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The Retreat Review: The Lesson Is Don’t Go On Holiday With Thandie Newton

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Michael Moran went to see new Brit thriller The Retreat for Bleeding Cool If you put them under enough pressure, even the Palme d’Or crowd will admit that everyone likes a bit of Bayhem. Transformers, Batman, Die Hard, James Bond, …

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Cowboys & Aliens – Put Your Popcorn-Chewing Apparatus Into High Gear

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Michael Moran has been to see Cowboys & Aliens for us: With a title as ridiculous as that, Cowboys & Aliens can’t expect to be taken seriously, can it? But up there on the screen are James Bond and Indiana …

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Monday Trending Topics: The Dark Knight Returns… Returns

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Rich Johnston

San Diego Comic Con is over, but its announcements live on. Today we have some of the later-breaking news items from the show bubbling up to the top. Looking forward to seeing Frank Miller‘s The Dark Knight Returns animated. Warner …

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Lying In The Gutters – 25th July 2011

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Rich Johnston

That was the San Diego Comic Con that was. Bleeding Cool was there in full force. As in, both of us. Next year we should return with a gaggle. And maybe avoid the above happening. Thanks for that image, Frank …

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Sunday Trending Topics: Marvel Assembly, DC Design

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mark Seifert

Interesting coincidence that today’s top two posts are both about character design. On the comic side we have copious amounts of artwork from DC’s Designing the New DCU 52 Panel, on the tv/film side we finally have all the pieces …

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Visualizing The Avengers: Full Width, All Character Poster Is Completed With The Hulk

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Michael Moran has just put this beauty in my inbox. Nice to see Marvel working that “Assemble!” angle right down to the bone. Click through for full size. Why, hello Mr. Hulk. Thank Michael for his wild and crazy photoshop …

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Captain America – The First Avenger: The Bleeding Cool Review

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool: Most people who read comics know at least the basics of the story. A puny 90lb weakling is transformed by a unique scientific process into a near-perfect human being. With a unique combination of …

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Tuesday Trending Topics: Transformers And The Poetry Of Flying Metal

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Mark Seifert

I’m only a casual Transformers fan, (and also a sucker for big budget sfx) and I think I liked the first two movies a little more than most, so I’ve been pretty encouraged by the cautiously optimistic buzz about Transformers: …

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Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Review

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool. Brendon wants you to know that any pro-Bay sentiments are Michael’s own: If you have a young son or nephew you’re sure to have seen them at it. Clutching one action figure in each …

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Wednesday Trending Topics: Betting On Green

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Mark Seifert

This was the day we talked about, worried over, and rooted for Green Lantern to be good.  It’s gotten several early bad reviews, but when you hear that, in the back of your mind you’re always thinking… what do critics …

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Review: Green Lantern

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool: Fanboys have ruined the funnybooks. And they’re ruining the movies too. I should know. I’m a fanboy. The disposable 4-colour yarns of the Silver Age have grown into weighty and expensive Absolute Editions. And …

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The Twelve DC Relaunch Books We’re Most Excited About Here At Bleeding Cool

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Everyone’s talking DC relaunch. Yes, even you. And it’s the same at Bleeding Cool Towers as well. So I asked ten writers for Bleeding Cool to tell us which, of the fifty-two issue launches, they are most excited about. Here’s …

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REVIEW: The Green Lantern And Transformers Videogame Tie-Ins

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool: Things that we know never work: Movie tie-in video games (except Goldeneye) and superhero videogames (except Arkham Asylum). It’s with some trepidation then that I took a look at Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters …

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X-Men: First Class, Second Review

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Michael Moran has been to see X-Men: First Class and is going to tell you all what he thought of it: The Cold War seems to be pretty hot right now. There are excited mutterings around Hollywood of an Atom …

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Woody Allen + Elaine May + Ethan Coen = Relatively Speaking

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

In the mid 90s, Elaine May, Woody Allen and David Mamet each contributed a one act play to the off-Broadway compendium, Death Defying Acts. I’ve never seen a production of the plays, but I’ve read them and they’re good stuff. …

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REVIEW: Priest Is “Stylish, Action-Packed Nonsense”

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool: Almost all films, to a greater or lesser extent, are set in imaginary worlds. In our world people stumble, mumble, forget important details and go to the toilet far more often than their screen …

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Thor Review: Let’s Talk Details

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Michael Moran writes for Bleeding Cool: If you’re anxious about reading a review and learning too much about this film but still want to know whether the cinema ticket’s worth your hard-earned money here’s a summary: Thor is a brilliant, …

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Lying In The Gutters – 11th April 2011

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Khandie Khisses giving Brendon something to think about at Kapow this weekend, there… Welcome back to Lying In The Gutters. It’s been an odd week, punctuated by a North London convention, carrying around royal wedding regalia. I’m being interviewed by …

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