Paramount Signs Deal With Marvel Studios

Expect more big-budget, blockbusting live-action comic book action movies over the next few years, as Marvel Studios has signed a deal to extend its parnership with Paramount Pictures. "Marvel announced a massive...

Tobey Maguire, Sam Raimi Sign On For "Spider-Man 4"

I don't know how legit this rumour is, but sources are claiming that Spider-Man 4 has once again enlisted the talents of guy spidey, Tobey Maguire, and director Sam Raimi. No word yet on the rest of the cast or...

11 cool new apps for the iPhone

" With the release of the iPhone 2.0 software on Friday and the opening of the App Store -- where hundreds of third-party applications are now available -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone has taken a major leap toward becoming a premiere mobile platform. Since the iPhone's...

'Superman/Batman' Artist Michael Turner Dies at 37

Renowned contemporary comic book artist, Michael Turner, has died at the age of 37, after fighting an eight-year battle with bone cancer."Michael Turner first began work as an artist for Top Cow. There he did...

Summer tours to Phu Quoc Beckoning Tourists

From now until July 25, tourists can take advantage of low cost tours to Phu quoc from HCMC through local travel agencies."A three day tour from HCMC to Phu quoc usually costs between VND 1,425,000 to 2,750,000 (not including flights). However, this cost will be reduced to...

The Incredible Hulk: Iron Man he ain't

A new Hulk film is out, here's my review:"The Incredible Hulk is a classic example of the Marvel Comics formula brought to the big screen: there's a misunderstood good guy who fights a power-hungry bad guy, a girl...

Young X-Men Magneto in the Holocaust

" The Israeli “haaretz” newspaper is considered as the ‘newspaper for thinking people ’. So I looked with some suspicion and disbelief at the headline “X-Men mutant survives the...

Mean, Green, and not Charlie Sheen

The buzz surrounding the The Incredible Hulk has not been good.  And that would be an understatement.  However, Ain't It Cool News has just posted an extremely favorable review (thanks for the link, Joey):"Louis Leterrier has made a HULK movie that first and...

Movie Review: Iron Man

A Superhero with the Greatest Powers: His Brain and His HeartMarvelous Superheroes Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow make Iron Man more than the sum of the boilerplate screenplay by Mark Fergus, and the...

Studio Bets on Huge 'Iron Man' Opening Weekend

Expectations are riding high for the upcoming Iron Man movie. Opening weekend projections have ranged from a solid Daredevil-sized $45 million all the way up to a massive Spidey-scale $100M box office smash.In...

Legion of 5: Coming Soon to a Screen/Page/Phone Near You

Comic-book legend Stan Lee, who brought the world Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four, is at it again, creating a new superhero franchise from the ground up, with a little help from his friends.The details of...

Marvel resurrects Captain America, sort of

We can all sigh a gasp of relief.  The ever-patriotic, blue-leotarded superhero that Marvel killed off last year isn't all that dead.  In this week's Captain America #34, we learn the superhero's old buddy,...

Spider-Man now single: OMG

That's right, the red-leotarded super hero we all know and love is back on the market.  Eligible bachelorettes, get victimized by a supervillain so Spidey can save you."LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nobody could have...

MJ’s Top 5 Complaints About Spider-Man Revealed

Today, I learned that Spider-Man (a.k.a., “Peter Parker”) and Mary Jane had split up after more than 20 years of webbed bliss. Not buying the official explanation as it was reported in one news report, I dug...

Marvel joins forces with UN for comic book

Picture it: Spiderman and the X-Men are battling an international foe responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. They can't do it alone, so they call upon...the United Nations? Well, yes--at least, that's...

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