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A Week Where Superheroes Fought Mummies For Supremacy. SpoutBlog Week in Review

Our complete Comic-Con coverage
Lists: 10 Best Masturbation Scenes; 10 Ways Man on Wire is JUST LIKE The Dark Knight; Unsatisfying Threequels
Videos: Che trailer; The Joker endorses McCain; Disney racism; Harry Potter trailer; W trailer; Harry Potter rocks the vote
On FilmCouch: Comic-Con, Mardi Gras: Made in China
The Secret History of Mardi Gras: Penises
The Safdies hire Ronnie [...]

FilmCouch 81 - Comic-Con 2008 and Mardi Gras: Made in China

Keanu Reeves tells Kevin Buist–in very inhuman terms–what it’s like to be an alien getting in touch with his “humanness,” just before Kevin gets melted by a cosmic glare for being near Keanu at Comic-Con. So, what’s up with all these A-list Hollywood types going to a comic book convention? Kevin tells the story of [...]

 
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Watchmen Whoops! Snyder Slips, Billy Corgan Wins

Why Zach Snyder’s attempt at an elaborate ironic Smashing Pumpkins/Batman joke is actually too inaccurate to qualify as either ironic or funny.

Comic-Con Diary: Where the Girls Are

Girls ruled Comic-Con 2008. But maybe it was better for women when it was supposedly a boys club.

Comic-Con 2008: Troma

The Toxic Avenger goes to Iraq, and Lloyd Kaufman goes to San Diego. Both are in dangerous territory.

Comic-Con 2008: Terminator Salvation dir. McG, Can He Save Us From a Remake Apocalypse?

The answer, as it turns out, might be yes.

Comic-Con 2008: Hamlet 2 Wants To Rock You Sexy Jesus

Hamlet 2 is one of the funnier films you probably haven’t heard of unless you track the movie sales at Sundance. Earlier this year it almost broke the Little Miss Sunshine record of 10.5 million when it sold for 10 million to Focus Features. The New York Times says “”It made sure to take shots [...]

Comic-Con 2008: Rouge Pictures, w/Wes Craven & David Goyer

Wes Craven talked about his upcoming 25/8 and a number of remakes in the works, and director David Boyer will unveiled footage of The Unborn. That one stars the guy from Twilight, which should ensure record number of pre-teen femmes on opening night.

Comic-Con 2008 - Universal: Mummy 3, Death Race, Drag Me to Hell, Land of the Lost, Evil Dead Sequel

What seemed destined to be the most uneventful panel of the weekend got a whole lot more interesting when Sam Raimi showed and started talking about a new Evil Dead movie.

Comic-Con 2008: Disney/Pixar, BOLT & UP

The filmmakers behind two upcoming animated epics, Bolt and UP, present footage. One is funny, cute and about a delusional dog. The other is a Miyazaki-esque portrait of an old man and his flying house. Which one went over better, you think?