Comic-Con ’08: Remain calm, Mike
(Special to mySA.com) Movie studios spared no expense to make their fan base happy. Here a model promoting “The Spirit” movie makes a lucky nerd incredibly joyful (me).
View ArticleComic-Con ’08: I can’t figure it out!
(Mike Fisher/Express-News) Why?! Why do I keep returning to the booth that promotes “The Spirit” movie?
View ArticleMy desk doesn’t scream for ‘The Spirit’ action figures
(Superhero Times) I’ve already bemoaned the look of Frank Miller’s “The Spirit.” Now I can gripe about the action figures for the flick. Forget for a moment that the Spirit (pictured) looks like Mickey...
View ArticleGet your ‘Spirit’ trailer, now with some ‘Sky Captain’ in your ‘Sin City’
This new trailer for “The Spirit” looks like Frank Miller put some drops of “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” into his inky “Sin City” palette. You still get dark, gonzo noir — only less...
View ArticleSix ‘Spirit’ clips to view and mock at your leisure
So I saw these six clips for Frank Miller’s “The Spirit” and could have sworn I heard Will Eisner flipping cartwheels in his grave. Man, does this look all sorts of terrible. Two reviews over at Ain’t...
View Article‘The Spirit’ and ‘Dick Tracy’ separated at birth
I remarked on this before and was afraid it would come to pass. But after seeing some clips for “The Spirit,” I realize my worst nightmare has come true: Frank Miller’s diet S&M bastardization of...
View Article‘The Spirit’ opening weekend all kinds of dead
Wow, does Lionsgate know how to roll out the suck. First “Punisher: War Zone” slumped out of the gate earlier this month. Now Frank Miller’s stupid-noir-by-way-of-Hot-Topic better known as “The Spirit”...
View ArticleRazzie wrath for ‘Clone Wars,’‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ and ‘Speed Racer’
Image from razzies.com Some folks just don’t appreciate the finer cinematic qualities of a fey Hutt, an aging action hero in a refrigerator and a race car swirling around in a giant bag of Skittles....
View ArticleWhat if Frank Miller did ‘Peanuts’?
(Cinematical) Poor Frank Miller loves belching out brooding, ham-fisted noir gibberish. “All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder” (which I used to like) fell off the map a long time ago with its...
View ArticleThe Spirit’s 1941 appearance in the San Antonio Light
Oh, to be a local Will Eisner fan in 1941. Express-News news researcher Julie Domel happened upon a most Spirit-ed ad (right) in the August 24, 1941 edition of the San Antonio Light. In true Wednesday...
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