Doomsday

(2008, Neil Marshall)

Derivative sci-fi thriller from director Marshall, who here indulges his inner fanboy by creating what amounts to little more than an incoherent amalgamation of George Miller’s Mad Max trilogy and John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. Of course, like any good fanboy, he tops things off by adding a hot, Kate Beckinsale lookalike action heroine to the mix. This overly talky mess is quite a disappointment, coming as it does after Marshall’s overrated but admittedly effective all-female spelunking horror flick The Descent. For his next outing, he should show more and tell less.

Grade: C-

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Tpull's Weekly DC Comics Review Part One

Green Lantern Corps 26, Justice League of America 23, Legion of Super-Heroes 44, Robin 175, and Superman 678

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The Dark Knight

(2008, Christopher Nolan)

And now some belated thoughts on the greatest movie of all-time.

On this one I find myself squarely in the middle between the IMDb kiddies (who think the movie is better than Citizen Kane, The Godfather and Rear Window, among 246 others) and the curmudgeonly oldsters (The three Davids and Boston Phoenix’s Peter Keough, to mention a few) who all seem to be in unison in their preference for Tim Burton’s cartoonish vision of Batman.

With so much, better stuff already on the internet, there’s little reason for me to really try. Instead, I will toss off a few random bullet points.

• Sadly, this isn’t Darren Aronofsky’s Batman: Year One. That boat sailed a long time ago and no one will ever know what might have been. It’s more of a Michael Mann crime epic without the fluid camera movement and blue filter. Nolan tries his bestest to make the action scenes flow and they’re definitely better than those in the third act of Batman Begins, but he just doesn’t have an innate visual sensibility. That said, there is a single, very short moment of cinematic beauty here. If you’ve seen the movie or even the trailer, you probably know what I’m talking about.
• All the good things you’ve read about Heath Ledger as The Joker are true. He gives a singularly sensational performance, one great enough for me to feel comfortable grading the movie as highly as I do, despite its faults. His performance will be the one he is remembered for, whether Brokeback Mountain fans or Terry Gilliam want to agree or not. Ledger’s clown prince is the most wickedly demented film villain of the 21st century. He’s a crazed, unpredictable whirling dervish that makes No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh look like the boorish unstoppable killing machine that he was.
• I like Christian Bale. Think he’s a terrific actor. One of the best around. But that Bat Voice of his has to go. It’s laughable. And Christopher Nolan’s Batman is supposed to be anything but laughable. Just a thought.
• I haven’t read many complaints about the CGI used to create Two-Face’s half-of-a-face. Strange. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the abundance of non-professional writing about The Dark Knight has been by kids who grew up with the stuff. But, to me it looks like garbage. Even the makeup job on Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever was more effective.
• The Joker’s interrogation by Batman is a great scene. Bale is suitably intense and Ledger is, as he is throughout the movie, devilishly charming in a sociopathic sorta way. Too bad the movie didn’t have more scenes like this.

Grade: B

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Ellen My Cat She saved my life

Okay I never mention sad things but I have to get this out. I got my cat "Ellen" in 1997. For weeks before I got her I looked at lots of places that had kittens Then one day in Reseda I went to a pet store and they had a sign that you would get a free kitten if you bought $20 worth of pet supplies. Well I went to where they were keeping the kittens. There must of been 20 kittens. They were all playing together except the one in the back of the pin. I picked her up and held her like you would hold a baby. The kitten didn't mind it being held that way. So I brought her home.

You must remember this was 1997. Ellen DeGeneres was coming out and here was this kitten that looked like she was wearing a TUX so I had to call her "Ellen".

"Ellen" my kitten was sweat. She loved to sit on my lap. A few months after I got "Ellen" my life went into the toilet. To make a long story I had to grow up because of my immaturity.

In August of 1997 I had a breakdown. I had to pull myself together. I thought for awhile that no one loved me or ever would. However right when I thought nobody loved me or would ever love me "Ellen" jumped in my lap. Then I knew there was someone that cared & loved me. So what it was a cat. She needed me to feed her & to take care of her. She loved me. She needed me. Her jumping on my lap at that moment save my life. I knew I had to then be around for her! For some reason thought and knew nobody could ever love or take care of her like I would.

Now about 2 months ago "Ellen" started losing weight. I put her on medication but sadly today as I was going to work I found her dead. She was outside. Covered in flies. She was alive just a few hours before. The night before she ate a whole can of cat food. She slept the night before on my big chair.

I felt so bad because I wasn't there when she died. I know this sounds like Diane Chambers here (From Cheers The Tv Show) but"Ellen" saved my life. She needed me as much as I needed her. She became my 100% focus when I got sober. ( I was a drinker)

Today I lost her. I had her for 11 years. She moved with me across country. From California to Mississippi. When hurricane Katrina hit she was about the only thing I had left. When we evacuated we saved our pets. To me it was the correct thing. I am not sorry for saving my cats life.

The pain I am going through was worth the 11 years that I had her. I will never have another cat like her. She was special. She was my and will always be my baby. If there is a heaven she is there.



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Chris Evans Says Do Not Expect Fantastic Four
Sequels [Movie News]

I had a chance to sit with the director and cast of Summit Entertainment's upcoming film, Push as part of our Comic-Con coverage. One of the films stars is Chris Evans, which you might remember from Fantastic Four as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.Chris was very excited about Push, and said ...

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Spaced Crew Talks Star Wars, Sitcom History, and
Illegal Downloading [Comic-Con 2008]

Spaced is a popular BBC show from a few years back, and it is not science fiction.  Did you think it was?  Fool.  How could you make a mistake like that over a show that starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and was directed by Edgar Wright?  And you call yourself a ...

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Alex Proyas to Direct Dracula: Year Zero [In
Development]

While sitting with Alex Proyas, director of Summit Entertainment's upcoming film Knowing, we received a nice little tidbit. When asked about what he is working on next, he said it would be a film titled Dracula: Year Zero.Now I'm sure most of you will be questioning the necessity of another ...

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Comic-Con Report: The Watchmen Get Deep Into
Character [Comic-Con 2008]

There's something dark and beautiful about "Watchmen" that separates it from other novels. It's a story, most of all, about human beings struggling in a world that they don't understand and that doesn't understand them. It seems like the question of whether the story is relevant to our current socio-political ...

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The Night Is Darkest Before The Dawn [The Clip
Show]

· If it weren't for Dark Knight news, there wouldn't have been much news at all. After dispatching the Joker, Batman took on his toughest foe to date, the deranged Momzo The Clown (specialty: extortion). Batman denies all of the charges, which is just fine with new Oscar frontrunner Aaron Eckhart.
· NBC announced that Jay Leno will be abdicating his Tonight Show throne on May 29, 2009 while a disguised Jay Leno sat in the audience cracking wise. Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon will be spinning his wheels online for a few months before they let him loose on air.
· Miley "Slut!" Cyrus took to the YouTubes to wage war on her new rival, Selena Gomez.
· If you come within 1,000 yards of Brangelina's test tube babies, Brad Pitt will beat you to a pulp.
· We finally learned what Judd Apatow's favorite season of The Wire was.
· Surfer dude Matthew McConaughey cashed a $3 million check from OK! for baby pictures of young prince Levi.
· Maybe it's just us, but Lyons & Mankiewicz doesn't quite have the same ring as Ebert & Roeper (let alone Siskel & Ebert).
· Cuts at Vantage and Netflix made it another tough week for indie film.
· Fer sure, fer sure, we counted down our favorite Valley Girls.
· Don't bother with MapQuest, NPH can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.
· And finally, the passing of Estelle Getty affected everyone, from teary YouTube eulogists to our own Molly McAleer. The saddest part? None of the Golden Girls made it to the funeral. Nevertheless, the memory of Sophia Petrillo will always live on.

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Gerard Butler Denies Involvement in the 300
Sequel [In Development]

While sitting in the press conference for Guy Ritchie's hopefully triumphant return into manhood, RocknRolla, Gerard Butler was asked about his possible involvement in the sequel/prequel for 300.While Butler very quickly said that he was contacted by the studio, he was also very quick to give an answer. Butler said ...

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