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MAD MEN & HAPPY DAYS: Different Takes On Authenticity

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When a television show is set in a hypothetical future, there is a large amount of creative interpretation that can go into the production design. More importantly, though, the costume designer can outfit the characters in whatever they feel may someday be accurate. When a television show is set in the past, however, less of a creative license should go into the design and fashion because



The Most Badass Show You Haven't Seen, STRIKE BACK: CINEMAX SEASON 1 Arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

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"Plenty of high-level suspense" - The Wall Street Journal  "...unapologetic, fist-pumping, non-stop action thriller" - New York Daily News STRIKE BACK: CINEMAX® SEASON 1 Available on Blu-ray™ with Cinemax® Select, DVD & Digital Download August 7, 2012   Bonus Features Include Audio Commentaries Series Marks the First-Ever Scripted Primetime Drama to Air on Cinemax®    Strike


George Newbern Returns as The Man of Steel in SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE

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George Newbern makes his triumphant return as the voice of the Man of Steel in SUPERMAN VS. THE ELITE, the latest DC Comics Premiere Movie coming June 12 from Warner Home Video. Newbern put all the resounding tones of truth, justice and the American way into the commanding vocals behind the animation of Superman in both the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited television series. He last


...And The Next Marvel Movie Might Be Straight Outta Wakanda! THE BLACK PANTHER

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According to the usually reliable, Latino Review, the next standalone Marvel film after Captain America 2 will be The Black Panther. With a screenplay by Mark Bailey, the film would represent a serious effort by Disney/Marvel Studios to go after the urban market. The character, who first appeared in 1966, was one of the first prominent African-American heroes in comics.  Created by Stan Lee


Will The X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Sequel Tackle THE DAYS OF FUTURE PAST? Or Might It Represent Something Else Entirely?

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It's been a busy day for Marvel movie rumors. AICN has discovered that the upcoming X-Men: First Class sequel, which is due on July 18, 2014, might actually adapt one of the series' most beloved storylines.  Apparently, 20th Century Fox has registered "DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" with the MPAA Title Registration Bureau.  Based on a two-part storyline that originally appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141


Meet Your MUNSTERS of 1313 MOCKINGBIRD LANE

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Well, if nothing else, it's some interesting choices. Jerry "Forever Vern" O'Connell will step into patriarch Herman Munster's size 26 C shoes in Bryan Fuller's upcoming The Munsters reboot, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, joining previously cast Eddie Izzard as father-in-law (and vampire) Grampa and Mason Cook as son, Eddie.   According to THR, the series is a departure from the original sitcom and


Warner Bros. Starts Developing JUSTICE LEAGUE

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As The Avengers is currently the third highest grossing film in movie history, it's been a curious wait to see how and when Warner Bros. would respond. According to Variety, plans are already in motion to bring the Justice League to the big screen. Gangster Squad writer Will Beall is currently writing an adaptation of the DC Comics superhero team.  Although the script is still being written


CLIVE BARKER Will Go Back In Time To Write ZOMBIES VS. GLADIATORS

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Clive Barker is known for his work in the genre of horror films. Now he's working on rewriting the script for a film called Zombies vs. Gladiators The title alone makes we want to see this very badly. THR is reporting that the action horror film is being developed by the new Amazon Studios which started in 2010. Barker will just be rewriting the project set in ancient Rome. Amazon Studios



JON FAVREAU Abandons Iron Man For JERSEY BOYS, At Least For Now

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Jon Favreau will be taking on the Broadway hit musical Jersey Boys and bringing it to the bigscreen with an adaptation by Graham King. Subtitled The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, the story revolves around the pop group the Four Seasons as they made their rise to the top of the charts and become stars. GK Film acquired the rights to the film two years ago and originally had


THE WIRE May Be Over On TV, But It's Just Starting On Broadway

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The Wire isn't quite over yet, there is still the musical that you haven't seen yet. It's been nearly 10 years since the HBO series started. The cast is back together one more time to make this very funny clip, maybe you could call it a trailer, for the fictional musical based on the show about inner-city Baltimore. Funny or Die reunited Michael Kenneth Williams, Sonja Sohn, Andre Roya,


We Put Together This Gallery And Then Guess Who Shows Up, WRECK IT RALPH

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Wreck It Ralph is about a video-game villain that decides he's done being a bad guy and tries to switch sides. We have some of the first pictures right here thanks to USA Today.  John C. Reilly voices the big guy who has had a job being the villain in the game Fix-It Felix, Jr. (Jack McBrayer plays Felix). Tired of always being being beaten he joins a support group and becomes a more


THE TEN O'CLOCK PEOPLE Will Go Live With TOM HOLLAND DIRECTING

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Stephen King has another book that's being adapted. This time Tom Holland will take on The Ten O'Clock People. According to Deadline, Holland will be adapting and directing the adaptation of the short story. The story is about the character Brandon Pearson in Boston. After trying to quite smoking he "uncovers a frightening aspect of reality that he plans to extinguish through extreme


SOMETHING SAD THIS WAY COMES: Ray Bradbury Passes Away At 91

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Today is a very sad day for me. One of my favorite authors of all-time has passed away at the age of 91. Now, I know that he lived a long, full life but that is no reason not to honk into a hanky over his passing. I mean the guy wrote some of the most incredible fiction known to man (Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, etc.) and his


BUILD A GIANT LEGO SKELETON...That's Right, I Said Build One. Don't Argue With Me.

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I am what you might call a "do-er". I like to spend a lot of time in my basement making things from crap I have lying around, not because I am particularly interested in doing so, but because I feel that it is important to kill some time before I die. I have no illusions that I am special or that I possess any quality that will set me apart from the rest of the human race so instead of


Cine-Geek Nuggets: Emma Watson Gets Biblical, Abbie Cornish Married a Cyborg, The Russians Are Coming (Back) & More!

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Here's the first look of Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost in next summer's Giant Monster vs. Robot movie, Pacific Rim.  The Guillermo del Toro directed epic also stars Ron Perlman, Rinko Kikuchi and Charlie Hunnam. Matthew Modine has joined the cast of the Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs biopic, Jobs.  "Modine will play John Sculley, whom Jobs recruited to lead Apple in 1983 and famously "



HAMLET THE MINI PIG Goes Down the Stairs...An Epic Tale of Perseverance, Determination and Oatmeal

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Its Friday and I'm in the mood to see a cute mini-pig walk down some stairs. If you find this kind of thing beneath you well, you have no soul.


MY TOP 5 Best Orwellian/Dystopian Films

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On this day in 1949, a novel was published that not only changed fiction forever, but it changed the way we talk forever. Before George Orwell's 1984 was released, there was no such thing as Big Brother or thoughtcrimes. The term "dystopian society" was not particularly well-known, either. There were other dystopian novels before (most notably Jack London's The Iron Heel and Yevgeny


TEEN TITANS GO! To DC Nation

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Teenage Super Heroes Return to Cartoon Network as The All-New Teen Titans Go!  Joins DC Nation in 2013 DC Nation, Cartoon Network’s home for action-packed animated series and original shorts based on characters from DC Comics (Saturdays 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET/PT), will soon be joined by a new generation of superheroes as Teen Titans Go!, a brand-new half-hour comedy-action series inspired


Catch The Trailer For MILLION DOLLAR CROCODILE And Get Rich

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We showed you a trailer awhile ago for the new Chinese monster movie Million Dollar Crocodile and today we have the brand new full trailer. Watch as the giant croc rampages through the city while being chased by a group of mobsters who have found out he has a cell phone in his stomach that contains the directions to a stash of one million dollars. Barbie Hsu stars as Xiao a girl who had her


The Trailer For BULLET IN THE FACE Laughs At Your Silly Problems

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Bullet In The Face is the latest half-hour drama at IFC, and today we were given the first trailer. The show that made network executive "shocked and nervous" is said to be bloody and politically incorrect, but it's still coming to air this August on the cable network that prides itself on Independent programming. The new show is centered around a German cop who was once an assassin. He has


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