This movie is about Sonny Hooper “The Greatest Stuntman Alive” and though this character is fictional he is clearly based on events and people from former stuntman, now turned director, Hal Needham’s life. There have been many movies about the world of filmmaking, and even a few about stuntmen, but Hooper is not so much a…
Seventh Son (2014) – Review
The Seventh Son is the bi-product of the success of the Harry Potter films and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as studios scrambled to find a new successful franchise, and how does one go about making a new fantasy film franchise?
Gunpla – An Introduction
Ever since the creation of plastic (well, maybe a bunch after), people have molded it to look like other things; cars, boats, airplane. All that jazz. Then at some point, giant robots got mainstream. Like, very mainstream. This is partially due to a show called “Mobile Suit Gundam“. And from that, as time went on,…
The Land of Hidden Men: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
The Land of Hidden Men (also known as The Jungle Girl) is a classic Burroughs “lost world” story where the protagonist will stumble upon a lost civilization and the dangers within and eventually find true love. This is of course is all done in the way only Edgar Rice Burroughs can do it.
Transforming Comics – The Digital Age
Traditionally people think of comics as being pamphlet style books, featuring heroes and villains. However, since the 80’s, comics have been spread over the net to a much wider range of stories and audiences. Today I want to talk about some of the digital aspects of comics.