the greatest empires on Earthis in the home stretch, ending today and still needs support.

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The Retro Report: Sapphire & Steel Gets Cross, Kroftt Goes To The Dogs, Mike Brady Moonlights & More

July 15, 2015, 10:05 am

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Luther and Crossbones creator Neil Cross is set to resurrect the 1970’s sci-fi series Sapphire & Steel, which featured Joanna Lumley and David McCallum (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) as time-travelling special agents protecting the universe from evil.


Regis Philbin will be reuniting with former long-time daytime-talking co-host Kathie Lee Gifford in a regular capacity for later-day segments of NBC’s Today Show.

Saturday morning producing gods Sid and Marty Krofft, best known for iconic shows from the 70’s, including Sigmund & the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, Far Out Space Nuts and H.R. Pufnstuf, are producing the new 20-episode Nickelodeon series, Mutt & Jeff, a live-actioner show about dogs.


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