Superhero Profiles

September 24th, 2008

Heroes 3.01 "The Second Coming" - review

Heroes episode 3.01 “The Second Coming“ Airdate: September 22, 2008
And you thought you couldn’t get excited over “Heroes” again, can you? The season 3 premiere proved everyone wrong that the show has lost its luster. Edge-of-the-seat suspense and cliffhangers from start to finish, that’s what we saw this Monday.

Four years into the future, and […]

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September 19th, 2008

Smallville season 8 premiere "Odyssey" - review

Smallville episode 8.01 “Odyssey“ Airdate: September 18, 2008
 
When season 7 ended, Lex Luthor had found a way to control Clark Kent. And as season 8 unfolds, we find that Jor-El’s back-up, in case his son becomes too powerful for the world, is to control his son by stripping him of his powers. The Fortress disappears […]

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August 9th, 2008

Smallville season 8: Will the new execs bring glory back?

I wasn’t paying attention. I saw the trailers for the The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and thought it had enough weighty stars - Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, (ok, also) Brendan Fraser - to put my movie-going dollars to good use. Especially since it was written by Al Gough and Miles Millar.. you know, […]

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August 8th, 2008

Heroes graphic novel #97: Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration

Heroes graphic novel #97: “Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration”
OK, so she’s faster than Hiro, but is she faster than time itself?
Since “Heroes” introduced the Speedster aka Daphne Millbrook (Brea Grant), Hiro has referred to her as his Joker, his own personal villain. She is so fast that she steals something from the Nakamura safe […]

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August 5th, 2008

"Transformers Cybertron": DVD review

“Transformers: Cybertron” The Ultimate CollectionReleased July 22, 2008Paramount Home Entertainment
This wasn’t anything like the ’80s “Transformers Animated“, for sure. And that’s the unfortunate truth.
“Transformers Cybertron (Robots in Disguise)” is the last of a three-part series (”Transformers: Armada” and “Transformers: Energon”) but since it makes no reference to the previous series new fans won’t […]

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July 18th, 2008

The Dark Knight: Your own review!

Hype and anticipation for a movie hasn’t this big before, and I’m not just talking for fanboys!
The Dark Knight finally opened in theaters at midnight July 18, 2008! What did you think about it? Was it really as great as the press said it was? What did you NOT LIKE about it? Don’t […]

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July 18th, 2008

Heroes webisode: "Going Postal" chapter 1

Heroes webisode: Going PostalAiring online now: “A Nifty Trick” chapter 1
“Going Postal” is the first of several Heroes online exclusive shorts that will feature other humans with special powers. In this webisode, mailman Echo Ed Mille is being pursued by the Company for his supersonic scream. One of the agents chasing him is a constrictor, […]

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July 16th, 2008

Dark Knight: World Premiere and more early reviews

The talk of the town… “The Dark Knight”! Reviews have been pouring in and media is one in praising the movie, and especially Heath Ledger in THE role as the Joker.
“The Dark Knight” premiered in IMAX on Monday July 14, 2008 at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City. Cast and directors […]

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July 10th, 2008

"Wanted" at the box office

After two weeks of opening and it’s not the most wanted film in town anymore. I’m talking about Wanted, the James McAvoy-Angelina Jolie movie about a secret society of assassins.

Image details: Premiere Of Universal’s "Wanted" - Arrivals served by picapp.com

Wanted slid down to #4 after the July 4 weekend of Wall-E, Kung Fu Panda […]

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July 10th, 2008

"Hancock" - numbers at the box office

Does Will Smith still have the magic touch?

Image details: Premiere Of Sony Pictures’ "Hancock" - Arrivals served by picapp.com

His new movie Hancock opened a week ago and it stayed at No. 1 domestically AND internationally on its opening weekend. Depends on what you read, the superhero film made over anywhere from $103 million to […]

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