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HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK FILM: The Tangled Web
We almost had a film where Peter Parker turned into a giant tarantula. (Face palm) [click for more]
James Bond
Comics And Film
ANT-MAN Release Dated Moved Up
Did Disney move the film because they didn’t want Ant-Man to get stepped on by James Bond and Charlie Brown? (Sorry for that pun). [click for more]
Movie News
New Releases: November 9, 2012
Hollywood gives James Bond a wide berth this weekend. They should. [click for more]
Featured Stories
Why The MGM Bankruptcy Was The Best Thing That Could Have Happened
Typically, a movie studio going into bankruptcy brings about only bad things. However, MGM’s bankruptcy brought about a lot of good. [click for more]
Obituary
John Barry, 77
Five time Academy Award winner composer John Barry, whose most recognizable work is probably that which he wrote for the James Bond franchise, died in Glen Cove, New York of a heart attack yesterday. He [click for more]
Movie News
MGM Gearing Up For Bond’s 50th Anniversary In 2012
For some time now, the James Bond series has been the longest running franchise in film history, launching back in 1962 with Dr. No. Some quick math tells us that it is now approaching its [click for more]
Movie News
Bond’s Aston Martin Sells For $4.1 Million At Auction
One of cinema’s most famous cars, the tricked-out silver Aston Martin DB5 sports car first driven by Sean Connery in Goldfinger, sold at auction Wednesday in London for $4.1 million. Used for driving sequences in [click for more]
Movie News
SUPERMAN, JAMES BOND Screenwriter Mankiewicz Has Died
Hollywood screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz has died from complications due to pancreatic cancer. He was 68. Mankiewicz, the son of legendary screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, started his career in New York. His book for the 1970 musical [click for more]
Movie News
BOND 23 Still On Hold
Back before the holidays, we told you that production on the next James Bond film was currently on hold, though it was hoped that it would go ahead as early as February. It is now [click for more]
Features
Weekend Releases: January 16
Defiance (Paramount Vantage, 1,789 theaters, 137 minutes, Rated R): Expanding from its NY, LA new year’s eve opening, this film gets a wider release this week. And thank goodness for it, because it adds a [click for more]