There’s a lot I want to say about this, but instead I just keep watching it over and over again.

It’s absolutely perfect, taking iconic moments from the comic and turning them into movie magic.
There’s a nice shot by shot comparison here.

I’m not trying to turn this into a Doctor Horrible blog, I’m really not. But the second episode is up, and it is awesome.
Comic creator Ted Naifeh has a mini-rant about how a creative talent, after they have an initial success, often follow it up with their dream project. Then, more often than not, suddenly free from corporate control, they indulge in a creative orgy, inevitably robbing the dream project of whatever it was that made it work the first time around. Examples?  The Matrix, and the Riddick movie.
Doctor …

Today was officially the day that the first episodes Joss Whedon’s net project, Doctor Horrible’s Sing Along Blog launched to the masses.
The bad news is that the web site was crushed, and it still seems that you can’t actually watch the episode unless you get it from iTunes.
The good news is that it’s number one on iTunes, both for single episodes and season passes.
 
I should mention here that it’s absolutely fantastic. If you’re a fan of Joss Whedon you’ll love it, and it’s awesome to see him tackling songs …

I can review this movie in a single sentence: There are many of wonderful and magical things about Hellboy II, but unfortunately the story isn’t one of them.
There. Done. So long!
Or maybe I could go a bit beyond that and talk about how amazing the character designs are, and how impressive it is to see a film that is based around building something out of the elements of classic fantasy rather than the ridiculous mish-mash of maniacal horror villains that have served us as the basis of most non …

Even as we’re still reveling what seems to and endless stream of big budge genre movies, many of the major releases of the summer have already coming out, leaving a little breathing room for smaller pictures to start to get some attention. Lacking the big-money and big names stars of their celluloid cousins, these movies are traditionally schlock horror, monster movies, or cerebral crime pictures. Or at least they have been for the last few years. But I’ve noticed that there’s been a sudden resurgence in mid-budget science fiction films.
There …